Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption may be rooted in Gandhian values, but it's getting much support from modern communication tools.  Just like in the West Asian and African prodemocracy movements, modern telephony has greatly helped spread the message of Anna's resolve to go on an indefinite fast. Organisers had sent group SMSes at random, asking people to give missed call on a certain number to express their solidarity. group SMSes at random, asking people to give missed call on a certain number to express their solidarity. And, the result was astonishing. More than 7 lakh such missed calls were registered. FB portal flooded The number of members in India Against Corruption Facebook page have swelled from 5 lakh to a staggering 12 lakh in two days flat. country anguished by the stupendous rise in corruption has chosen the organisation's Facebook portal to give vent to its feelings. Else, the number of its FB members wouldn't have swelled from 5 lakh to a staggering 12 lakh in two days flat. Better still, the count is growing every minute and so are the number of its followers on Twitter. Anna Hazare's campaign in numbers 40,106 is the number of people who 'like' Hazare's ' India Against Corruption' page on Facebook, called 'Indiacor'. 400 locations across world are seeing similar protests, including Montreal, San Jose, Minneapolis & Amsterdam. 7 lakh people have expressed solidarity with the movement by giving a missed call on 022-61550789. Please repost on FB and tweet "Social activist #Anna #Hazare fasts unto death against corruption in India. Whole nation fasts on April 9. Pls re-tweet even if not Indian!" Tags: ana hazare facebook, anna hazare, anna hazare fast, hazare, anna hajare, anna hazare wiki |
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Ana Hazare growing popular among youngs
GLENN BECK: leaving fox is tough
Glenn Beck's departure from FOX came out tonight in the aftermath of today's surprising announcement.
Beck spoke about it at the end of his show tonight, noting that leaving Fox was "something I've been thinking about doing for a long time" before going on to reassure viewers "we will find each other...I will continue to tell the story and I'm going to be showing you."
And then, in typical Beck fashion: "Paul Revere did not get up on the horse and say 'I'm going to be doing this the rest of my life, he got off the horse at some point."
Meanwhile, in an interview with the AP, Roger Ailes seemed to concede the split was mutual and echoed a similar sentiment:
"Half of the headlines say he's been cancelled," Ailes said. "The other half say he quit. We're pretty happy with both of them."
"We felt Glenn brought additional information, a unique perspective, a certain amount of passion and insight to the channel and he did," Ailes said. "But that story of what's going on and why America is in trouble today, I think he told that story as well as could be told. Whether you can just keep telling that story or not ... we're not so sure."
Video of Beck's remarks below. He says he will be on till the end of the year, but it's hard not to wonder from his tone tonight whether this was it. Video below.
'Don't You Wanna Stay' the most played song
Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson's Don't You Wanna Stay goes to recurrent status on the country charts this week, but it's still by far the most-played track from anAmerican Idol act (and it's starting to creep up the Hot AC and Top 40 charts, too). Jennifer Hudson comes second, withWhere You At, an Urban and Urban AC hit.
The Christian AC chart has three Idols on it this week -- Mandisa at No. 3 with Stronger, Jason Castro at No. 15 withYou Are and Chris Sligh at No. 35 with One.
Other Idols making the top 40 of a chart: Daughtry (September, No. 2 AC) and Fantasia (Charlie Wilson's I Wanna Be Your Man, No. 25 Urban AC)
Jennifer Lopez's On the Floor is at No. 16 on the Top 40 chart and No. 23 on the Rhythmic chart this week.
