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01 Oct 2010 21:36

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Culture: Posted without comment: Zachary Quinto starts beef with 50 Cent

@50cent you know what would truly make the world a better place? if people with as much influence and privilege as you spread hope not hate.Fri Oct 01 20:43:04 via Twitter for iPhoneZachary Quinto
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01 Oct 2010 20:00

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Politics: “Rick’s List” redacted: Rick Sanchez fired from CNN

  • Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.
  • A statement from CNN • Responding to Rick Sanchez saying that Jon Stewart is a bigot and suggesting that CNN is run by Jews by firing him. He made those comments yesterday on CNN contributor Pete Dominick’s radio show. You think his Twitter followers are gonna save him now? By the way, his timing is pitch-perfect. His 8 p.m. show is going off the air to be replaced by a less-controversial figure: Eliot Spitzer (and, OK, Kathleen Parker). CNN will have to fill out Sanchez’s Twitter-infused 3 p.m. slot, though. Maybe the guy can get a job causing the Elian Gonzalez crisis in Miami again. source
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01 Oct 2010 13:53

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World: U.S. infected Guatemalans with syphilis in ’40s; now they’re sorry

  • 696 people were infected during the disturbing 1940s study
  • 1946 The U.S. begins a scary sounding syphilis experiment in Guatemala, infecting prison inmates, women and mental patients with the STD. Because that’s ethical.
  • 2010 An author researching a similar test at Tuskegee discovers the study and informs the U.S. government, who’s very sorry for doing that. Really sorry. source
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01 Oct 2010 12:10

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Politics: Obama: RAHM! NO! DON’T LEAVE ME! I NEED YOU! I’M ALONE

So yeah, this Economist illustration really says it all about the Rahm Emanuel departure. Sigh. We don’t know how we’ll make it without Rahm. source
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01 Oct 2010 12:03

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Politics: *SOB* WE CAN’T BELIEVE IT! RAHM EMANUEL IS REALLY GONE!

  • It is fair to say we could not have accomplished what we accomplished without Rahm’s leadership.
  • President Barack Obama • Giving a toast to his boy Rahm Emanuel, who is leaving the Obama administration to become the next Richard Daley of Chicago. The lovably profane drunk will be replaced by Pete Rouse, an Obama campaign adviser, at least temporarily. We’ll miss you man. We had so many great times together – at that party that one time, when we called liberals (#&@(&@ retarded, when we disagreed with Obama but supported him anyway … Sigh. It’s so hard to say goodbye to yestersday-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. source
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01 Oct 2010 11:52

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U.S.: Three ways the new Supreme Court docket could affect your life

  • goods eBay could be under the gun if Omega watches wins their copyright lawsuit against CostCo regarding the sale of goods from abroad. The issue: Does the first-sale doctrine apply to imported goods?
  • games California’s ban on the sale of violent video games to minors is also under the gun in the current Supreme Court session. The EFF and the MPAA, sworn enemies otherwise, want to see the ban overturned.
  • business AT&T is trying to say that it’s allowed personal privacy in a FOIA case; the FCC disagrees. If SCOTUS sides with the phone company, businesses could get a lot more evil under the guise of privacy. source
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01 Oct 2010 11:44

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Offbeat: Can gargling salt walter help ease the common cold?

  • YES now excuse us, we need a drink or something source
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01 Oct 2010 10:03

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Tech: Posted without comment: Insane visualization of Twitter @retweets

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01 Oct 2010 09:45

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World: Ecuadorian President nearly killed over budget cuts. Really

  • If you want to kill the president, here he is. Kill him, if you want to. Kill him if you are brave enough.
  • Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa • In the midst of a lengthy standoff, which started with hundreds of police officers assaulting him with water, tear gas and other not-very nice things. Looking for help in the police hospital, he was surrounded again. He eventually had to be rescued. Why did this happen? Well, the police officers are upset about a new law that cuts their benefits and bonuses for budgetary reasons. Really? Jesus. source
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01 Oct 2010 09:22

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World: Osama bin Laden’s latest possible message: Help with relief

  • Talk about striking a different tone. The al-Qaeda leader is asking his fellow Muslims to help with relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan. “The catastrophe (in Pakistan) is very big and it is difficult to describe it,” he said. “What we are facing … calls for generous souls and brave men to take serious and prompt action to provide relief for their Muslim brothers in Pakistan.” This feels like a new side of an old foe. source
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