The week starts out strong for the good guys in Georgia's Senate race: The Mellman Group for Jim Martin. 11/21-23. Likely voters. MoE 4%. Chambliss (R) 48 Martin (D) 46 The readiness turnout is all, folks. It will absolutely decide the outcome of this runoff. Generally, polling has stayed more or less where it has been for months, and more or less where actual results were on election day; Chambliss leads, but only by a little.
Read more »Linux Has to Support Closed-Source Drivers
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A recent Linux Devices article summarizes a speech given by Harald Welte in which he details the technical problems with closed-source drivers in the Linux kernel. Basically the overall problem is that closed-source drivers often break, since they can’t be updated when the kernel is updated. I understand that improving compatibility with closed-source drivers would mean some technical sacrifices and a giant fight over the politics of it, but I still feel it must be done, at least initially. I
Read more »Memo to the news media
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If you're going to go around claiming "Daily Kos" thinks a certain way or says something, then show your work. Add some quotes. Cite some authors. Make the distinction between editors (who can speak editorially for the site) and commenters and diarists (who speak for themselves).
Read more »Malkin Award Nominee
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"They’ve already burned the Book of Mormon. The First Amendment is next," - the editors of National Review on those fighting for legal equality for gay couples.
Read more »Does The Constitution Bar Hillary Clinton From Becoming Secretary of State ?
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It hasn’t reached the mainstream media yet, but in the days since Hillary Clinton’s nomination to be Barack Obama’s Secretary of State became official, there’s been some discussion of a little-known provision in the Constitution that could bar Hillary Clinton from serving at Foggy Bottom:
[S]pecifically, Article One, Section Six, also known as the emoluments clause. [...]
A Memo From Dad
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There may not be too many presents this Christmas, according to the company newsletter: In the Travel and Entertainment category, you will find that fewer requests to eat in restaurants will be approved, and requests for desserts in restaurants, particularly,...
Read more »Marriage Equality In India
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This time, the barrier is not race or gender, but caste. Again, the shift is generational: "The recent rise in violence actually shows that the younger generation -- especially women -- are slowly gaining individual freedom in marriage. But the...
Read more »Obama’s Budget Cuts Coming Tomorrow
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Mixed in with that economic announcement earlier today was news of budget cuts to make sure that the Americans’ know the government is tightening their belts first and leading by example.
From Politico:
“[T]o make the investments we need, we’ll have to scour our federal budget, line-by-line, and make meaningful cuts and sacrifices as well – something [...]
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