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Date: June 12th, 2009

Yet another “the GOP is a dead duck” story

12 June, 2009 (15:48) | Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

In the months since the 2008 elections I’ve been treated to a water-torture “drip, drip, drip” of stories wherein all sorts of allegedly knowledgeable people tell me that the GOP is a goner, a dinosaur slowly sinking in the tarpits, a hopeless relic that must become more… or, rather, less…. well, something other than what [...]

Analog TV in the US fades to black

12 June, 2009 (08:50) | Human Interest, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

Today marks the day when TV stations around the country will turn off the analog signal broadcasting gear they’ve been running side-by-side with their newer digital stuff. Not only will the broadcast type be different, some stations are actually shifting broadcast frequencies. From Fox News: Any sets hooked up to cable or satellite feeds are [...]