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more about #valleywag more comments → Shadowlayer: First one to send me a book with his/her tweet farts gets a bullet between the eyes... Kidding, you'll get a golf ball (NRA took my gun, said I was "... more » Shadowlayer: BTW, Chow if you're reading this, your book is on teh torrentz now more » Shadowlayer: How did mr.assclown get 10M in VC monies? more » badasscat: And yet still, up until last week Wikipedia listed the wrong actor as Captain Steubing on The Love Boat! (Seriously!) more » momof3wildkids: This could be Obama's "Mission Accomplished" moment -- pretty risky given the employment numbers more » raincoaster: Sucker. Bullshit. Down the toilet. more » raincoaster: You're kidding yourself if you think most people can be interesting for more than 140 characters at a time. more » The Real JR: Huge stretch, baby. more » flossy: GAH. The Presidential campaign. Is. Over. This nitpicky, zomg did he just make a gaffe?! style reporting was grating even then. Now it's doubly obn... more » Unsolicited Advice: Like I thought when McCain said it - he's right. The job of the President is to be our chief advocate, to point America forward along its path. Our ... more » i'm a bottle: I'd like to see how McCain would have handled the economic crisis. We would have probably invaded Iran. more » i'm a bottle: Well, the right will probably pick Obama apart for saying it, but let's also keep in mind that McCain said the economy's healthy a week before the sto... more » eatsshootsleaves: "The fundamentals [of the economy] are sound in the sense that the American workers are sound, we have a good capital stock, we have good technology."... more » MincnglyWhrdL'mer: lol. more » MissNormaDesmond: Nice, Gawker, how you never criticize Obama and always kiss his ass and never point out when he is wrong -- oh, wait. more » -
#shutuptwitter
Barack Obama Has Better Things to Do Than Tweet
You would have been delusional to think that the president didn't use a ghostwriter to update his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Still, it's now been confirmed that he didn't write any of his 418 tweets. Geeks are scandalized. More » -
#asteroids
Brits Getting Worried Our Black President Is No Morgan Freeman
Just another thirty feet across, and it would have been a weapon of mass destruction, that petit meteor that recently exploded in the skies above Indonesia. This is why Barack Obama must build us a force field, against heavenly apocalypse. More » -
#heroes
Secret Service, Facebook Team Up to Catch Obama Assassination Pollster
Some twisted soul posted a Facebook poll yesterday asking whether or not President Obama should be assassinated. Obviously that's a big no-no, and now Facebook and the Secret Service have joined forces to form an elite crime fighting team. More » -
#conspiracytheories
Government 'Mind-Mapping' Scheme Inspired by Google Buddies
Here's the stuff of conservative nightmares: The Obama administration wants to "mind map" America using computers, inspired by the Big Brother of Silicon Valley More » -
#shutuptwitter
Coastal Elites Can't Decide: Is Twitter a Force for Good or Evil?
Have you heard? All the trouble the president's been having with his health care initiative is Twitter's fault. So says ad man James Othmer in a New York Times op-ed. Wait, wasn't Twitter saving Iranian democracy like 10 minutes ago? More » -
#disasters
Yahoo Nukes Man's Photos Over Obama Comments
Flickr user Shepherd Johnson was browsing the official White House photostream one night when he decided to post a politically-charged comment. Then another, then another. Soon, without warning, Yahoo's photo-sharing service deleted his account, complete with 1,200 pictures.
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#politics
Obama CTO's Chummy Confirmation
Aneesh Chopra might have been embarrassed by a medical-records breach in Virginia, but his nomination to White House Chief Technology Officer has been better secured. He can thank the senator on whom he lavished donations. More » -
#politics
Is Google Heading For an Antitrust Trainwreck?
Everyone has misunderstood why Google, from CEO Eric Schmidt on down, is cozying up to Barack Obama. It's not out of some likeminded geekiness. It's out of desperation and fear.
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#politics
Why Can't Obama Find a Good Geek?
The White House has tapped two D.C.-area techies to run the government's tech infrastructure. His CIO, Vivek Kundra, turned out to have a rap sheet. Now his CTO Aneesh Chopra, has a drug problem. More » -
#mysteries
Why Did the White House Delete Bush's Tweets?
Barack Obama's Webheads are getting ready to launch a new Twitter feed for President Change. But the White House already had a Twitter account. It has disappeared down the memory hole. More » -
#geeksgonemild
Obama's Shoplifting CIO Even Dorkier Than We Imagined
Remember Vivek Kundra, the White House chief geek who nicked shirts from J.C. Penney in his youth? In 2000, four years after his arrest, Barack Obama's future chief indiscretion officer played political fanboy. More » -
#antitrust
It's Time to Ask if Google's Too Big to Fail
Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently told the BBC that the U.S. should break up banks that get "too big to fail." What about Google? Is it too big — and should the government take action? More » -
#tesla
Obama Drives Past Tesla Showroom, Doesn't Crack Automaker Special Olympics Joke
Yes, that is "Cadillac One" driving past Tesla's West Los Angeles showroom yesterday and no, President Obama did not stop in for a test drive. [Green Car Advisor] [Jalopnik] -
#vivekkundra
Obama's Thieving Geek Guilty of Bad Taste
Could the White House at least vet candidates for fashion sense, if not their arrest records? Vivek Kundra, the scandal-drenched federal CIO, was arrested in 1996 for shoplifting four dress shirts. From J.C. Penney. More » -
#media
A Facebook Cofounder's Public Outing
Only a few things will make a chatty entrepreneur stop talking about their next big idea: a lawsuit, an IPO, or a magazine cover story. The last explains Facebook cofounder Chris Hughes's recent quiet period. More » -
#vetting
White House Forgives CIO's 'Youthful Indiscretion'
America is a land of hope, where you can steal, plead guilty, have your office raided by the FBI, and still get a job in the White House. Like Vivek Kundra, Obama's CIO! More » -
#hires
Obama's Facebook Genius Lands Venture Capital Gig
Chris Hughes, the Facebook cofounder who helped Barack Obama win the election online, has landed a real job, he tells us via Twitter: He's working at General Catalyst Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. More » -
#crime
Barack Obama's CIO a Confessed Thief
In the annals of vetting, this will go down as the most laughable miss ever: Vivek Kundra, the D.C. official tapped by Obama to run government technology, pleaded guilty to a theft charge in 1997.
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#twitterati
The Twitterati Head South, not to Mention Southwest
Can you destroy — or cement — your professional reputation in 140 characters or less? On Twitter, it's easy! Watch and learn from ABC's Jake Tapper, ex-Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, VentureBeat's Eric Eldon and others: More » -
#crime
Obama's Top Geek on Leave after Minion Charged with Seeking $6 Million in Bribes
Vivek Kundra, the White House's chief information officer, has been placed on leave after Yusuf Acar, a technology manager in the D.C. government who previously worked for Kundra, was arrested on bribery charges. More »
