Monthly Archives: February 2012

Was Dr. Ads Really Hatched?

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Mitt Romney & The Detroit Wheels Edition)

Mitt Romney is to the Republican presidential nomination what Ramen noodles are to college students: The candidate of last resort. As such, the Michigan primary could well be Romney’s Last Supper, at least according to the Washington Post: For Romney, … Continue reading

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Boston Herald Readers Have Unsuspected Depth

From Monday’s Boston Herald Letters to the Editor: Eagan panned Margery Eagan reminds me of that character in Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood,” an angry apostate hell-bent on starting a new church (“A hard pill for bishops to swallow,” Feb. 9). … Continue reading

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The Grammys vs. The Slammys

From our Whiskey Tango Foxtrot desk: Sunday night’s Grammy Awards were in large part the Revenge of the Jilted Chicks. The Grrl Power Gone Wild lineup included: Adele’s “Someone Like You” (one dagger on the Disdain-o-Meter).   Katy Perry’s “Part … Continue reading

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Keith Olbermann: Forgotten But Not Gone

For the second time in a couple of weeks, Current TV has run this full-page ad in the New York Times: As TV Newser noted last month: While the ad features pictures of hosts Cenk Uygur and Jennifer Granholm, there’s no image of Keith … Continue reading

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Westminster Kennel Clubs Rescue Dogs

The Missus and I always eagerly await the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, but this year we won’t look at it the same way after this development (via the New York Times): Tired of Sad Ads, Kennel Show Takes ‘Dog … Continue reading

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In Which The Hardworking Staff Revises Its Opinion Of Brian McFadden

Last August the hardworking staff posted this: NYT Sunday Review Cartoonist Is Just Not Funny Posted on August 1, 2011 If Brian McFadden isn’t the lamest guy since Gunsmoke’s Chester, he’ll do until someone else comes along. McFadden’s latest contribution to the New York Times … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tim Thomas Edition)

Tim Thomas, who sounds like the NHL’s first mobbed-up goaltender (“I going to use my right to remain silent”), gets very different treatment in the Boston dailies today. Boston Globe columnist Kevin Paul Dupont cuffs Thomas around on the sports … Continue reading

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Butterfinger Bites Back

From our Revenge Is Sweet desk: Last week, as you doubtless remember, the online pawn shop Pawngo became sort of Pwn-go: [Last Wednesday, Pawngo] decided to have a little fun with Boston-area sports fans by dumping some Butterfingers addressed to Wes … Continue reading

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No Labels: No Budget, No Pay

The advocacy group No Labels describes itself this way: No Labels is a group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents dedicated to a simple proposition: We want our government to work again.   The government in Washington is no longer capable of … Continue reading

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