treilly's Column

Santa Clara Close to Approving 49ers Stadium Measure

Seeded on Wed Jun 9, 2010 2:03 AM EDT (San Jose Mercury News)

"Santa Clara voters on Tuesday may have transformed the Bay Area professional sports landscape, approving a $937 million stadium deal that would bring the San Francisco 49ers to Silicon Valley.

nfl, sports, san-francisco, candlestick-park, santa-clara, santa-clara-city-council, 49ners

Fiorina locks up Republican spot in Senate Race

Seeded on Wed Jun 9, 2010 12:49 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

"Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has raced to a quick victory in the Republican contest for U.S. Senate."

elections, senate, politics, fiorina, republican, san-francisco-chronicle

California voters approve open primary elections

Wed Jun 9, 2010 12:24 AM EDT

By Samantha Young, Associated Press (Clipped by treilly)

California voters fed up with politics as usual scrapped their partisan primary system Tuesday in favor of an open one in which voters can cast ballots for any candidate.

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us, open, politics, calif, primaries

What Should Obama do About Oil Spill?

Mon Jun 7, 2010 2:28 AM EDT

There has been a lot of speculation out there about the Obama administration's role in the BP oil spill. Obama himself has said countless times he will not rest until a solution is reached. However, it doesn't seem like he has done much, at least not in the public eye.

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bp, politics, oil-spill, obama, accountability, solutions

Morgan Freeman Discusses his New Series on the Science Channel, called "Through the Wormhole"

Seeded on Mon Jun 7, 2010 2:02 AM EDT (Charlie Rose)

Great discussion about Morgan Freeman's new show on the Science Channel. The show looks really interesting, wish I got the channel. Morgan Freeman + Science = AWESOMENESS!!!!

physics, science, morgan-freeman, universe, charlie-rose, through-the-wormhole

Panels approve Hunters Point shipyard report

Seeded on Mon Jun 7, 2010 1:56 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

"Plans to turn the vacant Hunters Point shipyard into a new neighborhood for 24,500 people received an important boost Thursday night when San Francisco's planning and redevelopment commissions narrowly approved the project's hotly contested environmental impact report."

politics, san-francisco, hunters-point, redevelopment-commission

Report says doctors helped refine harsh methods

Sun Jun 6, 2010 11:59 PM EDT

By Kimberly Dozier, AP Intelligence Writer (Clipped by treilly)

A prominent physicians group is charging that medical personnel were used to test and refine the effectiveness of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques for terror detainees in U.S. custody under the guise of safeguarding their health.

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us, doctors, politics, interrogation

Can We Stop the "@#*%&" on the Vine, Please?

Sun Jun 6, 2010 5:29 PM EDT

I've come back to the vine after a few months off, and I am shocked at how much "digital swearing" is going on. Now, I'm not a wishy washy "swearing hurts my feelings" kind of guys, but it doesn't really make for great reading and conversation either.

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newsvine, comments, columns, swearing, bad-conduct, sad-state-of-the-vine

What is Your Vining Soundtrack?

Sat Jun 5, 2010 2:45 AM EDT

Just thought I would ask what people listen to while they are on the vine? I'm interested to hear if people listen to the same type of music every time they vine, or do they change things up every now and then?

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entertainment, music, newsvine, soundtrack, listening, vining

Humans may simply be too stupid to figure out the universe

Seeded on Sat Jun 5, 2010 2:32 AM EDT (YouTube)

Neil DeGrasse Tyson makes us think again. Is the fact that the Chimp is not as smart as us, mean we will never be smart enough? Are their crazy geniuses species somewhere who think we are dumber than dirt? 5 minutes to warm your brain up, check it out!

intelligence, science, brain, humans, dna, chimps, neil-tyson

Charlie Rose: Vice President Joe Biden

Seeded on Thu Jun 3, 2010 2:45 AM EDT (Charlie Rose Show)

Charlie and Joe talk about a lot of different things from personal relationships with the president, the tea-party movement, and Israel and Hamas. Def worth listening to while browsing the vine.

politics, vice-president, joe-biden, charlie-rose, tea-party, defended-israel

Newsom's Budget Foresees Layoffs, Program Cuts

Seeded on Thu Jun 3, 2010 2:40 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

"San Francisco would avoid sweeping layoffs and the most draconian service cuts under Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposed $6.4 billion budget for next year.

