Tech News. The Huffington Post. Jon Stewart Calls Out Gretchen Carlson For "Dumbing Herself Down. Jon Stewart went after "Fox & Friends" host Gretchen Carlson last night. Saying she plays the "troubled mom, just trying to make sense of this modern country," Stewart explained Carlson seems to be dumbing herself down in order to connect with an audience that sees intellect as an elitist flaw. After showing clips of Carlson talking about Googling the words "ignoramus" and "czar," Stewart was flabbergasted: How do you get a job on television if you appear to be one of those people who need to pin their address to their coat so a stranger can help them find their way home? Determined to get to the bottom of it, Stewart conducted a Google search of his own. According to his findings, this "troubled mom" is a graduate of Stanford and a classically trained violinist.
With this in mind, Stewart challenged Carlson: "I don't want to have to turn you on tomorrow to see you're actually surprised that the Interior Secretary is in charge of the outside stuff. " Fox News' Fuzzy Math Claims 120% Of Americans Have An Opinion On. UPDATE: The executive producer of Fox & Friends told POLITICO that she sees no error in the graphic. Producer Lauren Petterson: “We were just talking about three interesting pieces of information from Rasmussen,” Petterson said. “We didn’t put on the screen that it added up to 100 percent.” Since Petterson saw no error in the presentation, no one will be reprimanded under the broadcaster's "zero tolerance for on-screen errors policy. " However, Petterson did acknowledge that the graphic "could have been a little clearer. " Fox News must have used some fuzzy math to create its own analysis of a recent Rasmussen poll on climate change.
On a December 4th episode of Fox & Friends, a graphic was displayed with the question heading: "Did scientists falsify research to support their own theories on global warming? " Simon Maloy of Media Matters outlines the progression of this latest "on-screen error" by Fox News. Annise Parker: Openly Gay Mayor Elected In Houston, Texas. Annise Parker has an unbeatable lead over Gene Locke in Houston's hotly contested mayoral election, meaning she will become the city's first openly gay mayor. The Harris County elections Web site says 53.62 percent of voters who turned out Saturday chose Parker. Her rival, former city attorney Gene Locke, was pitching to become the city's second black mayor.
The election battle leading up to Saturday's balloting was marked by fierce campaigning and anti-gay rhetoric. Parker is a lesbian who has never made a secret or issue of her sexual orientation. If she wins, Houston will become the largest U.S. city to ever have an openly gay mayor. The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund put out a press release calling this "a watershed moment in American politics. " Full press release below: Lesbian elected mayor of Houston, Texas Washington, D.C. Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, which endorsed Parker, said her victory holds tremendous significance for the gay community. The Geekiest Wedding Cakes EVER (PHOTOS) For their weddings, some lovebird-nerds like to embrace not only their adoring spouse, but also their complete and total geekiness -- and what better way than with their wedding cake? Forget bows, boxes, and pastel: these newlyweds ditched the conventional cake designs to create unique, supergeek creations, from edible Lego towers, to Super Mario castles and dead Star Wars figures.
The amazing collection of the nerdiest-ever wedding cakes below are sweet, geek, and too cool to eat. See them for yourself below! Loading Slideshow Dead Tauntaun CakeStar Wars artist Chris T. had Cake Nouveau create a dead Tauntaun cake for his wedding, complete with a Luke Skywalker stuffed inside. Hide Thumbnails Mod4/Cake Nouveau/Chris Trevas. Military use of consumer technology: War games. CNN.com International - Breaking, World, Business, Sports, Enter. Are entrepreneurs born or made? - Dec. 9, 2009. (Fortune Small Business) -- When Bill Gates's children become adults, they'll probably launch their own businesses. And not just because of their father's example. Entrepreneurial tendencies -- including the ability to recognize business opportunities -- are heavily influenced by genetic factors, according to a study co-directed by Scott Shane, a professor of entrepreneurial studies at Case Western Reserve University.
Shane and his fellow researchers compared the entrepreneurial activity of 870 pairs of identical twins -- who share 100% of their genes -- and 857 pairs of same-sex fraternal twins -- who share 50% -- to see how much of entrepreneurial behavior is genetic and how much is environmental. The mathematics behind quantitative genetic modeling are rather complicated, but the upshot was fairly straightforward: Entrepreneurs, the researchers concluded, are about 40% born and 60% made. Others are even more adamant in their distaste. There is more than academic turf at stake. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. In Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close Racial Gap. Los Angeles Times - California, L.A., Entertainment and World ne. News. BBC NEWS | News Front Page. BBC News Home Top Stories Trump to drop Iran deal, Macron says France's leader admits he may have failed to persuade his US counterpart to stick to the 2015 accord.
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