Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several U.S. senators urged regulators on Monday to review exclusive arrangements regarding mobile handset technology between wireless carriers and cell phone makers and how they affect competition and choice in the marketplace. (more…)

Reuters:

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - Canada decried on Saturday a “rising tide of protectionism” in the United States, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the “Buy American” provisions in an economic stimulus package will not interfere with U.S. trade obligations. (more…)

Reuters:

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Personal computer makers are increasingly prioritizing “green” strategies, creating a pivotal point of competition for customers that are becoming more attuned to their financial — and societal — benefits. (more…)

Source:

On the surface, it seems the height of fiscal responsibility — if Congress adopts an expensive new health care entitlement, it has to find a way to pay for it. (more…)

Rasmussen:

Voters for now rule out the idea of negotiating directly with the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban in Afghanistan and feel more strongly that President Obama will have to send more U.S. troops there. (more…)

Video at RCP.

NRO:

EDITOR’S NOTE: This appeared in the March 10, 2003, issue of National Review.

Robert Bork has called it “the ‘heart’s desire’ school of constitutional jurisprudence.” The key tenet of that school, according to Bork, is, “If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution.” Conservatives are very familiar with liberals’ tendency to accord constitutional status to their policy preferences. But conservatives, of course, have their own passions.

Club for Growth:

Woe is Rep. Maxine Waters. How could David Obey do such a thing? From Roll Call($):

A plan by House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) to ban “monuments to me” in this year’s appropriations bills has been sharply criticized behind closed doors by a senior Democrat who wants to direct $1 million to an employment center in her district bearing her name. (more…)

RCP:

It’s the other election in Pennsylvania next year — an open-seat contest for governor. There are no clear favorites for either party, and PA2010.com has results of an internal poll from Philadelphia businessman Tom Knox (D) showing that the Democratic race to succeed Gov. Ed Rendell (D) is wide open. (more…)

Source:

The EPA is considering a cow flatulence tax:

The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t want to tax you, but it does want to levy a tax on the amount of gas livestock produce.
[...]
“I think there’s been some studies done. Don’t remember the figures. said Everett Williams. (more…)

Politico:

one conservative after another is queuing up to challenge Bennett in the Republican primary when he runs for reelection in 2010.

It’s an unusual predicament for Bennett, a third-term senator who is a top lieutenant to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Few think he can be defeated by a Democratic candidate in a general election, and he’s never shown signs of vulnerability. The Bennett name has long been political gold in Utah: His father, Wallace Bennett, served four terms in the Senate, and his grandfather served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (more…)

Reuters:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government’s new technology czar said on Thursday that new mobile phone applications could spur private investment in high-speed Internet connections, but Washington would also play a leadership role.

Aneesh Chopra, recently appointed the country’s chief technology officer by U.S. President Barack Obama, said growing mobile Internet access, underscored by the popularity of Apple Inc’s iPhone, provides more incentives for broadband infrastructure spending.

Nick Sloan:

Green should be considered one of the best three quarterbacks in Chiefs history. The fact that the Chiefs’ defense under Dick Vermeil was an abortion isn’t his fault. He was surrounded by a great line, but Green was tough as nails and was really never blessed with gifted athletic ability like a John Elway or Dan Marino was.

Certainly not an NFL Hall of Famer, it’ll be interesting to see if he’s inducted into the Chiefs’ Ring of Honor. I think a case can be made that he should.

Source:

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The scoreline suggests that the New England Revolution’s 3-1 loss in Kansas City was shaped by Emmanuel Osei’s 31st minute red card. (more…)

Rasmussen:

Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans say more government regulation of tobacco is at least somewhat likely to reduce the number of smokers in this country. That figure includes 18% who say it is very likely to do so. (more…)

Video at RCP.

Computer World:

Computerworld - Mozilla on Thursday patched 11 vulnerabilities in Firefox, more than half of them labeled “critical.”

The update was the first since late April, when Mozilla rushed out a refresh to plug a hole that the company’s developers has inadvertently introduced in the Windows version of the browser, and came just days after the launching of a “tweener” build of the upcoming Firefox 3.5.

Of the 11 flaws fixed in Firefox 3.0.11, six were rated critical, one “high,” two “moderate” and two “low” in Mozilla’s four-step system.