TW/LW
1 1 Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (8726)
2 3 Jennifer Hudson, Where You At (3818) (#17 Urban, #5 Urban AC)
3 2 Daughtry, September (3725) (#2 AC)
4 4 Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (2523)
5 5 Adam Lambert, Whataya Want From Me (2341)
6 6 Kelly Clarkson, Already Gone (2213)
7 9 Daughtry, Life After You (1771)
8 8 Daughtry, No Surprise (1731)
9 7 Carrie Underwood, Undo It (1705)
10 10 Daughtry, Home (1570)
11 11 Kris Allen, Live Like We're Dying (1558)
12 12 Fantasia, I'm Doin' Me (1300)
13 13 Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone (1245)
14 15 Daughtry, What About Now (1200)
15 14 Daughtry, Feels Like Tonight (1183)
16 20 Mandisa, Stronger (1137) (#3 Christian AC)
17 16 Kelly Clarkson, Because Of You (1106)
18 21 Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (1106)
19 17 Kelly Clarkson, Behind These Hazel Eyes (1074)
20 18 Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (1039)
21 19 Carrie Underwood, Mama's Song (1001)
22 23 Daughtry, It's Not Over (889)
23 22 David Cook, Time Of My Life (844)
24 27 Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take The Wheel (798)
25 26 Kelly Clarkson, Miss Independent (793)
26 25 Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You (792)
27 28 Carrie Underwood, All-American Girl (768)
28 24 Carrie Underwood, Last Name (710)
29 32 David Cook, Come Back To Me (689)
30 33 Josh Gracin, Nothin' To Lose (645)
31 29 Fantasia, Bittersweet (634)
32 30 Carrie Underwood, Wasted (606)
33 36 Kelly Clarkson, Walk Away (583)
34 31 Jordin Sparks, Tattoo (568)
35 35 Jason Castro, You Are (499) (#15 Christian AC)
36 34 Daughtry, Over You (495)
37 37 David Cook, Light On (454)
38 38 Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (445)
39 40 Carrie Underwood, Songs Like This (386)
40 39 Kelly Clarkson, A Moment Like This (358)
41 42 Jordin Sparks, No Air f/Chris Brown (330)
42 41 Adam Lambert, If I Had You (301)
43 48 Carrie Underwood, Just A Dream (251)
44 47 Santana feat. Chris Daughtry, Photograph (247)
45 50 Elliott Yamin, Wait For You (245)
46 45 Chris Sligh, Only You Can Save (233)
47 44 Reba McEntire feat. Kelly Clarkson, Because Of You (229)
48 49 Kellie Pickler, Best Days Of Your Life (218)
49 52 Charlie Wilson, feat. Fantasia, I Wanna Be Your Man (216) (#25 Urban AC)
50 43 Jennifer Hudson, Spotlight (190)
51 55 Jordin Sparks, Battlefield (189)
52 54 Fantasia, Free Yourself (177)
53 51 Fantasia, When I See U (173)
54 53 Carrie Underwood, So Small (172)
55 56 Mandisa, He Is With You (163)
56 46 Kimberly Caldwell, Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys (155)
57 59 David Archuleta, Crush (152)
58 58 Carrie Underwood, Don't Forget To Remember Me (148)
59 65 Studdard/Haddon/Mary, Love Him Like I Do (130)
60 61 Chris Sligh, Empty Me (128)
61 60 Fantasia, Truth Is (123)
62 66 Chris Sligh, One (122) (#35 Christian AC)
63 64 Carrie Underwood, I Told You So (118)
64 63 Lee DeWyze, Sweet Serendipity (111)
65 62 Mandisa, My Deliverer (106)
66 57 Jordin Sparks, One Step At A Time (100)
67 67 Jennifer Hudson, And I Am Telling You I'm Not.. (77)
68 69 Bucky Covington, A Different World (76)
69 68 Kellie Pickler, Didn't You Know How Much I... (70)
70 71 Mandisa, Only The World (64)
71 75 Crystal Bowersox, Farmer's Daughter (61)
72 79 Kris Allen, Alright With Me (57)
73 73 Kelly Clarkson, I Do Not Hook Up (54)
74 70 Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted (52)
75 72 Phil Stacey, You're Not Shaken (52)
U.S. To Just Hand Terry Jones Over To Fundamentalist Muslims
'Have At Him,' Officials Say
GAINESVILLE, FL—In response to the uproar surrounding Terry Jones, the Florida pastor whose Koran-burning last month sparked riots in Afghanistan that have so far claimed at least 24 lives, the State Department announced today its plan to "just pack [Jones] up and ship him over there" so that fundamentalist Muslims can take out their anger on him directly. "We just want to let followers of Islam across the globe know that, hey, we're totally with you on this one, so do your worst," said U.S. deputy secretary of state Thomas Nides, who spoke to reporters this morning shortly after CIA agents secured Jones with duct tape and tossed him face-first into the cargo bay of a DC-9 aircraft. "You want to shove a Bible in his mouth and kick it through the back of his head? Fine with us. Want to behead him on the Internet? Send us the URL—we'd love to have a look." Officials also noted that if the world's radical Islamists are still angry after dealing with Jones, the U.S. has "dozens more just like him, so say the word."
