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20 Aug 2009 10:16

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Culture: Don’t let the marketing fool you. “Bandslam” is a good movie.

  • A movie that gets 80% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes — 90% from top critics — won’t see the light of day because Summit consistently made some of the worst choices, and their core audience summarily dismissed the movie without seeing it based on their sale.
  • A prominent filmmaker who wished to be anonymous • Regarding the outright bombing of the Vanessa Hudgens movie “Bandslam,” which was marketed like a Disney film despite the fact that the plot of the movie leans much closer to an offbeat indie flick like “The Commitments.” It just happens to feature teen pop icons Vanessa Hudgens and one half of Aly & AJ. Our thought on the matter: If you don’t wanted it marketed like a Disney flick, don’t cast Vanessa Hudgens. • source
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20 Aug 2009 10:12

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U.S.: Hurricane Bill may hit Cape Cod. The Kennedys are screwed.

  • It’s a right-wing conspiracy. Despite the fact that Bill will otherwise miss the U.S., eastern Massachusetts could bear some of the storm’s fury. Riptides are expected along the coast and Cape Cod could be in the storm’s path. Hurricanes don’t hit up there often, but Bill appears to be making a special trip up thataway. source
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20 Aug 2009 09:59

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U.S.: Save the date: The Proposition 8 court battle begins soon

  • 1/11/10 begins another gay marriage fight source
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20 Aug 2009 09:56

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World: Families of Lockerbie bomber victims: He should’ve stayed in jail

  • My understanding is that the man (Megrahi) really is within three months of dying, which is one of the issues we wanted cleared up. At the same time, we have always maintained that he should remain in prison in Scotland and die there if it comes to that.
  • Frank Duggan, president of an organization representing American victims of Pan Am Flight 103 • Discussing the fate of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, who will be returning to Libya to be with his family for the last few months of his life. The Obama administration has reacted with dismay towards the decision and protested his release, but the Libyan government has long fought for his release. Megrhai continues to argue he wasn’t involved but gave up his appeal so he could be released. • source
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20 Aug 2009 08:49

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Politics: Did Flickr take down the Obama socialist pic for political reasons?

  • An article on Firas Alkhateeb, the man who did the Obama Joker parody, got written in the L.A. Times. He’s a Dennis Kucinich fan. source
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20 Aug 2009 08:39

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U.S., World: The Lockerbie bomber is now a free (though very ill) man

  • Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was released by a Scottish court today. Megrahi, a Libyan national, is suffering from terminal prostate cancer and only has a short time to live. So the court set him free on compassionate grounds. He’ll likely be with family within hours. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was critical of the release before it happened, saying, “We are still encouraging the Scottish authorities not to do so and we hope that they will not.” The Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people in 1988. source
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20 Aug 2009 02:34

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Biz: The Big Mac has some hot competition from Carl’s Jr.

On the left, new hotness, bigger footprint, more cheese, more sauce, etc. On the right, old hotness. We’re vegetarian; we’re not eating either. source
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20 Aug 2009 02:02

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Offbeat, U.S.: Meet Antwon Womack, perhaps the most inept politician ever

  • Antwon Womack is running for the Birmingham, Alabama school board (✓) in a district he reportedly doesn’t even live (✓) after giving false credentials – lying about going to college (✓), lying about his age (✓), lying about which high school he went to (✓), lying about graduating from high school (✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓), and calling himself a doctor (ahahahahah ✓). His political career is over before it even began, and this video deserves to seal the coffin.source
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19 Aug 2009 23:23

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U.S., World: Know that secret CIA operation? Blackwater was helping out

  • The goal: Kill al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq. Blackwater (now called Xe), which had a huge role in the Iraq conflict for years only to see it fall under the weight of criticism, apparently was involved in that secret CIA operation which freaked out Leon Panetta. The reason Panetta reacted the way he did was due to the fact that private company was involved. That’s right, the CIA had an agreement with American citizens (with no military ties) to find and kill al-Qaeda leadership. We had to write it out to make sure we understood the ramifications of that statement. source
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19 Aug 2009 22:26

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Music: *BREAKING NEWS* Liam and Noel Gallagher hate each other!

  • He doesn’t like me and I don’t like him, that’s it. He hasn’t told me what he thinks of anything this year. We’ve got nothing to say to each other at the moment. … The only time I see him is onstage and we’re a little bit busy (at) that time to be (#&(ing scratching each other.
  • Oasis singer Liam Gallagher • Discussing the hate-hate relationship between the two creative beacons of Britpop’s greatest icons (if not the ones with the strongest legacy). And really, we’d be sad if they weren’t fighting. • source
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