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05 Apr 2010 11:25

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Politics: Anti-Obama urologist doesn’t know what he’s pissed about

  • Well you know, I can’t tell you exactly what the deal is.
  • Dr. Jack Cassell • Discussing that health care bill which he doesn’t like. He was on the radio with Alan Colmes Friday when he admitted this. Colmes, who was trying to figure out exactly why the doctor disliked the plan so much, when it became clear that he didn’t understand what he was railing against. He later admitted that he wished the law was explained better, but not before putting a sign on his office telling people who support Obama to go away. source
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05 Apr 2010 11:24

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Politics: Michael Steele too street-wise to be held back from RNC job

  • When 71 percent of Republicans think you’re a liability for your party, and you’re in charge of raising money for the party, it might be time to consider a different career path. In other news, Steele brought his race into the debate, suggesting that while he had a slim margin of error, “Barack Obama has a slimmer margin than others.” source
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05 Apr 2010 10:37

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Tech: iPad hype: Analysts don’t learn their lesson about overhyping

  • 700k number of iPads some random analyst said Apple sold this weekend
  • 300k number of iPads Apple said they sold this weekend, which is still pretty good
  • 5M number of iPads new analysts are suggesting Apple will sell this year; gah, hype! source
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05 Apr 2010 10:29

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Politics: The Washington Post wants to hide our mean comments

  • I like the approach because it doesn’t limit speech. Anonymous loudmouths can still shout. But ‘trusted commenters’ will be easier to hear.
  • Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander • Discussing the Post’s decision to switch to a tiered commenting system like Gawker. Why? Too many loudmouths who hate the liberal media and everything it represents. With the system, it adds a layer of trust that encourages more good comments by allowing users to promote those and leave the conspiracy theories behind. Seriously, though, they found that a lot of story sources were getting scared off because anonymous commenters were so mean. A new bride, for example, was told to get a life insurance policy for her husband because he was obese and would probably die soon. Yeah, the Post needs to fix that. source
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05 Apr 2010 10:14

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World: If you want to create a political party in Japan, now’s your chance

  • 44% of Japanese citizens have no idea what party they’ll vote for in the upcoming upper house election
  • 24% the highest amount of support any other party gets; hm, think the Japanese people like tea? source
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05 Apr 2010 10:06

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U.S.: XMRV: It’s not HIV, but does it transmit the same way?

  • bad XMRV, first discovered in 2006, is infectious and linked to two diseases – prostrate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. But evidence is still inconclusive.
  • worse Preliminary evidence suggests the disease is transmitted through blood just like HIV. Unlike HIV, it’s not currently checked for in the nation’s blood supply. Great. source
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05 Apr 2010 08:30

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World: In China, a bunch of miners got rescued; they ate bark to survive

  • 115 lucky bastards got out of
    the flooded pit source
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05 Apr 2010 00:17

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Offbeat: We can rap movie titles just as effectively as this dude

  • 109 movie titles, five minutes. Despite that (and probably due to the fact that he fudged a couple of the fan-submitted movie titles, DeStorm’s rap is actually fairly coherent and pretty awesome. His beat sucks, but it doesn’t matter. Any dude who can fit that much into five minutes deserves a gold star and a cookie.
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04 Apr 2010 23:58

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Politics: Max Headroom: Rachel Maddow totally biased towards the iPad

  • frum the heart Conservative commentator David Frum isn’t cut from the same cloth as the Rush Limbaughs of the world, and he makes that clear with this rip on Limbaugh and Fox News. They don’t work for Republicans, the Republicans work for them.
  • sarcasm = dangerous At the end of this clip from last week, Sean Hannity threw the unbelievable phrase “Tim McVeigh wannabes” in reference to the Tea Party. And the Tea Partiers cheered. The left was like, whoa. But Raw Story reports that it was sarcasm.
  • feel like making love On Friday, rubber-faced personality machine Rachel Maddow brought Xeni Jardin from Boing Boing onto her show to talk about how attracted they collectively are to the iPad. Maddow is probably caressing one in her arms right now.
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04 Apr 2010 23:05

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Politics: RNC hires guy with just the right rep to continue their finance fail

  • good The RNC realizes that people aren’t willing to put up with their wasteful strip-club spending, and hire a guy to watch over finances.
  • bad That guy, Neil S. Alpert, was fined $4,000 for improperly spending $37,670 that wasn’t his from two separate PACs. Oops. source
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