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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...

Fans of Honor Society get their favorite band to Trend on Twitter #ilovehonorsociety

Honor Society have got their fans to make their band a Trending Topic on Twitter.  You can follow the band on Twitter by going to @HonorSociety or here is the link  http://twitter.com/honorsociety You can also follow them on Myspace  or Visit their official website on the web. Here is a link to their Facebook Page .  There is no arguing with the growing popularity of Honor Society as they build more and more loyal fans.  Wikipedia has this to say about the band. Honor Society  is a pop/rock band heavily influenced by R&B. [1]  The band recently signed to a label under  Jonas Records  (in affiliation with  Hollywood Records ). In the summer of 2009, they performed the lead single in  Summit Entertainment 's  Bandslam . The band released their debut album  Fashionably Late  on September 15, 2009, preceded by the  Bandslam  single "Where Are You Now". [2]  Their first CD Fashionably Late debuted at #18  [3]  on the  Billboard Magazine  Top 200 Their New Single 'Can...

Van Natta Resigns as MySpace CEO.

Owen Van Natta is stepping down as CEO of struggling Internet social networking site MySpace, effective immediately. MySpace's parent, News Corp. made the announcement late Wednesday. The former Facebook executive will be replaced by co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn. All three men joined MySpace last April. Jon Miller, the chairman of digital media for News Corp., said he and Van Natta agreed to his resignation after discussing his personal and professional priorities. A major shake up at MySpace, where Owen Van Natta is out after less than a year. Stepping up to run the social network are the other two members of the troika brought in by Jon Miller, chairman and CEO of Digital Media for News Corp. ( NYSE: NWS ), last year to run the company: Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn, who are now co-presidents reporting directly to Miller. (Miller’s memo below, as is the release.)  More to come . Miller’s Memo —————————————————————————— Everyone, Today we announced that Owen Va...

#VanessaSmith now Trending on Twitter, who is Vanessasmith.

#Vanessa Smith is now Trending on Twitter. What is all the buzz about. We looked around and this is what we came up with. A fake profile created on Twitter and Facebook who used to friend only Howard university students and Alumni. The students are now blaming her for all the things that went wrong on and around campus. A Few Tweets about #vanessasmith #vanessasmith  is reason why all the homeless ppl chill at the ga ave mcdonalds #vanessasmith  climbed through the school of architecture and damaged the walls trying to finish a school project One time  #VanessaSmith blocked J-rock's shot. That's why he incorporated the spin move. An original post by Sociolatte

#TLS, trending on Twitter, the story of Love

Of all the kinds on things Tweeps come up with this seems to be by far really creative. So does it stand for TheLoveStories or TrueLoveStories. Another interesting topic leading up to Valentine's Day Here are a few interesting Tweets we picked up. RT  @TheLoveStories : A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water -Nancy Reagan  #TLS RT @ # TLS  So many men, but So little time. -Mae West Here are a few of our own. The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.  ~Mother Teresa Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.  ~W. Somerset Maugham,  A Writer's Notebook , 1949 Forget love - I'd rather fall in chocolate!  ~Sandra J. Dykes An original post by Sociolatte

'Deadliest Catch' captain Phil Harris dies at age 53

Really sad news Captain Phil Harris, captain of Cornelia Marie fishing boat features on Deadliest Catch has died in Alaska he was 53.  Discovery announced tonight that Captain Phil Harris, known to fans of  Deadliest Catch  as captain of the crab fishing vessel  Cornelia Maria , has died.  He suffered a stroke late last month  while in port off-loading at St. Paul Island in Alaska. “He was more than someone on our TV screen,” according to a statement from the network, which has documented the  Cornelia Marie’s  adventures on the Bering Sea   for five seasons on the Emmy-winning series. “Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him. We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart. We share our tremendous sadness over this loss with the millions of viewers who followed Phil’s every move.” It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad - Captain Phil Harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end. For...

Petville launches Valentine's Day clothing for your pet.

Make your pet feel extra loveable with new Valentine’s Day clothing and decorations! You can dress your pet up as Cupid complete with wings, bow and arrow! That's the tag line that Petville has used to announce the new feature on their official Facebook fan page . With all the hype of Valentine's day Petville wants to make sure that you pet is going to feel nice and lovable this Valentine's day. Of course your pet needs to feel the love and if you are lonely this Valentine's day you now know who to shower your love on. An original post by Sociolatte