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Overheard Line o’ the Week (pat. pending)
So far, anyway. Young gal walking down Harvard Street in Brookline – wait for it – talking on a cellphone, dead serious: Look, I’m arguing with you ’cause you won’t let me win. Hard to argue with that.
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NYT Obama R.I.P. Edition
Monday’s New York Times pretty much serves as Barack Obama’s obituary. Editorial: To Escape Chaos, a Terrible Deal There is little to like about the tentative agreement between Congressional leaders and the White House except that it happened at all. … Continue reading
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Tagged debt ceiling deal, New York Times, Paul Krugman, RIP Obama, Ross Douthat
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NYT Sunday Review Cartoonist Is Just Not Funny
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 Sunday Review section (click to enlarge): You’d need to go a long way to find … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian McFadden, Chester, Gunsmoke, New York Times, Sunday review
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Politicians Taxing The English Language
Chalk up another one for the forces of Englessh – the process whereby words take on an ever narrower meaning. Latest exhibit, from Frank Bruni’s Sunday New York Times column about Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform: Moments earlier, … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Tax Reform, Dopplernauts, Englessh, Frank Bruni, Grover Norquist, New York Times, shrinkhand, SYNtax
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All The News Of The World That Fits, We Print (NY Post Edition)
The New York Times continues to frolic in the News Corp(se) meltdown, staying on the story like Brown on Williamson. From Saturday’s edition: 2007 Letter Clearing a Tabloid Comes Under Scrutiny When the News of the World phone hacking rumpus … Continue reading
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Tagged Col Allan, New York Post, New York Times, News Corp(se), News of the World, Rupert Murdoch, Scotland Yard
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WCVB Jumps The Shark
Via Mediaite: Boston Man Jumps Off Boat To Ride A Shark (And Videotapes Entire Thing) What is the best part of this news story from Boston’s WCVB about a fisherman who decided to jump off his boat and ride a … Continue reading
Who Was Epocrates?
Friday’s New York Times featured a piece on a free smartphone app called Epocrates that lets doctors “look up information on drug dosing, interactions and insurance coverage while seeing a patient.” Ads included. But like so much else on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Epocrates, Hippocrates, New York Times, smartphone app
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The GOP’s “Non-Negotiable Terrorist Demand”
On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, liberal chinstroker Mark Shields accused Congressional Republicans of issuing a “non-negotiable terrorist demand” in the debt-ceiling rumpus on Capitol Hill – namely, the requirement for passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution before the … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Labor Unions Edition)
The latest addition to the political air wars (via ABC’s The Note) comes compliments of a coalition of labor unions – AFSCME, SEIU, and etc. – whacking Republican lawmakers for bringing the U.S. to the brink of default. From TPM: … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, AFSCME, Axis of Evil, billionaires, corporate jets, Eric Cantor, oil companies, SEIU, TPM
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Zev Chafets Writes Another NYT Rightwing Mash Note
This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine features the latest big wet conservative kiss by Zev Chafets (to go along with his previous Rush Limbaugh and Jim Cramer NYT profiles). Now, say hello to Mr. Media Ambush James O’Keefe, who has pimped … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, James O'Keefe, Jim Cramer, mash note, Mr. Media Ambush, New York Times, NPR, Rush Limbaugh, Zev Chafets
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