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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Healing Waters For Disabled Vets
In the wake of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper’s admirable exposé of the disgraceful Disabled Veterans National Foundation fundraising scam, it was nice to see this piece in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal about Project Healing Waters, a nonprofit organization “dedicated to … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (The Young Immigrunts Edition)
The Globe/Herald division of labor: One has facts, the other has opinions. See IGTLTDT for details. (Special Ring Lardner bonus included!)
Fun Facts To Know & Tell (BostonGlobe.com Edition)
Wondering how BostonGlobe.com is doing on the revenue-generating front? Here’s a hint from the Globe’s piece (subscription required, of course) about outgoing BBC chief Mark Thompson becoming chief executive of the New York Times Co. Paid subscribers to the Globe’s e-reader … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Boston Globe, BostonGlobe.com, International Herald Tribune, Mark Thompson, New York Times, Times Co.
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WSJ Says GOP All Wee-Wee’d Up
The Wall Street Journal editorial page, which routinely serves up more red meat than an Iowa slaughterhouse, featured this in Wednesday’s edition: The Bedwetter Caucus That didn’t take long. Much as we predicted last week, the Republican Party’s Bedwetter Caucus … Continue reading
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Tagged GOP, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, pee you, The Bedwetter Caucus, Wee Weed Up, WSJ.
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That’s Just So Mean! (Elizabeth Warren Edition)
From Buzzfeed: Elizabeth Warren Runs As The Left’s Answer To Paul Ryan Geez, she looks like she’s being sworn in for anger management classes. Really, guys – you had no other photos?
It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Dorchester Gangbang [Or Not] Shooting Edition)
There are two very different narrative forming around Sunday night’s triple murder on Harlem Street in Dorchester. Details at IGTLTDT.
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dorchester shooting, Harlem Street, IGTLTDT
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Conservatives (Young) Gunning For John Tierney
Embattled Massachusetts Rep. John Tierney (D-Eight-to-Five He Loses) is in the crosshairs of the YG Network, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization affiliated with the self-styled Young Guns – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) … Continue reading
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Tagged Buzzfeed, Eric Cantor, John Tierney, Kevin McCarthy, Massachusetts 6th district, Paul Ryan, Politico, YG Network, Young Guns
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Quote o’ the Day (R.I.P. Helen Gurley Brown Edition)
From Helen Gurley Brown’s front-page obit in Tuesday’s New York Times: Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave ‘Single Girl’ a Life in Full, Dies at 90 Helen Gurley Brown, who as the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” shocked early-1960s … Continue reading
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Tagged Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown, New York Times, obituary, Sex and the Single Girl
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Taylor Swift Cape House Edition)
My God, if the Boston dailies can’t agree on 1) whether Taylor Swift bought a house in Hyannisport, and 2) where it is in relation to Ethel Kennedy’s manse – well, the hardworking staff doesn’t know what to think. Judge … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Ethel Kennedy, Hyannisport, IGTLTDT, Taylor Swift
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