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14 Oct 2009 23:14

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Culture: Jail can’t keep Roman Polanski from making movies

  • Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director now finds himself I don’t know. We will test to the upper limits the notion that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
  • Writer Robert Harris • Who is working with Roman Polanski on the upcoming film “The Ghost.” Harris says that while Polanski doesn’t have a phone, he can communicate and make decisions about the film while he’s fighting extradition. He’s totally using Skype, isn’t he? • source
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14 Oct 2009 22:59

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U.S.: Obama to seniors and veterans: Here’s some extra money

  • $250 each in a possible Social Security stimulus source
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14 Oct 2009 22:30

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Culture: Here’s why Captain Lou Albano was a great cultural icon

  • Wild and crazy guy Albano is the weirdest guy to have cultural relevance in the 80s – saying a lot considering the pop stars of the era – but the edgy delivery of everything he was involved with, even an ad for a 900 wrestling hotline , sticks with you more than an Augustana song does.

  • Straight-talkerDespite spending much of the late ’80s as a kiddie icon, he never lost his edge as a wrestler. In this anti-drug PSA (done in his Mario getup), he tells kids that if you use drugs, “you go to hell before you die.” Which is an awesome thing to say to impressionable kids.

  • Kitsch iconAround 2001, Albano was sucked into Animutation, a crude, Dadaist style of Flash animation that could be seen as the precursor of much of Adult Swim’s humor style. The vocal track is real – all the stuff happening around him was made up. And boy, is it awesome.

    Lou Albano
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14 Oct 2009 21:58

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Tech: Daily Poll: Is e-mail eventually going to go the way of the dodo?

  • In our always-connected world, e-mail seems like a quaint, longstanding relic of yesteryear, especially considering that 1.) It’s been around 40 years and 2.) Minus all the extra stuff added over the years, it’s largely unchanged from its roots. With Google’s upcoming Wave (which we were invited to but are bored using because we don’t have any friends) and other always-on connections, it seems like e-mail could lose its cultural impact. That’s what the Wall Street Journal argues. What do you think? Vote above. source
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14 Oct 2009 21:39

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Politics: OK, last bit about Obama’s Peace Prize. But this one’s a doozy.

  • [Yasser Arafat] got the Nobel Peace Prize. Excuse me, a terrorist got the Nobel Peace Prize. Some people deservedly so. You know who else deserved it? Ronald Reagan. And frankly, I would’ve given it to George Bush.
  • Sean Hannity • Making an argument in favor of George W. Bush getting the Nobel Peace Prize. We … we … don’t know what to say. Bravo Sean, you just left us unable to type. • source
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14 Oct 2009 21:32

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Tech: Barnes & Noble’s dual-screen E-Reader: Hotter than the Kindle?

Oooh. Here’s a novel approach. Take the thing that people dislike about the Kindle the most (the button-heavy interface) and make it like an iPhone. Brilliant! source
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14 Oct 2009 21:16

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Culture: Ralph Lauren, a model, and a bad chop: A major Photoshop scandal

Ralph Lauren lols
It must be awesome to be called fat. Especially when you're as rail-thin as Flippa Hamilton in this laughable Ralph Lauren ad. Photoshop Disasters nailed a huge scandal. Not bad, guys.
5'10", 120lb Hamilton's height and weight, which sounds pretty thin to us
size four the size deemed too big to fit into Ralph Lauren's clothing; fortunately, they can hilariously Photoshop you any way they want SOURCE
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14 Oct 2009 20:48

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Sports: St. Louis Rams bidders rushing to get away from Rush Limbaugh

  • It has become clear that his involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction to our intentions; endangering our bid to keep the team in St. Louis.
  • St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts • On the decision to dump the talk show host from his group bidding on the future of the St. Louis Rams. The criticism of the host’s possible ownership of an NFL franchise reached a fever pitch earlier this week, to the point where commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the situation. The barking points revolved around remarks he’s made about Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and black players in general that seemed racist to many. For Checketts’ part, he says Limbaugh was only a minor partner. • source
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14 Oct 2009 20:37

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Biz: The New York Stock Exchange: Full of 10,000 Maniacs

  • Wow bros, we fell pretty far to get to this point. Boy, we wouldn’t have wanted to have money around March or so. We’d probably jump off a building. But today – today, we can say we’re back at 10,000. Welcome back to comfortable riches, friends. source
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14 Oct 2009 11:10

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U.S.: Standardized math scores suck: Children left behind en masse

  • 39% of fourth-graders scored proficiently on a national math test
  • 34% of eighth-graders scored proficiently; this is really low source
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