Michelle Malkin: "Before we fully launch into the action-packed first week of 2009, I want to provide you with a year-end wrap-up of original blog reporting on this site and across the conservative blogosphere. Why? Well, over the weekend, a few bloggers on both the left and right perpetuated an ill-informed and self-serving myth that demands debunking. The myth is that conservative bloggers don’t do reporting." [complete post]Zimbabwean Bloggers start the new year concerned about the country's economic and social situation: some continue to follow the court case of abducted human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who is facing charges of training bandits to topple Robert Mugabe's government. [...More...]
RIP "Masked Man" - 28-year old Malaysian Journalist / activist Muhamed Syukree Hussain was the mysterious masked man who was always present in the weekly candlelighting vigil protests in Malaysia. He recently passed away: his sudden death surprised fellow activists and bloggers.
TechCrunch: 2009: Products I Can’t Live Without
Boing Boing has a vintage clip of Al Franken impersonating Mick Jagger.
Netflix plans to stream movies directly to high-def TVs...Consider this before you rush out to buy a flat-screen TV. Over the weekend we picked up a second digital CRT set for $99 (21-inch).
“So 2008 was a rough year and 09 doesn't promise to be any better” - Annie Paul thinks that blogging can make all the difference.
Showtime has put the first episode of United States of Tara online. (The password is tara.)
Dallas Penn: Police = 1 >>> Black Males = 0
Cocoy posts pictures of a child selling lanterns in the Philippines.
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