February 2012
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“To save the imperiled spotted owl, the Obama administration is moving forward...”
– Is it bad that my first thought after reading this was, “Hmm…I wonder if Selig could do something like that in the AL East to keep the Blue Jays from continuing to improve while the O’s go extinct?”
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“The issue is that publishers aren’t helping themselves by focusing on the...”
– Truth, via Josh Sternberg’s piece on JumpTime in Digiday.
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“The penthouse where NASCAR was founded in 1947 is now a gay bar.”
– Some things are too ridiculous to believe. This means Electric Six now does all of the music from NASCAR’s promotions, right?
12 Great Articles that Inspired Films →
tetw:
A Tetw reading list
The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner - The Insider Death of an Innocent by Jon Krakauer - Into the Wild The Muse of Coyote Ugly Saloon by Elizabeth Gilbert - Coyote Ugly Racer X by Kenneth Li Rafael - The Fast and the Furious The Return of Superfly by Mark Jacobson - American Gangster Life’s Swell by Susan Orlean - Blue Crush A Farewell to Arms by John Carlin -...
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“Complaining about someone re-writing reporting is kind of like kvetching about...”
– Charles Duhigg oh the whole “NYT article’s traffic stolen by Forbes” kerfuffle from the weekend. For reference, the original article and Forbes’ bit by Kashmir Hill. Via Romenesko.
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“…there is a fundamental tension between the program objectives of reducing...”
– A summary of the leaked report on Greece’s financial instability, via the Financial Times. Happy Fat Tuesday!
ShortFormBlog: New Jersey residents, others upset... →
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cause To honor one of the state’s greatest pop stars, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had state buildings fly flags at half-staff (usually reserved for military or politicians) ahead of Whitney Houston’s funeral this past Saturday.
reaction Reactions to the decision have been strong — one New…
If any response sounds like Christie, it’s those exact words.
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"Them sheeps is funny lookin… Homie wearin' a...
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The Orioles are reportedly up for sale →
This is what rumor-fueled, unconfirmed dreams are made of.
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“When you combine this latest lawsuit with the fact that AP has forced Google...”
– A good look at the implications of AP’s suit against Meltwater via Mathew Ingram.
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“Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers;...”
– Dickens on America.
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Wait, no Mr. November on the official Barack Obama... →
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“Gigaom, providing future tomorrows, today. Please just swipe your cerebral bar code here.”
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“So I got headbutted by a sheep”
– This is how my brother starts conversations with me. Pre-veterinarian people’s lives are ridiculous.
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Proposition 8 overruled by the 9th Circuit Court,... →
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“Bill Richardson, former ambassador Donald Gregg, and even ex-president Bill...”
– Oh geez.
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“The Republicans, to be sure, are still plenty full of crazy. The ideological...”
– In another interesting example at the Obama administration’s penchant for long-term strategy objectives, it seems as if Republicans would be best served by sitting on their hands and giving Obama nothing to define himself against, keeping him from playing the lesser of two evils card for the...
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“Imagine a scenario in which a 100-year-storm flooded all of the parts of the...”
– New York, I love you, but I guess you’re going to consistently flood and be increasingly soggy. Via Katharine Jose and Capital New York.
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Gorillas one step closer to writing songs for Lana... →
I’m sorry.
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“For most of U.S. history, most people had a slow and steady wind at their back,...”
– “Making it in America” by Adam Davidson, as seen in The Atlantic. Nice to see the standard story of “manufacturing jobs in the U.S. have been cannibalized by productivity and now no one’s employed,” given some human faces both from the workforce and the ownership.
WatchA new Exploding in Sound compilation means a new soundtrack to the rest of work today.
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“The discussion, involving Dr. Phil McGraw, Kelly Ripa, and Robert Faris, a...”
– Ian Parker’s story on Tyler Clementi, featured in the New Yorker, is easily the best article I’ve run across so far this year.