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30 Nov 2009 21:37

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Tech: Two FAILs, one SUCCEED: The latest on the holdable computer front

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30 Nov 2009 21:20

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Politics: Yo, Matty Yglesias: Dick Cheney could be president, but he scares us.

  • Cheney couldn’t possibly win a presidential election … unless somehow he could, in which case the country would be set for a world of pain.
  • ThinkProgress blogger Matthew Yglesias (whose name always makes us think of Enrique Iglesias) • Describing his surprise but total belief that Dick Cheney could run for president in 2012. If he does, of course, expect our country to turn into the equivalent of an Escape From New York/Mad Max cluster)#(&( the likes we haven’t seen since our most recent worst nightmare. source
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30 Nov 2009 20:56

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Politics: Daily Poll: Mike Huckabee’s ghost of Maurice Clemmons’ clemency


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30 Nov 2009 20:40

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Biz: An electric company and a water company make a deal on a media giant

  • GE and Vivendi agree on terms that’ll allow a Comcast deal to go forward. How much is Vivendi’s 20% stake in NBC Universal? $5.8 billion. At least that’s the number the water company agreed on with General Electric. GE, which owns 80% of the company, is in the midst of building a 50/50 joint venture with media giant wannabe Comcast. The deal clears the way for that to happen. source
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30 Nov 2009 12:01

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U.S.: Shooting suspect Maurice Clemmons got away. More from Twitter:

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30 Nov 2009 10:42

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Culture: Another movie remade in Lego – this time, “The Matrix”

  • Somehow, this trick never gets old. Doing a movie scene – or any scene, honestly – up in Legos gives it instant cultural currency, as in the case of this shot-by-shot remake of a scene from “The Matrix.” We credit The White Stripes. source
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30 Nov 2009 10:33

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Culture: A PR person speculates on why Tiger shouldn’t let people speculate

  • There’s only two things worse than whatever really happened outside Tiger Woods’ house: speculation and the appearance of a cover up.
  • David and Sam PR founder and creative director David Eichler • Describing why Woods’ desire to keep the car crash story under wraps is doing him significantly more harm than good. “When you make a billion dollars by being a celebrity you have no privacy,” he continues. “No matter how egregious the truth is, Tiger’s camp would be well served to learn from history and not try to run, hide or pretend they don’t owe the public the truth.” source
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30 Nov 2009 10:17

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World: China charges a bunch of people with covering up a mine disaster

  • 58 were charged in the cover-up – including 10 journalists source
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30 Nov 2009 10:07

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Politics: Duh: Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh fans like Sarah Palin

  • 18% of all Republicans say she best represents the GOP’s core values
  • 48% of Rush Limbaugh fans say the same freaking thing
  • 35% of Glenn Beck fans say she’s awesome and admit to being Glenn Beck fans source
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30 Nov 2009 09:57

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Culture: “New Moon” has surprisingly strong competition in “The Blind Side”

  • $40.1 million the amount Sandra Bullock’s latest made in its second week – just behind “New Moon”
  • 17% increase the boost in box-office receipts it saw between week one and week two source
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