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BREAKING: Alan Keyes sues Obama over citizenship proof

November 16 at 10:24 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Presidential candidate Alan Keyes, vice-presidential candidate Wiley S. Drake, and the Chairman of the American Independent Party, Markham Robinson, have filed suit in California Superior Court in Sacramento seeking to bar Secretary of State Debra Bowen from certifying to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the names of Electors, and from transmitting to each presidential Elector a Certificate of Election, until documentary proof is produced and verified showing that Senator Obama is a “natural born” citizen of the United States, and does not hold citizenship of Indonesia, Kenya or Great Britain." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

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Out of curiosity, where is it stated that the President cannot hold dual citizenship? - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Yeah, they kinda rode right past that part. :D - Steven Perez via IM

for crying out loud, will someone please commit this guy to a state mental hospital? - Michael Collins via Posty

yeah alan keyes has showed himself to be nuttier than a jar of planters peanuts. he's a republican, right? lol - Cee Bee

Will they ever stop? That story has been debunked months ago. Only the Rush-dittohead-mouthbreathers still cling to that silly story. - Bora Zivkovic

Once again, if this was really justifiable news, why aren't any major news organisations covering it? One thing journalists will tell you is that they don't run stories unless they've got access to verifiable facts (unless it's FOX). But even FOX isn't running anything - and you think they'd have a special feature on this one running 24-7 with a ticker and dedicated host! - V for Veselka

V: I hear ya. I posted this in case anyone needed a good laugh this fine Sunday morning. I know it made me LOL. - Steven Perez via IM

Yawn. - Mike Doeff

Steven - gotcha. It is total LOL material for sures. - V for Veselka

That Alan, what a jealous little hater, LOL! - Helen Sventitsky

I wonder why people like Keyes have any voice in the media... and then I remember the value of comic relief. - Donna Mugavero

Birth certificate courtesy of Snopes: http://msgboard.snopes.com/pol... - RefD

Sigh....you know, it's stuff like this that makes me bitter and cynical about politics. But then I realize...this time, the right guy won. - Gordon Dymowski

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Internet Archive: Details: Shadow of a Doubt

November 11 at 9:51 am - Link

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I didn't realize that Shadow of a Doubt was in the public domain. This is a fantastic movie. - Scott Cederlund

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Obameidolia | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

November 8 at 8:08 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Obama image on a piece of toast is offered for $20 on eBay. Operators are standing by!! :-) - Steve Cornelius via Bookmarklet

Ha! I love the resemblance. - possible248

Steve, I love that you shared a post from Dr. Plait. - Donna Mugavero

or you can make your own! :) http://how2dostuff.blogspot.co... - Tim Hoeck

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Hulu - Saturday Night Live: Countdown with Keith Olbermann

November 2 at 10:55 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Keith Olbermann is indignant..." - Steven Perez via Bookmarklet

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KO is awesome! - Mathew Ballard

Anyone got an outside-the-US friendly link to this video? - Cecily

When I saw it live, I thought this sketch went on about 80% longer than it should have. - Donna Mugavero

i really liked this. - Baratunde Thurston

KO is Awesome but this is still funny! I think he is going to like it even more now that he is parodied on SNL. Means he has hit it real big. - Chris W

I never knew Ben Affleck was that talented! ;) Well, not since "Chasing Amy" anyway. But the script combined with his taking it the impression so far made me cry with laughter. Good stuff! - thepete

Brilliant! - Bora Zivkovic

Yeah, this was genuinely hilarious whether you love or loathe Olbermann. Affleck's best acting *ever.* Though he does seem to be lapsing into a Walter Cronkite impersonation at points. "THIS, Sir, is a GENocide! A FEE-line GENocide!" lol Can't wait to see Olbermann's response on Monday! - Karim

This was a hilarious sketch. I had no idea Affleck could make his voice that low for 8 minutes. - Bill Sodeman

I really forgot it was Affleck. Amazing. - anna

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60+ Tools To Enhance Your Flickr Experience

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“Looking forward to: "Case Study: Dow's Formula for Social Software | SelectMinds" (http://tinyurl.com/4rpgfa)”

September 12 at 1:23 pm - Link

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"Bad Social Media Teachers

September 9 at 12:44 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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In each social media environment, there are patterns of behavior. There are good patterns of behavior. There are bad patterns of behavior. Social media owners, moderators, and group participants recognize both the good and bad patterns of behavior. Those who seek to use social media platforms for their intended usage, enjoy witnessing those who use social media the right way." - Vincent Wright via Bookmarklet

