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more about #valleywag more comments → Mediahohoho: Actually, the only legitimate position for a Christian to have regarding Obama is to pray for him, full stop. As it has been with everyone who has hel... more » HurtsSoGood: ...many of the original designers of the Psalm 109:8 designs had already decided to remove them on their own. Could this be because they were afraid ... more » twig: The NSA has a long history in advising to non-government security standards. Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" notes that several of the fundamental ... more » Poop Cooper: "...many of the original designers of the Psalm 109:8 designs had already decided to remove them on their own." The equivalent of kicking a guy out o... more » OHymenMyHymen: Here's the interesting part about Psalm 109:8- it's actually written by King David- and is directed at a large group of people trying to depose him (i... more » Sergio Hernandez: I'm really kind of divided on this story. On the one hand, I think there are several reasons this Psalm 109:8 meme is inappropriate and reckless, but... more » Lysergic Asset: Note to everyone who said something to the effect of "this is just like the stuff they sold when Bush was in office": check your thesauruses. 'Impeac... more » Banjo-Sea Kitten: Now God can go back to his regular job--family planning at the Duggars. more » misslinda: Translation: this shit wasn't selling very well anyway so it's no skin off of our backs to not be horrendous revolting sleazeballs. more » Perhaps Not: Worth noting that Kennedy never had an approval rating below 50% and was arguably the second-worst president in recorded history, assassination or no ... more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: The public is composed of 67 percent moran. more » Unsolicited Advice: It's not "fiscal responsibility" so much as "ensuring that paper money continues to have a value." The idea that it would be prudent, or even possibl... more » Drunken Economist: Seeing as the bulk of Windows IT and development is outsourced and offshored, how is this a bad idea? Corps and end users really don't care where the... more » scroll_lock: I had no idea this existed. Now I'm newly obsessed. more » daveyjonesisdead: apart from the privacy aspects - and I have no doubt the collaboration did not enhance privacy - why does the government cooperate with some companies... 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 »
