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Read More »Monthly Archives: April 2013
What Privacy? CISPA Passes in Closed Door Vote
“As US cybersecurity bill CISPA heads to the House Floor for a vote, the White House National Security Council has issued a statement suggesting that the President won’t support it in its current form. “We continue to believe that information sharing improvements are essential to effective legislation,” said NSC spokesperson …
Read More »Jay Z Fires Back with Diss Track to Politicians
“Jay-Z is none too pleased with lawmakers questioning the validity of his and Beyonce’s recent trip to Cuba, and he’s rapping all about it in a new track called “Open Letter,” released Thursday. Travel to Cuba for the sake of tourism is prohibited under U.S. law and naysayers openly questioned …
Read More »Obama Hands Over Social Security Without a Fight
“This is a bit of an obvious point, but I want to make it anyway: pretty much every liberal, even those who generally support the idea of adopting chained CPI as a more accurate measure of inflation, should be opposed to President Obama’s proposal to adopt chained CPI.”* Obama has …
Read More »Swamp Guide Wrestles Massive Python (Video)
“A tour guide in the Florida Everglades took his excursion to 11 when he spotted a massive Burmese Python — and leapt into the water to wrestle it into submission. “I grew up here, so this is pretty standard for the most part,” Tommy Owens of Everglades Adventure Tours told …
Read More »Cengo Unchained Goes Off on Obama
Don’t drink the Obama Koolaid. That’s what Cenk Uygur wants to remind you. Last year, Cenk was railed on by democrats for saying that Obama couldn’t wait to cut Social Security and entitlements. Now…Obama’s doing just that. He offered it up to the Republicans. Obama is not a progressive president; …
Read More »Coming Soon: The 51st State?
“Puerto Rico may be getting another status vote. The White House budget submitted to Congress Wednesday includes a $2.5 million appropriation for Puerto Rico to hold another plebiscite on its relationship to the United States. Calling for another vote indicates the Obama administration has rejected the argument that Puerto Ricans …
Read More »Weaksauce Gun Compromise Slammed by NRA
“Momentum grew for Senate passage of gun legislation when a bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday announced agreement on deals to expand background checks and tighten laws against gun trafficking. The first breakthrough came in a deal on background checks announced by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), …
Read More »Panasonic plasma, 7-inch Surface, and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Patient. Punctual. Patterned. Panelling. Pacific. Panorama. Panopticon. Packaged. Paddock. Paginate. Painterly. Paladin. Pandemic. Palpatine. Palaver. Palette. Pancake. Pantheon. Parable. Parabola. Perfect. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on …
Read More »23 Bananas Eaten in 2 minutes – (world record?)
Fat Monkey wants a Like & a Fav!! 2 Plates full of Bananas, a Giant Fat Singing Monkey, and a boring afternoon… We can all guess whats about to go down. I’m not entirely sure on this, and it would obviously be unofficial, but I THINK this is a world …
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