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Media provide us with all sorts of things: the news of the day, distract-me-please dramas, and all the bad commercials that we love to hate. Not so long ago, we had to get by with newspapers, radio and occasional visits from the circus or theater troupe. These days, it’s all about social media, and it seems that we can’t get enough. Is it just a fad? Only time will tell. But one thing is for sure: it’s not looking good for print media. So enjoy it while you still can.

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Meredith’s Schimel: Now moms are early tech adopters, too
paidContent

EVP and chief digital officer Liz Schimel of lifestyle magazine publisher Meredith talked to me about Pinterest, unlimited magazines and the end of tech gender stereotypes, backstage at last week’s paidContent 2012 conference: [ooyala=sweHJ3NDpVZv98Q_rdykU2LcxaB4gete width=600 height=338] “We’re excited to see a lot of the tablet manufacturers truly recognise that marketing their tablets toward video games, robots and all of that is not necessarily the best way to scale,” Schimel said. Meredith has worked with Pinterest to find a big traffic boost to some of its magazines, Schimel says. Watch the video above for more. Or read about the paidContent 2012 panel in which Schimel joined Barnes & Noble - digital newsstand and emerging content GM Jonathan Shar and Adobe’s digital publishing group business development director Nick Bogaty.

Meredith’s Schimel: Now moms are early tech adopters, too
GigaOM

EVP and chief digital officer Liz Schimel of lifestyle magazine publisher Meredith talked to me about Pinterest, unlimited magazines and the end of tech gender stereotypes, backstage at last week’s paidContent 2012 conference: [ooyala=sweHJ3NDpVZv98Q_rdykU2LcxaB4gete width=600 height=338] “We’re excited to see a lot of the tablet manufacturers truly recognise that marketing their tablets toward video games, robots and all of that is not necessarily the best way to scale,” Schimel said. Meredith has worked with Pinterest to find a big traffic boost to some of its magazines, Schimel says. Watch the video above for more. Or read about the paidContent 2012 panel in which Schimel joined Barnes & Noble - digital newsstand and emerging content GM Jonathan Shar and Adobe’s digital publishing group business development director Nick Bogaty.

Is India getting encircled?
Quick Take - As It Happens

Using China-encircles-India theory, the Anglo-Saxon Bloc is actually encircling India. All over again. This time the action is in Bangladesh. Manipulating media and opinion to create ‘frenemies’. – practically at will. Islāmic world, China, Russia in that order are bugbear of the West. But, that can change – and quickly. | Cartoon titled Debt To China By Brian Fairrington; Cagle Cartoons – March 26th, 2009; 12:00:00 AM; source & courtesy – politicalcartoons.com | Click for image. Frenemies – for now The Chinese have no tradition of imperialism or a history of conquest. To believe that China is India’s biggest threat is to believe that the Chinese national and State character is changing. Where is the evidence of this change? Minor border disputes with neighbours? China’s expansion of naval power? What could be China’s realistic motivations for seeking more naval bases? Ships from the Chinese Navy patrolling the seas on ant

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Donald Trump speech NC GOP Convention, MSNBC Greensboro News Record cover Trump on Obama birth certificate Kenya and college records, Media threats to Romney
Citizen WElls

Donald Trump speech NC GOP Convention, MSNBC Greensboro News Record cover Trump on Obama birth certificate Kenya and college records, Media threats to Romney “Why has Obama, since taking the White House, used Justice Department Attorneys, at taxpayer expense,  to avoid presenting a legitimate birth certificate and college records?”…Citizen Wells “I do not know where Barack Obama was born. I do know that he has used taxpayer dollars to keep his records hidden.”…Citizen Wells “The Solomon Bill, requiring students at Columbia and other colleges to register for the draft and references to Obama being born in Kenya until 2008, explain why Obama did not register for the draft and why Obama’s Selective Service Application was forged.”…Citizen Wells From MSNBC June 1, 2012. “Donald Trump on Friday warned that the media are the biggest threat to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, but added that the press he has garnered for the Republican nominee has caused his poll numbers to ris

We will continue to raise the frequencies – Michael channeled by Ron Head
herkimerlove

Today we will discuss your many reactions to truth and what to expect when it is at last revealed by your media.  First of all, there are millions of you who will not be surprised at all, and in fact, have been diligently attempting to spread this type of information for many years. There are many millions more who have had contact with this information and who have believed some of it and reserved judgment on other parts of it.  And of course, there are those who either have not heard of it at all or who refuse to believe what they have heard. Each day now more and more truth is beginning to sift into the consciousness of the people.  Each one who accepts the truth of your condition makes a larger change in the mass consciousness than the ones before, just as each drop of color changes an artist’s palette.  It will become increasingly easy to see these changes in the coming days. You have noted, we are sure, the increasing pressure being brought on the various meetings taking place an

