I was looking at this stuff last night; they have some pretty cool features available.

First thing that came to mind:

Garret Morris yelling "A NEW APPROACH TO VOICE COMMUNICATIONS"

"single number to ring your home, work, and mobile phones, a central voicemail inbox that you could access on the web"

How are they going to keep out the spammers?

re: #3 Zimriel

"single number to ring your home, work, and mobile phones, a central voicemail inbox that you could access on the web"

How are they going to keep out the spammers?

What? and decrease all of that potential revenue?

//

I don't think I would trust Google with any of my information, thank you.

Will it let me call them directly and question their dubious branding initiatives that ignore Memorial Day in favor of, say, the 130th birthday of the founder of the Bauhaus school of design? 'cause I'd be down with that.

And, as a side note, I wouldn't trust them to keep anything related to this system confidential at all. Not your voicemails, not your calling numbers, not your contacts registry. We're talking about a company that drives up your driveway with a vehicle festooned with cameras, and then if they happen to film something "private" tell you it's your fault. Imagine if, say, the FBI did this -- there would be blood in the streets.

In summation, please go bankrupt.

Google will take over the planet some day. I can't keep up with all the Google stuff out there all ready. even the search engines has way more features then I know how to use.

As one of the early adopters, two glaring problems are its inability to:
1) leave a listened message as 'new';
2) to skip over a new voicemail message to listen to a more important one.

Any arguments?

I want to know why they aren't back proven ecologically sound communications networks like Aldis lamps.

If you want to be paranoid:
Google - we know everything about you.

I'm afraid if I tried Googling someone at work it could lead to a harassment charge.

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

First thing that came to mind:

Garret Morris yelling "A NEW APPROACH TO VOICE COMMUNICATIONS"

I read your post using techniques honed by the Evelyn Woodinski Slow Reading Academy.

Voicemail transcripts:

In a similar story, Sirius/XM is saying that they are contemplating streaming their channels through iPhones as they've seen revenue from the lucrative car business dry up.

re: #6 Diamond Bullet

I will say when I found the street view of my house, they blurred out my license plate.
Also, they don't know exactly where my house is; they get it about 1/4-1/2 mile away, but I'm not correcting them.

Call routing:

Blessed as I am with mystical powers, I can listen to people leave messages before they leave them.

re: #18 JammieWearingFool

Blessed as I am with mystical powers, I can listen to people leave messages before they leave them.

You must be an Oracle user.

re: #16 buzzsawmonkey

Isn't there a troup of mud-wrestling women called the Goo Gals?

Only an uncultured Yahoo would pay attention to such a spectacle. Whenever my limousine is in the proximity of such an event, I simply Ask Jeeves to drive on.

And Google pinky-swears to nebber, nebber give your information to the Communist Chinese. Because Google is not evil, dammit!

/

re: #19 DaddyG

You must be an Oracle user.

Oh, he's using something.

US demonstrator critically injured at West Bank protest
ISM moonbats conducting an illegal demonstration in the West Bank were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. The IDF fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the ISMers, and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head by the cannister. He was not hit by a bullet.

re: #21 OldLineTexan

They aren't evil, they just play evil on the internet :-)

I wonder if they will own the copyright to anything that is transmitted through this set up. Kinda like they tried to do with Chrome. The Donks in Congress would probably be cool with it unless they started harassing al Qaeda. Then Dick Durban (D - al Qaeda) would come down on them with both feet.

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

US demonstrator critically injured at West Bank protest
ISM moonbats conducting an illegal demonstration in the West Bank were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. The IDF fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the ISMers, and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head by the cannister. He was not hit by a bullet.

Competition for St. Pancake. Both Saints of Circumstance.

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

US demonstrator critically injured at West Bank protest
ISM moonbats conducting an illegal demonstration in the West Bank were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. The IDF fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the ISMers, and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head by the cannister. He was not hit by a bullet.

I'm surprised he was hurt. Maybe the little tiny piece of brain got hurt rattling around in the thick, empty skull?
I know I shouldn't feel this way, but I have trouble sympathizing with people who support those who want to kill me.

re: #23 Spare O'Lake That's is a nasty way to get a clue.

Anyone seeing a pattern here?

