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07 Mar 2010 23:52

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Politics: Max Headroom: John Avlon’s a crackpot, according to crackpots

  • Pot, meet kettle While Harold Ford, Jr. is guilty of nothing but idiocy, it’s certainly a symptom of what is leading to the insane controversy around New York Gov. David Paterson. Ford says Paterson should resign. Because, clearly, Harold Ford Jr. is the right guy to offer this advice.
  • Not very expert-like On “Fox News Sunday,” Chris Wallace deservedly calls neocon icon Bill Kristol an expert at Iraqi foreign policy when asking who he thinks the U.S. would prefer as prime minister. Kristol’s answer? He doesn’t know. Way to prove your theory wrong, Chris.
  • “Hatriot” Games One of Anderson Cooper’s guests in the wake of the Pentagon shooting, John Avlon, came up with the term “Hatriot” to describe the crazy cropping up. Irony: Avlon is being called a crazy by the 9/11 Truther movement, despite making sense in this clip.
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07 Mar 2010 23:12

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Culture: Speaking of the iPad, this Doritos parody is completely perfect

  • Check out the names. The first two are phonetic riffs on Apple’s Phil Schiller and Jony Ive, and the clip is pretty much amazing. At its core? Great marketing.
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07 Mar 2010 22:39

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Culture: The Oscars return just in time for unlucky Cablevision subscribers

  • 20 minutes into the big show,
    the Oscars popped on source
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07 Mar 2010 22:31

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Offbeat: South Korean parents learn they prefer virtual babies to real one

  • virtual A set of South Korean parents found themselves playing Prius Online nonstop, raising a virtual child all the while.
  • real Meanwhile, their real child – a three-month-old baby – starved to death after getting fed just once a day. Bad parents! source
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07 Mar 2010 22:22

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Tech: Best part of the Oscars so far: This freaking awesome iPad ad

  • To us, this year’s Oscars seem completely ho-hum. All the obvious winners are winning. All the obvious losers are losing. Hey, wait a second, that’s new! It’s an iPad ad. And it somehow makes the iPad look awesome again! Nice job, Apple!
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07 Mar 2010 21:29

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World: Was Adam Gadahn arrested? Let’s compare various sources

  • Reuters They claim that Gadahn, the former American, was caught and it’s a pretty big deal.
  • NYT They say it’s not him at all, and that early reports were “confused.” He’s not on their front page.
  • CNN They claim there are “conflicting reports” on whether he was caught. No #*(@, sherlock.
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07 Mar 2010 12:18

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U.S.: D.C. takes a groundbreaking step in the fight against HIV

  • 500,000 free female condoms source
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07 Mar 2010 12:15

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Music: Mark Linkous’ spirit is somewhere on this highway

  • This fan video for Sparklehorse’s “Sad and Beautiful World” (shot in 2006) has been making the rounds on Twitter this morning, and man, it’s a gut punch. Mark Linkous’ spirit is somewhere in the middle of all these shots of sad and beautiful highways. R.I.P. man.
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07 Mar 2010 12:05

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U.S.: The rise of the “lone wolf” extremist hard to combat

  • We have seen an increase in the lone wolf type attacks, which, from a law enforcement and investigation perspective, are the most challenging. Why? Because by definition they’re not conspiring.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano • Discussing “lone wolf” attacks like the ones by John Patrick Bedell (who shot two Pentagon security guards last week), Joe Stack (who flew a plane into an IRS building in February) and Johnny Lee Wicks (who was killed in a January courthouse attack after losing a case regarding his Social Security benefits). For those playing at home, that’s three “lone wolf” attacks in three months, which is problematic for law enforcement, because it’s not easy to prevent such cases. source
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07 Mar 2010 11:54

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Biz: Unemployed boomers tired of being bored, start businesses

  • 36 number of weeks the average unemployed person over 55 has been out of work
  • 52% the growth in newly self-employed people between ages 55 and 64; beats sitting on the couch source
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