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Monthly Archives: October 2011
It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Dime-Dropper Edition)
Immutable rule of newspaper physics: For every Boston Globe action, there’s an equal and apposite Boston Herald reaction. Case in point: the Globe’s Whitey Bulger’s life in exile lid-ripper, which revealed that Icelandic beauty Anna Bjornsdottir – late of Noxzema and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Bjornsdottir, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, dime-dropper, FBI, Iceland, lid-ripper, snitch, Whitey Bulger's life in exile
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Tumblr Class (Warfare)
Sunday’s New York Times featured a piece about the online occupations of the Occupy Wall Street set. Among them: the WeArethe99Percent blog on Tumbler. As it happens, the hardworking staff is also a Tumblrer, so we checked out the blog and this … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, Tumblr, WeArethe99Percent
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Campaign Outsider Whitey Bulger E-Book Alert (pat. pending)
Totally excellent front-page piece in Sunday’s Boston Globe on Whitey Bulger’s life in exile. Two immediate results: 1) Forget that thing about the Icelandic dime-dropper being an FBI fabrication: The Icelandic beauty [Anna Bjornsdottir], who gained minor fame decades ago … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Bjornsdottir, Boston Globe, dime-dropper, e-book, Iceland, Noxema, QwikLit qwikies, Whitey Bulger
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Facebook Is Totally Stalking Me
Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: Get out of my Facebook! Enough with the emails saying, “Here’s some activity you may have missed on Facebook.” No, I haven’t missed it – I’ve IGNORED it. There’s a difference. Unfortunately, Facebook marks are just … Continue reading
NYT Jobs Fair
Today’s New York Times Sunday Review is a Steve Jobsarama, with four – count ’em, four – hagiographic pieces on the lgendary Apple co-founder. Start with columnist Tom Friedman’s Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? op-ed paean: THE melancholy over Steve … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Appleniks, Christopher Bonanos, Gish Jen, Jobsapalooza, Jobsarama, Joe DiMaggio, Mike Daisey, New York Times, Ross Douthat, Steve Jobs, Tom Friedman
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What Did You Wear In The (Class) War, Mommy?
In the ’60s, the question was What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Nowadays it’s all about the clothes – at least according to New York magazine’s The Cut blog: If You Haven’t Been Dressing Up to Protest on … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Chalupa, Huffington Post, New York, NYPD, Occupy Wall Street, tasered, The Cut
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The Face Of The Yankees’ Futility
From Friday’s New York Times front page after the Yankees basically blew their ALDS series vs. the Detroit Tigers: Friday’s dead-tree edition, by contrast, featured a photo of Rodriguez after he struck out with the bases loaded in the 7th. … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Roid, ALDS, Alex Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers, New York Times
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WSJ: Good News, Bad News For Mitt Romney
Thursday’s Wall Street Journal was a mixed blessing for GOP Hair Apparent Mitt Romney. The good news: Christie’s Exit Sends Donors Romney’s Way The bad news: Romney Environment Push Is Fresh Target for His Rivals Win some, lose some, yes?
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Tagged Chris Christie, donors, environment, Hair Apparent, Mitt Romney, Wall Street Journal
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Seamus Sweepstakes™: Stretch It Like Taffy
New York Times columnist Gail Collins, who the hardworking staff has repeatedly pointed out is incapable of mentioning Mitt Romney without adding that he “once drove to Canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of the car,” is … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus Fatigue, Seamus Sweepstakes™
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