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25 Feb 2010 21:46

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Biz: Citi learns that arbitrarily blocking Fabulis businesses a bad idea

  • action Fabulis, a gay-themed social media company along the lines of Yelp, found that Citi blocked their bank account due to “objectionable” content on their blog (which is sorta frisky at best). This is really bad.
  • reaction Twitter gets all over the story, causing lots of attention for the venture-backed startup. Citi responds, apologizing profusely and trying really freaking hard to make nice. This is better. source
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25 Feb 2010 20:50

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U.S.: Today not a good day for politicians in New York state

Charles Rangel is the latest politician to be nailed to the cross, after a House panel found that he broke ethics rules when paying for a Caribbean trip. source
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25 Feb 2010 20:45

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Politics: Obama takes John McCain’s liver and throws it across the room

  • Man, Obama said this as if he had been waiting since the end of the presidential election to get this specific rip in on John McCain. Overall, we feel like Obama held his own in a tough crowd. Besides this, the best moment of the entire day was Obama telling Eric Cantor where to stick that huge pile of paper – a moment we can’t seem to find on YouTube, sadly. Was this mess productive? Of course not. But now Obama has his free pass to ignore them and pass the bill anyway using reconciliation. Thanks for being not helpful, right.
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25 Feb 2010 20:04

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U.S.: Will David Paterson quit the NY Gov. race due to his latest scandal?

  • NO but he’s asking for second opinions (just quit man) source
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25 Feb 2010 19:34

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Culture: Dear Boner from Growing Pains: Rest in peace, dude.

  • Andrew Koenig was found dead in Vancouver today. Koenig, known as Mike Seaver’s sidekick “Boner” on the show, was found in a Vancouver park. He had been missing since Valentine’s Day. Our thoughts are with his family, including father Walter of Star Trek fame. source
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25 Feb 2010 10:56

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Culture: Oprah says what everyone was thinking about John Edwards

  • If you’re willing to pull off this kind of deception…what else would you be willing to deceive the American public about?
  • Oprah • Speaking on her show yesterday. Her guest was Andrew Young (along with his wife Cheri), and they were talking about the ever-popular topic of Edwards’ affairs. Regarding what the purported sex tape shows, they revealed it shows Edwards “performing sex acts” while a woman who’s probably Rielle Hunter holds the camera. “Thank you for that information,” Oprah said. No, Thank. You. Oprah. source
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25 Feb 2010 10:50

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Culture: PETA already regrets posting about this Tiger Woods billboard

  • PETA posted about this billboard and then, just a few hours later, took the post down. Wonder why. Doesn’t seem controversial on its face, does it? source
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25 Feb 2010 10:23

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Politics: Twitter listens in as the Health Care Summit gets under way



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25 Feb 2010 09:29

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U.S.: David Paterson’s staff also personally fraught with scandal

  • I’m glad you’re doing this, because I thought it was going to be swept under the table because he’s like a government official, and I have problems even calling the police because the state troopers kept calling me and harassing me to drop the charges, and I wouldn’t.
  • A woman accusing an aide of New York Gov. David Paterson of domestic abuse • Speaking at Family Court proceedings. The aide, David W. Johnson, reportedly has a history of altercations with women, and has now been suspended without pay. The reason this case is such a huge deal? Johnson – and Paterson himself – reportedly overstepped his bounds of power and got the State Police to pressure the woman do drop her case. That’s really bad, and Paterson has been quick to react in the wake of the fresh scandal. source
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25 Feb 2010 09:29

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Biz: Denny’s Twitter presence is no grand slam, apparently

Menus across the country link to this random Twitter page that has nothing to do with the restaurant. It’s a mistake that they simply haven’t fixed. source
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