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09 Aug 2010 01:33

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Culture: It’s official: Will Ferrell’s new movie is an actual freaking hit

  • $35 million the size of the opening for “The Other Guys,” Ferrell’s new buddy-cop flick with Mark Wahlberg
  • $47 million the first-week box-office of Ferrell’s biggest opener, “Talladaga Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby” source
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09 Aug 2010 00:19

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Politics: Max Headroom: Ted Olson has all the answers on gay marriage


  • Ted Olson just gets itChris Wallace is having trouble keeping up with the former Solicitor General, whose handiwork in the suit ensured that it would pass muster. Chris Wallace throws talking points, and Olson just swats them away like they were softballs.

  • John Boehner’s fake tan Dude, did you seriously do the whole spray-on thang? Whether or not Boehner got a fake tan, the lighting during his conversation about birthright citizenship makes him look like he got on the air after a long night of drinking.
  • Olbermann’s new gameIt is a slightly sad time for Keith Olbermann, who won’t be featured on NBC’s “Football Night In America” anymore. But that’s OK; he has another game. The game? Making Sharron Angle look like a freaking idiot. LOL.
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08 Aug 2010 22:47

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U.S.: Wikileaks: Bradley Manning has a lot of friends on the outside

Bradley Manning has tons of supporters, and all of them look like nerds and conspiracy theorists. We mean that in the nicest way possible. source
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08 Aug 2010 22:32

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Biz: The accuser in the Mark Hurd case, Jodie Fisher, has an IMDB page

  • I was surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was never my intention.
  • Former HP contractor Jodie Fisher • Discussing the now-settled situation between her and ousted former HP CEO Mark Hurd. Despite earlier suggestions that they did the do, Fisher, who has starred in such films as “Easy Rider: The Ride Back” and “Blood Dolls,” hired Gloria Allred as her attorney, which instantly makes any claims of regret suspect. If it was seriously your intention, you wouldn’t have hired Ms. Allred. Just sayin’. source
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08 Aug 2010 20:46

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World: There’s a really big piece of ice that fell off of Greenland

  • 260 the size of the chunk in square kilometers
  • 100 the size of the chunk in square miles; in other words, huge source
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08 Aug 2010 11:49

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Offbeat: One of these people is the mayor of Iceland’s largest city

Hint: It’s not the guy on the right whose head we partially cut off because he’s really short. It’s Jon Gnarr, the comedy mayor who is our favorite person ever. source
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08 Aug 2010 11:38

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Politics: No, the Boy Scouts don’t really hate Obama, Matt Drudge

  • No, they weren’t booing Obama because they dislike him so much. They’re upset because he didn’t show up at their annual jamboree and sent a pre-taped message instead. A bunch of conservative bloggers would have you think otherwise. source
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08 Aug 2010 11:24

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World: Were the slain aid workers in Afghanistan pushing Christianity?

  • The accusation is completely baseless, they were not carrying any bibles except maybe their personal bibles. … As an organization we are not involved in proselytizing at all.
  • International Assistance Mission executive director Dirk Frans • Regarding Taliban-made allegations that the medical workers killed this weekend were killed because they were trying to promote Christianity. The eight medical workers, among ten total people killed in the attack, were carrying bibles in Dari, one of the country’s two main languages. There has been no independent confirmation of the Taliban’s claims. source
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08 Aug 2010 11:08

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Biz: HP’s old CEO reaches a settlement with the woman he harassed

  • no Terms of the settlement were not disclosed with the press.
  • no HP won’t have to pay anything to the woman involved.
  • yes Ultra-trashy PR-hound lawyer Gloria Allred is her attorney. source
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08 Aug 2010 11:02

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World: Landslides in China kill hundreds, affect tens of thousands

  • 127 number of people reported killed in Gansu province
  • 2,000 people reported injured; the landslides were caused by heavy rain
  • 50k have been affected by the deadly landslides and flooding source
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