Club for Growth:

Waxman and Markey Receive Comrade Award
Members recognized for icing the economy to cool the environment

Washington - Summer driving season is shifting into high gear, and millions of Americans are starting to feel pain at the pump. The nationwide price for a gallon of regular gasoline averaged $2.63 Thursday, up 58 cents since the end of April and $1.01 since the end of last year. But don’t expect any help from Congress. In fact, Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Ed Markey of Massachusetts are working on a bill that would raise costs further, earning them the Club for Growth’s fifth Comrade of the Month award. (more…)

NY Times:

MEDICARE expenditures threaten to crush the federal budget, yet the Obama administration is proposing that we start by spending more now so we can spend less later. (more…)

Column:

Sadly, under the Washington banner of “campaign finance reform,” Americans have seen their right to free political speech materially impeded upon in recent years. Meanwhile, President Obama’s “Internet security” efforts could be the next politically-correct “buzz-term” for speech suppression. (more…)

Fox News video at RCP.

Rasmussen:

U.S. voters are becoming increasingly concerned about North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and its long-range missile capabilities. (more…)

Video at RCP.

Union Leader:

President Obama said last Monday that his stimulus package has already created or saved 150,000 jobs. He lied. (more…)

WSJ:

With federal spending in 2009 at 28% of the economy and deficits heading north, Democrats are eyeing tax increases on everything from soft drinks to electricity to health benefits to charitable contributions. But the palm for creativity goes to the Internal Revenue Service, which is contemplating a new tax on the use of business cellphones. (more…)

Benjamin Hodge at RedCounty.com/Johnson in early 2009:

My guess is that long-time Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh will back out of running for governor in 2010.  Thornburgh didannounce his intention of running for governor, and he has a campaign Web site up, but I think he’s going to decide against running against US Senator Sam Brownback.

Video at RCP.

Source:

WASHINGTON - Although Chris Chocola isn’t in Congress anymore, he’s here in the fight for a Republican Congress - his brand of Republican.

Chocola, the Elkhart County Republican who represented Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District for two terms before losing to Democrat Joe Donnelly in 2006, now is president of the Club for Growth, a conservative group that targets Republicans it regards as too wishy-washy moderate on taxation and government expansion.

Video at RCP.

Reuters:

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now “Koogle” it on a new “kosher” search engine, the site manager said on Sunday.

Yossi Altman said Koogle, a play on the names of a Jewish noodle pudding and the ubiquitous Google, appears to meet the standards of Orthodox rabbis, who restrict use of the Web to ensure followers avoid viewing sexually explicit material. (more…)

WSJ:

Lots of factors contributed to the Orlando Magic’s five-game loss in the NBA Finals: Dwight Howard’s missed free throws late in Game 4; the Magic’s inability to draw Pau Gasol into foul trouble (he was never whistled more than four times, despite playing more than 37 minutes in each game); and of course the efforts of series MVP Kobe Bryant, who averaged 32.4 points and 7.4 assists per game.

Reuters:

By Georgina Prodhan and Marie-France Han

LONDON/SEOUL (Reuters) - The world’s two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, unveiled new phones on Monday, offering features comparable to iPhone and Pre, but at lower prices. (more…)

Reuters:

By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Norwegian browser maker Opera ASA said on Friday that Microsoft’s plan to ship its Windows operating system in Europe without its Internet Explorer web browser was not enough to restore competition. (more…)

Reuters:

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will limit the number of messages that a mobile number can send per day to battle rampant spam messages clogging cell phones, state media said on Friday. (more…)

Reuters:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A political coup in New York’s statehouse can be traced back to an incident in which a top lawmaker so enraged a wealthy backer by peering at e-mails on his BlackBerry that his patron engineered his ouster. (more…)

Reuters:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An effort by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to revamp the way employers and workers account for personal cell phone use is intended to save companies money, an IRS official said on Friday. (more…)

Reuters:

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social media company Twitter is struggling to craft a profitable business model, but the Web-based service has helped Dell Inc chalk up millions of dollars in sales.

Dell said on Thursday it has raked in more than $3 million from Twitter followers who clicked through its posts to its Web sites to make purchases. The company, which has posted to Twitter about two years and tracks the sales with proprietary software, made more than $1 million in the past 6 months.

WSJ:

Italy came back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to beat the U.S. 3-1 in the opening Confederations Cup match for both teams. (more…)

Video at RCP.