After being freed following a nearly five-month stint in an Egyptian jail during that country’s uprising, Queens native Ilan Grapel received interesting news: The New York Mets won the World Series during his isolation.
The misinformation was a joke played by Rep. Gary Ackerman, according to the New York Post.
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“Your efforts serve to paint a clear contrast between the two sides currently waging war for the future of America. On one side are those who believe in the income redistribution of socialism and feel entitled to “social justice,” fueled by a victim complex instilled in them by the very politicians who create and perpetuate their dependence. On the other side are the independent, self-respecting, hardworking Americans whose income and old-fashioned values of personal responsibility sit squarely in the cross hairs of the slackers and the Democratic Party that coddles them.” — John Phillips in a letter to the editor at the Washington Times
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This is all so familiar. Romney is behaving exactly as the GOP said Barack Obama behaved on the campaign trail in 2008 and still says he is behaving as campaigner in chief.
Isn’t ONE thin-skinned debater enough?
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Steve Jobs knew all about competitive markets. He once likened our school system to the old phone monopoly. “I remember,” he said in a 1995 interview, “seeing a bumper sticker with the Bell Logo on it and it said ‘We don’t care. We don’t have to.’ And that’s what a monopoly is. That’s what IBM was in their day. And that’s certainly what the public school system is. They don’t have to care.”
We have to care. In this new century, good is not good enough. Put simply, we must approach education the way Steve Jobs approached every industry he touched. To be willing to blow up what doesn’t work or gets in the way. And to make our bet that if we can engage a child’s imagination, there’s no limit to what he or she can learn.
” —Rupert Murdoch: The Steve Jobs Model for Education Reform - WSJ.com
Ignore for a moment who wrote this column and give it a read. It’s dead on.
(via John Skudlarek)
“It’s one thing not to know what you are protesting as some Wall Street occupiers told Reason TV… It is something else all together to rally in support someone accused of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.” — Occupy Boston hosts rally in support of accused terrorist | RedState
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Steve [Jobs] was heading towards a car parked next to the curb with its door open, waiting for him. The car was idling. A family was standing near the Apple sign outside the building, a common site for people to take photos on their pilgrimages to Apple.
The father turned to Steve as he passed close by and asked, “Excuse me, sir, would you mind taking our photo?”
Steve paused for a moment as an iPhone was extended to him, realizing that they didn’t seem to know who he was. With a hint of enthusiasm, he said “Sure!” as he took the iPhone into his hands.
” —plucky tree: the last time I saw Steve Jobs
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“Jobs wasn’t successful just because he was creative, brilliant and hardworking. There are a lot of creative, brilliant and hardworking people running technology businesses. Jobs had an extra little something going on that further separated him from his peers: He was a jerk. Good for him.” —
Steve Jobs Was A Jerk. Good For Him. - Forbes
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Tyranny? Nope, sorry. People who use Apple products considered their options, and chose Apple. If they regret their decision, they can dump it at any time. If you call Apple tyrannical, you’re using a definition of the word so loose as to strip it of any real meaning whatsoever. Something along the lines of:
Tyr-an-ny (noun) \ˈtir-ə-nē\
Displeasing to Eric S. Raymond
Justin Bieber to re-record "All I Want For Christmas Is You" with Mariah Carey | NEWSRADIO 1180 WHAM -
The apocalypse is coming.
Holy crap, PUMPKINS!!! (Taken with Instagram at Wegmans)
There's no place like Buffalo in NFL - NFL - Yahoo! Sports -
This might be the last simple place left in the NFL. A place where fans navigate tiny roads and pass signs for $10 parking on people’s front lawns, and they can walk to a stadium that doesn’t look like the Emirates Palace. And when they do visit they can find an RV in the middle of the parking lot where a Hall of Fame quarterback tailgates just like them – every game-day morning.
(via John Kucko)