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The Face Of The Yankees’ Futility
From Friday’s New York Times front page after the Yankees basically blew their ALDS series vs. the Detroit Tigers: Friday’s dead-tree edition, by contrast, featured a photo of Rodriguez after he struck out with the bases loaded in the 7th. … Continue reading
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Tagged A-Roid, ALDS, Alex Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers, New York Times
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WSJ: Good News, Bad News For Mitt Romney
Thursday’s Wall Street Journal was a mixed blessing for GOP Hair Apparent Mitt Romney. The good news: Christie’s Exit Sends Donors Romney’s Way The bad news: Romney Environment Push Is Fresh Target for His Rivals Win some, lose some, yes?
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Tagged Chris Christie, donors, environment, Hair Apparent, Mitt Romney, Wall Street Journal
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Seamus Sweepstakes™: Stretch It Like Taffy
New York Times columnist Gail Collins, who the hardworking staff has repeatedly pointed out is incapable of mentioning Mitt Romney without adding that he “once drove to Canada with the family dog strapped to the roof of the car,” is … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus Fatigue, Seamus Sweepstakes™
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Look Up ‘Squander’ In The Dictionary (II) . . .
. . . and you still get a picture of this: Game 5 of the ALDS Tigers-Yankees tilt was by far the worst for a Made Yankee Fan in Boston: Bases loaded, one out in the Yankees 4th – zero … Continue reading
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Tagged ALDS, Alex Rodriguez, Brett Gardner, Derek Jeter, Gone Fishin', Made Yankee Fan in Boston, squander, Tigers, Yankees
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Tea Party Poopers To Shun Scott Brown
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Tea Bagged) got plenty of help from Tea Party groups in his successful 2010 campaign, but maybe not so much this time around. According to the Daily Caller, the tea has cooled: Scott Brown was the tea party … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Caller, Elizabeth Warren, FreedomWorks, Scott Brown, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Drunk Driving Deval Patrick Aide Edition)
Wednesday’s Boston Globe: A top Patrick aide accused of OUI A top adviser to Governor Deval Patrick was arrested early Sunday on drunk driving charges. Ron Bell, the governor’s senior adviser for community affairs, was pulled over in Brookline at … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Deval Patrick, drunken driving, Ron Bell, two different Bostons
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How Steve Jobs Changed My Life
There are umpteen million stories in the Mac-ed City. This has been one of them: I bought a Mac SE in 1989. It cost, as I recall, $3000 (which was real money at the time) and had slightly more computing … Continue reading
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Tagged Copy Cop, cut and paste, Dr. Johnson, Keyboard Shuffle, loose sally of the mind, Mac SE, Mac-ed City, Marshall McLuhan, Steve Jobs
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