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12 Mar 2010 11:20

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Tech: The iPad is now on pre-order, and would look great in this case

12 Mar 2010 11:14

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World: Suicide bombings in Pakistan aimed for military vehicles

  • 45+ people killed in dual suicide bombings in Lahore source

12 Mar 2010 10:54

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Music: Lady Gaga’s new video, “Telephone” might as well be porn

  • We’re not sure what offends us more about this video – the obvious advertising (we counted Diet Coke, Virgin Mobile, PlentyOfFish.com, Little Debbie, Wonder Bread and Miracle Whip), the use of trash as clothing accessory, the use of Quentin Tarantino’s famous “#*#*@ Wagon,” the awful dialogue between Gaga and Beyonce halfway through the video, the bizarre shot of Gaga making a sandwich, Beyonce’s dreadful “I knew you’d take all my honey, you selfish mother(#(&@#” line, the fact that Lady Gaga poisoned a room full of people, or the fact that the title font is the same font as our logo font. Actually, that last part offends us most.

12 Mar 2010 10:32

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Biz: Lehman Brothers’ poison of choice named Repo 105

  • Among the toxins discovered was something called Repo 105. … Even if Repo 105 wasn’t lethal it was certainly poisonous.
  • Reuters columnist Antony Currie • Regarding the accounting trick that seems to have done in Lehman Brothers, among other things. An autopsy of the company’s corpse suggests that many of the top leaders – including CEO Richard Fuld – were responsible for a culture of ineptitude that allowed the company to fall apart, especially in its last year. Need a face for the financial crisis? Here’s a good one. source

12 Mar 2010 10:14

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Politics: Obama says “screw deadlines,” reworks his trip around health care

  • 03/18 the deadline Obama gave Congress to get health care passed, so he could go to Indonesia and Australia
  • 03/21 Obama’s new deadline, as a result of Congress deciding not to pass it on his personal schedule source