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  • Patent troll sues just about the whole tech biz over 4 years

    11/09/2012 10:19:23 AM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 9 replies
    The Register ^ | 8th November 2012 15:28 GMT | Brid-Aine Parnell
    A patent holding firm has made it its business to sue just about every tech firm anyone has heard of in its quest to make money from an encryption patent, it has emerged. In the last four years, TQP Development has kept its lawyers busy with complaints against hundreds of companies, including big boys of tech like Google, Intel, Samsung and Apple. The prodigious litigator, spotted by the CipherLaw Blog, has made Intel, Wind River and Hertz its latest opponents citing its patent for using a shared seed value to generate pseudo-random key values at transmitter and receiver. TQP has...
  • FIGHT ON - Never Waiver, Never Falter!

    11/09/2012 10:19:09 AM PST · by Jeff Head · 57 replies
    JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | November 9, 2012 | Jeff Head
    FIGHT ON - NEVER WAIVER, NEVER FALTER Late on election night, November 6, 2012...actually probably early in the morning hours of November 7th at the time...well after Ohio and then Virginia were called, and then after listening to the speeches by Romney and Obama, I wrote the following and shared it with friends and groups I frequent. "God in Heaven has answered our prayers...but not the answer we hoped and prayed for. I have faith in Him, and accept His will. It just means we have to work harder, that we will probably have to endure much more, and that...
  • Daniel Craig insists there will NEVER be a gay James Bond...

    11/09/2012 10:18:24 AM PST · by Perdogg · 35 replies
    Daniel Craig has come forward to insist there will never be a gay James Bond - because 007 is not gay. The actor, who takes on the role of the suave British agent in the latest installment Skyfall, was forced to comment after the chemistry between him and Javier Bardem's character Raoul Silva sparked speculation about Bond's sexuality. The scene in question sees a flirtatious Raoul caress Bond's legs and chest as the spy sits tied up in a chair, with 007 ending the scene by asking his foe: 'What makes you think this is my first time?'
  • Judge denies Allen West motion in Palm Beach County

    11/09/2012 10:17:39 AM PST · by LeoWindhorse · 146 replies
    Palm Beach Post ^ | Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 | Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
    Judge [Jim] Crow denies Allen West's motion in Palm Beach County. He says West motion is "premature" since no the election has no official results yet; also says the legislature, not courts, sets election procedures. A Palm Beach County circuit court hearing on Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West’s motion to impound ballots and voting machines is scheduled for noon today.[snip] West filed a similar motion in St. Lucie County.
  • Obama to Bankers: I'm Serious About Deficit Reduction [Now, Off to Asia!]

    11/09/2012 10:14:59 AM PST · by SoFloFreeper · 14 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 11/9/12 | Charlie Gasparino
    Wall Street bankers have been told by the White House that President Obama is serious about deficit reduction and views it as a “legacy” issue for his administration, sources told the FOX Business Network. Talks between Wall Street executives and the administration began almost immediately after the President’s re-election and the discussions have been largely cordial, despite talk that banks are bracing for a new round of tougher regulations. At least for now, there are no signs of acrimony and discussions with executives have been cordial, a banker familiar with the talks says.
  • Circuit court declares Northern Rockies wolf-hunting case moot

    11/09/2012 10:14:25 AM PST · by jazusamo · 15 replies
    Missoulian ^ | November 9, 2012 | Rob Chaney
    A part of the legal fight over hunting wolves in the Northern Rockies officially disappeared from the record when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared the case moot on Wednesday. In 2010, federal District Court Judge Donald Molloy ruled that gray wolves were improperly stripped of Endangered Species Act protection in Montana and Idaho. Later that year, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., got an amendment through Congress declaring wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains a recovered species under the ESA and blocking any further legal review. Molloy, in a separate decision, agreed Congress had the power to shield the...
  • Boehner: Obamacare Is 'Law of the Land' [Beginning Of The End of Founding Principles?]

