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14 Dec 2009 10:52

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Biz: Per usual, Exxon Mobil can’t pass gas, buys XTO instead

  • $31 billion all-stock deal for the natural gas company source
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14 Dec 2009 10:48

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Biz: Crumbelievable: Cadbury rejects Kraft’s advances again

See the fence in front of the Cadbury factory pictured here? Kraft is standing behind it, scheming, because it really wants a Cadbury Egg. source
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14 Dec 2009 10:36

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U.S.: Cyber-bullying constitutional, which means we can make fun of you

  • People don’t appreciate how much the First Amendment protects not only political and ideological speech, but also personal nastiness and chatter. … If all cruel teasing led to suicide, the human race would be extinct.
  • UCLA law professor and First Amendment scholar Eugene Volokh • On his criticism of cyber-bullying laws. It was an issue that reared its ugly head in a court case involving a YouTube video that made fun of a middle-school aged girl. The court ruled in favor of the girl that posted it, saying that the school violated her First Amendment rights by suspending her. We totally support the First Amendment, Eugene, but you’ve apparently never dealt with 14-year-old girls. Just sayin’ dude. source
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14 Dec 2009 10:25

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World: All the Church’s force used against Silvio Berlusconi in attack

  • He was hit with a model of the Milan cathedral. Our favorite Italian Prime Minister who owns absurdly large amounts of the very press that’s supposed to be covering him was still in the hospital resting today. Berlusconi suffered two broken teeth, a broken nose and a cut lip after being attacked by Massimo Tartaglia, a 42-year-old crazy guy. He won’t need surgery but he probably will get a killer story out of it. Isn’t that worth something? source
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14 Dec 2009 10:12

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Politics: In this video, an Irish politician hilariously drops the F-bomb

  • We’d like to trust our readership enough to watch a video like this and not get offended by the fact that Irish Green Party politician Paul Gogarty loudly and violently says the F-word. (Rhymes with “truck.”) So let’s just say that the video above should not be played in your office with speakers on at full blast, unless your office happens to be really into Irish politics. Then it’s OK.
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14 Dec 2009 10:04

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Politics: Protip: Joe Lieberman’s wife has worked as a big health strategist

  • We are asking Ellen DeGeneres, Christie Brinkley and other high-profile celebrities who are associated with Komen to demand that no more money raised for cancer treatment be given to Hadassah Lieberman or any other ex-Pharma/Insurance strategists.
  • Firedoglake blog founder Jane Hamsher • On her group’s push to convince the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to drop Hadassah Lieberman as a spokesperson. (The push has celebrity support, by the way.) Lieberman, whose husband Joe is the 60th vote on health care and appears to be stonewalling the effort, has been a consultant for companies such as Pfizer and ALCO – companies, ironically, that might not benefit from the passage of a health care bill. source
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14 Dec 2009 09:50

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Biz: TARP also-rans: Citigroup the last bank to pay back bailout funds

  • $20 billion the amount Citigroup is paying back – a loss of $5.1 billion in TARP funds for the good guys
  • $45 billion the amount Bank of America paid back to the government last week – so Citigroup stands alone source
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