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02 September 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Caddell on the Midterm Elections

This is my friend Pat Caddell’s take on the upcoming election. What do you think?
Caddell on the Midterm Elections
National Review Online – September 2
In Jimmy Carter’s White House, Patrick Caddell was, in the words of Teddy White, the “house Cassandra” — an all-too-candid pollster whose prophecies spooked the president’s other advisors. Three decades later, [...]

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26 August 2010 ~ 3 Comments

In the era of Main Street vs. Wall Street, Oliver Stone asks ‘Is Greed Good?’

With the release of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (also on Facebook and Twitter) next month, will Oliver Stone yet again capture the pulse of the country?
(spoiler alert – if you are one of the few who haven’t seen the film Wall Street, watch it before reading this post)
When Oliver Stone’s Wall Street came out [...]

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25 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Want to Know What Will Happen In 2012? Look No Further Than Florida

The Florida Senate race is a microcosm of what is occurring in our politics nationally and it offers a glimpse of where we might be headed in 2012.
Marco Rubio won the Republican nomination with strong and early support from Tea Party activists. He also drove a much more moderate Republican, current Governor Charlie Crist out [...]

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17 August 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Do you have a Twitter tale worth telling?

Twitter just launched a new section of their site called Twitter Tales, where they’ll highlight the many creative ways that people and businesses have used their service. Here’s more from the Official Twitter Blog:
Today we’re launching Twitter Tales – a growing set of articles that highlights creative individuals and businesses from all corners of the world [...]

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07 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

YouTube and Ridley Scott’s Life in a Day Project Gets 80,000 Entries

A few weeks ago, I blogged about YouTube’s venture with Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald, the Life in a Day project, which aims to document one day — July 24 — through user-generated video from around the world. In all, the project received 80,000 entries from 197 countries.
The completed film will premier at the 2011 [...]

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03 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

[STUDY] What Americans do online: Social media is up and email lags (but not on mobile)

According to a new Nielsen study released today, Americans spend nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs, up from 15.8 percent just a year ago (a 43 percent increase). That’s definitely dramatic, but here’s another interesting fact from the study:
Online games overtook personal email to become the second most [...]

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01 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Implications of CO Senate poll and Romanoff’s new lead over Bennet

Just wanted you to see this great Kos diary from radio host and political commentator David Sirota, on the implications of the new Denver Post poll showing Andrew Romanoff pulling ahead of Michael Bennet in the Colorado Senate Democratic primary. Here’s an excerpt:
The Washington Post recently called the Colorado Senate Democratic primary one of the most [...]

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