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LEAKED: iPhone 4 Fix

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
After failing reviews by Consumer Reports about the iPhone 4’s “death grip” reception issues, Apple has called a press conference tomorrow to announce the new patch that will be shipped to customers to negate the problems from the blocked antennae. This is a screengrab of the company’s website to be posted tomorrow in conjunction with the [...]
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Props to Know in CA: YES on 15, NO on 16!

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
If you live in California and have been overwhelmed by all the mailings from vaguely legitimate groups about the upcoming propositions on Tuesday’s ballot, here are a couple you should know about and share with your friends and lists. YES on Proposition 15, for Clean Elections. This proposition does two significant things: It starts a pilot [...]
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Diebold Does it Again: ATM Specs, Anyone?

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
Not that there is much credibility left to Diebold, the ATM banking machine company that did to voting machines what BP did to off-shore drilling–which is to say, brilliantly convince even their most steadfast defenders that they should not even be in this industry, ultimately requiring federal intervention from supremely reluctant politicians that have been [...]
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Diamond District brings D.C. Hip Hop to L.A.

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
The venerable DJ store Fat Beats on Melrose was welcome to L.A.’s first visit by Hip Hop artists Diamond District, an infectious charge of old school rap flavored by the emcees’ region, the “DMV” — the area spanning D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, a merging of affluent areas with impoverished neighborhoods wrapped around the heart of [...]
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Ohio Underdog: Surya Yalamanchili Wins Primary for U.S. House

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
In a race that drew national attention in its closing days over allegations of race-baiting and conspiracies, the winner of the Democratic Primary for U.S. Representative in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District is political newcomer Surya Yalamanchili. Yalamanchili, or “Chili” as he is also known as, is 28 years old and left his job as [...]
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Keith Olbermann Swipes Back at Krikorian

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
Keith Olbermann just responded on his show tonight to my interview with David Krikorian that went up earlier on The Huffington Post.  (Many thanks for the linkage today from Think Progress, Politico, Cincinnati Enquirer, Buckeye State Blog, Plunderbund, Ohio Daily Blog, among others.)Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Ohio Candidate Rebukes Keith Olbermann for Calling Him World’s Worst Person

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
David Krikorian has just had one of those weeks where he has gone from local personality to whipping boy, with the stampede of critics that only the blogosphere can bring. Krikorian’s remarks at a campaign event last week with veterans in Clermont County struck one attendee as racially insensitive in how Krikorian referred to [...]
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U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt’s Contenders

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision Citizens United vs. FEC allowing unlimited corporate spending on elections, I have been examining the challenges facing political newcomers running for office for my forthcoming film PAY 2 PLAY. These profiles from the Ohio campaign trail are a chance for candidates to get their message out [...]
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Sarah Palin Encourages Road Rage

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
There was a time when the violence in Hip Hop lyrics drew condemnation from, actually, a lot of the outraged moralists who seem drawn to Sarah Palin’s hypocritical spell.  Perhaps because she similarly mangles language with malevolence in such a visceral way. On Saturday, Sarah Palin urged her supporters to “stop” cars with Obama stickers and [...]
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Is Bruno Worse For Gays Than Perez Hilton?

Posted by John Wellington Ennis
I am sorry to hear that GLAAD has condemned Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter-ego Bruno as a setback for the depiction of homosexuals in popular culture. I do wish to be respectful of others’ feelings on this complicated issue and acknowledge my own place as a hetero sympathizer and onlooker. Throughout the film Bruno, we see [...]
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