Touch it, dude! Barack Obama, instructing a 5-year-old to touch his hair. The child had asked “if my hair is just like yours.” Continue reading →

California dreaming: Obama bags big political donations in Silicon Valley, Hollywood By Keenan Steiner May 23 2012 4:45 p.m. For President Obama, there's gold in the Golden State. According to the California News Service, he's making his 15th trip to the state as president, trips that have included 35 fundraisers. Many of those have oscillated between two important fundraising constituences for the president -- Hollywood and Silicon Valley. With Obama's three fundraisers today and tomorrow, this time it's NorCal's tech community that is getting the chance to shower multi-thousand dollar checks to the president. There are conflicting signs about which community can be a bigger fundraising draw for the president and his allies. The vast majority of donations to the super PAC supporting Obama come ... Continue reading →

The shooting of Trayvon Martin took place on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon Martin was an unarmed,[1] 17-year-old African American male who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old community watch coordinator. Martin was walking from a convenience store to the home of his father's fiancée when Zimmerman, while contacting the Sanford Police Department to report Martin's allegedly suspicious behavior, began following Martin.[2][3][4] Soon afterward, they engaged in a confrontation that ended with George Zimmerman fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman told police who arrived on the scene that the shooting was self-defense.[5][6] Responding officers handcuffed Zimmerman and took him into custody but they did not formally arrest him, saying they did not find evidence to contradict his assertion of self-defense.[7] The ... Continue reading →

SuperCerdo, producer of more than half of Chile’s pig meat, is having a problem at its hog facility in Freirina, in the copper-producing Coquimbo Region north of Santiago. SuperCerdo’s parent, AgroSuper, got permission to build the facility in 2005, and opened last year after USD$200 million in investment, according to AgroSuper’s Dec. 2 investor presentation. It is supposed to be able to produce 3.8 million hogs a year — better than 1 hog for every 5 humans in the entire country, the company says in the presentation. Total investment at the site was to be USD$800 million. But the locals around the plant started agitating because of foul odors, which by some reports are noticeable as much as 5 km (3 miles) away. No one ... Continue reading →

Paging @mat, burrito wars afoot over @MotherJones. Encroaching Chipotle to blame: http://t.co/J0iLXt9n Continue reading →

The Graham Norton Show 2012 - S11x05 Featuring Kristen Stewart, Stephen Mangan, Chris Rock and Engelbert Humperdinck Part 2 Continue reading →