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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Pro-Obama Group Posts Lame-Ass Anti-Romney Ad Online
Call it hackneyed, with the accent on hack. A group called Priorities USA Action (see their one-page website here) – established by former Obamanauts Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, along with hack di tutti hacki Paul Begala – has launched … Continue reading
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Tagged Bil Burton, flip-flop, hack di tutti hacki, Howie Carr, Mediaite, Mitt Romney, Paul Begala, Priorities USA Action, Sean Sweeney
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Dead Blogging Buddy Cianci At The Ford Hall Forum
Former Providence mayor and recovering RICOnaut Buddy Cianci appeared at the Ford Hall Forum Thursday night to flog his book Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally-Funded … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Cianci, Buddypalooza, Ford Hall Forum, John Chafee, Mike Stanton, RICOnaut, The Prince of Providence
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His NYT Magazine Column Will Be The Death Of Bill Keller, II
Really, could New York Times executive editor Bill Keller be any more ham-handed? And would he, in his right mind, actually sign off on his own Times Magazine columns? Latest case in point: Keller’s piece for this Sunday’s magazine about … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Keller, New York Times, Poynter, Times Magazine, Twitter, TwitterMakesYouStupid
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C.J. Chivers, As In Shivers (Libyan Burial Edition)
The latest from incomparable New York Times reporter C.J. Shivers: Libyan City Buries Its Attackers Respectfully MISURATA, Libya — The gravediggers worked methodically and with few words. By now their grisly labor was a routine. The corpses of the soldiers … Continue reading
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Tagged bury fallen enemies, C.J. Chivers, Libya rebels, New York Times
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Times Corp. Town (Manet At The D’Orsay Edition)
Some of the hardworking staff’s friends (yes, we’ve got friends) have proudly proclaimed that they’ve dumped the Boston Globe in favor of its kissin’ cousin New York Times because “there’s nothing worthwhile in the Globe.” Not so fast, dropniks. Case … Continue reading
A Coming Out Party At The New York Times
Monday’s New York Times featured not one, but two, public figures revealing that they’re gay. Page One exclusive: Going Public, N.B.A. Figure Sheds Shadow Life The piece detailed the long road that led to the revelation by Phoenix Suns president … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Russell, CNN, David Stern, Don Lemon, New York Times, Phoenix Suns, Rick Welts, Seattle Supersonics, Steve Nash, Transparent
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