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For the thousands of same-sex families that call New Mexico home, President Obama’s words provide genuine hope that our country will soon come to treat their relationships with the equal respect and recognition that comes through marriage.

This is a historic day. Thank you, Mr. President.

A homosexual Man, who married in Washington DC 2010
Anthony & Christopher Hays

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Tipster Eric writes:

“The company’s webpage states “Over 150 years of precision measurement”. Obviously for some nefarious reason the information was well hidden from the public until now that there are apparently at least 85 minutes in an hour…..”

Maybe it’s part of a secret conspiracy to bring back decimal time, where every day has ten hours, every hour has one hundred minutes, and every minute has one hundred seconds. Yeah, it didn’t make a lot of sense during the French Revolution either.

Source: Consumerist

Hulu is one of the many streaming services that have led a growing number of cable and satellite subscribers to cancel their subscriptions and get most of their TV entertainment via the Internet. But a new report claims that Hulu is now looking to appease cable companies by eventually making the service available only to those who are also paying for cable.

The NY Post reports that Hulu, which is jointly owned by News Corp., Disney, and Comcast, is being used as a sort of bargaining chip between broadcasters and carriers. The broadcasters keep asking for higher fees from cable/satellite companies for their channels, but the cable audience is stagnant, as people continue to cut the cord.

So while Hulu would lose a bit of audience (and ad revenue) by requiring users to log in via their cable or satellite providers (much like HBO Go works now), both parties hope it would de-incentivize customers from cutting the cord, lest they no longer have access to Hulu.

The Post reports that it could take several years before Hulu finally goes this route. In the meantime, we wonder whether such a move would usher in a new era where other streaming services like Netflix and Amazon will also require cable subscriptions, or if these competitors will step in to pick up those Hulu defectors who want to remain free of cable providers.

Original Sources: TV in real dime [NY Post via AVclub.com]

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While some of us are still fretting about filing our taxes before the deadline, the Senate voted today to put a kibosh on the so-called Buffett Rule, a proposed tax reform intended to guarantee that those earning more than $2 million annually would pay a federal tax rate of at least 30%.

Only last week, the Obama administration was making a very public push for support on the measure, calling it the “most simple, common sense reform” to make sure that the nation’s wealthiest individuals don’t pay a smaller share than those who earn smaller incomes.

Opponents of the Buffett Rule argued that it penalizes those wealthy individuals whose worth is heavily tied to investments, and by doing so, would also stunt economic growth and job creation.

While 51 Senators voted in favor of the reform, the mere majority was nine votes short of the 60 required for it to inch closer to reality.

Republican Susan Collins of Maine was the one member of that party to vote for the bill, while Mark Pryor of Arkansas was the sole Democrat Senator to issue a thumbs-down. Of the four Senators absent from the voting, there was one Democrat, two Republicans and one independent.

Following the vote, President Obama released a statement expressing his displeasure:

“At a time when we have significant deficits to close and serious investments to make to strengthen our economy, we simply cannot afford to keep spending money on tax cuts that the wealthiest Americans don’t need and didn’t ask for.”

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