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...fact the guy who runs Rant Blogger pays for all of this out of his own pocket is ridiculous in this economy. While other newspapers, magazines, and blogs are scrambling for money to stay in business, he just gives it away to anyone with a PayPal account. Normally we can’t get mad at people for getting money, but can this even actually be called a business model? Even Facebook, the grandaddy of all Web 2.0 start-ups that ignored monetization at first, is now having some money problems...
...can’t seem to get his girl to loosen up. Also good are the rare scenes that suggest Jamie Foxx may be shrewdly making fun of the cheesiness of his own video. During the requisite money raining scene, Foxx actually puts the bills into his pocket as if to say, “Gee, this economy isn’t conducive to the gangsta lifestyle anymore.” And he has to be making fun of the rap genre in those scenes where he is dancing with a set of back-up dancers wearing matching hideous sequined...
...about health-care reform, we usually start with the problem of the roughly 45 million (and rising) uninsured Americans who have no health coverage at all. But Pat represents the shadow problem facing an additional 25 million people who spend more than 10% of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs. They are the underinsured, who may be all the more vulnerable because, until a health catastrophe hits, they're often blind to the danger they're in. In a 2005 Harvard University study of more than 1,700 bankruptcies across the country, researchers found that medical problems were...
...from it," said Straw, who as Home Secretary established the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit to crack down on exactly such activities. "In a lot of cases, they do get people to cough up." To the merriment of his Westminster colleagues, none of Straw's constituents put hand into pocket to rescue their MP. (See a story about how one web browser warns users about potential phishing sites...
...When I raised my head I noticed people texting their friends and family getting off a last message. My Blackberry was turned off and in my trouser pocket; no time to get at it. Our descent continued and I prayed for courage to control my fear and help if able. (Read the article on Is There Cause for Fear of Flying...