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16 Dec 2009 10:07

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World: Copenhagen protesters: “We are peaceful. What about you?”

  • We haven’t been covering Copenhagen a ton for a number of reasons, mainly that not a lot is going to happen with the conference until Obama shows up at the end of the week. But the protests are still pretty interesting. This clip shows the chasm between the police and the many protesters better than most we’ve seen.
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14 Dec 2009 21:51

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Tech: Dear Fake Steve Jobs: You’re our favorite fake person. Ever.

  • The goal is to have every iPhone user (or as many as we can) turn on a data intensive app and run that app for one solid hour. Send the message to AT&T that we are sick of their substandard network and sick of their abusive comments. The idea is we’ll create a digital flash mob. We’re calling it in Operation Chokehold. Join us and speak truth to power!
  • “Fake Steve Jobs” (a.k.a. Daniel Lyons) • On “Operation Chokehold,” his plan to stress test the AT&T network in protest of their awful coverage and attempts to punish iPhone users for their heavy amounts of data usage. You know, instead of improving their network and making their customers happy. The event takes place December 18 at noon Pacific time. We’ll keep you posted on the app they pick. Also, while you’re waiting, give this article a read. It may be the best Fake Steve article ever. source
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12 Dec 2009 18:25

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World: Terrible: Check out how protesters in Copenhagen were arrested

Hands bound, forced to sit on the street late at night – this may be one of the most disturbing photos we’ve seen. Nearly 1,000 protesters were arrested. source
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19 Nov 2009 20:49

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U.S.: UCLA students are pissed at their university right now

  • 32% increase the amount UCLA administrators are increasing tuition over the next two years, to heavy student protest source
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14 Nov 2009 10:09

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World: Hack sabbath: Orthodox Jews not happy with Intel right now

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are unhappy that the plant stays open on the day of Sabbath. Intel doesn’t appear to be a very Jewish company. source
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12 Nov 2009 10:59

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Politics: Sean Hannity apologizes to The Daily Show?!?! Whoa.

  • It was an inadvertent mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. So Mr. Stewart, you were right. We apologize. But by the way, I wanna thank you and all your writers for watching.
  • Sean Hannity • Speaking of this video we posted last night, where Jon Stewart and the Daily Show essentially proved that Hannity ran old footage of a rally to seemingly make last week’s health care rally seem bigger. While Hannity claims that it was “inadvertent,” he apologized anyway. Don’t see this often, kids. Savor it. • source
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01 Oct 2009 20:33

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Offbeat: A row of hipsters got arrested for an anti-Chicago-Olympic protest

A row of hipsters
  • Here’s the lineup: Jeff Tweedy’s hippie clone, Jeff Tweedy’s other hippie clone, the sixth member of TV on the Radio, the star of the direct-to-video sequel to “Juno,” the drummer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Vanilla Ice’s stand-in.source
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23 Sep 2009 21:28

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World: Also at the UN, Iran’s Ahmadinejad spoke to a room of empty chairs

Which chairs do you think Ahmadinejad was speaking to most passionately about Holocaust denial and hatred of Israel? We say the pastel blue ones. source
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07 Sep 2009 22:53

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Offbeat: Catstravaganza ’09: Five things you should know about 09/09/09

  • Urlesque thinks it can make “fetch” happen by trying to convince sites to not post cat stuff on 09/09/09. Well, much like the cat in the video above, felines aren’t going out like that. Neither are we. Here’s five things you need to know about our counter-protest, the Catstravaganza:

    1. We’ll still post news, but the bulk of our posts on Wednesday will be cat-related. We swear, our timing will be nothing less than purrfect.
    2. Cats have nine lives, and 09/09 is nine squared. And 09/09/09? Well, it’s nine cubed. Which means that the ante has been upped. Any attempts to kill their influence on that day will be futile and if nothing else will make the cats scratch back even harder.
    3. Tell the world about the Catstravganza by sending them a Tweet. The #catstravaganza hashtag will be heavily used in the operation.
    4. Have something cat-related that the world must know about? E-mail it to us. We’ll help it claw up to the top.
    5. Best of all, guys: We have an official badge you can throw on your blog. Support the Catstravaganza with the love of linkage.

    Catstravaganza '09: Now it's purrsonal

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07 Sep 2009 10:16

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Offbeat: 09/09/09: A day without cats on every site except for ShortFormBlog

Find cats here
  • The gauntlet? Thrown. You say you want a day without cats, Urlesque? Well, you aren’t going to find any not cats here. We’re picking up the strays. We’ll post as many cute cat videos between news items as we can. We’ll take submissions. And we’re not going to use stroked Impact. That’s a Bush League move. We’re using stroked Chunk because it’s Impact for classy people.source
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