    11/09/2012 10:13:16 AM PST · by Steelfish · 48 replies
    Newsmax ^ | November 09, 2012 | Todd Beamon
    Boehner: Obamacare is 'Law of the Land' 08 Nov 2012 By Todd Beamon House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that Obamacare was “the law of the land” – apparently conceding that GOP efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law have ended. Boehner, the nation’s top elected Republican, hinted in an interview with ABC News that Congress would not undertake efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “The election changes that,” Boehner responded to a question about whether Congress would undertake repeal efforts next year. “It's pretty clear that the president was re-elected. Obamacare is the...
  • McDonald's sales plunge for first time in 9 years

    11/09/2012 10:13:08 AM PST · by Lorianne · 33 replies
    Times 24/7 - AP ^ | 09 November 2012
    McDonald's Corp. says a key sales figure fell in October, marking the first monthly drop in nearly a decade for the world's biggest hamburger chain. The company, says global sales at restaurants open at least a year fell 1.8 percent for the month. The last time the figure dropped was in 2003. The figure is a key metric because it strips out the impact of newly opened and closed locations. The fast-food chain says the figure fell 2.2 percent in both the U.S. and Europe. In the region encompassing Asia, the Middle East and Africa, it dropped 2.4 percent. After...
  • WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 45 NOV 9, 2012

    11/09/2012 10:10:41 AM PST · by greeneyes · 64 replies
    Free Republic | Nov 9, 2012 | greeneyes
    The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread ... there is no telling where it will go and...
  • Maryland: A lonely state for Republicans

    11/09/2012 10:03:23 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 26 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | November 8, 2012 | David Hill
    Fresh from decisive losses in seven of Maryland’s eight congressional districts and its worst performance ever in a U.S. Senate race, the Maryland Republican Party is searching for answers to stop its slide into irrelevance in the increasingly deep-blue state. The party lost one of its two congressional incumbents Tuesday when Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett was defeated in a heavily gerrymandered district, leaving incumbent Rep. Andy Harris as the party’s sole representative in Congress. Also Tuesday, voters approved ballot initiatives to legalize same-sex marriage and give in-state tuition to some illegal immigrants, despite heavy opposition from conservatives. Acknowledging that they...
  • The shape of things to come (John Derbyshire on the future of the GOP)

    11/09/2012 10:02:38 AM PST · by Zhang Fei · 85 replies
    John Derbyshire ^ | November 9, 2012 | John Derbyshire
    What about the future, then? Does the Republican Party have a future? As I have been saying, there is no unity among white Americans. The old splits of education, class, sex, religion, city-country, and of course North-South still divide whites, and that is the basis of most of our politics. The Republican Party is white, sure enough, but whites aren't Republican. This will presumably be less and less the case as whites head for minority status. At some point the fact of impending minority status will sink in, and whites will begin to sink their differences and circle the wagons....
  • Dear Matt Drudge: Stop the race stories

    11/09/2012 10:01:39 AM PST · by Obadiah · 60 replies
    The Hill ^ | 11/9/2012 | Brent Budowsky
    Dear Mr. Drudge: I have written before that, whether I like it or not, you are the one of the most influential forces in modern media, possibly THE most influential single player. You tower above your peers in what you do. Despite my failed efforts, no liberal or Democrat has even tried to create a legitimate competitor to what you do. But with your influence comes power, and with power comes responsibility, and the Drudge Report in recent months has become inundated, and saturated and permeated with baiting stories about the president's race, and about blacks generally. These are beneath...
  • Adventures with Alcohol

    11/09/2012 9:58:25 AM PST · by Reaganite Republican · 11 replies
    Reaganite Republican ^ | 09 November 2012 | Reaganite Republican
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  • Frommers' 10 worst and best airport terminals in the world

    11/09/2012 9:52:05 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 37 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2012
    If you've ever been stuck at New York's JFK airport or Newark International Airport you know all to well how depressing and inhospitable some of their terminals are. If caught in weather delays, travelers can easily find themselves sitting on the floor for lack of seats, or tentatively using over-used bathrooms. With that in mind, Frommers.com released to USA Today its choices of the 10 worst and best airport terminals. The travel guide site based its rankings on cleanliness, services, on-time departures, navigation, and ease of travel to and from a city's center. New York JFK's terminal 3, used for...
  • Dark Ages Investment Strategies? (Vanity)

