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Financier Fred Wilson: Content industry has made everybody a pirate
Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist who has invested in companies like Twitter and Tumblr, said at an event hosted by the Paley Center for Media that virtually everyone had become a media pirate because Internet content wasn’t convenient for consumption. Rather than trying to go after every infringer, he argued,…
Bill Maher defends super PAC donation: Obama’s victory not ‘in the bag’
Comedian Bill Maher on Monday defended his donation to Priorities USA Action, warning liberals that President Barack Obama’s victory in the 2012 elections wasn’t “in the bag.” Maher shocked audiences around the world last week when he announced he’d be donating $1 million to the pro-Obama super PAC. “I promise…
Fellow student describes Ohio school shooter as nice, quiet kid
The boy who opened fire on his classmates early Monday in a high school cafeteria seemed like a “really nice” kid, but came from a broken family, according to a student. The student told CNN that the alleged gunman “came from a really broken down home” and was living with…
Brownback: ‘Go work somewhere else’ if you want contraception
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) has a simple solution for women who work for religious institutions that refuse to cover birth control: Find a new job. During a call-in show on C-SPAN Monday morning, a woman named Doris from Osawatomie, Kansas told Brownback that she was worried that he wanted…
Texas man killed over karaoke song choice
Authorities in southwest Houston say a man may have been killed early Monday morning over his choice of karaoke songs. Investigators told KPRC that the incident happened around 2 a.m. at Ostioneria Mazatlan, a Mexican seafood restaurant. The victim reportedly yelled that he was from Guerrero, Mexico after singing “Somos…
Utah group sends anti-war message with ‘Bomb Iran’ billboard
A small group of anti-war activists in Utah hopes that a billboard with the words “Bomb Iran” will get people to stop and think twice about waging a new war. Billboard creator Connor Boyack told Raw Story that his group put up the sign in West Valley City last week…
Andy Cobb to Democrats: ‘Dirty your hands with Santorum’
It isn’t every day that you’ll catch Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas advocating for Democrats to vote for Rick Santorum — but that’s just what he did earlier this month in an effort to extend the Republican primary to help President Obama’s chances next fall. In a new video, comedian…
Buffett: High corporate taxes are a ‘myth’
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says that it’s a “myth” that high taxes are “strangling” U.S. corporations. In a Monday op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum called for the corporate tax rate to be halved from 35 percent to 17.5 percent to “[r]estore America’s competitiveness.” CNBC’s…
Oscar-winning Iranian director pleads for ‘no hostility’
In one of the more poignant moments at the Academy Awards Sunday evening, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi displayed his admiration for his country in a passionate acceptance speech for his movie winning the Best Foreign Film award. “At this time, many Iranians are all over the world are watching us,…
Romney appeals to racing fans: My friends own NASCAR teams
For decades Republican presidential candidates having been heading to the racetrack to lockdown the “NASCAR dad” vote, but Mitt Romney’s pandering at the Daytona 500 on Sunday may have backfired. A reporter from The Associated Press casually asked the candidate if he followed the sport. “Not as closely as some…
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