If this was done back in the days of one phone company, the moonbats would be protesting, but it is OK to them if Google knows so much.
Lily Tomlin's telephone operator comes to mind.

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

US demonstrator critically injured at West Bank protest
ISM moonbats conducting an illegal demonstration in the West Bank were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. The IDF fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the ISMers, and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head by the cannister. He was not hit by a bullet.

WOW... I coulda had a V8!

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head

It's not like it damaged anything he ever used.

re: #19 DaddyG

You must be an Oracle user.

Well, one of my sisters used to work for them, so maybe that's where I picked it up.

re: #28 rightside

Anyone seeing a pattern here?

Don't worry the crack team at state will be sure to get a Spanish translator to make a reset button for the Brazillian delegation.

//

re: #32 JammieWearingFool

Well, one of my sisters used to work for them, so maybe that's where I picked it up.

Interesting; I work in one of their buildings, but for a different company that rents space there.

OT: Sea Level Rise Seen Accelerating

/But...but...we elected 0bama! I thought he was supposed to stop this!

re: #20 Occasional Reader

Only! an! uncultured! Yahoo! would! pay! attention! to! such! a! spectacle!. Whenever! my! limousine! is! in! the! proximity! of! such! an! event!, I! simply! Ask! Jeeves! to! drive! on!.

FTFY

Wow I'm having such a hard time accessing LGF today from my iPhone. Rest of web is no change. I can post onviously but it actually crashed my phone a bunch of times a few hrs ago.
Loading very slowly...........

I guess I'm spoiled. It's still faster than my old dial up days of Aol

re: #25 Creeping Eruption

Competition for St. Pancake. Both Saints of Circumstance.

St. CannisterCatcher?

This sounds a little too Big Brotherish for my liking. I'll stick to my land line and an answering machine.

re: #35 gmsc

OT: Sea Level Rise Seen Accelerating

/But...but...we elected 0bama! I thought he was supposed to stop this!

Gore must have jumped in for a swim

re: #33 DaddyG

How much would you bet they think its Spanish, and not Portuguese?

re: #28 rightside

Anyone seeing a pattern here?

This probably just warms the cockles of the Dictator of Venezuela.

re: #38 CyanSnowHawk

St. CannisterCatcher?

Maybe St. Can't

re: #38 CyanSnowHawk

St. CannisterCatcher?

I'd vote for St. Cannister.

re: #41 rightside

How much would you bet they think its Spanish, and not Portuguese?

You got it!

So what will become of Skype?

re: #25 Creeping Eruption

St canasius

re: #44 Creeping Eruption

I'd vote for St. Cannister.

The Bishop of Can-tear-gas-bury?

re: #44 Creeping Eruption

I'd vote for St. Cannister.

That's it. Mine didn't quite roll off the tongue.

re: #47 shug

St canasius

Canuphisass?

re: #15 Kosh's Shadow

I will say when I found the street view of my house, they blurred out my license plate.
Also, they don't know exactly where my house is; they get it about 1/4-1/2 mile away, but I'm not correcting them.

I guess that's fair, although I'm not sure I want to live my life in the spaces created by Google's occasional moments of mercy or incompetence. I'm also amazed by how people who accused the Bush administration of every human rights violation imaginable nonetheless cheer Google on just because they're a "good" corporation. Google could come out with a line of permanent GPS tracker rectal thermometers and people would find a way to rationalize it.

re: #44 Creeping Eruption

I'd vote for St. Cannister.

St. Yes We Cannnister?

re: #15 Kosh's Shadow

I will say when I found the street view of my house, they blurred out my license plate.
Also, they don't know exactly where my house is; they get it about 1/4-1/2 mile away, but I'm not correcting them.

They had mine from the bridge down the street, but you could see my husband's jeep backing out of the driveway.

re: #51 Diamond Bullet

I guess that's fair, although I'm not sure I want to live my life in the spaces created by Google's occasional moments of mercy or incompetence. I'm also amazed by how people who accused the Bush administration of every human rights violation imaginable nonetheless cheer Google on just because they're a "good" corporation. Google could come out with a line of permanent GPS tracker rectal thermometers and people would find a way to rationalize fetishize it.

