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05 Jan 2010 22:08

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U.S.: Newark Airport is apparently run by a bunch of losers

  • bad Newark Airport had a huge kerfluffle that ruined a lot of nights due to a security breach. Airline security is also the biggest topic in the news.
  • worse Not that it would’ve helped anyway, but the security cameras weren’t working in the area where the breach happened. WTF? source
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29 Dec 2009 20:30

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U.S.: The CIA was left holding the Underwear Bomber’s bag, apparently

  • They had a report on the guy all written up. They didn’t share it. Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab was known to the CIA. In fact, they had everything they needed to nail the guy in case he did something like this. Instead, though, it sat around in Langley, Virginia for five weeks, just in time for this guy to almost blow up a plane. Clearly, the system is broken. And no matter how it’s spun, both Bush and Obama failed here. As did Congress. There’s plenty of blame to go around. Who wants some? source
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07 Dec 2009 20:19

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Offbeat: Want to play a trick on a butterfly? Make it weightless

  • This seems cruel. You take the “fly” out of a butterfly and put it in zero-G, and this happens. There there, poor butterfly. It’ll be OK.
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15 Nov 2009 02:34

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U.S.: Idiot cop pressed the wrong key, sent racist e-mail to coworkers

  • There is nothing improper about this e-mail. Let’s see which of you are proud enough to send it on … BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
  • An e-mail chain letter that got Tennessee State Trooper Brent Gobbel in trouble • But only after he sent it to 787 fellow coworkers. The e-mail espoused a white-pride stance, specifically in regard to police officers. “You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us,” the e-mail reads. “But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member … you call him a racist.” Gobbel intended to send the message to himself in a classic Michael Scott move. • source
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04 Nov 2009 23:55

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Tech: News Corp. admits to screwing up Myspace pretty badly

  • I think we got spread a bit wide and thin and what we’re focusing on is sort of the heart of our business going forward really being a social network around key content. We’re not trying to compete with Facebook or beat Twitter. We’re trying to create a unique experience.
  • News Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey • Describing the ball of (#^(@-up the company’s 2005 acquisition of MySpace turned into. They let the site get lazy and fat and flabby. Now they’re just trying to turn it into a music and entertainment company or something. Tom is probably crying himself to sleep knowing that most of his friends are on Facebook now. • source
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03 Nov 2009 21:06

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Politics: George Hutchins for Congress ’10: A campaign that knows design

georgehutchins1103
  • From North Cackalackly to Congress. Any man from North Carolina who can use the Impact font with this much, uh, IMPACT, deserves to be in Congress. We hope he gets elected. Then we hope he ends up taking shots in a Capital Hill bar with Alan Grayson. Then, we expect him to redesign our site. We’ll be ready for ShortFormBlog 3.0 by the time America is ready for this bastard to take office. Does he do freelance?source
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31 Oct 2009 09:36

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Biz: Bank Failure Friday continues to live up to its name

  • nine more banks failed this Friday, including CalNational, the fourth-largest to fail this year source
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21 Oct 2009 22:30

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U.S.: That sound you hear is the the EPIC FAIL of health care’s dry run

  • The Senate couldn’t push through a Medicare payment bill. An attempt to prevent the 21% reduction of doctors’ Medicare fees couldn’t get through the Senate tonight, with both Republicans and centrist Democrats suggesting the $250 billion price tag was too much. They needed 60 votes to get the bill, supported by the American Medical Association, onto the Senate floor. They got 47. This may be a harbinger of things to come. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is suggesting that much. Have we called him a toolbag lately? source
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19 Oct 2009 22:36

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Culture: “Jeopardy” fail: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar airballs easy question

  • Kareem is so convinced that he’s the answer to the question that it takes him a few seconds to realize he answered “Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?” when the question was really “Who is Bill Walton?” Dude needs to learn his NBA history.source
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04 Oct 2009 20:32

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Culture: Lindsay Lohan’s fashion show was an epic fail, guys

Know that feeling you get when someone ruins your day but you have to deal with them? That’s how Estrella Archs feels about Lindsay Lohan right now. source
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