Just In! MCCAIN V.P. PICK

August 22, 2008
Politics

In an effort to match the Old Media’s bated breath over the fact that Obama still hasn’t announced his Vice Presidential pick…

McCain still hasn’t announced a V.P. pick either… where are those stories?

Awesome! AP Corrects Story About Dallas Texas Press Club Journalism Katie Awards

August 20, 2008
Lifestyle

There just aren’t words to describe the poetic justice in an article like this.

Old Media Flounders with Ohio U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones Death Reports

August 20, 2008
PowWow

While the Associated Press refers to this SNAFU with quotes calling for soul searching, this is a concertedly bizarre accounting of things.

How exactly do news outlets explain their reliance on “anonymous source,” “on background,” information about a Congresswoman’s death - when the story turns out to be dead wrong? Better yet, how do “Democratic officials speaking on condition of anonymity” explain that they knew the Congresswoman had passed away, prior to her actual passing?

Condolences to the family, and peace to Mrs. Jones.

For the Geek in All of Us: Motorized Office Chairs

August 18, 2008
International, Technology

Three chairs cheers for two German kids who took innovative ingenuity and paired it with a need for all geeks everywhere. According to this article, German police arrested the two teens who had apparently scrapped an old lawn mower to convert a common office chair into a source of transportation. The teens insisted they had only tried the contraption over a distance of a few meters, but witnesses reportedly claim they had seen the office chair motoring around town.

You Have to Read This! Guilty Until Proven Innocent

August 13, 2008
Law

If you haven’t read this yet, you need to. You have to. It is a well-spoken reflection of what is happening in America. Read the article here: America’s Troubled House by Patti Davis - a Newsweek Web Exclusive.

…one minute cooking dinner, the next handcuffed on the kitchen floor, inches from the bloodied body of a dog who was part of her family … handcuffed, helpless, forced to kneel in his underwear … not only did the police slaughter their dogs, they tracked blood all over the house in a search that yielded nothing…

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