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12 Mar 2009 21:33

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Biz: Investors, finally optimistic for once. Stocks are up!

  • +9.5% in the last three days. Whoo, time to party! source
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12 Mar 2009 21:30

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Culture: This is what happens when you create a show about polygamy

  • Obviously, it was not our intention to do anything disrespectful to the church, but to those who may be offended, we offer our sincere apology.
  • HBO • In a statement about their show “Big Love” and its portrayal of an endowment ceremony within a Mormon temple. Well, mayhaps, but you’re still airing the episode, aren’t you? So, even with the apology, you’re still getting boycotted. Good job! • source
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12 Mar 2009 21:22

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Biz, Politics: Give Jim Cramer credit. He took Jon Stewart head-on.

This took guts. This is why Rick Santelli didn’t show up on “The Daily Show.” Still think he’s a comedian, Jim? source
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12 Mar 2009 21:12

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Biz, U.S.: When is Bernie Madoff going to jail?

  • NOW. bond revoked, biznitch. See ya! :) source
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12 Mar 2009 21:07

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Biz, U.S.: Bernie Madoff: A man compelled to have killer returns. (Huh?)

  • While I never promised a specific rate of return to any client, I felt compelled to satisfy my clients’ expectations, at any cost.
  • Bernard Madoff • Explaining why he created his Ponzi scheme during a courtroom monologue while pleading guilty. According to him, he wanted to keep giving out continually good rates of return because he wanted his investors to love him. (No word on how he felt about his penthouse.) • source
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12 Mar 2009 10:45

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Tech: Microsoft says IE8 is faster than Firefox and Chrome. Yeah, right.

See, they put together giant chart to prove it, guys! It’s a chart! It must be true! source
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12 Mar 2009 10:37

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Biz, U.S.: Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff finally pleaded guilty

  • 11 number of counts Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to this morning source
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12 Mar 2009 10:32

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World: The German school shooter’s warning, written on the Web

  • Everyone laughs at me. No one recognizes my potential. I mean this seriously. I have got a weapon here and tomorrow I am going to go to my former school and give them hell.
  • Tim Kretschmer • The student who shot up a school in Winnenden, Germany, killing 15. He said this to a friend on the Internet the night before. Most of his victims were female – including eight female classmates and three female teachers. (Update: This information has proven to be false. – Ed.) • source
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12 Mar 2009 10:27

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Politics: Get ready to hear “Americans didn’t vote for a Rush to failure” a lot

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12 Mar 2009 10:20

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Tech: Google wants to do to voicemail what it did to e-mail

  • The concept Google Voice is a new service that we’re sure they’re positioning as yet another cornerstone of your life. Essentially, it gives you a centralized number and a huge selection of tools to make the pain and knottiness of phone calls and voicemail easier to deal with. Good for them.
  • The key feature Google Voice’s top feature here is a piece of voice recognition software that converts your callers’ voicemails to text and lets you read them on your computer, Gmail-style. You mean we can look at speech-to-text versions of the calls we get from our bill collectors?! Awesome! source
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