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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks You’re An Idiot
Facebook founder/weasel Mark Zuckerberg is once again insulting our intelligence by trying to mask his intelligence-gathering about us. From Friday’s New York Times: Your Life on Facebook, in Total Recall Remember those karaoke videos from three years ago that somehow … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Faceshnooks, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, Timeline
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Romney-Vous Français?
An outfit called AmericanLP has launched an ad campaign sure to please the Freedom Fries set. The liberal Super PAC’s TV spot features footage of Mitt Romney speaking French in a promotional video for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Superimposed at … Continue reading
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Tagged 2002 Winter Olympics, AmericanLP, freedom fries set, Le Figaro, Mitt Romney, TechPresident, TJ Walker
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Jared Flanders Edition)
Thursday Boston Globe, Metro Page 2: Tenant in fatal Worcester fire arrested A tenant of a Worcester three-decker, where a firefighter died last week after rushing into the burning building to look for the man, was arrested on Tuesday on … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Jared Flanders, Jon Davies, Richard Weir, Worcester fire
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Dead Blogging The GOP’s Sioux City Bakeoff
Full disclosure: The hardworking staff could only stand watching the first hour of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate, but we did pick up some slop from Fox News on the second hour. The GOP Magnificant Seven gathered in Sioux … Continue reading
E-Bilk Readers
From Thursday’s Wall Street Journal front page: E-Book Readers Face Sticker Shock Cheap new e-readers are expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season. But new owners of Kindles and Nooks may be in for sticker shock … Continue reading
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Tagged e-bait-and-switch, e-book, e-readers, Kindle, Nook, Wall Street Journal
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NYT’s ‘Zany’ Romney Coverage
Lots of hoopla about Mitt Romney’s quote in Wednesday Thursday morning’s New York Times: Mr. Romney said voters should take a closer look at Mr. Gingrich’s history of policy ideas. “Zany is not what we need in a president,” Mr. Romney … Continue reading
Extra! Extra! Seamus Sweepstakes™ Goes National!
That zany Gail Collins is at it again, dogging Mitt Romney (R-Gail Force Winds) over his vocabulary and his vacational history. Mitt’s Zest for Zings Mitt Romney arrived in New York City on Wednesday, newly endorsed by Christine O’Donnell, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine O'Donnell, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus Sweepstakes
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Open Softwar Over Anti-Piracy Legislation On Capitol Hill
Wednesday’s New York Times and Wall Street Journal featured this full-page ad opposing the PROTECT IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act currently being considered by Congress. And it’s not just those Internet bigwigs who are protesting the proposed legislation. … Continue reading
Boston Globe (Bleeps) The Freep
So, chronologically: Act One: On Monday the Daily Free Press, an independent student newspaper at Boston University, broke this story: COM prof. abandons class to promote book, officials, students say Pulitzer Prize winner and renowned author Isabel Wilkerson has not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bil McKeen, Boston Globe, Boston University, Daily Free Press, Freep, Isabel Wilkerson, Names, Tom Fiedler
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