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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Rick Perry & Thrust (‘Politically Correct’ Ad-ition)
What does it tell you that the best thing Rick Perry (R-Pocket Change) has done lately is something he didn’t do: take Mitt Romney’s bet during the last debate. (Or was that de bait?) Now Perry has issued a new … Continue reading
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Tagged "Politically Correct" ad, New York Times, Poltico Morning Score, Rick Perry, The Caucus
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The Things WordPress Says To Us (III)
The hardworking staff is always reluctant to look a gift host in the mouth (see previous reluctance here and here), but we feel it’s incumbent upon us to note that WordPress no longer says Rad! or Cowabanga! or some such after … Continue reading
Why The Wall Street Journal Is Still A Great Newspaper (Buddy Holly’s Glasses Edition)
Rupert Murdoch, Rupert Shmurdoch. Despite all the handwringing when the Prints of Darkness added the Wall Street Journal to his newspaper empire four years ago, the paper has not gone to hell in a handbasket. Some even say it’s better. … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Hed, Buddy Holly, J. Davis Armistead, Lubbock, Prints of Darkness, Rupert Murdoch, Sgt. Bilko, Wall Street Journal
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NBC Chases ‘Greedwashing’ Bucks
Raise your hand if you watched the American Giving Awards Saturday night. Didn’t think so. The program ran on NBC except it wasn’t a program so much as a promo for JPMorgan Chase, which financed and sponsored it. All they needed was … Continue reading
Other Bets Mitt Romney Should Make
With Mitt Romney (R-Bellagio) in a gambling mood, maybe he should consider these wagers as well: • $10,000 in Hanukkah gelt with Newt Gingrigh over who’s Bibi-er than thou with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. • 1000 Krugerrands with Ron … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (DeOccupy Boston Edition II)
Another nifty compare-and-contrast in the local dailies regarding the legacy of this weekend’s Occubye Boston decampment (earlier edition here). Call it A Tale of Three Columnists. Columnist #1: Brian McGrory, whose front-page Sunday Boston Globe piece is the very model of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Brian McGrory, Howie Carr, Occubye Boston, Occupyniks, Peter Gelzinis, Supt. William Evans, Tom Menino
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (DeOccupy Boston Edition)
Interesting compare-and-contrast in the local dailies regarding the legacy of this weekend’s Occubye Boston decampment. Boston Globe: A daily reminder of the human cost of the recent economic downturn. Boston Herald: A $50,000 bill for the city. Saturday’s Herald devoted a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, DeOccupy Boston, Occubye Boston
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Dead Blogging The GOP Iowa Debate
The GOP presidential primary pluggers had at it again Saturday night in the ABC News/Des Moines Register debate in Iowa. The hardworking staff caught as much of it as we could, and here are some random observations (see video via this … Continue reading
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Tagged $10000 bet, @Jon2012girls, ABS, Des Moines Register, Diane Sawyer, GOP Iowa debate, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)
Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading
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