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27 Dec 2010 20:40

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Politics: Ed Rendell brings up good point for exactly the wrong reason

  • We’ve become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything. If this was in China do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have walked and they would have been doing calculus on the way down.
  • Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell • Complaining about a football game cancelled because of snow. Wait … comprehend that a second. The governor of Pennsylvania is really annoyed because a football game was cancelled because of snow. And as a result, he’s bringing up the industrial fight the U.S. is losing with China. He’s thinking of a fairly smart concept, but trying to apply it to football. We can’t get behind Ed Rendell on this, not because his overarching point isn’t fair, but because he’s bringing it up over a delayed football gamesource

11 Apr 2010 21:05

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Culture: Clash of the Whining: Box-office results disputed for some reason

  • $27.1
    million
    amount the non-3D “Date Night” made in its first week in theaters;
    their studio’s happy
  • $26.9
    million
    amount the 3D “Clash of the Titans” made in its second week; their studio’s complaining source

05 Apr 2010 16:52

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Politics: Blog-blabber: We’re shorter than both The Wrap and Newser

  • long Sharon Waxman of The Wrap complains about Newser summarizing her articles with scant credit (804 words).
  • short Michael Wolff’s Newser then summarizes her complaints in a much more concise format (133 words).
  • shorter We see the two of
    them whining about attribution and decide
    to one-up both of them (59 words). source

13 Sep 2009 20:59

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Sports: Serena Williams on-court anger cost her a pretty penny

  • $10,500 fine – and more could be coming source