Posts Tagged ‘obama’

Jon Stewart – host of The Daily Show, a comedy show lampooning the latest in political developments – poked fun at Obama’s latest Google+ Hangout and wondering what exactly Obama was thinking when he accepted a woman’s resume live on the Hangout.  Jon Stewart referred to Google+ as the ‘What the F— is that thing [...]

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President Obama completed his first live Google Hangout on Monday, and the results were pretty good.  Google has put up the video, and you can see that whether you agree with the answers or not, the overall effect of having Americans from all over the country asking live questions to the President is a very [...]

Last year the most-asked questions for Obama’s YouTube interview were about the legalization of marijuana. Will the same happen this year?

Following tomorrow’s crucial State of the Union address, President Barack Obama will participate in a Google Plus Hangout next week to ostensibly field questions about his speech.  He’ll be addressing questions from users who will have until January 28th to submit their questions via video.  I’m curious to see how much of a draw the [...]

The findings also reveal top political issues, popularity of candidates, half of facebook users post political messages and political news sources for social media users.

The 12-page strategy delineates procedures and tactical measures to respond to violent extremism, promises stating, “We will continue to closely monitor the important role the Internet and social-networking sites play in advancing violent extremist narratives.”

Freckleton’s idea was to create a website that presents the information from every social media account for every politician in the UK. By the time he got round to building and launching the site in mid-February 2011, they had missed the UK General Election. But that didn’t really matter as he knew that the next few years would be very interesting with the new coalition government in power.

Happy Friday, folks! Not only is it the end of the workweek, but it’s also the beginning of a long weekend (woo!) and our Friday Morning Laughs are here to usher you in with a smile.

While visiting the US Embassy in Ireland, President Obama’s Cadillac got stuck on a curb. The video’s description says it all—”It might be bullet proof, it might be missile proof – but a teeny weeny curb has defeated the Presidential car!!!!”

Happy Friday, folks!  The weekend is almost here and we’ve got a great selection of videos to usher you in to relaxation with a smile on your face.  This week’s edition of Friday Morning Laughs includes a hilarious new Schweppes commercial, starring Uma Thurman, an abridged video of the Royal Wedding, Home Alone in real [...]