Cannibalism in the Bath Tub: Bath Salts and Truth
Structured Roots

While I’ve been road-trippin’ across the States (chasing festivals and fish up to Alaska), others have been eating faces off the causeways of Miami. The face-eater’s mother said that her son was not a zombie, and the police said the boy was on a drug ‘like LSD.’ Both were lies. Mothers think their boys can do no wrong, or at least will love them anyway regardless of what they do. This is normal; it does not mean, however, that her son was not a zombie. Police – law enforcement – are in the interesting position of The Middle Man, between Lawmakers and the Public who, they say, must acknowledge said laws (because lawmakers and The Rich are above, immune, and/or not subject to said laws – obviously). The Middle Men are told to enforce laws, for example, by ticketing those who run red lights, marginally disrupting human trafficking, and revealing internal corruption. Not everyone does what they’re told. Obviously. When an opportunity ar

Left: No Restrictions Of Any Kind On Abortion

If the topic weren’t so serious and the abuse potential so heinous, there has been enough hypocrisy among the lefties as to be knee-slapping hysterical.  Sadly, there is nothing funny about gender-selection abortions. A Planned Parenthood employee has been caught on videotape advising a young woman that if, indeed, she wanted an abortion because of disappointment over learning the gender of her child, once she learned that definitively, that would be no problem.  The capriciousness displayed by the Planned Parenthood employee in this video is chilling.  The release of this video set off a firestorm, except among the lamestream media, who made scant mention of it, if any at all.  Many Americans were outraged to learn Planned Parenthood, recipient of about $ 450 M in federal monies annually, was counseling women who didn’t want to deliver a little girl, abortion for that reason alone was fine, any time.  It struck way, way too many of us as China’s gender selection poli

Killing Me Softly With His Drone
The Confluence

I keep thinking I should write up something thoughtful.  That I should find a way to express my opinion about The Drones, The Presidential Kill List (complete with Power Point presentations!) and the almost complete silence about the issue in both televised media and the fashionable progressive blogosphere.  But my brain is stuck on a simple phrase, “Are you fucking kidding me?“ In a delayed reaction, I’m wondering – Is “militant” more like a religion or an activity? Glenn Greenwald, Deliberate media propaganda Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration, in order to conceal civilian deaths caused by their drone attacks, “counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants.” Although I wrote at length about the NYT‘s various revelations, I wrote separately about that specific disclosure, in order to emphasize the implications for media outlets reporting on American drone attacks: What kind of self-respecting

About that alleged non-vetting of Obama …
ATL malcontent

I’ll concede much of the press was pulling for Obama in 2008. But to contend, as many conservatives do, that the president received a free pass from the media doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. In April 2007, nearly a year before he became a campaign issue, the Times published a 2,593 word Jodi Kantor story (with addtional reporting from Kenya!) about Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his relationship to Barack Obama. The story appeared on A1. On May 11, 2008, when Obama had largely locked up the nomination but still had to fend off Hillary Clinton in tough states, the Times published a 5,024 word story titled “Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side,” which delved into Obama’s relationship with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dorhn — “Hyde Park’s fringes,” and “unrepentant members of the radical Weather Underground that bombed the United States Capitol and the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War.” This also appeared on A1.

Funky song of the day #93
ChazB

This is truly something special I got for y’all here! There’s a lot of funk tracks that sound grainy and distorted and in a way that can help you get in that rugged mood. Especially with the rugged sound of those drums! I love the sound of that snare, it goes through your system and your ears feel happy. But who can forget about that piano, or the guitar for that matter, really puts the song into that soulful mood – and then the horns kick in! This is truly a song that should be heard of a lot more! So here’s “A Lover Was Born” by Lee Dorsey. Have a funky one! 1 love.

Shooting Down Drones in Texas–Drone Free Zone–Don’t Mess With Texas–Videos
Pronk Palisades

Krauthammer – 1st one to shoot down a US drone will be a folk hero Judge Napolitano : First American to shoot down a Drone will be an American Hero (May 15, 2012) Drones Shot Down Over Texas Drones Shot Down Over Texas “Goes Viral” 29.may.2012 Related Posts On Pronk Palisades Obama’s Kill List–On Terrorist Tuesdays Obama Targets “Innocent” Civilian and American “Terrorists”–Videos

Current update on MD Court of Appeals Pit Bull ruling
No Kill Allegany

Several things have happened in the last several days and it is important to keep track of it. State Farm Insurance and a group of attorneys have filed a Motion of Reconsideration with the Maryland Court of Appeals. Because so many people have spoken up against the MD Court of Appeals ruling the Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael Busch announced the members of a 10-member task force in a letter to Gov. Martin O’Malley. The Joint Task Force group will review state law, the court’s decision and laws in other states. The panel also will review the viability and definition of breed-specific standards in Maryland law, a dog owner or landlord’s ability to secure property insurance and existing breed-specific prohibitions in local jurisdictions in Maryland. Members of the panel are: Senators: Brian Frosh, D-Montgomery, Brian.Frosh@senate.state.md.us Lisa Gladden, D-Baltimore, Lisa.Gladden@senate.state.md.us Joseph Getty, R-Carroll,  Joseph.Getty@senate.stat