Atom Feed from Searchles Thu Jul 24 18:49:55 -0400 2008 en-us blakelock Mon Dec 03 23:21:03 -0500 2007 Quality politics, economics, & stock market blog by fellow Searchles user. http://thebigpocket.blogspot.com blakelock Tue Apr 17 20:53:41 -0400 2007 From blogging to cell phone video, technology has forever changed the way we process and communicate about tragedy -- in good ways, and perhaps bad. blakelock Mon Apr 16 18:43:11 -0400 2007 Microsoft, long the defendant of marathon antitrust battles, is urging regulators to take a closer look at its rival Google's pending acquisition of advertising software company DoubleClick. blakelock Mon Apr 16 17:45:13 -0400 2007 blakelock Sun Apr 15 21:37:30 -0400 2007 Middle-class Americans, listen up: the I.R.S. is much more likely to audit you this year. Those caught cheating can expect to pay about $4,100 more on average in income taxes. blakelock Sun Apr 15 16:17:28 -0400 2007 blakelock Sat Apr 14 01:24:15 -0400 2007 One of them was "slightly pretty," so he decided to say hi. Next thing he knew, he was encircled, beaten and knifed in the gut on a Greenwich Village sidewalk -- by seven bloodthirsty young lesbians. blakelock Fri Apr 13 19:15:22 -0400 2007 University researchers and the federal government are exploring scrapping the Internet and starting over. The idea may seem absurd, but many this is the only way to truly address security, blah blah. blakelock Fri Apr 13 03:23:47 -0400 2007 On Wednesday, the Girls Gone Wild founder was indicted on charges of claiming more than $20 million in false business expenses. Today he was charged with trying to bribe a prison guard. Oops. blakelock Thu Apr 12 23:54:11 -0400 2007 blakelock Thu Apr 12 19:12:53 -0400 2007 CBS fired Don Imus from his radio show Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation’s most prominent broadcasters. blakelock Wed Apr 11 20:43:32 -0400 2007 Talk show host Don Imus' situation worsened Wednesday, when MSNBC announced that it would no longer simulcast the "Imus in the Morning" radio program. blakelock Wed Apr 11 03:59:10 -0400 2007 There is little chance that Anna Nicole Smith's baby will inherit millions. Why? Because Anna Nicole Smith's legal claims on J. Howard Marshall's estate were always tenuous. blakelock Wed Apr 11 03:26:29 -0400 2007 A CBS News producer was fired and the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal. Oops. blakelock Tue Apr 10 22:59:32 -0400 2007 Former Senate leader is helping Barack Obama; Daschle offers a guiding hand, a bunch of contacts and staff, and a huge donor list. blakelock Tue Apr 10 16:19:45 -0400 2007 blakelock Mon Apr 09 23:42:13 -0400 2007 Pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical may have sickened or killed 39,000 cats and dogs nationwide, based on an extrapolation from data released Monday by a large chain of veterinary hospitals. blakelock Mon Apr 09 23:26:15 -0400 2007 This was posted a few weeks ago by Ronnie, but the I just went to find it and the old link wasn't working. Here's an updated link. Interesting stuff. Worth a watch if you are interested in Global Warming. blakelock Mon Apr 09 17:31:30 -0400 2007 Interesting article. This MIT professor says "the risk of sea-level rise from global warming is less than that from other causes, such as tectonic motions of the earth's surface."