July 2010
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“I’ve got Jay-Z on there. I’ve got Frank Sinatra on there. I’ve got Maria Callas...”
– President Obama, discussing the songs on his iPod with the ladies of The View (via officialssay)
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“I’m not a regular watcher but I’m of the opinion that the hosts hold strong...”
– White House press secretary Robert Gibbs commenting on the President’s upcoming appearance on The View.
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WatchLate Night takes on WikiLeaks, Sherrod. And, most disturbingly, Jon Stewart grows a goatee.
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Danger or transparency?
Does Wikileaks’s publication of 91,000 secret documents about the war in Afghanistan hurt national security?
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“The election of Barack Obama, America’s first black president, was supposed to...”
– Ben Smith on Shirley Sherrod incident, in So much for that ‘conversation’ on race
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Facebook Ranks Below Airline Industry in Customer... →
Facebook has one of the lowest scores on the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
Despite being the most popular website in the history of everything, we still apparently hate it. The report says privacy concerns, frequent changes and commercialization all affect the user experience. What, nothing about constant Farmville updates?
Facebook scored just one point above [shudder] MySpace.
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A summary of "Top Secret America," the Washington... →
(via inothernews) Must read for this Monday.
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“‘Only being seen in a towel’ is one of the suggestions the Old Spice...”
– Old Spice Man Advises Obama
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brevity, over-connectedness,...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Tweet. (via lapuravidagallery) (via cmonstah)
Though we love this, we have to say we’re disappointed that it took the Internet so long to come up with this.
(via newsweek)
… And we’re a little embarrassed at how true this is.
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AP reports that George Steinbrenner has died... →
(via inothernews)
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“Taxpayers have paid out nearly $1 million per year in settlements to...”
– From Erika Lovley’s piece on abused staffers
Exit
newsweek:
markcoatney:
Always lead with the news: I’ve decided to leave my position at Newsweek and accept a job at Tumblr. Though this is cliche, it is indeed true that this has been a difficult decision for me. I have been and continue to be a loud and persistent defender of Newsweek, and this is not (mostly, anyway!) simply because they sign my checks; I very much believe in the people...
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“You know, the — I don’t have teenagers yet — Malia’s just turned 12....”
– Obama, according to a pool report (Way to embarrass your kid, Mr. President.)
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WatchUnsurprisingly, Benjamin Netanyahu is not a Ke$ha fan. Always wonderful to see the Suspendered One delve into popular culture, regardless of the cringe-worthy exchange that ensues.
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Worker productivity slows to a crawl
Who’ll win? Germany or Spain?
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“The headline of the day, out of (natch) Florida: ‘Crist says no hookers...”
– Via Ben Smith
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