With Help From Fusion-io, Facebook's Data Centers Are Going All Flash - Arik Hesseldahl. Fusion-io, the company that uses flash memory to turn garden-variety servers into super servers, announced a new product today, and it has some important implications for one of its marquee customers: Facebook.
Why I Am A Liberal. And its gone - fact checked a republican in a thread aaaand hes gone. THE RONALD REAGAN MYTH . . . The Progressive Review. The Ronald Reagan Myth "Ronald Reagan must be the nicest president who ever destroyed a union, tried to cut school lunch milk rations from six to four ounces, and compelled families in need of public help to first dispose of household goods in excess of $1,000...1f there is an authoritarian regime in the American future, Ronald Reagan is tailored to the image of a friendly fascist. " - Robert Lekachman Steve Kornacki, Salon - By the summer of 1992, just 24 percent of Americans said their country was better off because of the Reagan years, while 40 percent said it was worse off -- and that more Americans (48 percent) viewed Reagan unfavorable than favorably (46 percent). .
Robert Brent Toplin, History News Network - Ronald Reagan promised to take government off the backs of enterprising Americans. He told voters that government was not the solution to the nation's problems; it was the problem. How the Ayn Rand-Loving Right Is Like a Bunch of Teen Boys Gone Crazy. Photo Credit: ShutterStock.com May 11, 2012 | Like this article?
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Scott Walker will be facing a recall election in less than a month and he’s starting to backpedal vigorously on important issues. For one, his denial of union busting is telling, especially after a new video surfaced with the besieged Walker in a conversation with his billionaire donor asking, “Any chance we’ll ever get to be a completely red state and work on these unions?” “Oh, yeah!”
Obama Gains Edge in Military Campaign Donations. The F-35 Shows Why the Pentagon Deserves a Smaller Budget. Let the scaremongering begin.
Every time the Pentagon budget is vulnerable to cuts, we hear about the huge risks that would ensue. Defense jobs would get cut, depressing the economy. American military technology would fall behind. Army Admits Re-Education Camp Manual “Not Intended For Public Release” Public Affairs Director falsely claims document does not apply within U.S.
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs director Tiffany Wood has provided the first official response to the shocking U.S. Army document that outlines the implementation of re-education camps, admitting that the manual was “not intended for public release” and claiming that its provisions only apply outside the United States, a contention completely disproved by the language contained in the document itself. Mitt Romney, Trust-Fund Bully (and Not Just in School) In 2004, while serving the one term he served as governor of Massachusetts, Willard Romney decided that he would remake the culture of state politics by remaking the composition of the state legislature.
He put the prestige of his office, and his personal credibility, which at that time was considerable, behind a slate of 131 Republican legislative candidates. He and the state GOP put together a $3 million direct-mail campaign. It was by far the most vigorous attempt by a Republican governor to reconfigure state politics in anyone's memory. He failed. Then he quit. As recounted in the Boston Globe's exhaustive series in 2007, shortly after his effort augered in — the Republicans wound up losing two seats in the Massachusetts House and one in the state senate — Romney met with the newspaper's editorial board and told the board that he was finished doing anything for any other Republicans ever again.
Mitt Romney's Support Of Same-Sex Adoption Lasts One Day. By Zack Ford on May 12, 2012 at 9:30 am "Mitt Romney’s Support Of Same-Sex Adoption Lasts One Day"
Romney Shifts Gears On Auto Industry Bailout. Hide captionRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives for a town hall-style meeting at Stamco Industries, a truck parts supplier, in Euclid, Ohio, on Monday.
Jae C. Hong/AP Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives for a town hall-style meeting at Stamco Industries, a truck parts supplier, in Euclid, Ohio, on Monday. Mitt Romney is from Michigan, a state he has said he hopes to win in November. But the likely Republican presidential nominee has very publicly opposed the government bailout of the auto industry. German Attitude Toward Barack Obama's Healthcare Reform. As the United States Supreme Court considers whether requiring people to have health insurance is unconstitutional, Germans are bewildered as to why so many Americans appear to be against universal coverage.
They also question the continued portrayal of US President Barack Obama and his health reform backers as socialists and communists, noting that healthcare was introduced in Germany in the 19th century by Otto von Bismarck, who was definitely not a leftist, and is supported by conservative and pro-business politicians today. Leaked Republican Memo Advises Quick Evolution On Gay Issues. Scott Walker Promised $500K Donor He Would 'Divide and Conquer' Unions. Share.
Both sides don't do it: the Senate GOP's record use of the filibuster is extra-Constitutional, without precedent and destructive to our democracy. : politics.