budget, cuts, politics, layoffs, bay-area, san-francisco-chronicle, gavin-newsom

Olberman Special Comment: Healthcare

Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:31 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Interesting... emotional... watch and listen.

debate, politics, health-care, msnbc, olberman, washignton

For Colbert in Iraq, tonight's Word is `haircut'

Mon Jun 8, 2009 7:44 AM EDT

By Kim Gamel, Associated Press (Clipped by treilly)

Wearing a camouflage suit and tie, Stephen Colbert took his show to Baghdad to entertain U.S. soldiers in Iraq. For openers, President Barack Obama appeared by video to thank the troops.

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entertainment, business, iraq, tv, barack-obama, in-iraq, comedy-central, world-news, colbert, stephen-colbert

GM Reinvention Commercial

Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 1:51 AM EDT (YouTube)

I was just linked by a friend to the new GM post-bankruptcy commercial on youtube. I'm not sure if impressed is the right word I would use to describe it but I am definitely interested in the direction they are going.

business, bankruptcy, gm, reinvention

Bush the Bookworm? WTF?

Seeded on Thu Jun 4, 2009 12:49 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Keith Olberman talked on Countdown tonight about Bush's reading competition with Carl Rove. As always Olberman is funny and points out some scary info about how reportedly Bush read more than a book a week during the last 3 years of his presidency!

bush, books, politics, reading, competition, obama, msnbc, carl-rove, countdown, keith-olberman

US role in new climate treaty hinges on China

Wed Jun 3, 2009 4:19 PM EDT

By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press (Clipped by treilly)

The United States is not likely to enter into a new international treaty to reduce the emissions blamed for global warming without China and other major greenhouse-gas emitters on board, the Obama administration's chief climate negotiator said Wednesday.

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us, china, politics, climate, united-states

Google Wave...cool idea, but it takes a real committment!

Sun May 31, 2009 9:11 PM EDT

By Hightechexec (Clipped by treilly)

Google introduced a very cool technology this week called Google Wave. It is kind of a hybrid email system with integrated real time collaboration similar to IM. It has really nice UI and I like its concepts a lot.

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google, technology, outlook, organization, gtd

Alert level raised on North Korea

Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 1:28 AM EDT (BBC News)

"South Korean and US troops have gone on higher alert after North Korea announced it is scrapping the armistice in force on the peninsula."

world, nuclear, north-korea, united-states, south-korea, world-news, threat-level

Knowing Torture

Seeded on Tue May 26, 2009 11:08 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Keith Olberman interviews "Mancow" Muller, a conservative talk show host who was water boarded on his show and said "I don't want to say this but it IS torture!"

politics, torture, conservative, keith-olberman, water-boarding, mancow-muller

Prop 8 update: Bush v. Gore opposing lawyers file joint federal challenge

Seeded on Tue May 26, 2009 8:16 PM EDT (jewishjournal.com)

"Olson said today that he hopes the case will wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court."

california, supreme-court, us-news, same-sex-marriage, prop-8

A British Lesson on Auto Bailouts

Seeded on Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:56 PM EST (The New York Times)

"This is not the story of Ford and General Motors, but British Leyland, a car company that went through £11 billion of inflation-adjusted British taxpayer money, or $16.5 billion, in the '70s and '80s before going out of business.

business, ford, gm, leyland, bailout, automotive, schwartz, detroit-big-3

What is up with the Sharks?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:48 AM EST

10-0-1 at home? 6-3-0 away? 33pts in only 20 games? The best record in the NHL? I know the Sharks have been good over the last few years but man, this is AWESOME!

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nhl, sports, hockey, san-jose-sharks

Big 3 Bailout... Deja Vu?

Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:05 AM EST

I was listening today to various news radio shows and one of the major discussions was the proposed bailout of the 3 major domestic auto companies (Ford, GM, and Chrysler).

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ford, congress, gm, politics, airlines, government, spending, bailout, automotive

The Election Lives!

Seeded on Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:05 PM EST (The New York Times)

"There are actually three Senate races that are undecided, and if the Democrats won them all, they'd hit the magic filibuster-proof number of 60. Georgia has a Senate runoff Dec. 2, and the Democrats have dispatched tons of canvassers to help their candidate, Jim Martin.

senate, politics, 2008-election, al-franken, gail-collins

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