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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
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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Tagged Adele, Buzzfeed, Disdain-o-Meter, Grammys, Grrl Power Gone Wild, Katy Perry, Mean, Part of Me, Revenge of the Jilted Chicks, Slammys, Someone Like You, Taylor Swift
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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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Tagged Cenk Uygur, Current, Jennifer Granholm, Keith Olbermann, TV Newser
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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
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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Tagged bigfatwhale.com, Brian McFadden, New York Times, Sunday review
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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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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Facebook, Howie Carr, Kevin Paul Dupont, Tim Thomas
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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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Tagged @bostonponder, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Butterfinger, CBS Sports, Patriots Nation, Pawngo, Pwn-go, Wes Welker
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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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Tagged crazy.gov, New York Times, No Budget No Pay, No Labels, Spirit Domains
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Rep. Paul Does An End-Ron At GOP Presidential Caucuses
Verrrry interesting segment from MSNBC’s irrepressible Rachel Maddow: Apparently Ron Paul zealots are hanging around at caucuses longer than other GOP presidential primary candidates’ supporters, thereby locking up delegates at a rate unnoted by the mainstream media. Which means … Continue reading
WSJ: Tom & Gisele Are Living Very LArge In LA
Friday’s Wall Street Journal sizes up the super-sized homes of the glitterati in the City of (Lost) Angels: Living Very Large Shooting ranges, an indoor tennis court, a bedroom bigger than many houses: For a small cadre of very wealthy … Continue reading
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