Google says it's exempt from public's opinion of Michelle Obama

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Wednesday November 25, 2009 · 9:20 PM PST

2009/11/25 · 21:20

You've probably heard of the offensive doctored Michelle Obama photos floating around the Internet, appearing highly ranked on Google. I'm not going to link to it, and that's not really the point.

The point is Google's arrogance toward the public. I think their attitude is simply not acceptable from a major corporation, especially an advertising-supported one. From their own explanation:

The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results.

They seem to think that as long as it's a computer making decisions and as long as it makes money, the rest of us should just shut up.

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Monday November 09, 2009 · 12:13 AM PST

2009/11/09 · 00:13

Those of you on Facebook have probably already seen this Facebook group with a large number of members demanding action.

We Demand Immediate Action on This Crucial Issue!

If nothing is done then however many of us are in this group will be very displeased. We may even comment to express our anger, possibly with bad punctuation or spelling to further communicate our individual but quite possibly collective emotion.

Breaking with Poll: Paula Abdul to quit American Idol

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Tuesday August 04, 2009 · 11:35 PM PDT

2009/08/04 · 23:35

Paula Abdul has announced via Twitter and Fox has confirmed that she will not return to American Idol this season. This will ruin American society.

Some cultures have centuries of high art tying them together, but Americans have TV....

Poll

134 votes Show Results

What do you think about Paula leaving?

134 votes Vote Now!

What do you think about Paula leaving?

I don't watch Idol.

91 votes

It will ruin the program and our very society.

35 votes

That's great. Kara rocks!

8 votes

Surely, Single Payer

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Saturday March 07, 2009 · 11:29 PM PST

2009/03/07 · 23:29

Surely, we have decided by now that everybody must be covered by a health plan.

Surely, we are not going to allow treatment to go unpaid because you had a condition longer than you had your job.

Surely, we are tired of switching our doctors every time our employer negotiates a new plan with the third insurance company in three years.

Surely, our doctors are unwilling to support a plan that forces them into making treatment decisions according to hundreds of different drug formularies, established by marketing agreements instead of scientific evidence.

Surely, we realize it is unfair and counterproductive that only large corporations can negotiate affordable and comprehensive health plans while small businesses can only offer expensive limited plans.

Surely, enough people have been forced to keep a lousy job just for the health benefits and everybody sees that's not the way to build a strong and free economy.

Surely, after we see how foolish it was to give money to failed banks we are not going to prop up through mandates an industry that kills and bankrupts its customers.

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Monday April 02, 2007 · 12:21 AM PDT

2007/04/02 · 00:21

This report by Working Partnerships USA chronicles the decline of Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley provided 156,700 fewer jobs in Jan. 2007 than in January 2001: a 15.4% drop.

Real median household income fell from $85,978 in 2001 to $74,293 in 2005

Foreclosures are up; the housing bubble put more Californians into risky mortgages than elsewhere

Yes, the dot-com crash was responsible for a lot of this in the same way that Katrina decimated New Orleans. However (and this is my own take and not the report's), Bush administration policies made it worse. More after the break...

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Wednesday October 25, 2006 · 7:04 AM PDT

2006/10/25 · 07:04

Choke on a Pretzel was Tuesday's Comedy Track of the Day at Garageband.com. The chorus:

CHOKE ON A PRETZEL! CHOKE ON A PRETZEL!
Bash your head against a chair
CHOKE ON A PRETZEL! CHOKE ON A PRETZEL!
'Til your lungs run out of air
It seems our only sure defense
Is hoping for more accidents
Can't happen to a better guy
This twisted way to die!

Full lyrics below the fold... Read More

Why I Remember 9/12 Instead

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Sunday September 10, 2006 · 8:51 PM PDT

2006/09/10 · 20:51

Focusing on the tragedy while forgetting the world's response is what the terrorists want you to do.

Instead, remember the unity and selflessness over the next few days that gave us hope through our grieving:

The heroes of Flight 93: "Let's Roll."
The Star-Spangled Banner played at Buckingham Palace, and the worldwide sentiment that "We Are All Americans."
The patriotism of firefighters, police officers, and Pentagon staff that we often overlook until they die while serving us.
Air traffic controllers and airline staff who brought the system down and back up again even after losing friends and colleagues.
So many New Yorkers donating blood that the Red Cross had to ask them to stop.
Countless stories of kindness among strangers in New York and everywhere travellers were stranded.
Congress united in song at the Capitol.
A nation and a world united behind a popular president.

It really happened. I was proud of my country and its people and its leaders. Read More

Bay Area economy picking up?

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Monday January 03, 2005 · 3:34 PM PST

2005/01/03 · 15:34

While one would hardly expect The San Francisco Business Times to go negative on the Bay Area economy, this story about the job market talks about the demand for middle managers, mainly in non-software areas; in fact, quite possibly the non-tech workers who were priced out of the housing market during the boom.

Silicon Valley of 2005 is quite different than the Silicon Valley I moved to in 1995. Back then, it wasn't completely decided that business desktops would be Wintel machines. Not every software product was based on the Internet—there were CD-ROMs, PDAs, video game platforms, and, of course, desktop software for business and consumers. Before the boom, there was diversity; it seemed everybody I knew was working on something interesting. The sense I had that something big was about to happen proved to be right. I feel the same way about Asia and Singapore in 2005. I'll know if I was right in another 10 years.

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Google says it's exempt from public's opinion of Michelle Obama

ACTION: A GROWING demand to do SOMETHING

Breaking with Poll: Paula Abdul to quit American Idol

Surely, Single Payer

Silicon Valley decimated during the Bush years

Choke on a Pretzel: The Song

Why I Remember 9/12 Instead

Bay Area economy picking up?