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The Buzzwords of 2009 - NYTimes.com

drew_s — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:38:12 GMT

Quoted: But if ever there were a year to put buzzwords before a death panel, this would be it, before the aporkalypse comes.

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The power of Michael Bloomberg : The New Yorker

drew_s — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:37:19 GMT

faving for later.

Quoted: PROFILE of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. After seven and a half years in office, Michael Bloomberg, who is now sixty-seven, has amassed so much power and respect that he seems more a Medici than a mayor.

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Advertisers deserting Fox News' Glenn Beck - MarketWatch

drew_s — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:22:13 GMT

Conservatives can't argue with the market. Ditch this guy, FN.

Quoted: In what is shaping up to be one of the more effective boycott campaigns in years, advertisers are abandoning the "Glenn Beck" show on Fox News following the host's incendiary comments that President Barack Obama is a "racist" and has a "deep-seated hatred for white people."

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Wonkette : Happy Birthday Fake President Obama — We Found Yr ‘Bird Certificate’

drew_s — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:46:51 GMT

oh noes.

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Posner: Expand Copyright Law, Save Newspapers - WSJ

drew_s — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:43:57 GMT

Quoted: When Richard Posner writes (which he does a bit more often than most federal appellate judges), people tend to sit up and listen. Which is why a recent post he did on the Becker-Posner Blog sent shudders down the Law Blog's spine.

Quoted: Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder’s consent, might be necessary to keep free riding on content financed by online newspapers from so impairing the incentive to create costly news-gathering operations that news services like Reuters and the Associated Press would become the only professional, nongovernmental sources of news and opinion.

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Jake Peavy Will Not Accept Trade to White Sox: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

drew_s — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:41:54 GMT

Old news, but I didn't find out until today. I wouldn't have been very worried about the Sox even if they got him, but it's nice to keep Peavy out of the AL Central.

Quoted: Rosenthal has doubts about the White Sox's ability to compete in the future, and he says that this may have been on Peavy's mind when he rejected the trade.

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Robert Frank's Unsentimental Journey | vanityfair.com

drew_s — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:20:46 GMT

I didn't know anything about Robert Frank before I read this. It was a grand introduction. Around here, the author is similarly enigmatic to the subject. The article got him a Mirror Award nomination; hopefully he wins some new fans.

Quoted: Published in 1958, Robert Frank’s photographic manifesto, The Americans, torched the national myth, bringing him such comrades as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and—for a controversial documentary—the Rolling Stones. On a trip to China, the 83-year-old rebel of postwar film still defies expectations.

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PBS's latest infomercial | Salon

drew_s — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:08:11 GMT

I've noticed a lot of senior-aimed health and personal finance shows on PBS over the last couple years that appear to be absolute crap. I just want decent shows back, really, but it would be better if they weren't duping the elderly with false science too.

Quoted: By airing another self-help show disguised as medical science -- the dubious "UltraMind Solution" -- the public network continues to undermine its credibility.

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YouTube - Daily Show CNBC 030409

drew_s — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:58:21 GMT

Stewart takes on CNBC

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Rick Santelli | Salon

drew_s — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:27:28 GMT

Quoted: [The right] went along with Bush's $700 billion bailout of Wall Street and incinerated its populist pitchfork. Even those who opposed the bank bailout, like Santelli, did so pretty tamely. Santelli never called John McCain Fidel Castro for supporting the bank bailout: In fact, as Santelli told Chris Matthews, he voted for McCain. Oddly, the right only becomes truly apoplectic when individual "losers" are involved, not enormous institutions. Its principles become mysteriously squishy when the engines of advanced capitalism are involved.

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