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maura: a meeting of… the somethings. Insert your own...

Mar 31st

Although I guess if you're freestyling...

Attn aspiring hip hop artiste: “I nail more tail than Wilford Brimley” is not exactly...

Mar 31st

I can't comment on the film, but I love the...

Mar 31st

I need me one of these.

Mar 31st

Journalism: the future is now!

Mar 31st

Noted without comment. (Hahaha, see what I did there?) [Via]

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Mar 31st

Journalism: the future is now!

Mar 31st

"Quipped"? REALLY? Oh, Fox News.

“The sort of criticism over the last couple of weeks is a bit unfounded, he’s been in...

Mar 31st

Phil Collins, session drummer

I would have swapped out the Howard Jones for something from his work on Taking Tiger Mountain, but...

Mar 31st

I'm telling you, McDonald's needs to switch...

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“Maurice Jarre, a composer who mastered the musical idiom of the Hollywood epic and was...

Mar 31st

Everyone's probably busy playing with...

It’s been more than 24 hours since Obama took over the auto industry and no one has whipped up...

Mar 31st

I shouldn’t feel bad about this, right?

Mar 31st

How many fucking annoying questions are...

Mar 30th

"Did I Forget To Mention I Ain't Got No...

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I dunno, I guess I could just use some of this today.

Mar 30th

Love love love this comment from Politico’s post about...

Mar 30th

The continuing crisis.

In Style, a selection of comic strips moves from the newspaper to the Web. As a result, Pooch Cafe,...

Mar 30th

Prediction: Random House, six figures

Mar 30th

TS Eliot's damning verdict on George Orwell's...

Mar 30th

My money's on the latter, and I'd double...

If Mickey Kaus were forced to choose between seeing card check fail and seeing Steve Rattner fail,...

Mar 30th

doree: Union Square Barnes & Noble. :) I’m...

Mar 30th

Journalism: the future is now!

Mar 30th

Fuck you, New York Times. I walked out of the house in just...

Mar 30th

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It’s hard to believe today, but there was a time when this felt like the future.

Mar 29th

"[T]he reason the economy was destroyed by...

Mar 29th

Man, I can’t even top this list. Alt: Second From Last...

Mar 29th

Uh, that might not be the ONLY reason.

“The Confederacy has gotten a bad rap because we ended up on the losing side and therefore the...

Mar 29th

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Mar 28th

Why we need the MSM, a continuing...

Because otherwise how would you know that Chuck Grassley didn’t actually fuck Kent...

Mar 28th

See, black people cover a president like...

Mar 28th

Gail Collins OWNS.

Mar 28th

"He was exactly what a business reporter...

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It’s like that part in the Federalist Papers where Publius brags that he “spilled a...

Mar 27th

This is like the movie "Ransom" but with...

Mar 27th

Cheer up, dude, it could be worse.

Mar 27th

ragbag: we shall not cease from exploration the...

Mar 27th

It is truly a magical time to be alive.

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For Bakes.

Mar 27th

It's like an episode of "The Superfriends"...

Mar 27th

Innovation is the mother of necessity.

Megan Barnett: It appears that Geithner isn’t ready to talk specifics on how some of these...

Mar 26th

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The first track off of what is pretty much the perfect album. Of course there are better songs in...

Mar 26th

"Io non sono uno di melanzana. Lasciate che...

Mar 26th

Journalism: the future is now!

Mar 26th

Living history.

We saw what was happening for years, for decades, but we ignored it or shrugged it off, preferring...

Mar 26th

If you come up with a title they'll give...

From a release out later today: ‘Business Plus, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing...

Mar 26th

Opponents of healthcare reform aren't...

COULD actress Natasha Richardson’s tragic death have been prevented if her skiing accident...

Mar 26th

He rimmed the fuselage.

“Merengue star Elvis Crespo is being investigated after a woman said she saw him performing a...

Mar 26th

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“John Hope Franklin, the revered historian who chronicled the South and gave definition to the...

Mar 25th

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Where The Wild Things Are

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Gabe Delahaye’s “History of Fake Rap” series alights on Cop Rock, the 1990...

Mar 25th

Let Us Now Graze Aimless Men

Mar 25th

NPR's Media Player annoys the fuck out of me,...

Mar 25th

“I do like that toilet. It’s very futuristic,...

Mar 25th

Look, you don't become the highest paid state...

