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18 Jul 2010 10:34

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Politics: Joe Biden’s bullish on Democratic prospects in the midterms

You know … basically the opposite of what Robert Gibbs said like a week ago. Also, is it just us, or does Biden strike a King Hippo pose here? source

17 May 2010 09:47

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World: Iran just blew everyone’s minds with their agreeability

  • before Iran seemed close to reaching
    a deal on enriching 2,640 pounds
    of uranium that pleased the West,
    then got all grumblely. Then it
    enriched more uranium.
  • now Iran actually signed an agreement
    with Turkey and Brazil to do
    basically the same thing, which
    is surprising, but now they have
    more uranium. source

28 Jan 2010 10:05

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Biz: Ford didn’t take the bailout road, made a 2009 profit anyway

  • $2.7
    billion
    size of Ford’s 2009 net profit, their first profitable year since 2005
  • $30
    billion
    amount Ford lost between 2006 and 2008; holy freakin’ hell source

28 Aug 2009 10:12

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Biz: IKEA’s Verdana backlash: The Swedes didn’t see it coming

  • It’s more efficient and cost-effective. Plus, it’s a simple, modern-looking typeface. … I think it’s safe to say we were surprised by the response.
  • IKEA spokeswoman Monika Gocic • On the unthinkable change in font from IKEA’s iconic Futura variant to Verdana. The story’s starting to pick up some (trendy but cheap and wobbly) legs in the mainstream press, with Time now giving the story a little more exposure. Time did a good job covering the angles as to why Verdana sucks – it’s overused, it was designed for small sizes on the Web, and it’s way too associated with Microsoft. Hopefully the nudge in the press might help the company reconsider. • source

26 Jun 2009 13:22

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Offbeat: The Onion tweaks Twitter’s usefulness pitch-perfectly

  • Twitter was intended to be a way for vacant, self-absorbed egotists to share their most banal and idiotic thoughts with anyone pathetic enough to read them.
  • “Twitter Creator Jack Dorsey” • In an Onion article satirizing the service, where “Dorsey” says he’s surprised anyone – especially those in Iran – managed to find Twitter useful. Yeah, we’re surprised too, which is why we use it all the time. • source