June 2010
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restating the obvious re "Us" and "Them." yet,... →
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good. especially if this means we'll see fewer... →
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[red light special] Los Angeles boycott of Arizona...
The council voted Wednesday to temporarily exempt the city’s contract with American Traffic Solutions of Scottsdale, Ariz., and extend the agreement until next spring. The existing contract would have expired next week.
yep.
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I think it’s just time. I’m starting to get... →
[Quote of the day] No. 1
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Sources with knowledge of the plans tell CNN... →
Let’s go.
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file under: pack a homemade snack. →
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Watch[culture]
“I remember being asked to do a film around the same time and I was like, I have to get adjusted to who I am now,” the Oscar-winning actress told “Behind the Music.” “I can’t be another character if I don’t know who I am.
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really. iCant. →
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This is seriously still going on. Russian spies. →
“You were sent to USA for long-term service trip. Your education, bank accounts, car, house, etc. - all these serve one goal: fulfill your main mission, i.e to search and develop ties in policymaking circles in US and send intels.”
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"... he admits that ambition made him do it."
Mary C. Curtis’ take on Senator Robert Byrd.
Byrd not only had to join, he had to recruit 150 others for the Klan. He brought neighbors and friends into his personal, political compromise. I wonder about the sales pitch he used to convince them? And once he completed his conversion to the cause of equal rights, did he go back and tell the 150 recruits that he was wrong, and was he as...
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great time for me to start doing this, then, isn't... →
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The CIA "is not really going to answer, "Why, yes,...
yet, when ABC’s Jake Tapper asks …
CIA DIRECTOR PANETTA: Well, I can’t speak to obviously intelligence operations, and I won’t. It’s enough to say that clearly, they have had problems. There are problems with regards to their ability to develop enrichment, and I think we continue to urge them to engage in peaceful use of nuclear power. If they did that, they...
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Taking on Apple; American Apparel—Gawker grows up?
so it would seem:
This is the media word we now live in: The former playground bullies of the blog world have gone national, even global, and Establishment media players and marketers have no choice but to reckon with them, given that they’re flush with cash and attract massive audiences. As always, it is more than a bit scary to watch playground bullies grow up and really start to...
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Content-makers had a rough week across the board. →
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Broadway Sees Black People; Notes Benefits of...
okay. but: duh.
While some theater critics and rival producers have derided “Memphis” as a conventional show and have spurned its story of racial reconciliation as simplistic, the musical’s success at building a black audience is anything but business as usual for Broadway.
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“You don’t have to do what I did. You don’t have to make the mistakes...”
– Prince, 2010 BET Awards
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[TV Talking Points] "Entourage" is back
A play-by-play.
Turtle seems to have a new business. Involving girls. The girls have uniforms. Vince on the set of a film. Director wants to set Vince on fire? No. Wants him to drive really fast.
At Ari’s offices: Lloyd sporting a few gray hairs? Ari to his staff: “Jesus Christ, you all suck.”
Why did I think Eric was already married? He’s not yet. Wedding forthcoming in “October.”
Ari to...
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Chris Brown breaks down during Michael Jackson BET...
Trying not to be cynical. It was during a performance of MJ’s “Man In the Mirror.” The lyrics: “Gonna make a change, for once in my life.”
More later.
Update via AP
Then, as Brown grabbed a microphone to sing “Man in the Mirror,” he broke down in tears. His voice cracked, he couldn’t sing, and at one point he crumpled to the stage in apparent...
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The Idea That "Neutrality" in Media Exists: Can...
This whole tempest in a teapot at the WaPo is just that: hot air. Over at Andrew Sullivan’s spot, a reader is over it. I’ve been over it.
End result: a perverse culture that values manufactured or feigned neutrality above all else, endless “he said/she said” reporting, and a mainstream media that is afraid to actually let its own reporters use their brains.
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[BALLOT STUFFING?] Drama at the Oprah online host...
everything is politics.
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Randy, Tito and Jermaine Jackson join their sister...
Michael’s children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, did not accompany the other Jackson family members. According to Us, the children were last seen in Hawaii on Thursday with Michael’s mother, Katherine, who is their legal guardian.
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re Dudas Coke, not enough is known
Christopher “Dudus” Coke, whose supporters waged street battles with security forces last month in an attempt to prevent him from facing drug and weapons charges in the United States, waived his right to an extradition trial at his first appearance before a Jamaican judge.
Coke said he was deeply saddened by the lives lost in the fighting, which centered around his power base in...
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Rolling Stone McChrystal Profile: The End of... →
the reporter basically turned the party out.
FDR: "We need enthusiasm, imagination and the...
frustrating.
Today, Republicans in the Senate for the second time blocked a bill that includes critical aid for states and American families. This legislation extends benefits for Americans looking for work and would save the jobs of thousands of teachers, firefighters and police officers by providing relief to states struggling with budget shortfalls. And it includes tax cuts for...
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“A legal defense fund for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was illegal and must...”
– good.
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[thx, but: duh] "Flip through the channels and... →
via Rachel Sklar and The Beast
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[it would seem so.] Do Republicans actually want... →
via Salon and Alex Pareene
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“One thing that has impressed me about President Obama is that he seems to be...”
– a reader, to Andrew Sullivan
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5 Reasons Why Democrats May Be Celebrating in... →
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