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TALF = “Take another loss, f&$#ers”

Friday, March 6, 2009

9870 Comments2009-03-06+19%3A54%3A00Michael

For that line alone, I had to post this rant from Wallstreetpro. NSFW, and I laughed and laughed. Reminded me fondly of some relatives of mine. Go git’m!

Newsbreaks 9.05.07 (Bush expose)

Thursday, September 6, 2007

9022 CommentsNewsbreaks+9.05.07+%28Bush+expose%292007-09-06+03%3A32%3A00Michael

For best viewing, allow the video to load completely. Audio version is here. As you may have heard, there’s a new book out that goes inside the Bush Presidency. It’s called “Colonscopy.” No, actually, it’s called, “Dead Certain,” which is inspired. Everybody will think it’s half-right. The President granted the author unprecedented access to himself [...]

Newsbreaks for Tuesday

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

8650 CommentsNewsbreaks+for+Tuesday2007-07-17+22%3A41%3A00Michael

Audio version is here. I went to school in New Haven. This is what everybody who went to Yale says. They’re just begging you to ask them for more information. Then when you finally pry it out of them, they mumble, “Oh, Yale.” Like “perhaps you’ve heard of it…It’s not much, but we like it.” [...]

Newsbreaks for Friday

Saturday, July 14, 2007

8630 CommentsNewsbreaks+for+Friday2007-07-14+01%3A54%3A00Michael

Audio version is here. Officials for the Taste of Chicago admitted today that some visitors to the festival got salmonella and had to be taken to the hospital. “I’m such an idiot,” one patient said. “I saw the sign and thought, ‘Oh, that’s just Italian for “little salmon.”’” For those of you who’ve never been [...]

Olbermann to Bush: “Resign!”

Saturday, July 7, 2007

8560 CommentsOlbermann+to+Bush%3A+%22Resign%21%222007-07-07+18%3A32%3A00Michael

Keith Olbermann’s “Special Comment” in the wake of the Libby commutation is 100% correct. Watch the video here. For those of you who prefer to read, the transcript is below, but the take-away is simple: Bush and Cheney must resign for the good of the country, and since they won’t, Congress must impeach them. “Finally [...]

Newsbreaks für Wednesday

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

8430 CommentsNewsbreaks+f%C3%BCr+Wednesday2007-06-20+20%3A48%3A00Michael

Audio version is here. A new hotel in Berlin aims to recreate the experience of living in Communist East Germany. “Of course all the rooms are bugged,” said the hotel’s owner, “but then again, you never have to call room service. “You just shout your order into the chandelier.” The rooms at The Ostel don’t [...]

Newsbreaks for Tuesday

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

8420 CommentsNewsbreaks+for+Tuesday2007-06-19+22%3A43%3A00Michael

Audio version is here. Last week the staff of an Applebee’s restaurant here in California mistakenly served a two-year-old a margarita. The mother of Julian Mayorga didn’t understand why her son kept refusing to drink from his sippy cup. Then she sniffed it, and realized what was wrong: “Oh—he wants salt on the rim.” “It [...]

Newsbreaks for Wednesday

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

7970 CommentsNewsbreaks+for+Wednesday2007-04-18+21%3A15%3A00Michael

Audio version is here. Text:Officials at the Antwerp Zoo are asking visitors not to interact with one of their animals, a male chimpanzee named Cheetah. Because Cheetah was raised by humans, he bonds more with people than with his own species and, as a zookeeper noted, “we’ve seen how well that works out.” A nude [...]

Newsbreaks for Friday

Friday, February 23, 2007

7550 CommentsNewsbreaks+for+Friday2007-02-23+21%3A39%3A00Michael

Click here for podcast version. Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix is testing a new, more sensitive type of x-ray scanner that can actually see through clothing. “Not only will this keep passengers safer, it will also save money,” an airport official said. “People are working security for free.” If the device doesn’t catch on in [...]

Racism, anti-semitism, and comedy

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

7272 CommentsRacism%2C+anti-semitism%2C+and+comedy2006-12-06+04%3A15%3A00Michael

Between Michael Richards and BORAT, there’s been a lot of talk lately about comedy and prejudice. I’ve held out as long as I could, but here’s my two cents. Playing a prejudiced character shouldn’t get anybody in hot water. Acting prejudiced should. Each of us can only inhabit one body/identity/gender. If we are virtuous, we [...]

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TALF = “Take another loss, f&$#ers”

Newsbreaks 9.05.07 (Bush expose)

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Olbermann to Bush: “Resign!”

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Newsbreaks for Tuesday

Newsbreaks for Wednesday

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