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18 Nov 2010 22:55

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Culture, U.S.: Movie theater accidentally shows “Saw 3D” to children

Kids came to see “Megamind,” but got the latest Saw flick instead. The theater gave the parents free tickets to compensate for having scarred their children for life. source
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18 Nov 2010 22:42

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Politics: Posted without comment: Dennis Rodman graces “Parker Spitzer”

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18 Nov 2010 22:24

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Politics: Democrats make headway on DADT repeal

  • NO Murkowski won’t vote against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal source
  • » It gets better for gay teens. And it may get better for openly gay soldiers after the Senate takes up Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal. Lisa Murkowski, who looks to be keeping her Senate seat out of Joe Miller’s hands, said today that she wouldn’t vote against repeal, the first Republican to openly pledge to do so. Joe “Connecticut For” Lieberman says that the Democrats have the votes needed to pass repeal, so long as Republicans get as much time to debate the bill as they want. We’ll believe this when we see it, but things are looking good for repeal advocates.
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18 Nov 2010 21:57

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Politics, U.S.: Top Democrat: Election not an apocalypse, just a catastrophe

  • A review of the results finds that were it not for the efforts of our candidates and the DCCC, it could have been even worse.
  • DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen • Sugar-coating the election results, moments after saying that “there is no sugar coating the election results.” He may be right about that counterfactual; however, “it coulda been worse” isn’t much consolation to the 60-some legislators who lost their seats. source
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18 Nov 2010 21:04

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Culture, U.S.: Diamonds, Will Ferrell, both very profitable

  • $46
    million    price paid for a bright pink diamond, the most expensive ever sold, auctioned off Tuesday by Sotheby’s
  • $46
    million     made by “MegaMind” its opening weekend two weeks ago; it was the highest-grossing film that week  source
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18 Nov 2010 20:44

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Politics, U.S.: Remains from the Sharron Angle campaign

  • the election is over. Sharron Angle narrowly lost her bid to unseat Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada. But Jon Ralston has unearthed a few last bits of trivia about her campaign, including who played Reid in debate prep, the code used by staff to warn of media presence, and Angle’s complicated feelings on dictatorships. Oh, how we miss the election. source
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18 Nov 2010 20:36

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Tech: Scientists impress themselves with antimatter breakthrough

  • See that stuff above? That’s antimatter (antihydrogen, to be specific). A bunch of scientists are currently getting way too excited about this stuff because it holds the key to the universe or something. We’re going to burst that bubble right now and say that we don’t care. Fucking magnets – how do they work? source
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18 Nov 2010 20:12

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Politics: Charlie Rangel rambles about censure like a depressed old coot

  • Oh God, this crap is just depressing. Charlie Rangel is on his way to a censure, the House’s first since 1983. And Rangel is just rambling on and onnnnnnnnn. For the love of God. Hey Charlie, we understand why. But you look pathetic. source
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18 Nov 2010 12:23

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Politics: UNC journalism students prove transparency trumps scandal

  • In shocking J-School news, Monty Cook, the former editor of the Baltimore Sun who caught on as a journalism instructor at the University of North Carolina, recently had to quit his job over a fairly salacious scandal. This is not about that, really. Our interest in the story is how his students handled the incident. They reported on it with a level of transparency that should be respected. They offered up every detail they could and showed that, even as their instructor lost his way, their journalism chops were there, remaining level-headed through the whole mess. Few journalistic enterprises can claim that they would handle something like this so well. source
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18 Nov 2010 11:02

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Politics: Never too early: Here’s the first round of 2012 presidency news

  • obvious Sarah Palin, whose last two years have essentially been a dry run for the presidency, says she could possibly beat Obama in 2012.
  • spiffy In recent days, there’s been talk of Michael Bloomberg and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough running together on a moderate ticket.
  • vain In recent weeks, Donald Trump has been making a stink about running in 2012, too. Thing is, he brings this up every presidential cycle.
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