Mar 25th

“Two years ago, blogging about my ambient TV loops, I said...”
— Momus

Mar 25th

Rachel Sklar had better be fully about this...

Mar 25th

Bronx: Up Battery: Down People: Pissed

Mar 25th

The truth about Barack Obama's Irish...

Mar 25th

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Mankind is kept alive be bestial acts.

Mar 24th

Oh my God, please let it co-star Jeff Bridges as Bill and be...

Mar 24th

Thus perpetuating the tragic tradition of...

Mar 24th

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27 years later we’re still paying down our massive aesthetic debt to Tron. [Via]

Mar 24th

The final indignity. "Never forget" my ASS.

Mar 24th

"This is America. These people need a Simple...

Mar 24th

Secret project revealed!

Mar 24th

“[Suicide] has always been a temptation to me, since my...”
— Kurt Vonnegut

Mar 24th

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Balls as big as churchbells, these guys. This ad should end with a voiceover which says “Paid...

Mar 24th

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I love Lily Allen and all, but I’m sorry, this is The Fear. Or, perhaps more appropriately,...

Mar 23rd

And that was the morning we knew for sure that western...

Mar 23rd

Grrr.

“Although there is acceptance that depression can be inherited, there is no known suicide gene...

Mar 23rd

Tomorrow's Politico headline today.

“How The 1 Inch Of Skin Displayed Between Obama’s Sock And Pants Leg On 60 Minutes...

Mar 23rd

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Mar 22nd

Just a thought.

Some enterprising reporter—if such a thing still exists—should give us a comparison of the average...

Mar 22nd

Okay, panic.

Why am I so vehement about this? Because I’m afraid that this will be the administration’s only...

Mar 21st

“Could be delayed”? Oh my God, I can’t...

Mar 21st

It's like watching Maureen yell at the...

Mar 21st

Mar 21st

The Man With The Teflon Cock.

The stud/slut dichotomy of men and women that exists throughout all threads of media thrives on the...

Mar 20th

If the women of the world were to rise up and...

Mar 20th

There are jewels in the crown of...

I can’t decide what would be a better band name, Winter Vomiting Bug or The Rogue Clampers.

Mar 20th

Well, let's make HER president then.

The president, a self-described basketball junkie, managed to only pick 11 of 16 games...

Mar 20th

“So these three retards walk into a bar…”

Mar 20th

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I’ll be looking at the moon

Mar 19th

nicksummers: I like Palo Alto

Mar 19th

Okay, this Tumblrblog gimmick book deal bait...

Mar 19th

This is why Garfield’s fat.

Mar 19th

Just wait.

HuffPo is not made for people who like their news straight. As the situation in Iraq got boggy, the...

Mar 19th

On yer bike.

A Times article about decapitating cyclists was the most complained about last year to industry...

Mar 19th

Stone Roses reunion: I’ll take that as a no, then.

Mar 19th

You just know that the editors at the Post spend each...

Mar 19th

Mar 19th

As opposed to, you know, what happened over the last seven...

Mar 19th

Here is what the conservative version of...

Mar 19th

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Let’s do an oldie.

Mar 18th

whatevs: peabs: WHAT. WHAT. WHAT. In case you...

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Mar 18th

www.cndb.com :: View topic - Natasha...

Mar 18th

"The Local Government Association has...

Mar 18th

Or maybe she’s creating a Tumblr audio post through...

Mar 18th

Go fan yourself.

Mar 18th

They write themselves.

“‘Micro payments would not work for me,’ he said over bites of oatmeal and gulps...

Mar 18th

"According to research done exclusively for...

Mar 18th

Double sickles on the Lyme.

Firefighter Mark Edgington drove 90 minutes in a snowstorm to a statehouse hearing here last week to...

Mar 18th

"Newspapers are dying" sounds prettier...

I giornalisti attuali diventeranno dei disadattati. Un conto è raccontare balle dietro alla...

Mar 18th

Some days you see something that makes you forgive the...

Mar 17th

The inevitable conclusion.

Mar 17th

This is a fine example of trying to have it both ways. Via...

Mar 17th

THIS is the article about Sarah Palin...

Mar 17th

“You may not believe me that pundits are citing the...”
— Jonathan Chait

Mar 17th

Carney on AIG: "Burn this motherfucker to the...

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Mar 17th

I heard there was a hooded sword that...

Possible future plot points for Kings.

Mar 17th

'Tis a puzzlement.

You know what’s weird? No one will call a floor on the economy, but people are falling all...