FTFY

re: #43 Right mind left

Maybe St. Can'tKANT

re: #46 joncelli

Okay, I should have checked the link. Skype is not really providing the same service.

Google: All of your data are belong to us.

re: #36 CyanSnowHawk

FTFY

OR is William Shatner? ? ?

Just so no one thinks I'm callous to liberal protesters...

On a campout my teenage son described a stunt he wanted to pull involving a waterfall and vine hanging from a tree. I told him I'd laugh my butt off all the way through the funeral and when I saw him at the gates of Heaven I'd still be chuckling.

He decided not to try the stunt.

re: #35 gmsc

OT: Sea Level Rise Seen Accelerating

/But...but...we elected 0bama! I thought he was supposed to stop this!

Are they sure they're not just seeing this.....
[Link: www.surfing-waves.com...]

re: #58 OldLineTexan

OR is William Shatner? ? ?

Well!, he! uses! Yahoo! Speak!

Free calls anywhere in the US - 2 cents a minute for international.

Great News!

re: #55 Right mind left

Philsopherophiles might not like that

re: #62 Charles

Free calls anywhere in the US - 2 cents a minute for international.

Free monitoring of all US calls to the Chinese mainland.

/

re: #64 Creeping Eruption

Philsopherophiles might not like that

Who is Phil Sopher?

re: #66 CyanSnowHawk

Who is Phil Sopher?

Di Dactic's wife.

re: #28 rightside

Anyone seeing a pattern here?

the trip was pushed forward from Tuesday because of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday - making Latin America once again look like an afterthought.

Obama made the president of Brazil reschedule his trip because it conflicted with St. Patrick's day? WTF?

Was the White House not previously aware of what date St. Patrick's day falls upon this year? And what the hell is Obama going to be so busy doing on St. Patricks's Day, anyway? I'll be watching him. I damn well better see a jam-packed day full of corned beef and cabbage lunch at the local Irish community center, marching in a parade with a bagpipe band all afternoon, and quaffing Guinness all night after that. 'Cause if I don't, I'm gonna call the Brazilian embassy and tell them.

re: #62 Charles

Ugh. It must be a Friday because my reading comprehension is dead. And so is Skype.

re: #65 DaddyG

As long as they leave al Qaeda alone. Chinese dissidents need to be smoked out and, er, smoked. al qaeda are the true Holy Warriors. I read it in the New York Times, so it must be true...

re: #51 Diamond Bullet

I guess that's fair, although I'm not sure I want to live my life in the spaces created by Google's occasional moments of mercy or incompetence. I'm also amazed by how people who accused the Bush administration of every human rights violation imaginable nonetheless cheer Google on just because they're a "good" corporation. Google could come out with a line of permanent GPS tracker rectal thermometers and people would find a way to rationalize it.

That was my point in a later post.
I've found street view useful for locating businesses, and if they restricted it to commercial areas, that would be a good idea. My street is residential.

re: #68 Last Mohican

Pro-Irish racism? that's something you don't see every day :-)

re: #68 Last Mohican

I damn well better see a jam-packed day full of corned beef and cabbage lunch at the local Irish community center, marching in a parade with a bagpipe band all afternoon, and quaffing Guinness all night after that. 'Cause if I don't, I'm gonna call the Brazilian embassy and tell them.

Chicago is lost without a corrupt politician to lead their parade. Blago is a bit indisposed so Obama is the natural choice.

re: #69 joncelli

Ugh. It must be a Friday because my reading comprehension is dead. And so is Skype.

Yeah, it could be a Skype-killer.

OT: I am listening to Stevie Ray Vaughn's Texas Flood off of Live at Montreux (1985 - before he was big) and at the "quiet" parts you can actually hear people booing. Apparently he was a little to hard for their delicate sensibilities. Fuckers.

re: #68 Last Mohican

Obama made the president of Brazil reschedule his trip because it conflicted with St. Patrick's day? WTF?

Was the White House not previously aware of what date St. Patrick's day falls upon this year? And what the hell is Obama going to be so busy doing on St. Patricks's Day, anyway? I'll be watching him. I damn well better see a jam-packed day full of corned beef and cabbage lunch at the local Irish community center, marching in a parade with a bagpipe band all afternoon, and quaffing Guinness all night after that. 'Cause if I don't, I'm gonna call the Brazilian embassy and tell them.

