they have been open 1 year tonight - great celebration, complimentary champagne & cake for everyone, live music & singing

the 2 owners, in addition to having a very successful restaurant, are new (& first-time) grandparents - what a happy time for them, & a joyous evening in their restaurant

Symantec spokesman Cris Paden told Threat Level that the company did not know before this month that the pcAnywhere source code had been stolen.

"We knew there was an incident in 2006," he told Threat Level. "But it was inconclusive [emphasis added] at the time as to whether or not actual code was taken or that someone had actual code in their hands."

I could go on....

"The production company behind "Jersey Shore" confirmed today that it's producing a South Boston-based reality series for TLC. The show, titled "Southie Pride," will offer "an insider's look at the faith, hard work, and family that make this blue-collar enclave Beantown's beating heart,""

Tonight I had the pleasure of watching a 2011 concert given by the fabulous Darlene Love. Much of the concert was Darlene singing songs from the 1960s girl groups. For those who don't know, Darlene sang with Phil Spector's girl groups. Anyway, she was stupendous, as always.

One of the highlights of the Christmas season is Darlene's annual appearance on Letterman.

The Obama campaign will signal to donors that they endorse funding of SuperPACs, which some see as a backslide on campaign finance principles but which senior campaign officials characterized as "a reflection of the law as it currently stands."

The campaign will support Priorities USA, a PAC designed to support the President's re-election campaign. Cabinet officials and senior advisers will speak at Priorities USA fundraising events in the coming weeks.

"We're not going to fight this fight with one hand tied behind our back," Jim Messina, the manager of Mr. Obama's re-election campaign, said in an interview. "With so much at stake, we can't allow for two sets of rules. Democrats can't be unilaterally disarmed."

Neither the president, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., nor their wives will attend fund-raising events or solicit donations for the Democratic group. A handful of officials from the administration and the campaign will appear on behalf of Mr. Obama, aides said, but will not directly ask for money.

David Axelrod defended the decision today, arguing that Republicans have spent millions of dollars on SuperPAC ads through the primaries and clearly would in the general election. Axelrod told MSNBC, "This doesn't mean that we believe this is the best way for the system to function. The president's going to continue to fight for ways to reform that system in the future, but that's not going to happen in this campaign, and we have to live in the world as it is, not as we want it to be."

Andy Kroll:

What's more, Obama and Congressional Democrats support reforms to eviscerate super-PACs and limit the ability of corporations and unions to spend general treasury money on elections. Those reforms included the DISCLOSE Act, a piece of legislation intended to counteract the effects of Citizens United which was killed by Senate Republicans in 2010. And as Obama campaign manager Jim Messina pointed out, the president continues to back not only new legislation casting more light on money in politics, but also a constitutional amendment to boost regulation of all that money sloshing around our elections.

So, are we clear on this?  We are opposed to SuperPac/Citizens United-type financing, but we can't get to where we can successfully deal with it if we, ourselves, don't take the money and make use of the tactics.