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27 Sep 2009 20:52

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Politics: Max Headroom: Right-wing conspiracies and radical revolutionaries

  • Clinton’s conspiracy Bill Clinton thinks Obama’s facing a right-wing conspiracy, he claimed on “Meet the Press.” He says it’s not as big as it was when he was president, but it’s more vicious.

  • Fawning over a pimpJames O’Keefe is in disbelief that his ACORN-trashing videos had such a massive impact. He describes himself as a “radical revolutionary” on Fox News.

  • Robert Gates is safeWhen George W. Bush was still president, the defense secretary had a “countdown clock” on his desk. It’s gone now. He’s there as long as he wants to be.

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27 Sep 2009 20:32

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Offbeat: Hey jerk: Tell the large African-American woman how you really feel

A gas station attendant was nice enough to write a mean description on this woman’s receipt. “Big fat black lady?” That’s racist! source
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27 Sep 2009 20:10

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Sports: Dear Redskins coach Jim Zorn: You suck. The Lions love you.

  • Well, there’s not many words to say yet, We did not treat this team lightly. We knew this team was good. They came in and got out ahead, but we certainly were not out of the game.
  • Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn • On losing to the freaking Detroit Lions, giving what’s possibly the worst team in football history its first win in nearly two seasons. He’s right. The Redskins were in it, never more than two touchdowns away from the lead, but they also never had the lead in the game. Zorn is on guillotine watch in D.C. tonight. • source
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27 Sep 2009 20:03

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Biz: Are you related to Bernie Madoff? If so, you’re about to get sued

  • $198 million lawsuit against Bernie’s family of execs source
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27 Sep 2009 19:57

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Culture: “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” has a sunny box-office outlook

  • -19% week-two dip, good enough for a second week on top in a week with a lot of wide releases
  • -30% average week-two dip for the average Pixar film; Entertainment Weekly credits the solid writing source
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27 Sep 2009 12:23

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Offbeat: Here’s a baby dancing to Beyonce, because why not?

  • This dancing baby is good, and Imma let her finish, but Beyonce danced to this song first!
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27 Sep 2009 12:14

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Culture: Daily Poll: Roman Polanski’s arrest – was it necessary?

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27 Sep 2009 12:04

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Tech: Why everyone wants to share their articles online (including us!)

  • 18 Twitter users, on average, click a link posted to a site
  • eight LinkedIn users click a link when it’s posted to that site
  • five Digg users click a link every time a new one’s posted source
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27 Sep 2009 11:54

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Biz: This stoic man sells $89 million in diapers online each year

Marc Lore of Diapers.com is willing to do, uh, diaper duty to get results. Now he has an empire of Pampers to prove it. source
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27 Sep 2009 11:47

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Offbeat: Warning to Aussies: Vegemite has been upgraded to iSnack 2.0

  • It’s been difficult to contain my excitement; I actually leapt out of my chair when I heard the news. To think that I could go down in Australia’s history is overwhelming.
  • West Australian Web designer Dean Robbins • Describing his initial reaction to finding out that his name for the upgraded version of Vegemite, iSnack 2.0, had been accepted. Purists will probably have a hard time accepting the fact that the yeast-inflected snack has been upgraded using cream cheese to offset the original flavor, but that’s business for ya. • source
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