This could strain US/Brazilian relations, threatening the supply of Brazilian supermodels. I don't think OR is going to like that one bit.

re: #68 Last Mohican

Obama made the president of Brazil reschedule his trip because it conflicted with St. Patrick's day? WTF?

Was the White House not previously aware of what date St. Patrick's day falls upon this year? And what the hell is Obama going to be so busy doing on St. Patricks's Day, anyway? I'll be watching him. I damn well better see a jam-packed day full of corned beef and cabbage lunch at the local Irish community center, marching in a parade with a bagpipe band all afternoon, and quaffing Guinness all night after that. 'Cause if I don't, I'm gonna call the Brazilian embassy and tell them.

Cmon, Barry is an IRISH Kenyan...

re: #71 Kosh's Shadow

That was my point in a later post.
I've found street view useful for locating businesses, and if they restricted it to commercial areas, that would be a good idea. My street is residential.

There were times when I was home alarm installer that street view would have been real helpful. I can find almost any address with a Thomas Guide, but some of them were 'challenging'.

re: #68 Last Mohican

Obama made the president of Brazil reschedule his trip because it conflicted with St. Patrick's day? WTF?

Was the White House not previously aware of what date St. Patrick's day falls upon this year? And what the hell is Obama going to be so busy doing on St. Patricks's Day, anyway? I'll be watching him. I damn well better see a jam-packed day full of corned beef and cabbage lunch at the local Irish community center, marching in a parade with a bagpipe band all afternoon, and quaffing Guinness all night after that. 'Cause if I don't, I'm gonna call the Brazilian embassy and tell them.

And watch out for the former IRA general, martin McGuiness, responsible for terrorism in Northern ireland. He's now a politician, and has actually condemned the murder of the two soldiers last weekend, and that of the policeman two days later.
He is in the USA already, with a sidekick - on a trade mission. If he gets hearted by PB0, a lot of people will be p*ssed off over here.

re: #65 DaddyG

Free monitoring of all US calls to the Chinese mainland.

What happens to calls to re: #77 Wishing

Cmon, Barry is an IRISH Kenyan...

I'm sure Hillary is practicing her Irish accent right now.

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" defintion for Guantánamo detainees.

Gosh, I guess we have to Mirandize them all now.

/spit

Voice-to-text technology must be fairly advanced now, as they are offering (free?) transcription service: ...it also takes voice messages that you can listen to on the web, from a phone or read thanks to a new feature that transcribes voice messages and sends them as email and text messages.

I think that's a scary step in the progression of surveillance technologies.

re: #76 CyanSnowHawk

We shall have to step in and do a lengthy, detailed investigation of the Brazilian supermodel situation. Lengthy. Detailed. Did I mention "lengthy"?

re: #77 Wishing

Cmon, Barry is an IRISH Kenyan...

Isn't that "I rish I were Kenyan"? (said strongly intoxicated, for the benefit of all nirthers...) //

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" defintion for Guantánamo detainees.

Gosh, I guess we have to Mirandize them all now.

/spit

So does that mean they get classified as spies now? They certainly don't fall under the guidelines for POW.

re: #77 Wishing

Cmon, Barry is an IRISH Kenyan...

Exactly. 0'bama.

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

US demonstrator critically injured at West Bank protest
ISM moonbats conducting an illegal demonstration in the West Bank were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. The IDF fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the ISMers, and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head by the cannister. He was not hit by a bullet.

How many tear gas canisters (not to mention bulldozers, border cops with batons, etc.) did he stand in front of before he actually succeeded in getting hit by one.

re: #68 Last Mohican

This administration is looking more and more like the Movie My Fellow Americans. It reminds me of when Dan Aykroyd said, "Someone please remind the vice president that the dutch are from the Netherlands, not the nether regions"

re: #82 Occasional Reader

If they're not combatants they have to be charged with a crime, released, or redesignated...

re: #76 CyanSnowHawk

This could strain US/Brazilian relations, threatening the supply of Brazilian supermodels. I don't think OR is going to like that one bit.

