Drudge Report Archives

For those of you who follow the Drudge Report, there is a site that takes a "snapshot" of the Drudge Report every 2 minutes. It's useful when you want to go back and find a story the Matt Drudge linked to. Or to follow trends.

www.drudgereportarchives.com/

MommyGoggles: Motherhood Made A Little Easier

Mommy Goggles is in some ways a one-stop shopping site for day-to-day things a new mom might want to spend her time doing. Filled with contests, a gift guide, fitness ideas, product reviews, and links to related sites. It's a cute little blog / directory that caught my attention. Hopefully you'll find some value in this proud parent's efforts to collect and share information.

www.mommygoggles.com

Businesses And The Issue Of Trust

Here is an article and video from Business Week regarding "trust" as a marketing factor in business. Take a look and get some insights on how businesses deal with the issue of trust when it comes to communicating with customers. The story may give you some insights about how business is really conducted.

www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_39/b4148038492933.htm

A Look At The Heart Of Fox News

While doing my nightly review of Ain't-It-Cool News, I came across a story about a documentary called "OutFoxed", which takes a look at Rupert Murdock and his sub-company, the Fox News Channel. Below are the eight YouTube segments of that video. I think you will find this information quite revealing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXNvDD13hoY
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTEWTzqtZAw (audio disabled)

Is Obama the Anti-Christ?

Here's a clip from the Rachel Maddow show citing a poll taken of New Jersey conservatives. The second half of the segment discusses that results that show 1 in 3 Jersey conservatives either think President Obama "is" or "might be" the Anti-Christ. Contains an interview with Frank Schaeffer, author of "Crazy For God" which is highly critical of the "evangelical subculture".

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#32886436

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Robert Reich Discusses The Public Option

Here's a short video on Facebook that clearly explains the so-called "Public Option" component of health care reform. Delivered by former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=160544446109

Wonderful Nature Videos At Babelgum

If you like nature and topics related to the environment, the Babelgum website has a collection of brief (and not so brief) documentaries for you to take in. Many of them are very well done and enjoyable to watch. Be sure to click the "Browse Videos" button to see a list of the 3283 selections there.

www.babelgum.com/channel/ourearth

Political Fact Check - Obama Addressing Students

Back in September 2009, there was a lot of fuss about a televised address President Obama was going to make to school children around the nation. Some critical sources said that this was the first time any US President had made such an address. To set the record straight, other presidents have also done this, with the acceptance of the citizenry for the most part. From PolitiFact.

www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/sep/03/arne-duncan/barack-obama-not-first-president-address-school-ch

Conservapedia - Making Things Right

I guess Wikipedia simply isn't good enough. As you may know, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia with entries written by online users. Everyone is free to provide and edit information. To keep material factual Wikipedia is moderated and forces its contributors to accurately site their sources.

Now, however, there is a new online reference that wants to clean up the mish-mash of information created by random citizens. Conservapedia wants to limit itself to a strict Conservative world view. Nothing else is acceptable. So, if you want to disregard everything Conservatives don't want to discuss or admit exists, this is the place for you. I understand the founders are even re-writing the Bible to rub out anything a Liberal might gravitate to.

www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page

Healthcare Explained On Napkins

This is a very simple and straight-forward explanation of the healthcare system and subsequent reform attempts on a series of napkins. You'll get it!

www.slideshare.net/danroam/healthcare-napkins-all

Healthcare Napkins All

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Daily Show Clip - Fox News: The New Liberals

This is a great segment from sly Jon Stewart at the Daily Show. August 19, 2009. Jon shows clips from Fox news criticizing Liberals for certain actions, then shows Fox personalities doing the exact same thing. Only only logical conclusion is that Fox News has now gone Liberal. Oh, the hypocrisy!

www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-19-2009/fox-news--the-new-liberals

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Very Conspiratorial Video - On Facebook

A friend of mine called my attention to this video about the United States' presence in Iraq. It very much comes across like a conspiracy theory, but like all good conspiracy theories, it makes a pretty convincing story. This one is very Chomsky-esque. Listen at your own risk.

www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=111557732551&ref=share

Anti-Reform Mobs - A Note On Facebook

Here's a note I came across on Facebook, briefly making points about the various organized anti-reform activities going on in America. Worth taking note of, I think.

www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=114807440137&id=12301006942&ref=share

How Will America Eventually Come To An End?

Things change. Like Rome, the American civilization will eventually dwindle and be replaced by some other super-state. How is that going to happen? An article at the Slate website ponders this issue and lets you choose from 144 possible scenerios.

www.slate.com/id/2223851

www.slate.com/id/2224425

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Nao - Robot Behavior Getting More Sophisticated

I think you'll be quite impressed with the Nao robots in this video. They know how to perform tasks, have complicated motor skills and can communicate with each other. Here comes the Robot Revolution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STTNYNF4lk

ArnoldBucks - California's IOU Program

A humorous page talking about California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to deal with their financial crisis by issuing IOU's. There's a video and a one dollar "ArnoldBuck" for you to print out and attempt to use.

www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/Arnoldbucks

Real Giant Robots In Japan

To celebrate Mobile Suit Gundam's 30th anniversary, the anime company has built a 1 to 1 scale statue of it's famous giant robot outside of Tokyo. Seems to be right at home in the Japanese landscape. Let's just hope they don't build a lifesized Godzilla.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6nUX57gCg

How Most American's View Democrats And Republicans

A 2009 poll from the Gallop organization concerned with how the American public views the two major political parties. Graphs show data collected between 1993 and 2009, allowing one to see how views have changed over time. Aside from views about how extreme each party may or may not be, more Americans feel that the Democratic Party's views are closer to what they are looking for.

www.gallup.com/poll/121307/More-Americans-See-Democratic-Party-Too-Liberal.aspx?version=print

Big Vault Of Noam Chomsky's Thoughts

Noam Chomsky is one of the most quoted people on Earth, especially when it comes to international politics. Noam seems to be rather apolitical, taking no particular side with any group. He more or less is a historian and social commentator, with a unique and amazingly well-informed view. Be warned, though. His tales of governmental activity are pretty distressing and depressing. It's not the bright, shiny world the media hands us to see.

www.chomsky.info/audionvideo.htm

Seeking Link - America's Top Employers Then And Now

I'm trying to find an article in the Tampa Bay Times (TBT) that talked about America's top 10 employers in 1960 and 2008. It showed how we've gone from manufacturing jobs to service jobs. In other words, we've gone from high-paying machine assemblers and steel workers to low paying Walmart/Target sales associates and McBurger flippers.

The pay-to-view article "GM: That Was Then, This Is Now", from June 14 (or 16th), 2009 is here:

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