Ana Hazare step up against corruptions
Social activist Anna Hazare, who for some inscrutable reason started talking about corruption and some funny sounding Jan Lokpal Bill between celebrations of world cup victory and build up to the IPL, has been asked by the Prime Minister to wait until after the IPL was over. Anna Hazare had earlier announced a fast unto death if the Parliament didn’t adopt the anti-corruption bill without diluting it.
“At least wait till the IPL was over gaddamnit!” a press statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) read, claiming to reflect the mood of the nation, duly represented by the parliamentarians.
“The country is happy, let them be, will you?” the statement further appealed to the 72-year-old activist, who deems corruption as the biggest threat to the Indian democracy.
Government is clueless why this man wants to eradicate corruption from the public life in India
Hazare, a Gandhian, wants the state and central government to set up offices of ombudsmen, independent of government control like the Election Commission, where common citizens can walk in without fear and register complaint against elected representatives and public servants for cases of corruption. The ombudsman will also have the power to prosecute those found guilty without waiting for government’s permission.
“That’s ridiculous,” said a minister on conditions of anonymity reacting to the provisions of the Jan Lokpal bill that is being supported by people like Kiran Bedi, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal, and Baba Ramdev.
Due to its highly ridiculous nature, the government wants a Group of Ministers (GoM), under the able leadership of Sharad Pawar, to review the bill and “set it straight”.
The Jan Lokpal bill has been pending adoption by the parliament since it was first introduced in 1969 and was erroneously passed by the Lok Sabha, but failed to get pass the Rajya Sabha. The bill failed to pass on nine subsequent occasions after being mysteriously introduced in the parliament ever since, making it the longest pending bill, ahead of the Women’s Reservation Bill.
But Anna Hazare is hell bent on making it eleventh time lucky this time, something that is pissing off the parliamentarians.
Faking News can reveal from its trusted sources that the Group of Ministers working under Sharad Pawar has zeroed upon some “concrete steps” that could be taken to help the honorable parliament maintain its consistent performance on the anti-corruption bill.
“We could announce a PAC or JPC to look into the demands of these random guys,” a GoM member said to have proposed.
“Brilliant!” Sharad Pawar is reported to have reacted, “But what if they say pass this bill for Sachin Tendulkar? You know, people can go crazy and rally behind the bill in that case. Kapil Dev has already extended support to the bill. Fortunately, 1983 win is not such a big news now.”
“In that case, please note that the bill these guys have drafted doesn’t talk at all about any reservations to the dalits, OBC or the minorities, just like that Women’s Reservation Bill,” the member divulged the plan-b, “I guess we could introduce it in the parliament again, and some of our friends could stall the bill for being unfair to the weaker sections of the society.”
Jason Ellis, Top Chef Masters, Extreme Couponing
Jason Ellis premieres his brand new series Ellismania, Top Chef Masters Season 3 airs and Extreme Couponing debuts its weirdness.
Jason Ellis fans are gearing up for the world premiere of his Ellismania series tonight on FUEL TV. Curtis Stone is set to host Top Chef Masters Season 3 which will air tonight on BRAVO. TLC is offering up a bizarre new series with Extreme Couponing which will debut tonight! After you watch American Idol on Fox, choose one of these three shows to keep you entertained into the wee hours of the night.
Right now Jason Ellis is a hot search term as people get ready for the Ellismania series premiere tonight on FUEL TV. For those who don’t know him, Ellis is a pro skateboarder, turned radio host, turned pro fighter. In this brand new four-part series, Jason Ellis will pretty much make a mockery of fighting in the ring as he airs some of the most bizarre matches you will ever see. Make sure you tune in tonight at 10|9c on FUEL TV to watch the series premiere of Ellismania.
If you are in for the less violent TV option, Curtis Stone will kick off the brand new season of Top Chef Masters. Tonight on BRAVO, Stone (Celebrity Apprentice,America’s Next Great Restaurant) will host an all new season of Top Chef goodness. BRAVO has changed things up a bit with Top Chef Masters Season 3 as the format will be exactly like the regular TOP CHEF series. 12 award winning chefs will battle it out for $100,000 which will be donated to the charity of their choice. Tune in tonight at 11|10c on BRAVO for the season premiere of Top Chef Masters.
Last but not least is probably one of the most bizarre concepts for a TV show. TLC will debut its brand new show, Extreme Couponing. Yes, the show is about just what you would think. Crazy ass people tell their stories about how they use coupons and save a shit load of money; how boring does that sound? For those of you who want to be put to sleep tune in to the series premiere of Extreme Couponing at 9|8c on TLC.
