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Michael Schulder
CNN Senior Executive Producer
As I continue my countdown to age 50 (49 days away) and dig into the apparent myth that ages 18 through 49 is the sweet spot audience, my gut, which tells me the 18-49 premise is absurd, is reinforced by today’s Exhibit A. It’s my mother-in-law’s secret arm signal.
My mother-in-law, let’s call her “Marie” (becauseSource: AC360 RSS Feed
In late September, Florida Congressional Democrat Alan Grayson earned attention and apparently fawning support from the far left by describing the Republican Party's health care plan, as "1. Don't get sick; 2. And if you do get sick, 3. die quickly."
Grayson's supposed apology for these over-the-top remarks on the House Floor -- remarks that would surely have earned him censure and relentless media coverage had he been a Republican criticizing a Democrat -- consisted of saying, asSource: NewsBusters RSS Feed
Yesterday on Uncommon Knowledge, Victor Davis Hanson and Robert Baer agreed that Iran would very soon possess nuclear weapons. Today they consider the nature of the Iranian regime. Soon enough, the mullahs and Ahmadinejad will have their finger on the nuclear button, but can they control their own country?
No . . . and yes.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Iran is an imploding society. It has minority problems, it has rivalries, it now has a constitutional system emerging in Iraq, it has aSource: The Corner RSS Feed
The Gogebic Range has two meanings. One refers to the Gobebic Mountains, which are really hills. The second regards an iron range--the area was once dotted with iron mines.
I took this photograph from the top of a ski slope in Ironwood. It's not named for the tree, but for an early resident who worked in an iron mine.
Tourism dollars is what is mined in Ironwood now. Besides skiing, snowmobiling and ATV adventures are among the attractions in the Upper Peninsula's westernmostSource: Marathon Pundit RSS Feed
In an interview with CNS, Congressman Patrick Kennedy said that the bishops are not pro-life and are "fanning the flames of dissent and discord" because they are opposed to healthcare reform on the basis that it covers abortion. CNS has video.
Kennedy's own shepherd, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, RI, responded in a press release in which he called Kennedy's comments "irresponsible and ignorant of the facts". He said that Kennedy is a "disappointment to the Catholic Church".Source: Why Mommy is a Republican RSS Feed
From a shocked and amazed Associated Press:
Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh makes a statement in Vienna on October 21. Iran fails to accept UN uranium enrichment plan
By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Friday failed to accept a U.N.-drafted plan that would ship most of the country’s uranium abroad for enrichment, saying instead it would prefer to buy the nuclear fuel it needsSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed
Somehow I passed over this when it was released a month ago, but Mobile Future and the Hispanic Institute collaborated on a new report about broadband access and usage among Hispanics in the US. The essay makes the macro point that Hispanics have higher rates of mobile broadband usage than most other demographic groups, ergo policymakers should account for and include mobile when making broadband policy-- and not focus exclusively on fiber networks.
The point is well taken, but theSource: NDN RSS Feed
