Archive for February, 2008

Lindsay Lohan poses nude as Monroe

Monday, February 18, 2008 18:20 1 Comment

 
In what appears to be a continuation of a downward career spiral, young actress Lindsay Lohan has posed nude for New York Magazine.
In 1962, photographer Bert Stern shot a series of photos of Marilyn Monroe at the Hotel Bel-Air that have collectively come to be known as “The Last Sitting.”
The photo’s can be seen here.

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Word from Redmond on HD-DVD

Monday, February 18, 2008 17:20 No Comments

In a statement today, Microsoft said “We do not believe the recent reports about HD-DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace, As we’ve long stated, we believe it is games that sell consoles, and Xbox 360 continues to have the largest next-gen games library with [...]

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Toshiba denies the demise of HD-DVD… for the moment

Monday, February 18, 2008 9:40 1 Comment

In what has to be the weakest press release in recent history, Toshiba denied that any decision had been made yet regarding the future of HD-DVD.
“The media has reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD-DVD business. Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this,” the company said.
“Although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no [...]

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Secret Obama meeting with Edwards in NC

Monday, February 18, 2008 9:02 No Comments

 
Presidential Democrat candidate Barack Obama flew to NC in secret yesterday.  Obama, who normally travels with a group of reporters, left them behind in Chicago to fly down to NC. The meeting took place at Edwards’ home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
“Senator Obama visited this morning with John and Elizabeth Edwards at their home in [...]

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Michelle Obama: The Secret Weapon?

Sunday, February 17, 2008 14:57 No Comments

We haven’t paid too much attention to Michelle Obama. We just happened upon this Ohio State rally video.
She is a powerful force and may be the best person we’ve seen to explain the differences between her husband and Hillary Clinton.
This uplifting video is in stark contrast to the Hillary’s spouse, Former President Bill Clinton’s negative [...]

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Toshiba joins Wal-Mart at the HD-DVD funeral

Sunday, February 17, 2008 10:51 No Comments

Toshiba is planning to drop the HD-DVD format, ending an intense battle over next-generation optical formats against Sony’s Blu-Ray technology. The Kyodo News agency said Toshiba is reviewing its operations, with the timing of the withdrawal to be decided later.
News of Toshiba’s decision emerged just one day after U.S retail giant Wal-Mart announced it would [...]

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Obama racist video turns up in time for TX and OH primaries

Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:52 No Comments

As we approach the March 4th primaries, the worst of American politics begins to surface.  Desperation and fear are motivating Hillary Clinton’s supporters to reach for racially charged images that associate Barack Obama with Islam, terrorism, and 911.
It is a sick racial attack on Obama’s name and background and is something that should repulse every American, [...]

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Barack fires back at Hillary

Friday, February 15, 2008 21:35 No Comments

Barack Obama fired back at Hillary Clinton in front of a crowd of 6,000 supporters in Milwaukee today. The presidential candidate showed just how good of a counter puncher he is. Hillary is right to be worried.

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Taming of the Shrew

Friday, February 15, 2008 10:13 No Comments

There is one fundamental reason why Hillary Clinton is losing Democratic presidential primaries to Barack Obama; voters don’t like her, they like Obama.
This is evident in the following Q&A with a local WI reporter. We’ll provide commentary.
Let’s take a look at Hillary’s statements to see how “in touch” she is with voters.
HC: We need more [...]

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Hillary gets ugly with Obama

Thursday, February 14, 2008 23:13 No Comments

In the Democratic race, Sen. Hillary Clinton launched a scathing attack on Sen. Barack Obama, contending that while his speeches may sound “pretty good,” his words are just rhetoric compared to what she plans to accomplish.
We imagine that some genius in her campaign decided she needed to go on the attack as a scowling, demanding, [...]

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