Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard By the time he took office in 2009, President Obama had fashioned a reputation as an idealist committed to reforming the way business is done in Washington. But as president, he's allowed this reputation to fritter away. And what's left of it is now being destroyed by his harsh and misguided campaign for reelection.Obama has become his own worst political enemy. Even when his job approval first began to fade, his poll numbers for being well-liked personally remained high. Now those are fading too. He's on the road to defeat.
Introducing British surf artist Michael Ahearne, inspired by the Devon coastline, his paintings are a great mix of traditional and modern techniques in oils, acrylics, watercolours and gouache. Check it out…
Those new to the cult of Mac may not realize it, but there once was a time when that iconic logo that shines from the top of Apple notebooks used to be positioned, well, upside down. But now we know exactly why Apple opted for its original logo positioning.
Every week iMore’s editors carefully cull through hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPad apps and games, and countless accessories, and pick only one of each — one app, one game, and one accessory. Innovative, interesting, or just plain exciting, they might might be the latest and greatest or the most newly updated, or they might be classics or hidden gems. The only constants are, they’ll always be among our very favorites, and they’ll worthy to join the exclusive ranks of iMore’s new picks of the week. This week we have an old social favorite with new social hook, the sequel to the sequel of one of the best shooters ever, and way to give your iPhone an incredible new set of eyes…
The Messaging subsidiary was formed in 2008 to focus on Thunderbird, but given Mozilla Labs’ current focus on identity and contact management, it now makes sense for the groups to be merged. Thunderbird will be unaffected by the change — some URLs might change, but that’s it — and presumably Messaging’s F1 and Raindrop will thrive in the Labs playground.
What this means for the end user — for the hundreds of millions of Firefox users — is that the next big additions will be communication- and messaging-oriented. Contacts and F1 will be almost certainly be baked into Firefox 5 or 6, both of which will be released this year — and, who knows, there might be something else even more exciting up Mozilla Labs’ sleeve!
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All iOS 4.3.1 jailbreaks are still tethered, meaning you’ll have to jailbreak your device after every reboot. An untethered jailbreak is slated for release sometime in the next week — but 4.3 was meant to have an untether, too, and that never emerged.
Maybe Apple’s updated security mechanisms will finally keep hackers at bay!
Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has made quite a name for herself. She won the belt from Miesha Tate in March, and since then has appeared on “The Ultimate Fighter,” in magazines and at UFC and Strikeforce shows. As she became famous, someone from her past suddenly reappeared. On Instagram, Rousey shared how an old beau contacted her out of the blue and how she responded.
Let this be a lesson to men everywhere. Always give the courtesy call, because you never know when a woman will become a famous mixed martial artist who is capable of embarrassing you and breaking your arm.
Evernote, the popular multi-platform ‘digital memory’ app, has done some serious re-tooling of its Web interface. In addition to a more polished UI that more closely mirrors the look of Evernote on the desktop, the update brings features like notebook stacks and snippet view to the Web.
Auto-saving is now enabled as well, and you can select multiple items by holding down the Cmd or Ctrl key on your Mac or Windows keyboard. If you’ve got items stored in your notebooks that you want to share with friends or co-workers, Evernote has improved that process, too. You can quickly post an item to Facebook, share it via email, or generate a Web sharing link to paste into an IM conversation or status update.
Casey Stoner's domination of the MotoGP class continues. The Australian took a clean sweep of free practice on Saturday morning, ending FP3 nearly half a second faster than the chasing pack. Stoner's time came despite crashing midway through the session, the Repsol Honda man running over the inside of the kerbs at the Chemin aux Boeufs esses and losing the front. Once back in the pits, he climbed aboard his second bike and immediately seized the fastest time.
The Monster Tech 3 Yamaha riders took 2nd and 3rd, Cal Crutchlow taking 2nd with a few minutes to go, Andrea Dovizioso coming just four thousandths short of his teammate and rival, but both satellite riders ending ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, though only just. The Factory Yamaha rider ended the session in 4th, but with Alvaro Bautista once again hot on his heels, just 15 thousandths behind him. Stoner's Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa struggled a little in 6th, while Valentino Rossi saw significant improvement from his Ducati to end in 7th, 0.8 behind Stoner, but three tenths behind the group running for 2nd. Rossi led a fleet of Ducatis, with Pramac's Hector Barbera in 8th, ahead of Nicky Hayden in 9th, and Karel Abraham rounding out the top 10.
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A jailbreak of iOS 4.3.1 is now possible with both PwnageTool on Mac, and Sn0wbreeze on Windows. RedmondPie — who else? — has some handy guides that you can follow for 
Strikeforce bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has made quite a name for herself. She won the belt from Miesha Tate in March, and since then has appeared on “The Ultimate Fighter,” in magazines and at UFC and Strikeforce shows. As she became famous, someone from her past suddenly reappeared. 
