Google’s chief executive said he has paralyzed vocal cords, a rare health problem that causes a hoarse voice and constricted breathing. The company said a year ago that he had a voice problem. … Read More
Texas House approves bundle of radical pro-gun laws
Lawmakers in the Texas House on Monday will give final approval to a bundle of 12 radically pro-gun bills (PDF), clearing the way for guns to be brought onto school campuses and into classrooms by students and teachers. All the bills were easily approved by voice vote on Saturday, according to…
David Sedaris has a pleasingly strange voice
David Sedaris first rose to prominence on public radio, with his 1992 performance of “Santaland Diaries,” in which he told the story of his career as Crumpet the Elf at the New York Macy’s. The most astonishing thing about this and other early performances, in retrospect, is how all the elements that conspired to make Sedaris a writer-celebrity — the embellishment from his own life, the transparent hyperbole, the play with repetition, the sharp and occasionally dark edge of his observational humor, and most of all his own pleasingly strange voice — were already present and operating so strongly that they seemed to belong to their own special genre (the Sedaris, let’s say) long before Sedaris had written and performed enough pieces that the group of them could reasonably qualify as a genre.Continue Reading… … Read More
Facebook enables free voice calling for Android users in the US
Facebook has rolled out an update to its Messenger app for Android that will allow users of the social network to start free voice and video calls with friends over a Wi-Fi or data connection. The free calling service launched for US and Canadian iPhone users back in January, while… … Read More
TeliaSonera sales slump as market shifts to data
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera on Friday reported a first quarter decline in sales and profit amid strong competition and a drop in revenue from texting and traditional voice traffic in relation to data services. … Read More
TIME Puts Rand Paul on the Cover (and Sarah Palin’s Endorsement of Him Inside)
Granted, it’s one
of seven covers: ;
And here’s Palin’s ode to Paul: ;
When the Tea Party movement wanted to send a message to the
Senate in 2010, it elected a clear-sighted eye doctor from the
Bluegrass State. In a D.C. too often defined by the venal
equivocations of a permanent political class more interested in
consolidating its own power than in upholding the Constitution or
defending the common good, Senator ;Rand ;Paul ;is a
voice of reason awakening the public to what must be done to
restore our prosperity and preserve the blessings of liberty for
future generations. His brand of libertarian-leaning conservatism
attracts young voters, and recently he inspired the nation with his
Capraesque filibuster demanding basic answers about our use of
drones. I sent him some caribou jerky from Alaska to help keep up
his strength on the Senate floor. There’s more where that came from
for this bold Senator with 20/20 vision willing to take a stand for
liberty.
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South Korea backtracks on claim North Korea is prepping missile test
A South Korean official admitted April 8th that he misspoke when he indicated that a new North Korean nuclear test was imminent, now insisting that all appears to be normal.Earlier April 8th, South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said to a parliamentary committee that there were signs of nuclear test preparation at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, according to Voice of America, although he wouldn’t elaborate further.”We found there had been no unusual movements that indicated it wanted to carry out a nuclear test,” a Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said later that day via Radio Free Europe, backtracking from the earlier comments.Continue Reading… … Read More
