[political-research] The Cash Panic Sweeping The VC Industry

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: The Cash Panic Sweeping The VC Industry via Silicon Alley Insider by Henry Blodget on 11/7/08 Why have VC firms clamped down on investments so fast? Why are they shouting from the rooftops that portfolio companies had better start cutting costs immed

[political-research] Sean McBride: Israel warns Obama against dialogue with Iran

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Sean McBride: Israel warns Obama against dialogue with Iran via FFHolic - Most Discussed English Entries on FriendFeed in 24 hours on 11/7/08 Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to FFHolic - Most Discussed English Entries on FriendFeed in 24 hou

[political-research] New Face Recognition Search Engine Luxand

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: New Face Recognition Search Engine Luxand via Alt Search Engines by Charles Knight on 11/7/08 Luxand just announced the availability of Luxand Face SDK 1.7, a unique facial-mapping engine that enables a website to find people by faces. Until recently

[political-research] uSend.io Makes Semi-Big File Sharing Ludicrously Simple [File Sharing]

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: uSend.io Makes Semi-Big File Sharing Ludicrously Simple [File Sharing] via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on 11/7/08 Free online storage and sharing site Drop.io was already a pretty streamlined service—upload a file, copy the "drop" address, then share i

[political-research] John Doerr's Advice for Barack Obama: Hire Bill Joy

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: John Doerr's Advice for Barack Obama: Hire Bill Joy via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News on 11/6/08 Venture capitalist John Doerr has recommended that president-elect Barack Obama hire Bill Joy as chief technology officer of the United S

[political-research] Forget the Honeymoon

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Forget the Honeymoon via AntiWar.com by Justin Raimondo on 11/7/08 Excerpt: When I hear talk of a "honeymoon" for the President-elect -- to last as long as six months, by some accounts! -- I think: "Fine. You lay off, and I'll do the same." But oh no

[political-research] Emanuel's Middle Name Is Israel. And I Guess So Is Obama's...

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Emanuel's Middle Name Is Israel. And I Guess So Is Obama's... via Mondoweiss by Philip Weiss on 11/7/08 Martin Sieff in the Daily Beast calls Rahm Emanuel a "quasi-neocon-hawk" and points out that his middle name is Israel. This is why I pushed for

[political-research] Rahm Emanuel's Pro-War Record and Manipulations

Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Rahm Emanuel's Pro-War Record and Manipulations via Alex Constantine's Blacklist by Alex Constantine on 11/6/08 The Book of Rahm (2006 article) John Walsh CounterPunch October 24, 2006 Last week in CounterPunch1, I wrote that the chair of the Democ