If we have to swap them out for Irish supermodels, this is not going to go well.

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" defintion for Guantánamo detainees.

/spit

Maybe we are going to use the European designation - Youths.

re: #86 CyanSnowHawk

So does that mean they get classified as spies now? They certainly don't fall under the guidelines for POW.

Maybe just illegal immigrants, and they get universal healthcare!

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" defintion for Guantánamo detainees.

Gosh, I guess we have to Mirandize them all now.

/spit

No, he considers them allies in his work to destroy America, or at least will once he asks them to unclench their fists.

re: #90 joncelli

If they're not combatants they have to be charged with a crime, released, or redesignated...

Redesignated DOA might work.....

re: #93 Right mind left

Maybe just illegal immigrants, and they get universal healthcare!

and college tuition

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" defintion for Guantánamo detainees.

Gosh, I guess we have to Mirandize them all now.

/spit

One small step for closing Guantanamo, one giant leap for loosing terrorists back into the world.

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" defintion for Guantánamo detainees.

Gosh, I guess we have to Mirandize them all now.

/spit

Get ready to hear the released whinge and wail, their cases being taken up by the yuman roights lawyers and the MFM, just like thus precious POS in the UK:
Binyam blames UK for mistreatment

And nobody will ask why they got to be in Guantanamo in the first place ...

re: #90 joncelli

If they're not combatants they have to be charged with a crime, released, or redesignated...

Perhaps they'll all be attending next Wednesday's regularly scheduled Beautiful People Soiree at the White House?

re: #96 Creeping Eruption

and college tuition

...and life-disruption restitution...

re: #91 Occasional Reader

If we have to swap them out for Irish supermodels, this is not going to go well.

I don't know. Here's a start.

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Looks like more and more people are waking up to the failure they elected.

Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth

It is simply wrong for commentators to continue to focus on President Barack Obama's high levels of popularity, and to conclude that these are indicative of high levels of public confidence in the work of his administration. Indeed, a detailed look at recent survey data shows that the opposite is most likely true. The American people are coming to express increasingly significant doubts about his initiatives, and most likely support a different agenda and different policies from those that the Obama administration has advanced.

Polling data show that Mr. Obama's approval rating is dropping and is below where George W. Bush was in an analogous period in 2001. Rasmussen Reports data shows that Mr. Obama's net presidential approval rating -- which is calculated by subtracting the number who strongly disapprove from the number who strongly approve -- is just six, his lowest rating to date.

re: #99 Occasional Reader

Sigh. Then we'll find out how low they can go...

re: #101 CyanSnowHawk

I don't know. Here's a start.

And another.

re: #65 DaddyG

Free monitoring of all US calls to the Chinese mainland.

I don't even want to think about what happens to calls to Israel.

On the other hand, those of us who have noted Google Earth's anti-Israel bias might be surprised to learn that, according to one lunatic "Palestinian" whinebag, Google is actually guilty of "inciting or at least condoning" genocide against "Palestinians." Those of you who get a kick out of laughing at delusions of Palestinian victimization may get a kick out of this one.

re: #102 FurryOldGuyJeans

Looks like more and more people are waking up to the failure they elected.

Obama's Poll Numbers Are Falling to Earth

It didn't end well for Icarus.

re: #88 Alouette

How many tear gas canisters (not to mention bulldozers, border cops with batons, etc.) did he stand in front of before he actually succeeded in getting hit by one.

From that link:
'The IDF says the area where the protests take place is a closed military zone off-limits to demonstrations.'

He must ahve thought laws don't apply to him, specially when they're Israeli laws.
Idiot.

re: #106 Opinionated

It didn't end well for Icarus.

But Icarus only took himself down. The 0 is taking the entire US.

re: #108 Kosh's Shadow

But Icarus only took himself down. The 0 is taking the entire US.

He's valiantly trying to take down the entire world, starting with the US and Israel.

re: #107 yma o hyd

From that link:
'The IDF says the area where the protests take place is a closed military zone off-limits to demonstrations.'

He must ahve thought laws don't apply to him, specially when they're Israeli laws.
Idiot.

In most of the world, protesting in a closed military zone results in a bullet to the head, and NO ONE complains.

re: #104 CyanSnowHawk

And another.

