Current.com and Twitter Team up on Debate Coverage
We all love a good twitter post or four while we’re at work, but who might have thought that an actual cable/sattelite channel would be hosting the presidential debates with your twitter updates! This is a fantastic innovation that I saw just now on Twitter.com’s homepage, along with a nice little video from the chairman of Current.com, Al Gore! Normally we don’t cover politics, but I felt this is a major innovation that deserved front page posting, here’s the video from Al Gore if you haven’t seen it yet;
Al Gore Speaks at Current TV from Melody on Vimeo.
Loading ...Sarah Palin HATE and the RACE card
I haven’t been alive that long *clears throat* but I swear I’ve never seen so much hate directed toward a single candidate – even a presidential one, let alone a VP! Normally I don’t talk about politics here but even Hollywood is in on the hate-fest.
I seriously have seen the most nasty comments from celebrities, and the most vicious LIES spread by email and even even on Myspace (that bastion of intellectual fortitude.) It’s as if people think that hating this lady is just fine and who needs to research your arguments to see if they are factual or use logic? There’s SO MUCH I can barely touch on it all but I’m going to try to.
First of all, a Democratic Congressman said this: Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings on Wednesday warned two minority groups to beware of Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”
So, somehow if you shoot a gun and hunt, you are racist towards Jews and blacks. Yeah. That’s logical.
Then there’s this email circulating around, again, totally race baiting, saying she gets a free pass in life because she is WHITE. I’m not making this up:
“White privilege is when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” like
Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with
you, you’ll “kick their fuckin’ ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot
shit” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a
great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.”
So, this lady’s teenage daughter had sex with a not-so-bright kid, and it has somehow, something to do with race? Not only that, what does a 17 year old’s emotional, hormonal, decision making have to do with her mother? This is somehow an argument not to vote for her? A VP candidate? Really? That’s the best you got? Oh wait, it’s just pure hate.
“* If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow , Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.”
First of all, no one in the media or the prominent conservative movement is saying Obama is a Muslim. It’s a strawman. Plus, you really have to bring up what people name their kids? This is somehow politically relevant? Really?
Hollywood hates her too. Sandra Bernhardt: The Republican V.P. nom would be “gang-raped by my big black brothers” if she enters Manhattan. There’s plenty more nasty stuff from Hollywood about Palin if you look. Pamela Anderson, “I cant stand her. She can suck it,” she told E! News from Canada.
It’s just a hatefest. I’ve seen so many crazy lies posted about Ms. Palin I can hardly believe it. When I ask why people don’t like her they mostly say emotional stuff, repeat some of these lies, or just say things like she is “an idiot.” Look, if you don’t like her politically, fine. But really, gang raped? Attacking her family? Disagree, sure, but playing the race card and speaking out in anger and lies really doesn’t accomplish anything. Maybe it’s too late to ask people to be civil, but at least check your facts first.
Veronica Belmont for President, 2008
It would appear that Veronica Belmont, co-host of Tekzilla on Revision3 has quite the fan-base pushing for her to run for president.
From belmont08.com,
Bowing to the constant politcal pressure on the Internet, Veronica Belmont declared freedom from the bickering stating, “I’ll stab my eye out with a fork!”. This was a clear call the likes of which have not been heard since the third delay of Spore.
Those in the know understood her words meant she would challenge the field for the Presidency of the United States in 2008. While Belmont is not above the minimum age of 35, she hopes to have a constitutional ammendment fast-tracked by November to allow her election to stand.
But what exactly are people saying about her policies and personality?
Bipartisanship
” She also wanted to buy a puppy, so she like dogs too! ”Service
“Don’t forget her extensive CoD military career, and she spent quite a while fighting for the freedom of Azeroth from that evil Alliance.”Experience
“Her extensive executive leadership in Buzztown, Mahalo-land and Tekzilla Nation are unparalelled.”
The biggest question on everyone’s mind, however, is who will Veronica pick as her VP. I may be “playing favorites” here, but I think the image you will see after clicking the link below explains it all.
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Is Apple really the biggest issue Nintendo is facing or is it a larger issue? Most likely, a little bit of both. As a hardcore Nintendo fan, I can safely say that my favorite gaming company has failed me the past few years. It all began with the shoddy release of Twilight Princess, the lack of core titles for the DS and then the Wii games that were off-shoots of “Sports” started to move through the shelves.
What’s left for us? The Moms, families and kids are only going to enjoy their Wii for so long. Then, they will put it down for a new toy that’s promising family fun. I have it on good authority to say this since I’ve sold my Nintendo Wii. Why? Because my kids stopped playing it and moved on to something else.
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5 Awesome Nintendo character tattoos
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Like other uber geeks, we are the beautiful people and we have awesome taste in tattoos, clothing, games, tech, gadgets and nostalgia. A generation grew up on Atari, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and the Mother of video game entertainment of the 1980’s – Nintendo. We proudly wear our dorky gamer badges on our bodies for all to see.
There are probably hundreds of thousands of Nintendo tattoos out there. We scoured the web to find our 5 favorite Nintendo character tattoos.
#5. Hey. Hey Listen!
Why Navi? Of all things, why Navi?! Because you said that as soon as you saw this tattoo. She’s embedded into your brain, the constant screaming of “Hey, hey hey listen!” and this brave man has made sure everyone will remember it. The tattoo is really well done, but we all hate him just a little bit.
#4. Stars and Ghosts, oh my!
This tattoo comes complete with invincible stars and a Boo. It’s quite obvious this girl loves her Nintendo. We love her half-sleeve and her stars. The original photo by Kotaku stated this woman’s husband was the tattoo artist. We love both of them just a little.
#3. 8 Bit Mario
Memories of throwing your controller when Mario died, moving the controller with Mario to make him jump and wanting to kill Toad when your Princess was in another castle come to mind when looking at this tattoo. The original tattoo is credited to artist Jon Poulson on Flickr.
Number 2 and number 1 are after the break
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E3 2010 Predictions
E3 2010 Predictions
E3 2010 is a couple of months away. As usual, everyone is making predictions and speculating what huge announcements are coming. A lot of talk is revolving around Sony and Microsoft this year. There are hopes of long-awaited games finally coming out in the public eye.I wonder if Duke Nukem will finally come out? Sure. Right.
For E3 this year, I have a couple of predictions of my own. I am hoping that Nintendo redeems themselves and announces a new Legend of Zelda game. I see the game releasing during the 4th quarter of 2010. Gears of War 3 is another prediction. I don’t see it releasing in the 4th quarter of 2010. I see an announcement at E3 with the possibility of release in 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2011.
I asked on Twitter what your predictions for E3 are from The Geek Media’s Twitter and my personal Twitter. The answers after the jump. next
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