    11/09/2012 9:49:38 AM PST · by Springfield Reformer · 20 replies
    self | 11/09/2012 | Springfield Reformer
    Despite the strong emotions of the moment, the reality is that we have to get through this. Whether we are in for a short or a long winter is unknown, and dependent entirely on the mercy of God. Still, it should be the objective of each of us to not merely survive, but to flourish during these dark times. With that in mind, I have a question for our financial experts. I am being given an opportunity to convert a service annuity into a lump sum payment. The lump sum is equal to twelve years of pension payments. I hope...
  • Egypt’s Islamists push for Sharia-based statute

    11/09/2012 9:48:33 AM PST · by ExxonPatrolUs
    Gulf News ^ | 11-9-2012 | Ramadan Al Sherbini
    Cairo: Hundreds of Islamists, coming from different areas of Egypt, on Friday congregated in Tahrir Square in Cairo, demanding that the new constitution be based on Sharia. "The people want the application of God’s Sharia,” chanted the demonstrators, mainly from the radical Islamists or Salafists. They were joined by others who marched from mosques around Cairo, holding placards reading: “Islam is coming”. "Liberals and secularists are causing a big noise and exercising pressure inside the Constituent Assembly in order to ensure that the final constitution will be tailored to suit their purposes,”Mustafa Halim, an Islamic theology student, told Gulf News....
  • Some Thoughts On The Catholic Vote

    11/09/2012 9:46:30 AM PST · by NKP_Vet · 64 replies
    http://www.catholicleague.org ^ | November 9, 2012 | Bill Donohue
    Catholics are a quarter of the electorate, and they voted for Obama over Romney by the same margin as the total electorate, 50%-48%. Contrary to what many pundits are saying, this suggests that the bishops’ campaign for religious liberty, waged against the Health and Human Services mandate, actually paid off: Obama got 54% of the Catholic vote in 2008 to McCain’s 45%. Some commentators talk about the Catholic vote as if it were monolithic, and others say it doesn’t exist. It would be more accurate to say there are four Catholic votes: practicing and non-practicing; white and Latino. Among practicing...
  • PICKET: Companies plan massive layoffs as Obamacare becomes reality

    11/09/2012 9:45:44 AM PST · by MissesBush · 18 replies
    Freedom Works has put together a list of companies that will be laying off employees as a result of President Barack Obama's health care law: Welch Allyn Welch Allyn, a company that manufactures medical diagnostic equipment in central New York, announced in September that they would be laying off 275 employees, or roughly 10% of their workforce over the next three years. One of the major reasons discussed for the layoffs was a proactive response to the Medical Device Tax mandated by the new healthcare law. Dana Holding Corp. As recently as a week ago, a global auto parts manufacturing...
  • "The List", Obama's One Hundred and Ninety-Eighth Week in Office

    11/09/2012 9:42:46 AM PST · by Nachum · 2 replies
    Nachumlist ^ | 11/9/12 | Nachum
    President Obama's One Hundred and Ninety-Eighth Week in Office11/8/2012Benghazi-GateBenghazi documents available to senators only when they are out of townHouse panel to hold hearing on Libya attack with top Obama intelligence advisers'Innocence of Muslims' filmmaker gets a year in prisonIt's 3am and nobody's thereHillary Clinton due to step down as Secretary of State within 'days' of start of Barack Obama's second termObama to visit Myanmar, Cambodia, ThailandObama’s new foreign and security team: Could Colin Powell be on it?Russia expects President Barack Obama to be more flexible on missile defense shield disputeAfter Obama win, U.S. backs new U.N. arms treaty talksVictorious...
  • Carny Nation

    11/09/2012 9:39:33 AM PST · by CharlesMartelsGhost · 8 replies
    Front Page Magazine ^ | November 9, 2012 | Daniel Greenfield
    Come right in and step right up. See the bright lights and the oddities of nature. Inside folks, for the low price of twenty-two trillion dollars, you can see Binders of Women, Team Big Bird and entire reams of green windmills and fields full of bayonets and horses. Here lies become the truth and everything is full of sugar. And the highlight of the show with be Barack, the Exotic Prince from the Wilds of Indonesia and Kenya, with a special appearance by Oprah and a hologram of JFK. Here in the Carnival of Fools, the party never stops and...