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12 Nov 2009 10:59

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Politics: Sean Hannity apologizes to The Daily Show?!?! Whoa.

  • It was an inadvertent mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. So Mr. Stewart, you were right. We apologize. But by the way, I wanna thank you and all your writers for watching.
  • Sean Hannity • Speaking of this video we posted last night, where Jon Stewart and the Daily Show essentially proved that Hannity ran old footage of a rally to seemingly make last week’s health care rally seem bigger. While Hannity claims that it was “inadvertent,” he apologized anyway. Don’t see this often, kids. Savor it. • source
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12 Nov 2009 10:48

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Culture: Lou Dobbs replacement on CNN is … John freaking King? What?

They’re going to replace the most excitable personality on their network with the most boring one? Seriously, guys? Try harder. Your ratings are floundering. source
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12 Nov 2009 10:40

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U.S.: Unemployment sucks. Obama’s reacting. Time for a jobs summit!

  • Is that kind of like a job fair? Feeling the pressure of a 10.2% unemployment rate and facing criticism that his policies aren’t creating jobs, Obama is trying something new. A jobs summit. Just bring your resume to the White House this December, and Obama finds you a job, personally. (Make sure you’re wearing a nice suit – no suit, no job.) That’s how it works, right? source
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12 Nov 2009 10:32

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Politics: Could Lou Dobbs be headed towards political office?

  • He’s got name recognition, he has a following, he surely knows how to give a speech. He’s mastered the art of sophistry, and of sounding like he knows what he’s talking about while actually not. I mean, he’s about perfect.
  • Guardian columnist Michael Tomasky • Tossing around the same idea we had when we watched Lou Dobbs’ show last night – his wording was open-ended enough that he may not be leaving to go to another show, but angling towards political office. Not that Tomasky supports it – he refers to Dobbs as a “stupid man” – but he might actually make sense in that role. The only thing to keep in mind is that he’s something of an in-betweener: His opinions on climate change and immigration (and birthers!) make him conservative, but his populist, pro-middle-class stances are actually pretty leftist. We can see it now – Palin/Dobbs 2012. • source
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12 Nov 2009 10:17

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Biz: New jobless claims haven’t looked this low in a long time

  • 502,000 this past week’s jobless claims level – the lowest it’s been in 2009; and that level is still kind of high! source
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12 Nov 2009 10:07

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Culture: Carrie Prejean doesn’t understand why people go on Larry King

  • Carrie Prejean is officially the stupidest, most annoying human being on the planet – something she clawed away from Richard Heene WITHOUT EVEN TRYING! She treats Larry King like he’s some two-bit schmuck in this clip. You know, Carrie, the reason why people go on Larry King is because he’s the most sympathetic interviewer ever. And you need a lot of sympathy right now. Way to ruin it by proving yourself to be a something-or-other.SOURCE
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12 Nov 2009 09:55

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Culture: For the kids: Balloon Boy’s parents are gonna plea guilty

  • It is supremely ironic that law enforcement has expressed such grave concern over the welfare of the children, but it was ultimately the threat of taking the children’s mother from the family and deporting her to Japan which fueled this deal.
  • A statement by Richard Heene’s attorney • Describing why the couple behind one of the stupidest hoaxes in recent memory has chosen not to subject the American public to a long, drawn-out trial. Simply put, Mayumi Heene is a Japanese citizen, and if she had not taken the plea, she would’ve been deported. But we will say this much: The sniping in this attorney’s statement? Not necessary, )@!hole attorney. • source
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12 Nov 2009 09:46

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Biz: Intel stops being a jerk to AMD, pays out a bunch of money

  • $1.25 billion in let-this-go settlement money source
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12 Nov 2009 01:07

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Politics: The Onion turns Lou Dobbs into an illegal immigrant. Awesome.

Bravo, you clever bastards at The Onion. You perfectly captured the public sentiment on the Dobbs departure with one parody Photoshop. source
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