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Patrick Kennedy Supports Foreign Terrorist Organization
Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy has lately been engaged in an effort to “remove the [Iranian] Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) from the State Department list of foreign terror organizations.” Via ThinkProgress a month ago: Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) told ThinkProgress … Continue reading
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Tagged Camp Ashraf, FBI, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Louis Freeh, MEK, Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, New York Times, Patrick Kennedy, PMOI
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A Case Of Mistaken Identity At The Boston Herald
Editorial in Tuesday’s Boston Herald: Tolman’s two hats During his 17 years on Beacon Hill Sen. Warren Tolman (D-Brighton) has been a loyal footsoldier in the cause of organized labor. Last week the Massachusetts chapter of the AFL-CIO made an … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Steven Tolman, Tolman's two hats, Tolmans' two names, Warren Tolman
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NYT’s Bruni: MA Senate Race ‘Sadly Petty’
New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni has exceedingly low expectations for the expected Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown Senate smackdown in Massachusetts: I have my doubts that Elizabeth Warren is elitist and I’m not convinced Scott Brown is sexist, but I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, Frank Bruni, Michael Graham, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, Scott Brown, Thank God, U.S. Senate
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Tanks For The Memories
Crash of ’29 = Hindenburg Crash = Red Sox Crash, according to Tank McNamara: Nuf ced.
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Tagged 'Nuf ced, Crash of '29, Hindenburg, Red Sox, Tank McNamara
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It’s Good To LIve In A Two-Daily Town (Whitey Bulger Dime-Dropper Edition)
Immutable rule of newspaper physics: For every Boston Globe action, there’s an equal and apposite Boston Herald reaction. Case in point: the Globe’s Whitey Bulger’s life in exile lid-ripper, which revealed that Icelandic beauty Anna Bjornsdottir – late of Noxzema and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Bjornsdottir, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, dime-dropper, FBI, Iceland, lid-ripper, snitch, Whitey Bulger's life in exile
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Tumblr Class (Warfare)
Sunday’s New York Times featured a piece about the online occupations of the Occupy Wall Street set. Among them: the WeArethe99Percent blog on Tumbler. As it happens, the hardworking staff is also a Tumblrer, so we checked out the blog and this … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, Tumblr, WeArethe99Percent
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Campaign Outsider Whitey Bulger E-Book Alert (pat. pending)
Totally excellent front-page piece in Sunday’s Boston Globe on Whitey Bulger’s life in exile. Two immediate results: 1) Forget that thing about the Icelandic dime-dropper being an FBI fabrication: The Icelandic beauty [Anna Bjornsdottir], who gained minor fame decades ago … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Bjornsdottir, Boston Globe, dime-dropper, e-book, Iceland, Noxema, QwikLit qwikies, Whitey Bulger
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Facebook Is Totally Stalking Me
Memo to Mark Zuckerberg: Get out of my Facebook! Enough with the emails saying, “Here’s some activity you may have missed on Facebook.” No, I haven’t missed it – I’ve IGNORED it. There’s a difference. Unfortunately, Facebook marks are just … Continue reading
NYT Jobs Fair
Today’s New York Times Sunday Review is a Steve Jobsarama, with four – count ’em, four – hagiographic pieces on the lgendary Apple co-founder. Start with columnist Tom Friedman’s Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? op-ed paean: THE melancholy over Steve … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Appleniks, Christopher Bonanos, Gish Jen, Jobsapalooza, Jobsarama, Joe DiMaggio, Mike Daisey, New York Times, Ross Douthat, Steve Jobs, Tom Friedman
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