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Along with our regular podcast, this edition of Social Blend also features a great widescreen wallpaper of The Avengers, based on the leaked digital concept art from Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor. Click on the thumbnail for the version in bigovision.

In episode 116, we’re joined by special guest Keith Wagner aka DarkNemesis618, and as you can tell by our image this week, we do eventually speak of The Avengers and related movies later in the show – including news relating to Del Toro stepping down as The Hobbit director. But first, we kick off with tributes to some recent lost celebrities who passed away over the last week: Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, and Rue McClanahan.

We follow up on our anger at BP America and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill – in which we rage on how much worse the situation is getting, and how the whole situation is history repeating itself. We also touch on the Israeli raid on the Gaza Aid Flotilla, while mainly focusing on some of the interesting trends and supressions going on in the social media world on the issue.

On the tech side of things, we look at Internet Explorer 6′s long awaited cancerous death, Bill Gates‘ views on the Apple iPad, and Google effectively dumping Microsoft like a cheap whore after a one-night-stand.

All this and more on this week’s edition of Social Blend!

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from cGt2099.com) and Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com) the Social Blend is a fun, and hard-hitting, podcast, with no respect for rules.

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Stories of the Week

Aussie authorities not heard from two Australian journalists that were aboard Gaza flotilla

The Big Picture: Caught in the oil

BP kills Aquaman

BP loses 15 percent of market value as US launched criminal probe of spill

BP to "move on" after failed Top Kill attempts

Concept art reveals Chris Evans as Captain America

Corey Koehler’s memorial song: Minnesota Got Colder

Del Toro quits as The Hobbit director

Dennis Hopper, actor and iconoclast, has died

Easy Rider actor Dennis Hopper dies

Easy Rider opening

First image from THOR

First images of Captain America costume

Flotilla Fiasco: A cack-handed operation

Gary Coleman dies in Utah hospital

Gary Coleman is dead after slipping into a coma in Utah

Gaza’s #Flotilla: Has Twitter joined the censoring game?

Google abandoning Windows in favor of security

Golden Girl Rue McClanahan dies at 76

Hollywood hellraiser Dennis Hopper dead at 74

IE6 finally nearing extinction

iPad is to newspapers what iPod is to music

Israel accused of state terrorism after assault on Flotilla carrying Gaza Aid

Israel attacks aid flotilla in international waters

Israel attacks aid ship, kills at least 10 civilians

Israel turns to YouTube, Twitter after Flotilla Fiasco

The more oil spills change, the more they stay the same

RIP Dennis Hopper: He died at 74 years old – Tribute Video

Star Wars iPad Briefing

Tech giant showdown: Microsoft vs. Apple

Thor concept art!

Trunk Monkey

Why Peter Jackson must step in to direct The Hobbit

Music Credits

Music used in the Social Blend 2010 Intro Theme was performed and written by EMERALD CITY