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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Newt Gingrich Headscratcher Du Jour (pat. pending)
Monday Weekly Standard headline: Gingrich Spokesman: ‘There Is Little Daylight Between Ryan and Gingrich’ on Medicare Reform Monday Wall Street Journal headline: Gingrich Blasts House GOP’s Medicare Plan Presidential Candidate Calls It ‘Right-Wing Social Engineering,’ Agrees With Obama About Need … Continue reading
For No Trump
Turns out he was just toying with us. Donald Trump has announced that he is not running for president of the United States (interestingly, he didn’t rule out France, seeing as how wide open that race now seems to be). … Continue reading
Nadal Just Can’t Beat This Guy
Then again, nobody can. The Novak Djokovic Unlimited plowed through the Italian Open in Rome last week and arrived where it has four times now this year: a finals match vs. world number one Rafael Nadal. With the same result, … Continue reading
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Tagged Djokovic Unlimited, French Open, Italian Open, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal
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Boston Globe.com Wants You!
Or at least your opinion. In advance of the new pay-as-you-enter BostonGlobe.com, the local daily is conducting a survey of print subscribers, all of who “will have the opportunity to receive agenda-setting journalism from greater Boston’s leading daily news source … Continue reading
Boston Dailies Give MBTA A Pass On Anti-Gay Group’s Transit Ad
From BostInnovation: MBTA To Remove Ad Campaign From A Homophobic Website [Monday] around 7pm, BostonTweet posted this tweet with the accompanying image (left). The image depicts an ad from FamilyRadio.com on a MBTA bus. Although the messaging is pretty dark, it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-gay, BostInnovation, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, BostonTweet, FamilyRadio, Greg Arney, homophobic, MBTA, Metro New York, Rich Davey, WCVB
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Un-Setti-ling: Newton Mayor Warren Apparently Unmoored From Reality
ABC’s webcast “Top Line” featured an interview on Friday with Newton mayor and Scott Brown challenger Setti Warren. The political newcomer, who “had been urged not to run by some Democratic power-brokers who wanted a more seasoned candidate to take … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Rick Klein, Scott Brown, Setti Warren, The Note, Top Line
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Novak Djokovic Is Just Too Bleeping Good
This is really special. The Djokovic Express rolled to its 37th straight victory in the Italian Open quarterfinals, dispatching Robin Soderling 6-3, 6-0. Via the Los Angeles Times: Djokovic downed Soderling in 76 minutes and closed out the match by … Continue reading
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Tagged Djokovic Express, Italian Open, Los Angeles Times, Marin Cilic, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Reuters, Robin Soderling
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Cheri (Daniels), Baby!
No politician’s wife is hotter than Cheri Daniels. The significant other (twice) of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-The Missus) is widely considered the swing vote in whether Daniels (who makes myriad GOPniks starry-eyed) will run for president next year. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Ferguson, CBS News, Cheri Daniels, Mitch Daniels, MitchTV, New York Times, Weekly Standard
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Jumbo Joe Turns In A Jumbo Playoff Performance. Finally.
Much to the surprise of everyone (including, probably, themselves), the San Jose Sharks won Game 7 of their grueling Stanley Cup Western Conference semifinals series vs. the Detroit Octopi – sorry, Red Wings. And much to the surprise of everyone … Continue reading
Boston Herald Moves To Be All The News That’s New To Print
As the hardworking staff has noted, the Boston Herald has been Yesterday’s News Tomorrow ever since it moved its printing to Chicopee, Mass. But that might change soon. From today’s Herald: Herald, Globe propose delivery and printing pact The Herald has … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, yesterday's news tomorrow
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