And how could we forget this?
Her name is Ireland for crying out loud.

re: #106 Opinionated

It didn't end well for Icarus.

As our dear leader nears zero, he will say it is just the 'wax and wane' of adoration...

re: #91 Occasional Reader

If we have to swap them out for Irish supermodels, this is not going to go well.

Why - are you anti-Irish?

re: #107 yma o hyd

From that link:
'The IDF says the area where the protests take place is a closed military zone off-limits to demonstrations.'

He must ahve thought laws don't apply to him, specially when they're Israeli laws.
Idiot.

They just spay-shul!

re: #112 Right mind left

As our dear leader nears zero, he will say it is just the 'wax and wane' of adoration...

That's a feather in your cap of puns.

re: #73 DaddyG

Chicago is lost without a corrupt politician to lead their parade. Blago is a bit indisposed so Obama is the natural choice.

Paddy O'bama.

Perhaps the white house can employ the former Guantanamo detainees as protocol advisers?

//

re: #117 DaddyG

Perhaps the white house can employ the former Guantanamo detainees as protocol advisers?

//

They would do a better job than the ones there now.

re: #117 DaddyG

Perhaps the white house can employ the former Guantanamo detainees as protocol advisers?

//

They might actually be more tactful than he is.

/

re: #113 yma o hyd

Why - are you anti-Irish?

Heavens, no. But with all due respect to my bloodline, and to Cyan's links, I think the "Irish supermodel" list run out much more quickly than the Brazilian counterpart does.

Two comments from two very good people about Charles Freeman- his supporters and his anti Semitic rant.

THE SECOND disturbing development exposed by Freeman's appointment is the emergence of a very committed and powerful anti-Israel lobby in Washington. In the past, while anti-Israel politicians, policy-makers and opinion-shapers were accepted in Washington, they would not have felt comfortable brandishing their anti-Israel positions as a qualifying credential for high position. Freeman's appointment shows that this is no longer the case. Today in Washington, there are powerful circles of political players for whom a person's anti-Israel bona fides are his strongest suit.

Caroline Glick

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

‘Blaming the Jews’ doesn't always work
By Wesley Pruden

[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

It'll make it a lot easier for focus groups to put names and phone numbers on the net. They can just link their spreadsheets to the great googly moogly.

re: #117 DaddyG

Perhaps the white house can employ the former Guantanamo detainees as protocol advisers?

//

Well, now that Chas Freeman is gone, we're gonna need a new Chairman of the National Intelligence Council.

re: #120 Occasional Reader

Heavens, no. But with all due respect to my bloodline, and to Cyan's links, I think the "Irish supermodel" list run out much more quickly than the Brazilian counterpart does.

Good point. I think I've found most of them.

Is it my imagination or does the villain in the new STAR TREK movie sound like a Republican?

At about 1:41 in the new trailer when he says "James T. Kirk was a great man, but that was another life." It just has that GOP vibe to it.

Google just wants to be the Ultimate Socialist source and controller on the Internet while O does the same in the political sphere.

re: #108 Kosh's Shadow

But Icarus only took himself down. The 0 is taking the entire US.

I didn't say there wasn't a down side.

re: #125 The Other Les

Is it my imagination or does the villain in the new STAR TREK movie sound like a Republican?

At about 1:41 in the new trailer when he says "James T. Kirk was a great man, but that was another life." It just has that GOP vibe to it.

[Video]

It's difficult to have a villian sound like Democrat. The Whiny gasbag thing gets old really fast.

re: #51 Diamond Bullet

I guess that's fair, although I'm not sure I want to live my life in the spaces created by Google's occasional moments of mercy or incompetence. I'm also amazed by how people who accused the Bush administration of every human rights violation imaginable nonetheless cheer Google on just because they're a "good" corporation. Google could come out with a line of permanent GPS tracker rectal thermometers and people would find a way to rationalize it.

Wow! What a GREAT idea. Reminds me of House when he stuck the thermometer up the police dudes butt, lol

President Obama was informed by the Defense Department Briefing Officer that two Brazillian troops were killed in Iraq.
He sat down & looked shaken,, then asked "how much is a Brazillion?"
If he doesn't know how much a billion or a trillion is, why would he know a Brazillian?

re: #124 CyanSnowHawk

Good point. I think I've found most of them.