Mar 17th

"Victory celebrations at a soccer match in...

Mar 17th

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all you micks out there.

Mar 17th

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Agreed.

Mar 16th

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Good morning Lemmy.

Mar 16th

Mmm mmm mmm bacon!

Mar 15th

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Poor Mojo Nixon is almost completely forgotten yet Neil Diamond is now considered cool? There is...

Mar 15th

Black and white and ALL OVER.

Round and round this goes, with the people committed to saving newspapers demanding to know “If the...

Mar 14th

"It's immensely intriguing for us to see our...

Mar 14th

The Story of Lyle

Mar 14th

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These two should have a Flight of the Conchords-style HBO special.

Mar 13th

Notes on style.

Grade: B. Cheesy. Raunchy. Effective. By the way, I’m currently writing this under the...

Mar 13th

"Hippos also live to be in their 50s, so the...

Mar 13th

Been a huge fan of this dude’s work for years. I had...

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Mar 12th

"My 401k lost 60% of its value. Damn...

Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty today to masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history, may...

Mar 12th

Fuck it, it sounds like it's worth a...

Apparently if you order the pizza by phone you can’t eat it in the restaurant! Unbelieveable!...

Mar 12th

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Mar 12th

My chronic high blood pressure explained.

Mar 12th

Palin breakup: The case for optimism.

Mar 12th

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Mar 12th

Holy crap, Eric Cantor is the Jew Bill Paxon. I hope...

Mar 12th

Howard Fineman, average American.

“The American people remain on his side, but he has to be careful that the gathering judgment...

Mar 11th

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Camera Obscura, “My Maudlin Career”

Mar 11th

I got tired of waiting for someone else to do this.

Mar 10th

Here’s another image from that NIH “Rethinking Drinking”...

Mar 10th

It isn't even past.

The president’s top economists, Walter Heller and Paul Samuelson, who wanted Kennedy to cut taxes to...

Mar 10th

Take that, motherfuckers, I’m in the top tier!

Mar 10th

Response which may indicate that you've...

“What’s the date today?” “Uh… March?”

Mar 9th

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Dear Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I’m sorry I ever doubted you. Best, etc., Balk

Mar 9th

This is a brutal but worthwhile read.

Mar 9th

Mood: Jewy

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Sorry. Something is WRONG WITH ME today.

Mar 3rd

Michael Lewis’ next book is about how...

Fishermen, in other words, are a lot like American investment bankers. Their overconfidence leads...

Mar 3rd

These people bring me so much joy.

Mar 3rd

It's all a question of perspective.

“The singer, 39, who is almost as well known for his love of cars as his music, was staying at...

Mar 3rd

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Mar 3rd

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Robyn Hitchcock, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”

Mar 3rd

File under: revenge.

Mar 3rd

Who corrects da Shaq correctors?

Mar 3rd

The rest is noise.

Late last night I was at a secret show by a band whose sound was described to me as ‘nu Doolittle,’...

Mar 3rd

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I’m at the onset of one of my recurring Chilton phases.

Mar 3rd

blakeley: Own a piece of Richard Blakeley history! For more...

Mar 3rd

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Mar 3rd

Finally, an inarticulate black guy.

Mar 3rd

“How’s the Italian food in this...

Mar 2nd

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You’re reading the David Lynch Twitter, right?

Mar 2nd

Okay, let’s play a game called “Google searches...

Mar 2nd

“Ralph Ellison published his first novel, Invisible Man, in...”
— startling analogy by Timothy...

Mar 2nd

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“I’d write her name out on the road/But I can’t piss Denise” may be my...

Mar 2nd

Just when you think the world is all out of...

Mar 2nd

The snowdens of yesteryear.

Remember the Blizzard of ‘96? My absolute favorite part came when a reporter for what I think...

Mar 2nd

Fossilized evidence shows that Bill Kristol...

Mar 2nd

You know what’s NOT RIGHT? Preventing our Lord and...

Mar 2nd

I mean, ya got midgets, giants,...

Has anyone ever done Gulliver’s Travels as porn? RELATED: Isn’t all porn, on some level,...

Mar 2nd

It's all Civil War statues and church...

spiers: First line of an AP story about snowstorms in Alabama: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A potent...

Mar 2nd

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Mar 1st

Popular creeps.

One of the lead anti-Obama lawyers, Orly Taitz, a California dentist with a degree from an online...

Mar 1st