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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Rick Santorum: Barack Obama = Benito Mussolini
Utterly failed former GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (R-Empty Sweater Vest) has been trying to get back into the political conversation with statements like this (via ABC’s The Note): OBAMA SOUNDS LIKE A ‘TWO-BIT DICTATOR.’ Santorum railed against Obama’s use of executive power: “Going … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC's The Note, Benito Mussolini, El Douche, El Duce, Rick Santorum
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Call It NBCNoose.com
This week NBC/Universal/Comcast/Whatever converted its msnbc.com website to NBCNews.com, the better to distinguish its ideologically driven Lean Forward MSNBC brand from its traditionally oriented Lean Backward NBC News brand. Problem is, it’s gonna lean on you. From the Nieman Journalism Lab: For NBCNews.com, a new website comes … Continue reading
Correction Correction o’ the Day (Boston Globe Edition)
From yesterday’s Boston Globe: ■ Correction: A correction in Sunday’s paper incorrectly stated the mileage scale on a graphic of bike routes in and around Boston that was published in the July 8 Globe Magazine. The bar represented a distance of 4 … Continue reading
What Will The Obama Campaign Raffle Off Next?
Yesterday the hardworking staff received this email from Michelle Obama: Friend — Barack turns 51 next month, and there will be a little celebration at our house in Chicago. We’d like to give grassroots supporters an opportunity to join in … Continue reading
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Zippying Us Back To 89th & Third
The hardworking staff is a longtime fan of Bill Griffith’s (pin)headscratching Zippy comic strip, and today’s installment is especially welcome. We grew up in the shadow of the Third Avenue El, not to mention downwind of the venerable Ruppert Brewery. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Griffith, New-York Historical Society, Ruppert Brewery, Third Avenue El, Wizard of Oz, Zippy
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Political Animals (Real World Edition)
On the debut night of The Hillary Chronicles (dba USA’s Political Animals), this was the homepage of the Drudge Report: To recap (upper left): From Reuters: Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes From Yahoo! News: ‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, Drudge Report, Egyptians, Hillary Clinton, Political Animals, Reuters, shoes, The Hillary Chronicles, The Missus, tomatoes, two Mehs, USA, Yahoo! News
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Quote o’ the Day (Strain To Explain Bain Edition)
Yesterday the Romney campaign unveiled yet another concept with a capital K in trying to counter the Obama campaign’s Swift-Yachting of the former Massachusetts governor. Romney campaign gunsel Ed Gillespie actually said this to CNN’s Candy Crowley (via Mediaite): “Because … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, Candy Crowley, CNN, Mitt Romney, retired retroactively, self-deporting
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Ray Allen Farewell Ad-ition)
The ever classy Ray Allen said goodbye to Celtics fans today in a full-page Boston Globe ad. Allen did not, however, run an ad in the Boston Herald. Questions? Comments? Bitter recriminations?
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Tagged Boston Celtics, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, farewell ad, Ray Allen
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Campaign Outsider 