Well, to be fair, the average height of Irish women is 5' 5''. Not exactly supermodel-ready.

Average Height

;-)

re: #121 Opinionated

Two comments from two very good people about Charles Freeman- his supporters and his anti Semitic rant.

Caroline Glick

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

‘Blaming the Jews’ doesn't always work
By Wesley Pruden

[Link: www.washingtontimes.com...]

Great line:

Mr. Freeman has had a long if not distinguished career in berating the Israelis for struggling for survival

re: #102 FurryOldGuyJeans

Which is why he has toned down his negativity regarding the economy. Someone must have grabbed him by the ear and said, Hey IDIOT. U r scaring the crap outa everyone

re: #110 Kosh's Shadow

In most of the world, protesting in a closed military zone results in a bullet to the head, and NO ONE complains.

Different laws for joooos, ye know!

re: #120 Occasional Reader

Heavens, no. But with all due respect to my bloodline, and to Cyan's links, I think the "Irish supermodel" list run out much more quickly than the Brazilian counterpart does.

Ok - just thought you might have an aversion against what is called 'ginger' hair ...

:-)))

re: #128 CyanSnowHawk

It's difficult to have a villian sound like Democrat. The Whiny gasbag thing gets old really fast.

Really dangerous villains should have some indication of inner strength.

re: #133 jjmckay1216

Which is why he has toned down his negativity regarding the economy. Someone must have grabbed him by the ear and said, Hey IDIOT. U r scaring the crap outa everyone

This decline is more about the man's policies and objectives than his rhetoric.

A detailed examination of presidential popularity after 50 days on the job similarly demonstrates a substantial drop in presidential approval relative to other elected presidents in the 20th and 21st centuries. The reason for this decline most likely has to do with doubts about the administration's policies and their impact on peoples' lives.

There is also a clear sense in the polling that taxes will increase for all Americans because of the stimulus, notwithstanding what the president has said about taxes going down for 95% of Americans. Close to three-quarters expect that government spending will grow under this administration.

Recent Gallup data echo these concerns. That polling shows that there are deep-seated, underlying economic concerns. Eighty-three percent say they are worried that the steps Mr. Obama is taking to fix the economy may not work and the economy will get worse. Eighty-two percent say they are worried about the amount of money being added to the deficit. Seventy-eight percent are worried about inflation growing, and 69% say they are worried about the increasing role of the government in the U.S. economy.

Google is cool. The threat of google is aggregated data. Pretty soon everyone will know your name and everything else about you based on your aggregated intersection with Google software. They have PhD's dedicated to delivering kind words to your door from Playmates.

re: #135 buzzsawmonkey

Hate Jews
--with apologies to the Beatles

Hate Jews? Don't feel so bad
You can rationalize that you had better
Generalize, if one gets under your skin
Thus it begins, and it gets better

Hate Jews, don't be afraid
The oldest hatred is no dead letter
Find allies with just a wink and a grin
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel some pain, hate Jews again
Just lay all your ills upon their shoulders.
For well you know that it feels cool when once you're cruel
And after you first vent you can get bolder.

Hate Jews--it's going around
Forget that hatred is the worst fetter
Remember, let evil into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out, don't keep it in, hate Jews--begin
Accusing them of crimes contradictory
For don't you know it's not just you hates Jews--it's true
And with your allies you can dream of victory

Hate Jews? Don't feel so bad
You can rationalize that you had better
Generalize, if one gets under your skin
Thus it begins, and it gets better

Better better better better better better, ooooooh

Na na na na na ,na na na, hate Jews...

primo...

I don't trust Google to handle my information either so is there a competing service?

BTW voice to text is be a boon to deaf people!

Pajamas Media had an article on Freeman, and it turns out Pelosi supports Chinese dissidents, and had a large part in this. So it was the Chinese dissident lobby. Well, not quite.
The article is here
but it is on the second page where he says:

Long known as an advocate of a human rights policy towards the Chinese government and a supporter of its dissidents, Pelosi “was incensed about public remarks that Freeman once made that seemed to justify the violent 1989 Chinese government crackdown on democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square.” Not only that, the two journalists report, she “thought Freeman’s views were ‘indefensible’ and complained directly to President Obama about his selection.”

