Legalizing marijuana for recreational use could lead to an 80 percent reduction in its retail price. This November, Californians will vote on whether to legalize the growing and selling of small batches of marijuana for non-medical purposes. According to a study by the Rand Corporation, such a legalization will decrease the price of high-quality weed… [Read more…]
The 2010 Unemployment Extension Bill is just one item on a large agenda that Congress is facing as they return from their extended July 4th holiday today. Hopefully the debates will bring bring a turn around and the extension gets passed instead of leaving the unemployed worker stranded without benefits again. The impossible obstacles that… [Read more…]
This October 2010 look forward to Facebook the Movie, well actually the title is called “The Social Network”. It’s based off of the real events of Mark Zuckerberg’s life, discovery, and invention of Facebook. This movie will basically tell the story of how Mark was working on the idea with other college students but instead… [Read more…]
One of our reliable Apple sources has just filled us in on some of the company’s iTunes plans, and they’re exciting. We have been told iTunes will be getting a huge cloud capability that many people have been asking for (and logically thought would happen sooner or later). These new capabilities are broken down into… [Read more…]
So, we got shuffled past a 3DS at a rapid pace this morning on our way out of the Nintendo keynote, but we’ve just had an opportunity to play some titles and really get a feel for the thing… and we’re pretty impressed. Before we were only shown a technical demo, but at Nintendo’s booth… [Read more…]
Until today, Google Voice was a neat service you needed to be invited into. Now Google’s thrown open the doors, letting in anyone (in the U.S.) wanting One Number to Rule Them All—or just web-based voicemail on your current number. Google’s long-term plans for Voice has been an interesting exercise in educated guesses. Google acquired… [Read more…]
Washington, D.C. (Jul 6) – President Obama lashing out at Senate Republicans regarding unemployment extensions on Saturday, referred to the situation as “using their power to hold this relief hostage.” The President also mentioned the jobs report released last Friday as a somewhat positive sign being, the economy is actually creating jobs, just not enough… [Read more…]
By Amy Lane // The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed an extension of federal unemployment insurance benefits, placing the issue again before the U.S. Senate as Congress leaves for a weeklong break for the Fourth of July holiday. H.R. 5618 would extend the emergency unemployment compensation and extended benefits programs through Nov. 30.… [Read more…]
6. The I-Rider Hey ladies, do you like making sexual movements but hate needing to have a man around to justify making them? Well, you’re in luck then because apparently the i-Rider is going to take you for a wild, semen-free ride. As the woman in the infomercial says, “If you’re watching TV, you better… [Read more…]
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER (AP) WASHINGTON — With Republicans citing concerns about the growing national debt, the House rejected a bill Tuesday to extend unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for long stretches. The House, however, is expected to vote on the bill again as early as Wednesday. Without an extension, payments… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
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