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The fabulous and wonderful Kori Hill from Mixx.com joins us for the 84th edition of Social Blend, and we discuss some of the new changes at Mixx (including the Positive Voting change), and issues pertaining to online conduct.  Kori also gives us a tiny teaser as to what’s coming up for comments at Mixx!

We also take a look at the recent deluge of controversial political discussions at Mixx (including the Tea Party in DC), as well as what Obama really thinks of Kanye West.  “You know this how?”  We also pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, with some discussion and with playing The Eve of the War by Jeff Wayne.

For our stories of the week, we glimpse at stupid inventions, what R2-D2 REALLY thinks of Jar-Jar Binks, the Spiderman Lizard, the Sydney Dust Storm, and (this just in) the new trailer for the Nightmare on Elm Street remake featuring Jackie Earle Hayley (aka Rorschach from Watchmen) as Freddy Krueger.

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com) and Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com) the Social Blend is a fun, and hard-hitting, podcast, with no respect for rules. We try to make the main focus of the show to be Mixx.com, and other social media sites; but we usually just end up talking about whatever comes to mind!

The Eve of The War – Live Version

Nightmare on Elm Street – Remake Trailer

Stories of the Week

30 of the most stupid inventions

Are you a radical liberal? Or are you a conservative extremist?

Australia dust storm turns sky red

CNN commercial responds to Fox ad’s false claim

Dust storm in Australia – The Big Picture

Dust storms hit Sydney

Clip from Obama’s appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman

End of Days… in Sydney, Australia

The Eve of the War

First trailer for the Nightmare on Elm Street remake

Fox News lying about other networks’ reporting

Google’s crop circle doodle suggests finality

H.G. Wells Anniversary ignites celebrations

Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds LIVE (Eve of the War)

Kanye West apology generator

Kanye West interrupts Obama’s speech

Kim Kardashian: Sister’s wedding best night of my life

Massive conservative D.C. protest buried and dismissed, but smaller liberal rallies hailed

Nightmare on Elm Street trailer arrives online!

Obamacare makes 2 million people sick over the weekend

Obama: Kanye is a jackass

Obama mixes policy, humor with Letterman

Official Google Blog: A mysterious series for H.G. Wells

The Power of Positive Voting

R2-D2 Subtitled: Episode I

R2-D2 Subtitled: Episode II

The real number of protesters

Revealed: What the 9/12 D.C. Tea Party march was REALLY about

Senate votes to cut off ACORN housing funding

Spidey Lizard

Tea Party leader melts down on CNN

Tell the real story about Glenn Beck

Thanks to the web, Kanye West’s bizarre stage invasion has become a work of art

What are the chances of anything coming from Mars?

World’s smallest political quiz

The Mixx Lounge

http://www.mixx.com/lounge

Music Credits

Music by Gold Tooth