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Why the Mormon-Facebook Rumor Made Sense

August 21 at 11:15 pm - Link

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Interesting post. I don't have much knowledge of the Mormon church (they aren't as big over here in Aus I don't think). If it's true, I wonder what, if any, changes would be in store for the short term. - Stu Andrews via twhirl

WOW. I can believe that. Growing up in Mormon Idaho (Boise has more Mormons per capita than SLC) where they pretty much own absolutely everything, this is completely, scarily believable. - Crystal

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18 Tools to Turn Firefox 3 into a Communications Portal

August 19 at 11:19 am - Link

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“Alltop update: Open Source News Site: http://opensource.alltop.com is now open.”

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Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing

August 12 at 11:32 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing" - Vincent Wright via Bookmarklet

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“Twitter's Cap of 2,000 Following In Action!”

August 11 at 6:33 pm - via mail2ff - Link

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As mentioned earlier today, Twitter seems to have capped your ability to follow at 2,000 people, which just so happens to be exactly where I am. The goal, in theory, is to stop marketing-oriented spammers, but it could be another way to reduce stress on the system. So what should I do now, delete "less favored" people, or wait for Twitter to figure this out? - Louis Gray via mail2ff

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Maybe it's the legacy talking, but I'm really not bothered by this. :P - l0ckergn0me

I can see why they do it, but it does suck for the people who do it legitimately and are not using stupid mass follow scripts. - David Risley

I'm not super-concerned either, but it does answer why all of a sudden, I started getting these errors last week. It could be part of their "Making Progress On Spam" initiative via the blog, but it hasn't been spelled out all that clearly. - Louis Gray

let blame this one on Scobles... :)- - Peter Dawson

Louis, I think cap is more of the architecture the system. Making it into a more robust platform. Now watermarks have been set, it becomes easier to build consistency of experience and application behavior. <Edit > wait for Twitter to figure it out.. Marketing spammers are targeting the 'stupid' one that have the auto follow !! - Peter Dawson

gotta like it, if I'm the one you are trying to follow! - Ben Hedrington

I don't think there should be limits like this, but I guess everything can't be infinite - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Not for everyone. I'm over 2000 and just followed someone else - Aaron Brazell

I honestly am indifferent about it; Twitter is going to hell and i tried my best to convert it; oh well, Hell has cookies - Gordon Swaby

I"m only following 49... with 106 followers.. - Ian May

so what do you think, Louis, is benhedrington worth going to the mat for? - Nathan Rein

I'm sure I can find someone to unfollow in exchange for Ben. - Louis Gray

Twitter needs to build in groups functionality a la tweetdeck for following 2K+ to even be practical. - Nicholas Molnar

Louis: You need to convince the new people to head over here :) - Justin Korn

I'm just curious what the rationale is for following that many people. - Paul Rodriguez

Well, maybe that's why Louis always seems to know what's going on before anybody else. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

I've noticed that most of the time I get followed by somebody with a big number, it tends to be marketing play. It triggers the email to you and then you go look and click on their bio link which takes you to the pitch. Very irritating. I always block em. - Mark Schulz

@Paul Rodriguez, I was wondering that too. I wouldn't have even guessed there are 2000 interesting people in the world </cynicism>, but what fascinate me is that i'm following like 83 people and only about 14 of them tweet regularly. I can assume most of those 2000 do not tweet regularly. Add in the fact that I'm a WAHM to two toddlers, and do other stuff, there'd be a lot of stuff I'd miss. - Anika Malone

New profit center? Sorry, but now you'll have to join Twitter Pro .... - Charlie Anzman

Info restrictions suck:( - Igor Poltavskiy

Very interesting. System limits is going to be a topic that we all work through in this early phase of the Social Web. It seems to me that it's reasonable to cap the number one follows to 1,000 or 2,000. On the flipside, one would clearly like to enable a very high number of followers. With respect to bi-directional connections, the real number should max at 1,000 to 2,000... - John McCrea

This is awesome! Incidentally, Scoble (@Scobleizer) is still following over 30K. - Vincent van Wylick

So where is the point following 30k people? You might as well hit the main timeline. The only thing that is bad about this limit is that it was not there from the beginning. - Alexander Kohlhofer

