January 2012
December 2011
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What should I watch on Netflix?
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“New Jersey is watching you too,” said Christie, wearing a blazer but no...”
– Chris Christie, - An offer Iowa can’t refuse - POLITICO.com
“The reason why Fox News feels so threatened by Jon Stewart is because his...”
– Jon Stewart Spanks Fox News in the Year-End Ratings
The average Fox News viewer is 65 years old???
Here’s a prediction: after Roger Ailes retires, Fox News will steadily decline in the ratings, and people will say it’s because of his absence. But in fact it’ll just be a demographic inevitability.
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WatchThe Immortal Rejoinders of Christopher Hitchens
Vanity Fair: In our video homage, the late, great journalist and cultural critic, a longtime contributing editor to Vanity Fair, says that “one wouldn’t be doing one’s job if one didn’t itch to prick.” View a mere sampling of his brilliant ripostes.
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Tumblr Crushes:
shortformblog
thedailyfeed
mar-see-ah
alittlespace
thepoliticalpartygirl
liberalsarecool
joshsternberg
soupsoup
bbook
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“Wow, Jesus just fucked #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan...”
– Bill Maher in Hot Water After ‘Vile’ Tim Tebow Tweet
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“Looking in her eyes, I couldn’t come up with an answer to defend the exemptions...”
– Rick Perry has shifted his views on abortion farther to the right, citing a meeting with Rebecca Kiessling, a spokeswoman for Personhood USA who was adopted after her mother, a rape victim, tried and failed to abort her. (via cheatsheet)
“40 percent of Iraqis are under 14…and poverty rate overall is 25 percent,...”
– @marcambinder
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Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Again Top Most... →
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BREAKING: Nebraska Democratic Senator Ben Nelson... →
cognitivedissonance:
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) is set to announce on Tuesday that he will retire in 2012, a Democratic source has confirmed to TPM.
Nelson was already probably the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent going into 2012, and Republicans and GOP-aligned groups were already advertising against him.
Holding this seat could be difficult for Democrats, as the state voted 57%-42% for John...
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Want to grow a social network to 300 million...
soupsoup:
muckrack:
MIT researchers have published some fascinating data on how Twitter grew during its first few years of existence. According to the research, Twitter’s “U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users”.
The story gets particularly interesting when the researchers realized that media attention wasn’t simply a reflection of Twitter’s growth, but...
“It’s not interesting to me to just make (users) laugh or entertain them,” said...”
– Josh Sternberg sat down to chat with Topherchris about his role as Community Manager at Tumblr (via staff)
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11 Facts From 2011
think-progress:
1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
5. Wall Street’s recession cost 1.5 million times more than securing Occupy Wall Street...
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Number of homeless children highest in American... →
soupsoup:
Josh Sternberg for Current - The number of homeless children in the United States is at its highest levels in the nation’s history, according to a study released last week from the National Center on Family Homelessness. 1 out of every 45 children is homeless. That’s a staggering number; a majority of them are under 7.
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“In one survey a fifth of Korean middle and high school students said they felt...”
– Every year South Korea comes to a halt on the day of the university entrance exams, for it is the most important day in most South Koreans’ lives. The single set of multiple-choice tests that students take that day determines their future. But the “one-shot” society carries a heavy cost. (via...
“Our competitors FactCheck.org and the Washington Post’s FactChecker had also...”
– PolitiFact Weirdly Unable to Discuss Facts
“Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell...”
– Christopher Hitchens
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Forced Merriment: The True Spirit of Christmas →
Christopher Hitchens on why the Puritans found the holiday suspect—and we should, too
Mr. Hitchens, who died on Dec. 15, was a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author, most recently, of “Hitch-22: A Memoir” and “Arguably,” a collection of his essays. This is a previously unpublished essay commissioned by the Journal, an abridged version of which appears in the print...
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The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
“One year into Mr. Cuomo’s first term, it is something of an open secret that the...”
– For Cuomo and Bloomberg, the Friction Doesn’t Let Up - NYTimes.com (via rubenfeld)
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Obama’s surprisingly good 2011 - Ezra Klein →
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“There is a deep down, underneath all the work I do, I think there’s a...”
– President Obama in an interview with Barbara Walters that airs Friday night on ABC - Politico
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GoDaddy withdraws SOPA support in face of massive... →
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“Aloha.”
– President Obama ends presser
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Colbert guest editorial: Naming rights, state... →
thestate.com
As a proud son of South Carolina I must address recent unsubstantiated rumors published in The State that I, Stephen Colbert, tried to buy the naming rights to the 2012 Republican primary. First, never trust anything in a newspaper…