By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Sep 6, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Tech
Publicly educated children in Estonia will soon start learning to code in the 1st grade. [Venture Beat]
Microsoft updates their Terms of Service to an easily readable Q&A format. [Microsoft]
Founder of the ubiquitous torrent site Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm, has been arrested in Cambodia. [Torrent Freak]
Apple has rejected an app created by a New York developer that would track US drone strikes. [Wired]
So it turns out LG released a Linux based tablet called “iPad” 9 years ago? [Linux Devices]
Earlier this week saw reports claiming that Bruce Willis was gearing up to sue Apple over rights to his iTunes music. Those reports now appear to be false. [TechCrunch]
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Wed Sep 5, 2012 at 12:30 PM ET The Politics of Faith
The Democratic National Convention is the intersection of politics and religion for one pastor. Fernando Cabrera, a New York City councilman and pastor of the New Life Church in the Bronx, is serving as a delegate this week, but he is not supportive of the whole of the party’s adopted platform. Cabrera decries the President’s and the party’s support of gay marriage. [WORLD Magazine]
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the religious and political leader of the Unification Church, died Monday. [CNN]
Desmond Tutu, the retired Anglican Church’s archbishop of Africa, says Tony Blair and George W. Bush should “answer for their actions” for their roles in the war in Iraq. [WaPo]
A Texas judge ruled that praying for God to hurt someone is legal. [USA Today]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Sep 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter (source: Narcolepsy Inc)
Workout Tips [Invisible Bread]
Not the funniest SMBC of all time, but really great nonetheless. [SMBC]
Creamy [Extra Fabulous Comics]
The Perfect Comeback [Dilbert]
Examples of suspicious quotation marks [picture]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Sep 3, 2012 at 5:30 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
The NFL and its referees (currently on strike) were almost able to reach a deal on Friday that would have allowed the normal refs to work all the regular season games. However, once that deal was struck down by the NFL Referees Association the NFL, teams, players, and fans face the prospect of starting the season with replacement refs that were none too impressive during the preseason. [Yahoo! Sports]
Here are ESPN’s expert’s Superbowl picks. [ESPN]
Here is Peter King’s season preview for SI. On the first page you can also find links to the rest of SI’s NFL coverage. [Sports Illustrated]
Pigskin and Politics collide this week when the Panthers will be forced to practice in Florida due to the Democratic National Convention being held in Charlotte. [ESPN]
This actually happened a while back, but it’s worth mentioning. Ray Rice took to Facebook back in July to make some classy and respectable posts on Facebook about bullying. Good on you, Rice. [picture]
Here’s a nice chart for those of you interested in keeping track of wins and losses once the season starts! [picture]
All of your favorite Recovering Politicians and writers will be having some fun playing Fantasy Football this season. Check out this post every week and I’ll keep you abreast of the results!
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Fri Aug 31, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of The Screen
“The Politics of The Screen” were on full display last night at the Republican National Convention with Clint Eastwood’s bizarre showing. The actor conversed with @InvisibleObama for almost 15 minutes. [WaPo]
An interesting look at today’s film distribution models. “What is a movie’s sell-by date?” [HuffPo]
Paramount Pictures and the children of the author of the “Godfather” series are in a court battle to cut ties. [LA Times]
Keanu Reeves details how 21st-century filmmaking is changing the industry in new documentary, Side by Side. [NYT]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Aug 30, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Tech
Jack Andraka, 15, invents cancer test that is 168x faster, 26000x less expensive, and 400x more sensitive than the current standard. 3¢ and 5 minutes [BBC]
Joel Tenenbaum has been sentenced in federal court to pay $675,000 for illegally downloading 31 songs. That is $22,000 per song he is on the hook for. [Gizmodo]
“Is a $675,000 fine for sharing 31 pirated songs too much?” [ExtremeTech]
Obama Administration Announces New Public-Private Partnership to Support 3D Printing [White House]
Google’s Fiber network is so exciting! [CNN]
By Patrick Derocher, on Wed Aug 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET This week’s Republican National Convention has exposed a large and growing rift between former allies George LeMieux and Charlie Crist.
It’s convention season, so Florida was bound to have some interesting problems. When Charlie Crist publicly endorse President Obama and began to slam the Republican Party (his former party) a few days ahead the Republican National Convention, George LeMieux, former US Senator from Florida and advisor to Mr. Crist, responded with a scathing editorial. LeMieux claims “this isn’t the Charlie Crist I knew” in a letter to the Tampa Bay Times, lamenting his former boss’s shift from a “Reagan Conservative to an Obama Liberal.” Worth noting: Crist lives in St. Petersburg, mere miles from the location of the ongoing convention. [Tampa Bay Times]
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By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Wed Aug 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM ET The Politics of Faith
Bill Nye — yes, the science guy — says teaching Creationism is not appropriate. [CNN]
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York and head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will offer a prayer at both parties’ conventions. [NYT]
Lily Dale, NY, is a town built by and for Spiritualists. [Religion News Service]
Poor economic conditions are having a negative impact on the churches, pastors say. [LifeWay Research]
The parents of Tyler Clementi, a gay teen who committed suicide in 2010, said they have left their church. His mother said they grew out of step with their church’s view on homosexuality. Clementi’s suicide followed the discovery that his college roommate had spied on his sexual relations, and broadcasted them on the Internet. [NYT]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Aug 28, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
Best Buy logo updated for accuracy. [picture]
Russia [YouTube]
Honest Kitchen Container [picture]
IT Red Flag [picture]
Who could be this dense? At least change the font! [picture]
Hey look, another dumb person. [picture]
Fair Warning [picture]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Aug 27, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
Here is a really touching story about how Matt Hasselbeck helped fellow QB Trent Dilfer through a really difficult time in his life while they were teammates in Seattle. [PFT]
Vince Young’s once-promising career continues to evaporate as he was cut today by the Bills after they acquired Tavaris Jackson. Young will probably be picked up elsewhere, but it is a long-shot for him to have any meaningful impact at this point. [SI]
The Jets’ offense has been held to 0 touchdowns through 3 weeks of the preseason. [National Football Post]
Rookie Russell Wilson has been named the Week 1 starter for the Seahawks. This is a high risk vs. reward move so it will be interesting to see how it pans out. [ESPN]
In other rookie QB news Ryan Tannehill has won the Dolphins starting job. [CBS Sports]
WR Donte Stallworth made the Patriots list of cuts today. [PFT]
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