@kevinrose: 56K+. Losing 54K+? - Igor Poltavskiy

so what's going to happen to those who follow over 2000? - Wayne Sutton

you follow two. thousand. people.??? never mind twitter; there may be a law against that. - jeneane sessum

I like the new limit. I cannot see how anyone would be able to legitimately follow (and pay attention to) more than 2,000 people. Frankly, even that limit seems higher than it needs to be. If it helps keep Twitter a little more stable, go for it. - Dennis Metzcher

Couple thoughts: the limit impacts the ability to use the service as a direct message router -- for some people. It also reinforces the need for dectralized microblogging -- so if you want exceed the limits you can do so on your own infrastructure. Lastly, nothing prevents you from following everyone or a subset of people through RSS/feeds. - Chris Messina

Are we sure that Twitter has set a 2,000 limit are or we cranking up the rumor mill? I've seen image before with respect to my own account - an account which just reached 1,000 followers today. According the Twitter rep who contacted me, I got - ahem - put in "Twitter Prison" for "Aggressive Following" My ratio of Followers to Following was kinda out of whack - at that time I had only ~800 people following me while I was following ~2,800 - They suspended my ability to follow more people. I removed 2K. - Vincent Wright

I don't understand the motivation for following 2K people if you're not a spammer... someone explain? - Jason Carreira

Jason: For a entrepreneur/VC/angel networker, it would be very easy to hit 2,000 contacts (assuming you used Twitter like a rolodex). From one networking meeting, I might pick up 0-100+ business cards (more at conferences), and during a heavy season I could be doing 7-10 meetings/week. As a angel, I might want to follow 5,000-10,000+ projects/people. Anyone might have a really good project 2-10+ years down the pipe... I've got cartons/boxes of 3-ring binders of business cards in plastic sheets. - Mitchell Tsai

@Mitchell @Charlie - Rumors aside, do you think the cap is a gesture towards monetization? Going after the power networkers? Seems you would have good cause to pay for a Twitter Pro, or would it just not be worth it? - joneilortiz

I use Twitter as both a professional development tool (following people who say useful and interesting things abt health / edtech / social media / libraries ...), a personal tool (friends and folk who are amusing), and a reference tool (following a lot of news streams and information resources). You can hit 2000 fast. A friend says that people are imagining new ways in which Twitter could be used, but Twitter seems bound and determined to force them back into some small box of how it "ought" to be. - Patricia F. Anderson

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Polymeme, the smart person’s Digg

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Government 2.0: An Insider’s Perspective

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If Google Buys Digg, What Happens Next?

July 23 at 1:27 am - Link

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they die from lack of updates for over a year or two - acedanger

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Digg is almost dead, so i hope they don't buy it. - Svartling

coolness as part of a company valuation... I love this! - Fabrice Epelboin

all the plans they have for building the site go out the window as Google lets Digg just sit and sit in its current form until they figure out what they really want to do with it, if anything - Judi Sohn

Can Digg remain "hidden" like Jaiku? - João Almeida

Digg lost its edge a while ago. A Google acquisition won't save it either. - Rebecca Povio

If Google Buys Digg bloggers will have something new to write about for a few days!! Yippee! - chantelle via twhirl

Buy Digg for all I care (sorry), but leave StumbleUpon alone. - Juan Carlo Rodríguez

lowest common denominator, entropy - Gregory Lent

Really, who cares? - m.i.a

I think the people at digg might care - acedanger

True. but beyond the first blog post about it, I'm like...noted....next topic please. - m.i.a

It looks to be interesting - is Google moving towards becoming a one-stop shop of information and data? - Gordon Dymowski

not a big deal at all - Thomas Edwards

Buy digg, grab its API and use it in the main search engine, and toss the site in a bin. It's, at best, a harmless distraction. - Derick Valadao

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UEatCheap Matches Food with Frugality [The Startup Review]

July 17 at 12:33 pm - Link

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I think I clicked "Like" too soon. One restaurant in Dallas? - ha3rvey

I think I "spoke" too soon. Austin coverage is good. - ha3rvey

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5 Twitter Tactics for Building a Stellar Brand

July 17 at 9:02 am - Link

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Very nice and useful information about twitter - David

Good post. I really like the point about monitoring your Twitter reputation. Sounds like an opportunity for a service. Kind of a Google Alerts meets Summize search. Email me daily with a list of tweets that include my name/company/brand. - Lance Schone

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Social Media & Promotion:How to Get Your Network Pulling 4 U

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How to Live Stream Your Life: 20+ Tools and Resources

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