September 2008
WatchHow many times did John McCain and his campaign surrogates crow about his putting together the bailout deal before it crashed and burned yesterday afternoon? Let’s go to the tape.
“My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it’s a closed platform.” He noted...”
– The #1 thing I wanted on the iPhone is flash, for streaming video and streaming audio. Looks like we can have it soon, if Apple plays ball.
Flash Magazine > News > Flash for the iPhone confirmed at FOTB
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Why would they say yes? I have the same question for people who...
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Katrin Hier - Breast Milk of Satan
The untold story of Sarah Palin’s first visit to NYC?
“Right now, Mr. Bloomberg is barred by law from seeking re-election. But he will...”
– Bloomberg Called Ready to Announce Third-Term Bid
Wow.
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I knew he had been sniffing around the editorial boards of NYT, NYP, etc. for support. Guess he got it?
“FDR gave us “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Churchill gave us “We...”
– Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up: Nothing to Fear but Irresponsible Words (via fred-wilson) (via mikehudack)
Meh. Those guys all said plenty of stupid stuff. The difference is that they all said enough useful things that nobody bothered to remember the nonsense.
Julia's reality show dropped for series about...
soupsoup:
With Julia Allison on its cover this past July, Wired confirmed longstanding rumors the internet fameball had a deal with Bravo for a reality show called IT Girls, based on her antics with handbag designer Mary Rambin and self-professed geek Meghan Asha. The development deal was to begin with just a pilot show, and it sounds like it might not go any further. In a roundup of some of...
Apparently, foresight is also 20/20.
katiebakes:
From a New York Times article titled “Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending”, written exactly 9 years ago this day our lord:
In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders.
The action, which will...
WatchSinger songwriter Gracie Coates music video targets tv media news lies and mocks “the official story”.
You might recognize Gracie from her work with the brilliant “Better Bad News”. I’m particularly fond of her turn as ann coulter’s illegitimate daughter and I like this song more every time I hear it.
WatchPart sci-fi, part sex comedy, part art movie, THE FOLD interweaves stories involving a time-traveling geek with Asperger’s Syndrome, an investigation by a Gaming Babes Magazine reporter, a sex-cult guru, a right-wing CEO determined to remake history, and a New Jersey hot tub salesman for whom things mysteriously start to go the right way.
(NSFW)
“Politico reports that in a remaining clip from the CBS interview with Katie...”
– Roe v. Wade Only Supreme Court Case Palin Knows? | Reproductive Health | RHRealityCheck.org
“Do you really deny yourselves the pleasure of mastering a tune (a pleasure,...”
– Nick Hornby on music snobbery, from Songbook.
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WatchFeministe » Wanda Sykes Doesn’t Like Sarah Palin
“Obviously these are very serious challenges and constraints. In these times, for...”
– Fareed Zakaria: Palin Is Ready? Please. | Newsweek Voices - Fareed Zakaria (via mikehudack)
Watchitsthr33am:
Oui R Di Owtzider.
Chair Thyme Wit Uz.
creative commons hi-res photo of the day: A... →
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Kyle Forester, Matt Lambert & Elle Varner -...
Movies and television are always telling us to believe in true love just to leave us hanging; either the movie ends, or Shelley Long leaves the show. The Office dared to follow through on its premise (via ‘The Office’ Season-Premiere Shocker! — Vulture — Entertainment & Culture Blog — New York Magazine)
Fung Wah 2.0 →
adamiss:
Taking the Bolt Bus in a month to DC. $75 round trip for two people, not bad. We’ll see how it goes.
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I’ve taken DC2NY to DC. After about 30 Fung Wah Death Rides between NYC and Boston, it was a pleasant upgrade.
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Ween - Where’d The Cheese Go? (Exceptionally...
Dodd says White House meeting was a disaster
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mattlehrer:
Marketwatch:
Sen. Chris Dodd, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said Thursday that bipartisan meeting with President Bush at the White House on the mortgage rescue plan was nothing short of a disaster. In an interview on the CNN cable news network, Dodd described a meeting in which Democrats were blindsided by a new core mortgage proposal from House...
