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Glenn Greenwald reminds conservatives (the crazy tea-party kinds) of their hypocrisy:
When you cheer on a Surveillance State, you have no grounds to complain when it turns its eyes on you. If you create a massive and [...]
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New Jersey wants to regulate your pubic hair. Now given this blog’s PG status, many puns and snide remarks have to remain unexpressed.
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The biggest problem with big companies like (insert big tech company name here) is that there is just way too much power with managers. Once the chain of desi managers is built from VP – Director – Senior Manager – Manager, then its almost impossible to break the chain.
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“As free-market economists teaching at a business school in the heart of the world’s financial capital, we feel downright blasphemous proposing an all-out government takeover of the banking system” – Matthew Richardson and Nouriel Roubini. Ah! Isn’t it surprising to see how much the debate regarding the role of the government in large private financial [...]
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President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation [source].
[via Uberdesi] If true and it most likely seems to be, this might be one of the high-profile appointments for an Indian-American (move over, [...]
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I find the Nextel ad that uses firemen acting as legislators baffling. The chief with the gavel wants to balance the budget and reduce taxes but build better roads and provide clean water.
It reminds me of McCain last night who also wants to balance the budget in four years from a half-trillion deficit while [...]
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In top 100 recipients of federal assistance populated mostly by universities, University of Phoenix, Inc. tops the list at 2.8 billion. Strangely Air India and Jet Airways (India), and Air India Charters also make an appearance at #11, #34, & #53 respectively. They are listed as payments for FEMA; probably disaster relief. But is international [...]
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Google’s ‘Do No Evil’ is fast turning out to be just a slogan rather than a mission statement. Over the weekend, Google divulged private information of Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid who had posted derogatory and vulgar comments about Sonia Gandhi on an Orkut group. What is the India law enforcement doing digging up lukhha Orkut [...]
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Talk in the government circles about telecommunication regulation and raising the specter of unspeakable doom by ignoring national security concerns. Sound like the U.S. Congress debating FISA authorizing warrantless wiretapping of American phones? Nah! In fact, this time it is India banning the use of Blackberry services in India. Reason – “does not allow for [...]
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What is it about our Indian government that refuses to butt out of our personal lives? The moron that is our Union Health Minister, Anbumani Ramadoss who had earlier tried to ban smoking from movies now wants (health) guidelines for people working in the BPO and IT industry [via]. In an earlier statement, he even [...]
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Michael Cera is the only bright spark in an otherwise listless comedy.
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Love political movies so loved this one too. Frank Langella plays a terrific Nixon.
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Outrageously funny. Not recommended for watching with your kids or parents.
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