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29 Aug 2010 11:08

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World: Sumatra volcano erupts in Indonesia, affecting thousands

  • 400number of years since the Mount Sinabung last erupted
  • 1,500number of meters ash flew into the air during the eruption
  • 12knumber of residents who were forced from their homes source
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29 Aug 2010 10:59

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Culture: Normal day: Drunk Russell Brand prowling NYC in cane, top hat

And he’s getting paid for it, too. See, Brand is the star of “Arthur,” the upcoming remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore flick. source
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29 Aug 2010 10:49

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Politics: Glenn Beck’s rally drew lots of people; here’s an estimate

  • 87,000 showed up, give or take a few source
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28 Aug 2010 23:51

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Music: One-Word album reviews: Katy Perry is a massive barbie doll

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28 Aug 2010 22:23

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Music: FYI: @50cent is officially the best Twitter user we’ve ever seen

I just looked at kanye page what the fuck kind a spaced out tweets are those. fuck that I aint never looking at that shit againSat Aug 28 16:36:31 via ÜberTwitter50cent
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  • Dear Twitter users: You’re not trying hard enough. If you really want to be great at this, you need to do them with the speed and constant entertainment value the Eminem protege has been rocking the site. The Vitamin Water beneficiary has been rocking the tweets himself for a little less than two weeks (after his management was doing a very crappy job at it), and since then, he’s pretty much become the single most refreshing new Tweeter in a long time. This guy makes adversary Kanye West look like a wannabe. source
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28 Aug 2010 21:52

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Culture: Posted without comment: Paris Hilton’s first post-arrest tweet

In bed watching Family Guy. Love this show.! So hilarious! Stewie is my favorite 🙂 love his accent.Sat Aug 28 09:56:06 via mobile webParis Hilton
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28 Aug 2010 21:32

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World: Zaitokukai: Japan has its own Tea Partiers, except more extreme

This group and others are ultranationalist, strongly anti-foreign, unruly in its street demonstrations, and loosely organized online. See the correlation? source
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28 Aug 2010 18:15

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Politics: Sharpton’s “Reclaim the Dream” fails to escape Glenn Beck’s shadow

  • People are clear in what Dr. King’s dream was about, and we will not react to those who try to distort that dream.
  • The Rev. Al Sharpton • Speaking at an event in honor of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech today. The event, which was held at a D.C. high school instead of the National Mall (Glenn Beck’s peeps got that spot) worked as a giant reaction to the Beck event, rather than an event of its own merit. Which is to say that they kept bringing up the Beck event in various ways. “When I look at my television, I don’t see the King crowd of blacks and whites together,” said D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. NAACP leader Ben Jealous brought it up explicitly: “We are not sure what the message of the Beck rally is, since he told them to leave their signs at home.” Honestly, Sharpton’s event shouldn’t be a reaction; it should be a celebration. source
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28 Aug 2010 18:00

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Biz: Web reinvention at USA Today means lots of layoffs

  • 9% of the paper’s jobs (out of 1,500) will go away source
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28 Aug 2010 14:03

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Politics: “Restoring Honor” rally: No signs or you’ll get accosted

  • Counter-protesters, take note. While Beck has pushed hard to not make the rally a rage-fueled event, a couple moments have cropped up. One counter-protester, Ben Thielen, carried a sign that said, “It’s because of the 1st Amendment that Glenn Beck can spew his filth on the steps.” After showing off the sign, he was accosted by one woman, who started yelling “No signs!” at him and left him with some (probably overstated) red marks. “She just came up to me and said, ‘No signs!’ and clawed me like a wild animal,” he said. Meanwhile, a bunch of “Don’t tread on me” flags were waved around. source
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