Weekend Open Thread

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An employee of the U.S. embassy in Warsaw to the Polish Sejm phoned and questioned about party discipline during the vote on the desideratum to the Prime Minister ws. ACTA.
It's outrageous, not subject to the administration of President Obama - politicians embarrassed comment.

The day after the vote, a representative of Embassy of the United States called the Polish Sejm, asking how committee members voted ws. ACTA.

In the morning, around 11 lady phoned the American Embassy asking how this came to a vote. Podliczyła voices and lacks some deputies. Eight were in favor, three opposed and four abstentions, well, it gives us such a sum, which is not all - told Mieczyslaw Golba of Polish solidarity.

As he spoke, a woman inquired whether there was a quorum, if so many members were present.

Grysiak journalist Bridget points out that politicians of all options are surprised and embarrassed by telephone from the embassy.

The question whether they were party discipline, that's ... scandalous - said Mr Slawomir Neumann of the PO.

Americans should cool down a little, because such behavior is interference in the internal affairs of the Polish parliament. We feel great friendship for the United States, but somewhere there are limits...

We are partners, not a subordinate parliament in Congress or the Obama administration

EU approval after OK by 22 countries is a formality. But that won't be until June. And all the protests by then will be forgotten.

What would you do with $1.82 billion worth of shredded money? In Ireland, people build houses out of it — at least that's what Dublin-based artist Frank Buckley did. The unemployed artist originally wanted to create a gallery for his series of mixed-media artworks called "Expressions of Recession," but he ended up building a house instead.

In all, around 50,000 money bricks went into building the house that consists of a bedroom, a bathroom, and a living room.

If you're wondering how it feels to live in a house made out of paper currency, he said that it's quite warm inside: "Whatever you say about the Euro, it's a great insulator."

Takeaway from today’s chart: Nothing has really changed — you’re still paying a lot for sports, and you’re paying a lot for ESPN.

http://allthingsd.com/20120127/like-sports-on-cable-pay-up-dont-like-sports-on-cable-pay-up-anyway/

Maybe they could move ESPN into an add-on tier, such as the sports entertainment pack.

Takeaway from today’s chart: Nothing has really changed — you’re still paying a lot for sports, and you’re paying a lot for ESPN.

That’s why Disney’s sports channel is the most valuable asset on your cable dial. And it’s also why you’ve been hearing increasing grumbling — from both customers and ESPN’s non-sports cable competitors — about ESPN’s drag on your cable bill.

they even crap on their own share holders by not splitting their stock or even paying a dividend. Unbelievable

He was the 10th President of the USA, born in 1790 and his grandchildren are still alive!

»www.politico.com/news/stories/01···021.html

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John Tyler became the 10th president of the United States in 1841 — and today - incredibly - he still has two living grandchildren.

Tyler, who lived from 1790-1862, had 15 children during his lifetime, making him the most prolific president. One of his children, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, born in 1853, fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr. in 1924 and Harrison Ruffin Tyler in 1928, according to Sherwood Forest Plantation Foundation, the home of President Tyler.

Both men — Tyler’s grandchildren —are still alive.

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McAfee products have traditionally caused more problems than they solve.

If one examines 10 years of Symantec's consumer products, it's a worse picture.
Judging by my last Symantec Corp uninstall, their Enterprise line has become troublesome as well.

I still don't see any practical reason to use any third party anti-virus solution for Windows, at least at the desktop level, now that Microsoft Security Essentials is out there. It works very well for desktop installations and it simply removes the need for any other solution.

Police in Oakland, California, have used tear-gas and flash-grenades as a 2,000-strong Occupy Oakland march turned violent, with some protesters claiming that rubber bullets were also fired into the crowd. At least 300 people were arrested.

The demonstrators had attempted to take over vacant buildings to use as their headquarters, they also broke into City Hall and tried to occupy a YMCA. Police spokesman Jeff Thomason told media most of the arrests came around 8 pm local time. Police took many protesters into custody as they marched through the city's downtown area, with some entering a YMCA building.

Officials say, at one point protesters began tearing down perimeter fences around the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, as some attacked police officers, throwing rocks, bottles and other objects. Police declared an unlawful assembly and used force, according to the Oakland Tribune newspaper.