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27 Aug 2009 20:59

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U.S.: Everyone in California has the same idea: High times, legalized

California’s #myidea4ca Tweet site just went up in smoke in a pretty spectacular (and within the rules) kind of way. source

27 Aug 2009 20:51

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U.S.: A California girl kidnapped in 1991 was found alive. Yeah, today.

  • 18 years later, she was found – kidnapped by a sex offender source

27 Aug 2009 20:45

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U.S.: Obama’s vacation got screwed up, so he’s taking another one

  • Dammit, Ted. Ted Kennedy’s death has put a damper in Obama’s plans to chill at Martha’s Vineyard for a few days and then get back to work. So, Obama’s trying to rush in some R&R, head up to Boston for Kennedy’s funeral tomorrow night, go back to D.C. on Sunday, and … head to Camp David on Wednesday. How did Barack Obama spend his summer vacation? Having to work, then immediately taking another one to make up for lost relaxation. source

27 Aug 2009 20:38

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Politics: When Sarah Palin says something, it inexplicably becomes news

  • FOX News’ Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House. Monday night he asked us to invite one friend to watch; tonight I invite all my friends to watch.
  • Sarah Pa … SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP … lin (sorry, we don’t know what came over us) • Discussing the fate of Glenn Beck and offering her support. Palin has become that rare politician who doesn’t have to have an elected office to have a huge impact in the media. Literally, she puts something on her Facebook page, and all of a sudden, it’s news. Man, we wish we could do that. • source

27 Aug 2009 20:26

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Politics: The Glenn Beck ad boycott isn’t killing him; it’s making him stronger

  • 33 boycotts of Glenn Beck’s show by major corporations – just three major advertisers and a bunch of infomercials are left
  • three million people watched Beck’s show last night after Sarah Palin gave him a shoutout; thanks, Sarah, for doing nothing again source

27 Aug 2009 19:16

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Music: Ryan Adams needs to review more retro video games

  • Playing Gorf is like getting wasted, or what I remember about getting wasted: It’s loud, it’s confusing, there are a bunch of lights going off, people (robots) are shooting at you, you need pizza, etc., then its game over.
  • “D.R. Adams” • In a blog post for The Awl, where he discusses being a teenager, playing “Gorf” and listening to Danzig. A reference to “Moonlighting” gets in there, too. You know, Ryan Adams might be an overcreative screw-up, but he’s sure an entertaining one. • source

27 Aug 2009 11:23

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Offbeat: Because Snuggies don’t appeal to white trash enough …

  • “Designer” Snuggies Whoever designed these Snuggies clearly wasn’t aiming for the runway, although the image of Snuggie monks walking around the catwalk is hilarious.

  • Snuggies for dogs If you want to make your dogs feel less ashamed of themselves, put them inside of an ugly sweater. Make sure it’s argyle. And tight, you evil pet owner.

 

27 Aug 2009 11:08

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Biz, U.S.: The national GDP is down, but not as bad as experts feared

  • -1% decline in Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter
  • -1.5% expected size of the decline; guess we’re recovering source

27 Aug 2009 10:52

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Tech: Daily Poll: Do you plan to buy OSX Snow Leopard tomorrow?

  • Screw it. We’re doing this everyday now. Thanks to the good responses we’ve gotten to our previous polls, we’re going to start posting daily questions. Which means you jerks better respond and make us look good.

27 Aug 2009 10:42

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World: The Afghan presidential election has a lot of reports of fraud

  • 1,915 reports of fraud on the books so far source