I could not trust a company to handle my communications when they specialize in data mining, collection, and storage. But then, I don't know who's doing what with my transmitted data right now. Brave new world.

re: #142 Kosh's Shadow

Pajamas Media had an article on Freeman, and it turns out Pelosi supports Chinese dissidents, and had a large part in this. So it was the Chinese dissident lobby. Well, not quite.
The article is here
but it is on the second page where he says:

Chinese dissidents eat Chinese food. Jews love Chinese food. It's still the Jews' fault.

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Breaking news banner at Wall Street Journal online: Justice Department withdraws "enemy combatant" definition for Guantánamo detainees.

Gosh, I guess we have to Mirandize them all now.

/spit

Are they just ordinary scamps?

A new approach to eliminating your privacy- Google's real power is its metadata- what it knows about surfing habits and clicks, they cross correlate this with over the counter data about credit card use and geolocation data. Now they are going to assimilate ALL of your phone information, who you call and when. They will know everything about you. They will know things about you you didn't yourself.

Google famously says don't be evil. But what if they are evil? What if they do evil? What then? People thought Bill Gates was dangerous in the 90s. Bill is a piker compared to the golden children of Mountain View.

I have had personal dealings with Google where they have done things that I would be ashamed of (and yes I can prove it and I have witnesses and I would love to go into details but cannot at this time, so don't ask).

Do not give power over in your life with those who are not worthy of your trust.

The great truth of modern life is your government represents little threat to your freedom because they are incompetent at anything other than taxation. But Google is very competent. Whatever technical wonders they are able to develop are colored by the content of their character.

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

Fortunately, he did not suffer any brain injury since he had no brain.

Sorry, but with Google giving out all kinds of info (via cookies) on internet users to whoever pays money for it for whatever reason, Google seems to becoming an arm of the Obama adminstration.
Don't trust those guys as far as I could throw their server farm.

re: #146 Ayatollah Ghilmeini

Amen, any time you hand over data to an organization, expect the organization to use it in its best interest which may not be in your best interest. Also assume that all sensitive information will be leaked to people who may use it against you. This latter statement is not paranoia, it is just reality. Maybe your information never leaks to the wrong person. But there is one way you can be sure of that, and that is to not give the information to begin with. In the security business there is what is called the "need to know" before you get access to something. Google has no "need to know" anything about me. My personal data will never be willingly given to them.

All the words you speak over the phone will belong to Google.

More evil, from your friends at Google. Now with 99% more bullshit than before!

the question noone will answer: how long before google becomes "too big" and when she goes down, taxpayers will have to bail her out?

re: #23 Spare O'Lake

US demonstrator critically injured at West Bank protest
ISM moonbats conducting an illegal demonstration in the West Bank were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers. The IDF fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the ISMers, and the American demonstrator was unfortunately hit in the head by the cannister. He was not hit by a bullet.

Fan f'ingtastict Now that's something to smile about.

Great, so google will have one more way to track me? No thank you. I don't use gmail for this reason. I still search with google and use their maps because in those areas they so much better than the competition. But i will happily jump on any other provider who even comes close because google has so much power it is easy to be evil.

I'm not sure if this works for me because of issues with outgoing calls.

First, when I call someone the person sees my cell phone number or home phone number in their caller ID, not my Google Voice number, which leads them to call me back on my home phone or my cell phone, not my Google Voice number.

Second, the Google Voice features only work on incoming calls, not outoing calls, since outgoing calls bypass the service. For example, recording a phone call.

How does this work for families? If someone is calling your wife's or son's Google Voice number it will ring their cell phone and your home phone, but if you answer the home phone then the call does not get to the intended recipient. Wouldn't it be better to just call the person's cell phone? Shouldn't you just cancel our home phone service? The point of Google Voice is that you are calling a person, not a phone where you think the person might be, but I think you can accomplish that just by getting rid of your home phone service.

It is a cool idea, but I fear Google's watchful eye more than the government's. Google is competent!

I will maybe use it for long distance, nothing else.