Obama and Google: A Love Story That Could Be Ending?

October 26, 2009

“There’s also no way of knowing if Google treats left-leaning groups any differently,” Nina Easton writes concerning the close relationship of the most powerful search and content access organization in the world and the White House. “With regulatory battles looming, the romance between Google and Obama, like most affairs, seems unlikely to last forever.”

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A Tough Stance Against Japan Ends Another Special Relationship

October 26, 2009

“The Obama administration is not interested in renegotiating previous base agreements and needs the new Japanese government to get behind the alliance. Hatoyama’s response was defiant: He would not rush to decisions just to accommodate Obama’s visit to Japan on Nov. 11. But Gates’ tough stance sent shudders through Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan.”

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China and America: An Unfortunate Love Story?

October 26, 2009

“In many respects the two countries are in the same bed. Their economies have become interlocked, especially in the past decade. America is the world’s biggest debtor and China its biggest creditor. From climate change to the economic recovery, the world faces problems that demand China and America work in concert.”

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Arthur Brooks on Why Government Health Care Keeps Falling in the Polls

October 26, 2009

“Americans deserve more credit. They haven’t been brainwashed, and they aren’t upset merely over the budget-busting details. Rather, public resistance stems from the sense that the proposed reforms do violence to three core values of America’s free enterprise culture: individual choice, personal accountability, and rewards for ambition.”

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The Trials and Tribulations of the Washington Redskins

October 25, 2009

Amid all the hatred and finger-pointing swirling around about the 2-4 Washington Redskins, it seemed worthwhile to share a few thoughts before I head out to FedEx for the Monday Night game against the Eagles tomorrow night, where the Redskins will showcase a new (decrepit) offensive playcaller and attempt to keep add to the positive […]

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Facebook Accounts for 1 in 4 Internet Pageviews

October 22, 2009

An amazing statistic from Perry Drake of database marketing firm Drake Direct — so amazing that it deserves further research. “Google, meanwhile, accounts for 1 in 12 pageviews (8%). And Facebook is rapidly closing in on Google in terms of visits and uniques.” Facebook’s redesign worked for them after all, at least with older users.

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Mourn the Death of Free Hulu: It's Not If They Start Charging, it's When

October 22, 2009

Mouth of Sauron: “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online… I think what we need to do is deliver that content to consumers in a way where they will appreciate the value. Hulu concurs with that, it needs to evolve to have a meaningful subscription model as part of its business.”

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Islamabad Dismayed by 'Dithering' United States: Listening to Cheney Again, We See

October 22, 2009

Dithering: “As White House officials continue to debate the call of General Stanley McChrystal for additional forces to win the war against Taliban insurgents in the Afghanistan-Pakistan war theater, the overall impression in Pakistan is that rather than any decisive victory, the US and NATO are now looking for a face-saving exit.”

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Held Hostage by the Taliban: A Series on David Rohde's Imprisonment

October 22, 2009

“Thirty minutes passed, and the captain agreed to let me make another call to try to reach my wife. With each passing minute, I began to believe that we were finally safe and would return home… ‘Kristen,’ I said, ‘please let me spend the rest of my life making this up to you.’”

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Fact Checking Gibbs: Did McKiernan’s Troop Requests Just Sit on Bush White House Desks?

October 22, 2009

Did the Bush administration really ignore McKiernan’s requests? “Throughout most of 2008, the Bush administration tried to get NATO countries to fill that gap, though they had to have known that would be a challenge. By the late summer, 2008 Bush administration officials realized NATO wasn’t going to come through.” Dithering? Maybe.

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