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22 Jan 2010 23:27

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Music: “Purple and Gold”: Prince fails at writing a proper team spirit song

  • The Purple One may be one of the least likely judges of what makes a good team spirit song, but Prince does know something about the color purple. The real problem with this song is that it sounds like it’s designed to be sung at church, not at a Minnesota Vikings game. Somehow, this is even stranger than the name change was back in the day. This song could seriously be the billy goat for the entire state of Minnesota. source

22 Jan 2010 11:44

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Biz: The Dallas Cowboys’ old home gets blowed up, sponsored by Kraft

  • $150,000 for a crazy tie-in source

20 Jan 2010 01:35

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Culture: Leno/Conan: Taiwan makes another 3d animation of a U.S. scandal

  • The second they turn into superheroes is when it starts getting good. Jeff Zucker is portrayed exactly like the kind of jerk he should be, and Coco is shown with a gaggle of supporters. Awesome.

19 Jan 2010 11:18

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Offbeat: Put a box of wine in a microwave, and watch the sparks fly

  • Well, that certainly lived up to the billing. We were actually thinking of testing this ourselves, but then we realized it might just be a stupid idea. In fact, it’d be downright fermented.

14 Jan 2010 12:30

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Offbeat: Arrest us: We currently have our “Pants on the Ground”

  • This is the greatest viral video by a crazy guy ever created. We would argue it’s the greatest viral video ever created, but we don’t want to build it up too quickly. It has everything. Even a very good dose of late-era “American Idol.”

11 Jan 2010 13:34

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11 Jan 2010 10:58

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Offbeat: Meet the dumbest, time-suckingest machine ever made, guys

  • We admit that this machine would probably keep us busy for a few hours. Totally.
 

05 Jan 2010 10:55

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Politics: Fox News cuts off satellite feeds of politicians they don’t like

  • That was the most unrealistic loss of satellite feed we’ve ever seen. It comes up in the last 20 seconds of the clip, but it’s worth watching, because it comes out of nowhere and the Fox News host appears not to be surprised by the cutoff at all, like she knew it was coming. Rep. Joe Sestak lost his final word as a result of the kerfluffle.

05 Jan 2010 10:43

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Offbeat: Douchebag: My site’s visitors are too fat. I’m a vapid jerk!

  • Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded.
  • BeautifulPeople.com founder Robert Hintze • On his dating site’s purging of 5,000 members who gained too much weight over the holidays and are no longer “beautiful” in his one-dimensional, vapid mind. This guy somehow gets killer PR from this. But is it the good kind? source

05 Jan 2010 01:07

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World: Dubai’s giant tower is tall, no matter how you measure it

  • 828 meters height of Burj Dubai Tower for those of you who think like Europeans
  • 2717
    feet
    height of the freaking tower for those of you who think like Americans source