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Gore Is Romney-Rich With $200 Million After Bush Defeat

 

 

California

 

 

Tennessee

 

” In 1999, Al Gore, then U.S. vice president and a Democratic candidate for president, sold $6,000 worth of cows.

The former senator, who spent most of his working life in Congress, had a net worth of about $1.7 million and assets that included pasture rents from a family farm and royalties from a zinc mine, remnants of his rural roots in Carthage, Tennessee. Funds from the cattle sale went to three of his kids, according to federal disclosure forms filed as part of his presidential run.

Fourteen years later, he made an estimated $100 million in a single month. In January, the Current TV network, which he helped to start in 2004, was sold to Qatari-owned Al Jazeera Satellite Network for about $500 million. After debt, he grossed an estimated $70 million for his 20 percent stake, according to people familiar with the transaction. “

 

 

His yacht: Bio Solar One

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meet The Groundbreaking New Encryption App Set To Revolutionize Privacy And Freak Out The Feds.

” For the past few months, some of the world’s leading cryptographers have been keeping a closely guarded secret about a pioneering new invention. Today, they’ve decided it’s time to tell all.

Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments’ feathers with a “surveillance-proof” smartphone app to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now, the company is pushing things even further—with a groundbreaking encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files securely from a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button. (For now, it’s just being released for iPhones and iPads, though Android versions should come soon.) That means photographs, videos, spreadsheets, you name it—sent scrambled from one person to another in a matter of seconds.

“This has never been done before,” boasts Mike Janke, Silent Circle’s CEO. “It’s going to revolutionize the ease of privacy and security.”

Just in time for the revolution … truly secure comms

HT/Instapundit

Popular Past Super Bowl Ads

 

 

” Watch popular ads that ran during Super Bowls — from Coke’s “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” in 1972 to Apple’s “1984″ to Chrysler’s 2011 ad featuring rapper Eminem — and give the ones you like a thumbs-up, tweet and share. (Note: The videos rank by votes.)

 

Master Lock: Ready to do the Job

Watch Master Lock’s 1974 “ready to do the job” ad, which shows a high-caliber rifle shooting a padlock.”

   Just imagine trying to get an ad that involves shooting a gun on the air in this day and age . My how far we have fallen . Lot’s more cool golden oldies at the link .

 

The Good That Yachting Does Do And Can Do

 

 

 

“Ports Of Cause (POC), the brainchild of Joyce Clear of Clear Group International, is an innovative superyacht initiative designed to promote yachting and to “give back.”

At the heart of the concept is a newly refurbished yacht, the 116-foot classic yacht Highlander, which will serves as an ambassador of the superyacht community and support worthwhile charities through events and other initiatives.

Since coming up with the idea, Clear has worked tirelessly to find a flagship and make Ports of Cause a reality. Her hard work paid off. POC’s flagship is the renowned Highlander, a 1967-built Feadship motoryacht now owned by Victor Muller, CEO of Dutch super car manufacturer Spyker NV. Highlander was built for Malcolm Forbes, who used the yacht for business and pleasure. The yacht traveled the world, entertaining kings and queens, presidents, business moguls, movie stars and celebrities “

 

 

 ‘Someone Yelled Fire’

 

 

  ” Forget the “fiscal cliff.” The real panic on Wall Street is over Apple’s stock.

Nearly every mutual and hedge fund has piled into Apple [AAPL  525.62    -11.26  (-2.1%)   ]during its spectacular rise over the past few years. Now, these same funds are scrambling for the exits as the stock goes through an equally spectacular decline.

Apple plunged to a six-month low Thursday as funds rushed to take profits on the stock before it’s too late. Shares are now off 25 percent since late September—shortly after the iPhone 5 launch and a month before the iPad Mini introduction. “

Vote Different Redux

Apple Inc.broke is silence about the
U.S. Department of Justice’s
allegations that it colluded with
publishers over e-book pricing by
calling the allegations “simply not
true.” Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris rebutted the charges Thursday evening.
“The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon’s monopolistic grip on the publishing industry,” she said.

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