September 2011
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“She knew that she was in a lot of trouble, that she wasn’t going to live.”
– Tony Bennett on Amy Winehouse via The Daily Show
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What Gets an American on The White House 'Kill... →
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told to Congress Wednesday that the U.S. can target Americans to be killed if it believes they are involved in terrorism. This supports an earlier report that the CIA and JSOC maintain White House-approved “kill lists” of three to four Americans. Blair articulated the policy as requiring high-level approval but did not mention...
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“To start assassinating American citizens without charges - we should think very...”
– Ron Paul
“Al-Awlaki was born here, he’s an American citizen, he was never tried or charged for any crimes” -Ron Paul
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manager terry francona expected to part ways with... →
Terry Francona will meet with Red Sox management on Friday morning, and the expected resolution is that he no longer will be the team’s manager, major league sources say.
“The city’s most experienced agitators—the labor and community groups that...”
– Veteran agitators flock to Occupy Wall Street | Crain’s New York Business
NJ Paper: Christie ‘Seriously Rethinking’ And May... →
New Jersey’s Star-Ledger newspaper reported late Thursday that the state’s governor, Chris Christie, is “seriously rethinking his months of denials” and considering a White House run.
There’s a certain skepticism that comes with these reports. After all, in the last year or so the governor has strenuously denied on numerous occasions that he is “ready” to make that bid. Indeed, even in the...
“When fact-checking the stories of others, Glass established himself as the Darth...”
– Shattered Glass | magazine | Vanity Fair
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“And I always tell my friends who don’t believe in this stuff, “Fine, how do you...”
– Gingrich argues God must exist because people aren’t rhinos | Raw Replay
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AP: Experts offer safety tips to reduce your risk... →
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“Even though 50-some percent of the American people think the economy tanked...”
– Vice President Joe Biden, Bush broke it, but we own it - WaPo
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“The second some jerkoff hits a computer key, he thinks he’s a journalist. These...”
– Roger Ailes, Fox News Channel president, on bloggers. (via newsweek)
Um.
“The Internet: When a satire news source posts something unbelievable, we believe...”
– Commenter ‘Psychoceramics’ on Indecision Forever Blog - Comedy Central
Internet Up in Arms Over Satirical Make-Believe Newspaper The Onion’s Satirical Make-Believe News Reporting
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“It has come to our attention that recent twitter feeds are reporting false...”
– U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, unamused by the Twitter postings from The Onion, a satirical news site, which claimed that members of Congress had armed themselves with semi-automatic weapons, taken a group of schoolchildren hostage inside the Capitol building, and demanded...
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“This is satire. That’s how it works.”
– The Onion office in New York.
The Onion reports ‘screams and gunfire’ — Where’s the humor? - WaPo
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“On the campaign trail, Texas Gov. Rick Perry decries the invasive and profligate...”
– Rick Perry’s Intelligence Overreach | Mother Jones
“Today Google celebrated its 13th anniversary. Not to be outdone, Bing...”
– Jimmy Fallon (via un)
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“The following is not mathematically rigorous, since the events of yesterday...”
– NATE SILVER, The New York Times, “Bill Buckner Strikes Again” (via inothernews)
Wow.
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“I just want to say I’m humbled and honored to win the batting title. It means so...”
– Jose Reyes (via sportsnetny)
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“Today, I could not support Rick Perry as the nominee for a host of reasons. I...”
– Herman Cain says he would not support Rick Perry as GOP nominee - The Hill
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“I’m not sure how, but if that device flops, then I am sure its Obama’s fault.”
– A CNNMoney commenter on Amazon’s new $199 Kindle Fire (via cnnmoneytech)
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“The American dream cannot survive if we keep telling the dreamers to go...”
– Mayor Bloomberg Delivers Keynote Address at Immigration and American Competitiveness Conference Sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Partnership for a New American Economy
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“He [Herman Cain] just kicked Rick Perry’s Caucasian ass up and down the...”
– Larry Wilmore on Herman Cain, The Daily Show
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Rasmussen Poll Obama 39% Cain 34% →
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America and Muslims: By the Numbers →
25% of Americans say they hold a negative opinion of Muslims because of 9/11
95 percent of American Muslims have an unfavorable opinion of Al Qaeda.
(The Pew Research Center)
“My bill is very simple, I just null and void any regulations passed in the last...”
– Rep. Don Young, an Alaska Republican, explaining his plans to introduce a bill that would repeal every federal regulation that’s been put into effect in the past two decades. (via officialssay)
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