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We voted before lunch today and I was pleased to see a good crowd all doing their part. Nothing too major to report on the line, it was not a big deal and only took a few minutes… be sure to do your part today!

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Call me crazy, but I think Eminem was reading from a teleprompter during his performance of Mosh to keep up with his lipsynching… There were definitely a few out of sync moments.
I like the song, the video and the message, but it was still a surprising reveal.

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I’d heard the audio, but just found this link to the video … must see TV!

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It’s not what you might think from the title of this post… the format has been long gone for consumers. This is about the INDUCE act which seeks to block things like TiVO, your iPod and many other technological advances in how we choose to consume media.
The Betamax ruling is the only thing that [...]

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I was just sent a link to Pentagon Strike which is both disturbing and angering… We are coming up on the 3rd anniversary of 9/11 and there are still entirely too many questions to be answered.
Keep in mind our current administration is way too busy with distraction and scare tactics to really give us [...]

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Vote or Not … Get registered, vote and possibly even win some money for your time.

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Peer-to-peer file-sharing services Morpheus and Grokster are legal, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The decision is a blow for record labels and movie studios which sued the peer-to-peer operators claiming that the services should be held liable for the copyright infringement of their users. [Wired News]

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I used Skype for the first time today and thought it was pretty cool… I’d used Voice Chat apps before (iChat, AIM etc…) but was wondering what the big deal with Skype really was until just now when I read a post from Dan Gilmore who was commenting on the FCC’s declaration and vote [...]

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Will Ferrell - A message from White House West is a satirical political ad, though quite serious in nature to encourage active participation in this years election.

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Politicians will stretch the truth. They’ll exaggerate their accomplishments, paper over their gaffes. Spin has long been the lingua franca of the political realm. But George W. Bush and his administration have taken “normal” mendacity to a startling new level far beyond lies of convenience. On top of the usual massaging of public perception, they [...]

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You might want to stop and think about this one for a second.
Newsweek reports: “American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call “alarming” intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the November presidential election in the event [...]

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This is actually quite sad. I wonder it it’s just an oversight or if all MS Reader content gets this protection regardless of what it is.
I don’t know whether it is a MS policy, but I’ve downloaded a good number of free Palm Reader e-Books that were free from protection because they [...]

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Daily Wireless called my attention to a new group blog from Kevin Werbach, David Isenberg, Andrew Odlyzko, and Clay Shirky. Looks like a good one…
Current wireless regulation actually prevents communication from taking place. Even in prime low-frequency spectrum, vast amounts of capacity lies idle due to old rules and old thinking. With the support [...]

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Reading this article (below) from Rolling Stone really just pisses me off and makes me want to find other more direct ways to support artists I like rather than going through the main commerical channels. Somehow, Clear Channel’s moves are not considered anti-competitive or under any anti-trust scrutiny, but this move is clearly a [...]

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In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Jeff Jarvis has been intensely covering all things Stern for quite a while. He’s written a solid cover story for The Nation which I’d recommend giving some time to read over.
My cover story at The Nation about the FCC, the First Amendment, and Howard Stern is [...]

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Eric Schlosser has a solid OP-ED in the Times… It’s interesting that this is being published today as I recently watched an episode of Penn and Teller: Bullshit! that raised many of the same points.
The current war on marijuana is a monumental waste of money and a source of pointless misery. [New York Times: [...]

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Researchers at Harvard and the University of North Carolina say music swapping isn’t to blame for falling music revenue, and might even help sell CDs. [CNET News.com]

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Bad American President courtesy of Howard Stern

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An interesting read, though I imagine infinitely more compelling in person with commentary… wish I was there to hear it.
The Powerpoint presentation for my keynote at the Wireless Future conference today is available here (1.6MB PPT). [Werblog]

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Here’s his list of “required reading” [Doc Searls]

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