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11 Aug 2010 19:46

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U.S.: Oh, Blago: Jury deadlocked on what to do about the dude

  • question The jury asked the judge what they could do if they could not reach agreement on all counts in the Rod Blagojevich case.
  • response The judge said it was OK for them to rule on some of the charges, and continue deliberating on what to do about the guy’s hair. source
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11 Aug 2010 11:12

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Politics: Happy birthday Charlie Rangel! Ethics trials are good presents

  • Strangely enough, some guests can’t attend his party. Rangel, who turns 80 today, plans to have a $200-a-plate dinner gala tonight, with the proceeds going to Rangel’s ethics-stained reelection campaign. He has invited a number of political bigwigs who may or may not show up – including Bill Clinton (can’t make it), David Paterson (not confirmed), Charles Schumer (not confirmed) and Michael Bloomberg (not confirmed). Worst of all, the night’s entertainment, Aretha Franklin, can’t make it either, due to a rib injury. The 20-term congressman recently made a passionate speech about his plight. source
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11 Aug 2010 10:57

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Biz: BP station owners caught between a rock and a hard place

  • rockDue to the oil spill, many individual station owners have seen business fall flat – some as many as 50 percent, but most around a more modest 5 percent after an early freefall in sales.
  • hard placeHowever, despite the stations mostly not being owned by BP, many owners have a contract with the company for 15-20 years that could lead to heavy fines if the contract’s broken early. source
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11 Aug 2010 10:48

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Tech: Twitter’s official “Tweet Button” should piss off Tweetmeme

  • First off, this is really unfair. Twitter has, on multiple occasions, taken things that its developer base have nurtured and created and made their own versions. Tweetmeme, in some ways, may have set itself up for a situation like this – the design of the button was such that it could slow down big sites (we recently switched to the quicker Topsy for this reason), and the color scheme (which couldn’t be changed) was too loud for a piece of furniture. But really? Why didn’t Twitter just buy them out rather than compete directly with them? This is how not to keep your platform’s developers very happy. One key point to make here: If Twitter is uninterested in the analytics end, Tweetmeme may still have a market even despite this. source
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11 Aug 2010 10:39

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Politics: Newt Gingrich’s perceived racism: Esquire writer’s opening salvo

  • Just before he made the jump-shot crack, one member of the audience called Obama ‘the Kenyan.’ Gingrich said nothing. Another complained about all the shiftless people living on welfare in New Orleans. Gingrich didn’t say anything then, either.
  • Esquire writer John H. Richardson • In an essay about former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who is expected to make a presidential run in 2012. Newt was speaking amongst a group of Southern conservatives, and had made a quip about his basketball prowess: “The more angry we get, the worse it is for Obama. I don’t care how many three-point jump shots he makes.” He was discussing a pickup basketball game he played in Kuwait over two years ago. Richardson uses this lead-in to set up the 8,000-word article he wrote about Gingrich, which, based on that introduction, should make Newt feel like he’s being attacked. (Hat tip Mediaite) source
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11 Aug 2010 10:19

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Tech: Google Wave’s wake: Some people really want to save it

  • 29,000 fans can’t be wrong (right?) source
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10 Aug 2010 23:45

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U.S.: Linda McMahon won her primary! Let’s celebrate by running this clip

  • We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: Any woman who can take a move like this and make a successful run for Senate deserves to be in office. And McMahon looks like she’ll have her chance – she won her Senate primary in Connecticut. Question: Will a woman who openly peddled violence to kids through the WWE have a better chance of winning than Richard Blumenthal, a guy who was dishonest about his military service? We’ll find out. source
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10 Aug 2010 23:27

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Offbeat: Disgruntled flight attendant’s mom: It was a “very small meltdown”

  • I don’t think he’s going to be in trouble very long. I think he just had a very small meltdown, and I think he deserves to be able to have that meltdown if you saw the egg on his head where he got smacked.
  • Diane Slater • Discussing her son’s memorable meltdown. Flight attendant Steven Slater’s quitting – getting into a fight with a passenger, grabbing a couple of beers, and escaping through the plane’s inflatable chute – was perhaps the most bizarrely random thing to ever happen on an airplane, ever. It’s good to know that his mom has his back on this, but she may understand it better than most – she’s a retired flight attendant. source
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10 Aug 2010 23:25

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U.S.: Democratic primaries: One guy holds on, another gets an upset

Obama-backed Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet held on after a challenge within his own party. Someone did score an upset, though. Not Bennet’s cute daughter, though. source
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10 Aug 2010 23:09

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Offbeat: Woman has insane overreaction over Chicken McNuggets

  • Look, sometimes you’re hungry. Sometimes you’re emotional. Sometimes you really want some Chicken McNuggets. Sometimes you have to hit an employee. And sometimes you have to smash a window or two. Fair enough. source
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