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Budweiser's cruel Super Bowl ad mocks Elysian

2015-02-02 20:23:45| Beverages - Topix.net

Budweiser mocked craft breweries and craft beer fans in a Super Bowl advertisement on Sunday, a little more than a week after the company acquired one of Seattle's top craft beers. The Seattle Seahawks loss to the New England Patriots wasn't the only heart-wrenching thing on television for Seattleites Sunday evening.

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FCC raises broadband definition to 25Mbps, Chairman mocks ISPs

2015-01-30 19:25:43| Extremetech

The FCC voted to greatly increase its definition of broadband service, from the previous definition of 4Mbit down and 1Mbit up to the new standard of 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up. According to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, this move reflects the tremendous growth in consumer data consumption, the growing popularity of services like Netflix, and the need to create a future-proof standard that won't be obviated in a handful of years.

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Back in Iowa, Huckabee mocks Obama climate, wage policies

2015-01-24 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Prior Iowa caucus winner Mike Huckabee is reacquainting himself with activists who could help decide the next Republican nominee. Huckabee appeared before the Iowa Freedom Summit on Saturday to deliver a biting assessment of President Barack Obama's policies and make a pitch for his potential candidacy. He recently left a cable news show and is on a book tour. The former Arkansas governor mocked Obama's elevation of climate change as a critical issue. Huckabee says a greater threat is violent...

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US tyre tycoon mocks 'Communist' France in rejecting investment

2014-11-28 14:03:35| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

A US tyre tycoon on Friday ridiculed French laws and trade unions that he said had prevented him from investing in a stricken factory, saying France should become "Communist." Maurice Taylor, chief executive of Titan International, had initially expressed interest in taking over the loss-making Goodyear tyre plant in Amiens, northern France.

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