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It's Close Enough, Right?

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It's Close Enough, Right?

Detroit gets new financial manager

Detroit gets new financial manager : The US city of Detroit appoints an emergency financial manager in the biggest state takeover in 20 years.

WSJ: Facebook Stealing Hashtags From Twitter

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There's absolutely no innovation coming from facebook.  They're like Microsoft gone crazy and buying up good ideas or just flat out copying them. ~~~ WSJ: Facebook Stealing Hashtags From Twitter : If you're #dying for #newwaystoexpressyourself then you're about to read some #goodnews (#rumoralert!). The #wallstreetjournal says #facebook will "incorporate the hashtag" on its own (#copying much?). More »

A Ted Cruz Missile Strikes Dianne Feinstein

Pretty funny.  Not funny was the other Democrat senator saying that no rights in the Constitution are absolute. ~~~ A Ted Cruz Missile Strikes Dianne Feinstein : If Ted Cruz keeps this up in the Senate, Democrats might try to impose gun control on his Cruz missile strikes. Earlier today at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on guns, Ted Cruz directly challenges Dianne Feinstein to answer how her gun bans are constitutional if the same language protecting the right to bear arms (“the right of the people”) is used for the First | Read More »

Iron Man 3: Revealing the Mandarin

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Iron Man 3: Revealing the Mandarin : By Marc Strom Ben Kingsley stars as the Mandarin in "Iron Man 3" For decades, the Mandarin has plagued Tony Stark in the pages of the Iron Man comics. Now, with Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” he comes to cinematic life to challenge the Armored Avenger in a whole new way. Played by Ben Kingsley in the film, the Mandarin has received a 21 st -century update for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the filmmakers have long teased the villain, even since the early days of the firs Iron Man movie. “For those of you following along I think it was Comic-Con 2007 when [‘Iron Man’ director] Jon Favreau said, ‘I can’t tell you much, but I can tell you the Mandarin is the bad guy,’” recalls “Iron Man 3” producer Kevin Feige. “We thought, ‘what can we tell them? That’s probably pretty safe.’ And then we changed it about 12 weeks before we started filming. We said, ‘there’s too much stuff going on here, we want to focus on Tony more,’ so we took [M...

Rand Paul Steals Marco Rubio's Thunder at CPAC

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Rand Paul Steals Marco Rubio's Thunder at CPAC : Rand Paul Steals Marco Rubio's Thunder at CPAC