In Amazing America, Jail Occupancy Rate is Higher than Hotel Occupancy Rate

Statistics put out today by the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics show that in Amazing America, jail occupancy rates are far higher than hotel occupancy rates. Justice Department statistics show jail occupancy rate stood at 84% in mid-2012 (latest period for which statistics are available). Unlike federal or state prisons, jails are usually […]

Movie Streaming Choices for Americans

Any time we open a digital media news blog, we read about the cord-cutters (those who have pulled the plug on cable) in America making life miserable for large cable companies like Comcast, Cablevision, RoadRunner etc. So where are the hoi polloi going for their entertainment fix every night then? Besides online porn, that is. […]

Feature Phones – Beginning of the End; Samsung is King of Smartphones

Smartphone vendors shipped 216.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, the first time that over half the total phone shipments in a quarter were smartphones. In the first quarter, smartphones accounted for 51.6% of all mobile phone shipments, according to market researcher IDC. Chinese Danger In a distressing development, two Chinese vendors Huawei […]

Chinese Pot Calls American Kettle Black

All governments violate the basic rights of their citizens in the interests of the powerful and the wealthy. Nothing new about it. Right through history, it’s been that way whatever be the form of government in any country you look at. India, China, Nazi Germany, Vietnam, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, South Africa, Pol Pot’s Cambodia, the […]

HP Wants to Make a Mobile Phone – What’s the Big Hurry, Meg? Take Your Time!

HP is on a downward slide that not even the combined powers of Jesus, Allah and Krishna can arrest. The Silicon Valley company that once inspired countless entrepreneurs including the late Steve Jobs has no hope in hell of extricating itself out of the sinkhole it’s trapped in. HP’s inevitable miserable destiny proves that big […]

Free (Almost) Avis Weekend Rental

If there’s one thing desis in America love more than their children or parents, it’s saving money! So here’s an attractive deal that’s hard to beat. I’d even go so far as to say it’s a Great Deal! Car rental service Avis has an excellent deal where you can get a weekend deal for free, […]

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