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11 Mar 2010 23:11

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Politics: Andrew Breitbart: A conservative media rebel with a cause

  • The market has forced me to come up with techniques to be noticed. And now that I have them, I’m like, wow, this is actually great. This is fun.
  • Andrew Breitbart • In a lengthy profile piece in Wired, regarding his journalism techniques, his history as an Internet pioneer (he helped put The Drudge Report on the map and played a role in building The Huffington Post, whose leader, Arianna Huffington, used to be tight with Matt Drudge and Breitbart when she leaned right) and his empire. He’s flashy, he’s controversial and he gives divisive gonzo journalist James O’Keefe a paycheck. And the left hates him with the fire of a thousand burning suns. source
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11 Mar 2010 22:40

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Music: Dark Side of the download: EMI can’t split up Pink Floyd’s albums

A court told EMI that they couldn’t take Pink Floyd’s beam of light and turn it into a rainbow using the prism of the iTunes Music Store. Bad news, guys. source
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11 Mar 2010 22:24

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Politics: Far-left Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Seven terms, nothing to show for it

  • 97 number of bills Kucinich has sponsored in Congress since getting elected 14 years ago
  • three number of those bills that actually became law, and all three were nothing laws source
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11 Mar 2010 21:23

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Culture: The Price is Creepy: Bob Barker was a sexual harassment machine

  • “Tickie, tickie, tickie!” We do not see Drew Carey trying to get away with any of these Showcase Showdown moves. Pretty much across the board, all of these “Price is Right” moments are just a little creepy. We have to imagine over time, Bob Barker mellowed out and avoided saying explicitly sexual stuff on the air, but in these clips, he’s still fairly young and still fairly handsome. And creepy. Oh, man, is he just a massive creepbag. source
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11 Mar 2010 21:08

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Politics: Eric Massa’s Navy days: Unwanted come-ons and “snorkeling”

  • When you’re on ship, you’re almost exhausted 24-7. So a lot of times you sleep with your uniform on. Tom and Massa shared a stateroom together. Massa climbed up on the top of his bunk, which is hard to do – you never crawl up on somebody else’s bunk. He wakes up to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him.
  • Eric Massa’s Navy shipmate Peter Clarke • Regarding an attempted sexual assault by the former congressman against Tom Maxfield, a roommate. The Atlantic did some hard-hitting reporting on this one. Massa said something on Glenn Beck the other day to the effect that he wasn’t involved in anything like what he’s being accused of during his Navy days (despite the photos, oh the photos?), and reporter Joshua Green bothered to ask. Their response, collectively: Yes, he did. So why didn’t they say something then? Because he was seen as upwardly mobile. Some are suggesting Massa get investigated anyway. Yeah, he should. source
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11 Mar 2010 20:42

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U.S.: Thousands of Ground Zero cleanup workers get insurance settlement

  • 10k number of defendants in the World Trade Center cleanup case; they claimed the cleanup damaged their health
  • $657M the amount defendants will get in a settlement;
    the money will come
    from a $1.1 billion
    insurance fund
  • $65k the amount that sum means for each defendant (not counting lawyer fees and other costs, of course) source
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11 Mar 2010 20:31

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Politics: Is the mainstream media missing the gay marriage boat?

  • 16% of all links on the blogosphere last week were related to same-sex marriage, as many as Chile
  • 0.1% of newspaper coverage focused
    on it, and instead was health-care-obsessed source
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11 Mar 2010 20:24

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U.S.: Harry Reid’s family gets to try out the health system, the hard way

  • His wife and daughter were seriously injured in a car wreck. Not that the Senate Majority Leader didn’t have a personal stake in health care before, but he now has a very direct one. His wife Landra and daughter Lana were injured after a truck rear-ended their car. Landra got the worst of it – a broken neck, broken back, and broken nose. His daughter injured her neck and suffered facial lacerations. Both should be OK, but their medical bills are gonna be freaking HUGE. Best wishes, guys. source
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11 Mar 2010 11:24

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Culture: Coming to your town soon: Conan O’Brien, officially on tour

  • We’re super-excited for this. Are you? Rumored for weeks, Conan just announced on Twitter that he’s going on tour. What’s the tour called, you ask? “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.” It’s gonna be awesome. And we’d pay a ton of money to see him. Teamcoco.com has been registered by Conan’s staff, by the way. source
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11 Mar 2010 10:59

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Tech: Movie audiences want 3D; movie theaters can’t keep up

  • 115,000 the total number of movie screens in 57 countries; 85 percent don’t have digital projectors yet
  • 4,000 the estimated number of projectors that can be made yearly; demand has never been higher source
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