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala DLF IPL 4
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala DLF IPL 4 on May 8 @ 16:00 IST
Finally after lots of twists and turns Kochi set for IPL Match. The April 8 maiden match would be between home teamKochi Tuskers Kerala andRoyal Challengers Bangalore.
The refurbished 52,000-seater Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will witness the Kerala entry into the high profile Cricket extraveganza. The stadium has been redone at a cost of Rs.8 crore.
Rendezvous Sports World had won the franchisee rights for the Kochi IPL team with a bid of Rs.1,500 crore in March last year. Initially they named the franchisee as "Indi Commandos" and later changed to "Kochi Tuskers Kerala".
The team constitute local boy S. Sreesanth and captain Mahela Jayawardane of Sri Lanka, Australians Steven Smith, Mathew Klinger, Brad Hodge, John Hastings and hard hitting New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum.
The refurbished 52,000-seater Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will witness the Kerala entry into the high profile Cricket extraveganza. The stadium has been redone at a cost of Rs.8 crore.
Rendezvous Sports World had won the franchisee rights for the Kochi IPL team with a bid of Rs.1,500 crore in March last year. Initially they named the franchisee as "Indi Commandos" and later changed to "Kochi Tuskers Kerala".
The team constitute local boy S. Sreesanth and captain Mahela Jayawardane of Sri Lanka, Australians Steven Smith, Mathew Klinger, Brad Hodge, John Hastings and hard hitting New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK) : Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Sreesanth, Muttiah Muralitharan, RP Singh, VVS Laxman, Brad Hodge, Michael Klinger, Tanmay Srivastava, Deepak Chougule, Kedar Jadhav, Y Gnaneswara Rao, Parthiv Patel, Sushant Marathe, Brendon McCullum, Chandan Madan, John Hastings, Steven Smith, Stephen O’Keefe, Thissara Perera, Ravindra Jadeja, Raiphi Vincent Gomez, Balachandra Akhil, Yashpal Singh, P.Prasanth, Vinay Kumar, Ramesh Powar, Owais Shah
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) : Daniel Vettori (Captain), Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers, Zaheer Khan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Luke Pomersbach, Rilee Rossouw, Mayank Agarwal, KB Arun Karthik, Mohammad Kaif, Johan van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar, Asad Pathan, Raju Bhatkal, CM Gautam, Dirk Nannes, Charl Langeveldt, Abhimanyu Mithun, Nuwan Pradeep, Sreenath Aravind, Bharath BN, Ryan Ninan, Abrar Kazi
Kloppenburg Takes Lead In Wisconsin
Kloppenburg Takes Lead In Wisconsin
April 6, 2011 | 11:49 AM
In the Wisconsin Supreme Court race that is still too close to call, Assistant Attorney GeneralJoAnne Kloppenburg, the favorite of liberal activists and unions, has taken the lead over JusticeDavid Prosser, the Republican-favored candidate.
With all but three precincts in the state counted, Kloppenburg leads by a mere 224 votes, 739,574 to 739,350.
Early Wednesday morning, Prosser still held a lead, but it was whittled down to a few hundred votes. The populous Milwaukee County, which has gone 57 percent to 43 percent in favor of Kloppenburg, still has two precincts that need to be counted. The county is divided on partisan lines, with the northern half more friendly to Democrats and the south hospitable to Republicans.
But settle in: There are still thousands of absentee ballots left to count. That means this race is going to drag out for a while to come.
Updated at 11:49 a.m.
OPM Government Shutdown
OPM: Government Shutdown Threat
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a statement addressing what a government shutdownwould mean for federal employees should lawmakers fail to reach a budget agreement ahead of a Friday deadline.
"The President has made it clear that he does not want a government shutdown, and the Administration is willing and ready to work day and night to find a solution that all sides can agree with," the statement said. "That said, given the realities of the calendar, prudent management requires we plan for an orderly shutdown should the negotiations not be completed by the end of the current continuing resolution."
OPM explains that if a shutdown does occur, departments and agencies on the federal level would be required to comply with contingency plans distinguishing operations that must be stopped from those which would be allowed to continue.
HuffPost's Dean Praetorius outlined on Tuesday what one could expect in the event of a shutdown:
A government shutdown occurs when a government discontinues providing services that are not considered "essential." Typically, essential services include police, fire fighting, armed forces, utilities and corrections. Interestingly, Congress and the President are exempt from the furlough and continue to receive compensation despite the fact that other services are suspended.
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