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This is funny:
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The most idiotic analysis of net neutrality you’ll ever want to read has been prepared by obscure consultancy Ramp^Rate:
With the permanent barriers that the removal of net neutrality will erect for [gamers], the worst-case scenario includes three waves of change:
* One or more mainstream ISPs will introduce excessive lag that will [...]
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I have a hard time taking Nancy Pelosi seriously as a political leader. Granted, she’s the offspring of the powerful Maryland political machine headed by her former Congressman father, she’s connected to the Burton-Brown machine in Frisco, and a protege of the corrupt and influential Jack Murtha, but she’s dim. When the Democrats chose her [...]
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This should shut the creationists up for good:
A tiny fossil fragment from a Neanderthal man who lived and died 38,000 years ago has yielded the first snippets ever discovered of the extinct creature’s crucial genes — and they show that the species was strikingly identical to our own human ancestors.
The achievement marks the start of [...]
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The more things change:
House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement of Rep. John Murtha for majority leader, the No. 2 position in the Democratic leaderhsip, has roiled her caucus. “She will ensure that they [Mr. Murtha and his allies] win. This is hardball politics,” Rep. Jim Moran, a top Murtha ally, told the Hill, a congressional newspaper. [...]
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The nation may be riveted to the War in Iraq, the Democratic takeover of Congress, and Britney Spears’ custody battle with her Fed-Ex, but in the Frisco Bay Area some really important stuff is going on: the A’s are getting a new ballpark:
Cisco Field will be located in Fremont, which is approximately 20 miles to [...]
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I like a good fight, no matter who’s fighting. Matt Stoller, the MyDD blogger who’s wasted so many electrons on the dubious cause of net neutrality, wrote a post immediately after the recent election in which he declared that the “netroots” legislative agenda begins and ends with his pet cause. A somewhat more serious thinker, [...]
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Posted by Richard Bennett
Nick Denton’s weakest blog, Valleywag, relaunched today with major changes:
Some changes, today, on Valleywag, in design, personnel, and mission. Obviously, there’s a new design. Nick Douglas, editor since launch earlier this year, is leaving. And we’re going to change the mix of stories, slightly.
It’s probably a step closer to relevance, but still has a long [...]
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She’s not officially Speaker yet, but Nancy Pelosi has already screwed-up big time by supporting corrupt peacenik John Murtha for House majority leader:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in line to become Speaker in January, is throwing her support to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) in the race for Majority Leader, a move that will be an early [...]