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Monthly Archives: May 2010
King James Bobble
The Cavaliers really spit the bit last night, eh? (In related playoff news, someone absolutely should’ve invoked the mercy rule in the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 elimination drubbing of the Vancouver Canuckleheads.) Full disclosure: I didn’t see the whole Celts-Cavs Game … Continue reading
Matthew Gilbert Intervention
I yield to no man in my admiration of Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert, whose reviews I have disagreed with exactly once – when he called the British version of “Life on Mars” protagonist Sam Tyler, as I recall, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty White, Emily Rooney, Life on Mars, Matthew Gilbert, monologue, muffin, SNL
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Carlo Rotella Is A Comer
Nice piece about pride-of-Chelsea heavyweight champ John Ruiz by guest columnist Carlo Rotella in Monday’s Boston Globe. Representative sample: Even hardcore Boston sports fans didn’t take much notice of him. Boxing isn’t as popular now as it was in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston College, Boston Globe, Carlo Rotella, WGBH 89.7
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Homonym o’ the Day®
From Monday’s Wall Street Journal report about the purging of three-term Utah Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Tea Bagged): Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said the ouster shows the GOP has “handed the reigns to the tea party” Whaddaya think? Queen … Continue reading
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Tagged King of Sweden, Queen of England, Robert Bennett, Tea Bagged, Tim Kaine, Wall Street Journal
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Newspaper Town (U.S. Census Edition)
Saturday Boston Globe: Nothing about the 2010 U.S. Census. Saturday Boston Herald: Something about the 2010 U.S. Census. Lede: The feds spent millions to convince citizens that participating in the Census was as American as apple pie – but many of … Continue reading
Dead Blogging The Red Sox-Yankees Tilt
Say, that was some endurance test at Fenway this afternoon/evening/night, eh? The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider hasn’t been to the lyric little bandbox since . . . well . . . awhile, so it was nice to get a … Continue reading
Ad o’ the Day™ (Supreme Court Edition)
So the New York Times has rejected this MoveOn.org ad (via Politico’s Playbook) accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of being “Corporate America’s Newest Subsidiary.” Graphic: The sponsors of the ad – MoveOn.org, People for the American Way, and the Alliance … Continue reading
National Trifle Association
You never want to get an envelope stamped “Final Notice” from the National Rifle Association. But that’s exactly what just arrived at the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider. So it is with some trepidation that the hardworking staff is … Continue reading
Simon Sighs
Plaintive TV Guide cover headline: Who Will Replace Simon? The feature story about American Idol’s orderly transition of power mentions plenty of candidates, but here’s the money graf: Everyone from Martha Stewart to Howard Stern has been mentioned as a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Idol, Fox want Foxx, Foxx Hunt, Jamie Foxx, money graf, Simon Cowell
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