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18 November 2008Bias Against Writers In The DCU?
rokk breaks down litg’s dc rumors better than i could. a stock point i failed to elaborate on that rokk nails, regarding tony daniel writing “battle for the cowl”:”now, i love daniel as an artist, but i have never knew that he was a writer as splendidly. has daniel ever [...]
George foreman fryer
15 November 2008High seas pirates could cancel our Christmas
If you don’t get the electronic gadget you’d been hoping for this Christmas, there’s now a scapegoat other than the economic slowdown ? modern-day pirates.
We’re not talking about skinny Swedish nerds with goatees, but instead are referring to the rocket-launcher and machine-gun-toting crews of African pirate boats that are [...]
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14 November 2008A peek at a 15th century scroll of the Koran
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These photographs of a 15th century Ottoman scroll of the Koran come from historian Rachel Leow, who took them at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore. This is how she describes what you’re seeing:
There are two levels of wording on the scroll. The large Arabic [...]
Artie phillips
13 November 2008‘MadTV’ Just Goes Away
For a time, it had an energy, a quickness to respond to pop culture trends and a raucus sensibility that translated more directly to young audiences. But in a political season that was a bonanza for that other late night weekend comedy sketch show, Fox’s plucky “MadTV” never could find traction.
This despite [...]
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13 November 2008Tolerance In Higher Education
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that an 18-year-old freshman at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Annie Grossman, was assaulted by four young women on election night. The attackers called Grossman a “racist” because she was wearing a McCain/Palin button. Grossman was diagnosed with blurred vision and a concussion.
The four attackers are believed not [...]
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9 November 2008Telus tantalizes with LG Chocolate GiG music phone
Filed under: Handsets, LG, Telus Mobility, EV-DO, CDMA
americans may know the pictured handset by another name (psst… it’s chocolate 3, you knew that!), but telus mobility customers will soon be referring to it as the lg chocolate gig. available now on the canadian porter, said toss phone offers [...]
Philadelphia eagles
7 November 2008The Singletary Edition or the NFL Week 10 Preview
The Giants or the Eagles? That is the question. The NFC East teams match up for the first of two second half schedule games. Is Philly really the team to challenge the Giants after New York survived a schedule that I’m pretty sure had a couple Division [...]
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7 November 2008Do guns still matter?
from nbc’s carrie dannduring the democratic primary, when barack obama told donors in san francisco that “bitter” voters in hardscrabble pennsylvania “cling to their guns and religion,” the words rang analogous to music in his political opponents’ ears. obama foes hoped that the senator’s inartful depiction of economically-strapped gun enthusiasts would piece [...]
Paris newspaper
5 November 2008There can be only one
after nearly two years of a seemingly endless campaign, voters go to the polls today to choose the next president of the united states. it has been a long, strange trip. neither aspirant was blessed to be their party’s assignee at the start of this political saga. john mccain, innumerable will-power [...]
Richard dreyfus
3 November 2008Week in Review: Vulture’s House of Horrors
Things that terrified us this week:
• Clint Eastwood’s Batman voice.
• The fact that we’d actually consider purchasing Jon Hamm’s John Ham.
• That there are still nine more months until new episodes of Mad Men.
• Dollhouse’s imminent cancellation.
• Basically everything that Brian Grazer says.
• The idea of a Robert [...]
