WATCH: Jay Leno Lays Into Comcast, NBC After Layoffs
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael IzzoIf Comcast and NBC thought Jay Leno would open his Monday monologue without mentioning the layoffs to his staff, they were sorely mistaken.
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America Is Falling In Love With The Chubby Kid In This New Nike Ad
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jim EdwardsNike is not an Olympic sponsor this year but that hasn't stopped it from borrowing interest in what it takes to compete in the games.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Bikes in bloom across America
Frosty Wooldridge“Camp out among the grass and gentians of glacier meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of Nature’s darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees."
THE DEATH OF TV: Comcast Lost Nearly 400,000 Cable Subscribers In Last Year
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Kirsten AcunaPeople are pulling the plug on cable television by the hundreds of thousands.
TV Fact-Checkers: Breaking Down Breaking Bad’s Dark Chemistry
• http://www.wired.com, By Angela WatercutterIf there’s one thing constantly running through the heads of nerds watching Breaking Bad, it’s that Walter White might be the most badass chemist of all time.
Why America is no longer Great!
• YouTubeThis clip comes from the HBO TV Series "The Newsroom". Jeff Daniels nails it!! Please note foul language is used.
Suicide Is Painless
• http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportJohn Simpson has a prestigious job as the BBC's world affairs editor but like most people he is worried about mortality. Unlike most, Simpson has announced he plans to do something about it – he's going to kill himself at some point.
Boardwalk Empire Speacial Effects / Video
• http://player.vimeo.comAmazing speacial effects video
Sitting less may extend American lives: study
• The Raw Story.comAmerican adults may boost their life expectancy by two years by sitting for fewer than three hours a day, researchers said Tuesday, while admitting this was a tough task.
Selfish Ignorant Citizens Produce Selfish Ignorant Politicians
• http://lewrockwell.comIf you voted, you have no right to complain, says George Carlin. Don't Do it.
HBO Used A Decapitated Head Of George Bush In A 'Game Of Thrones' Battle Scene
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Brett LoGiuratoHBO and "Game of Thrones" creators apologized Wednesday night for a scene in Season 1 of the series in which a head of President George W. Bush's likeness appeared in a decapitated state.
Why Breaking Bad and Walking Dead Might Go Black on Dish Network
• Hugh Hart wired.comDish Network plans to take a hatchet to AMC on June 30, a move that would leave satellite subscribers without geek favorites like The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad and Mad Men.
Mars Colonization Mission Will Happen Live on Reality TV
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherOne of the primary obstacles to human colonization of Mars is the funding -- creating a habitable environment and sending humans across the gulf of space is a costly process, well beyond the exploration budgets of most nations.
Skipping Commercials On Your T.V. May Soon Be Illegal
• http://govtslaves.info, John BergmayerAs anticipated in our blog post from the other day, major television networks have sued Dish over its “Hopper” DVR.
Apple Has Been Sitting On Kinect-Like Motion Control Technology For Years...
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Matt LynleyApple has actually had motion-sensing camera technology similar to the Xbox Kinect motion controller since 2005, a source familiar with the software tells us.
CNN Hits Lowest Primetime Demo Rating at 9 PM In 15 Years
• www.mediabistro.comLast night was a typical, boring Tuesday, with little earth-shattering news to drive TV viewers to cable news.
Former Obama Speechwriter to Pen White House Sitcom
• TimeHow closely will art imitate life? NBC says it’s rolling out a new sitcom next season about life in the White House, written by former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett, the BBC reports.
Mel Gibson Laughs Off Taped Rant: I’ve Got A ‘Bit Of A Temper’
• http://www.accesshollywood.com, by NBC UniversalMel Gibson has spoken out about the obscenity-laced rant secretly taped (and later released) by writer Joe Eszterhas.
Durant's game-winner helps Thunder shake off Mavericks
• http://www.usatoday.com, OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)Kevin Durant was determined to not let the Oklahoma City Thunder lose another playoff game at home to Dallas.
Are Campaign Ads Coming to PBS?
• http://motherjones.com, By Gavin AronsenLast Thursday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck down a seven-decade-old ban on political ads on noncommercial TV and radio stations.
Beckel F-Bombs on Hannity: 'You Don't Know What the F*ck You're Talking About'
• http://crooksandliars.com, By Susie MadrakOn Hannity Monday night Bob Beckel got really ticked off after Neal Boortz said that Head Start was a failure, and dropped the F bomb - without realizing they were still on the air.
First Newspapers, Now TV – the Internet Reformation Rolls On
• http://www.thedailybell.com, by Staff ReportCitibank Says It's 'Flummoxed' By Ratings Collapse In Cable TV
Fox News Is Threatening Civil And Criminal Charges Against Gawker Over The Mole
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Grace WylerLess than 24 hours after Gawker's mole Joe Muto was identified and suspended from his job at Fox News, the website reports that Fox is threatening both Muto and Gawker with civil and criminal charges.
My Husband Is A Fortune 500 CEO, And I Know Just As Much About The Economy As He Does
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jaywon ChoeThe response to Democratic advisor Hilary Rosen's comments about Ann Romney has been swift and damning.
Announcing Our Newest Hire: A Current Fox News Channel Employee
• http://gawker.com, By The Fox MoleWhat follows is the inaugural column of a person we are calling The Fox Mole
O'Reilly Producer Outed as Fox News "Mole"
• http://slatest.slate.com, By Josh VoorheesThe cable news network says it is continuing to explore legal action against the now-fired staffer.
NBC making movie: Julian Assange, the early years
• Yahoo News"Underground" follows the story of an Assange-led group of young hackers who broke into a number of major military and business organizations in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Assange was a teenager when the Melbourne-based group began operations.
Eliot Spitzer Rips Into John Mack For Saying Banks Are In The Business To Be Profitable
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Julia La RocheFormer New York State Attorney General and ex-CNN anchor Eliot Spitzer, who is now the host of "Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer" on Current TV, ripped into Morgan Stanley's former CEO and chairman John Mack for his comments in his recent New York Magazi
The Crazy Shot That Won Bubba Watson The Masters Was Even More Ridiculous Than You Realized
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Tony ManfredBubba Watson won The Masters with one of the most memorable shots in tournament history
Call for boycott of Eurovision in Azerbaijan
• http://www.aljazeera.comThere are calls for a boycott of this year's Eurovision song contest in Azerbaijan due to the country's poor human rights record and dissident clampdown.
