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Mitt Romney quoted out of context? Not really.
TELL MITT ROMNEY: CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T A JOKE Much of the nation is reeling from Superstorm Sandy. As families rebuild from Sandy’s destruction, our thoughts are with the victims of this horrific, fossil-fueled storm. When Gov. Mitt Romney made climate change a punch line at the Republican National Convention, he mocked a real threat to […]
Samsung design is “not as cool” as Apple’s
Samsung / Apple UK judgment On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic(UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do notinfringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the Highcourt is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html. In the […]
Old cellphone? Oh the stigma!
NZ Herald
Superman to become a blogger
He may as well, since some legend-in-their-own-lunchbox bloggers seem to imagine they’re super villains. – P Pic via Circa
Vicarious Viral Video
Slapstick. (Some blue language and much laughter.) I bet you watch it more than once! – P Vicarious: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
Must read: Sympathy for the Plutocrat
Wonderful! Sympathy for the Plutocrat By Nick Hanauer Reuters It’s great to be what you people are now calling a plutocrat. I know. I am one. We plutocrats live incredible lives, surrounded by luxury and insulated from risk and discomfort. Things have gone very well for us over the last several years. Since George Bush […]
Paula Bennett has been egregiously let down
Say what you like about Paula Bennett’s [alleged] predilection for vindictively infringing other people’s privacy. Say what you like about her untenable denials and bullheaded refusal to acknowledge her transgressions (Privacy Commissioner findings notwithstanding). Say what you like about her perceived pulling-the-ladder-up-behind-her with respect to changes to training allowances for solo mums. Say what you […]
Amazing pic of Biden & Ryan
Photographer Jon Passantino got a shot.
Conservatives vs Liberals: a Fox News fan’s view
This is a case of the Reticular Activating System in action. As regular readers will know, here at ThePaepae.com we’re in the middle of a long-running (or on-going?) discussion about political labels, self-identification, partisanship, and fear & loathing of ‘The Other Side’ … In the middle of a (I would have thought unrelated) comment stream […]
