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US Census Conducted With iPhones?

The Census Follies discusses the Census Bureau’s high-profile, $3 billion dollar failure...

May 1st

Arizona Judge Rejects RIAA's Copyright...

U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake denied the RIAA’s request for a summary judgment...

May 1st

“You know what Reverend Wright? You’re a dick!”
— Bill Maher

May 1st

Unintentional Cultural Commentary

During a taxi ride last night, the backseat monitor’s news ticker scrolled these...

Apr 27th

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kyleshank: Mythical Man Episode 1 Part 1 - Marco Arment of Tumblr Part 1 of a conversation with...

Apr 26th

Apr 24th

Starbucks Cuts Outlook, Subprime...

Starbucks’ imperial overlords cut their 2008 outlook, citing decreased traffic at U.S. stores....

Apr 23rd

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Bill Clinton denies ‘Race Card’ comment: The field reporter interviewing President...

Apr 23rd

dihard: MTA goes green in honor of Earth Day! That’s right,...

Apr 23rd

“More women started businesses with the goal of flexibility,...”
— James Mehring,...

Apr 22nd

Backscatter Spam On The Rise - 'Returning'...

Apr 22nd

Clinton To Show A Little Leg In 2016...

Peggy Noonan’s en fuego in her WSJ “Declarations” column. This weekend, she...

Apr 21st

Whereupon my neighbor on the next balcony blurted out,...

Apr 21st

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Presenting His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI’s motorcade, passing along my street on its way...

Apr 19th

Best name abbreviation I’ve ever seen on a shipping...

Apr 19th

maryrambin: A funny anecdote:   While chatting with Patrick...

Apr 19th

They’re dancing on every surface in Union Sq.

Apr 18th

“People who can fix problems are always in demand.”
— Logan Kugler, here. Comforting...

Apr 18th

Obama Puts Own Tax Money Where His Mouth...

Senator and Mrs. Obama earned $4,200,000 in 2007, paying $1.4M - 33% - in tax. That’s...

Apr 17th

“The networks’ trick is covering an election with as...”
— Tom Shales, Washington Post,...

Apr 17th

“We have an opportunity for enormous wind generation…”
— Former House Majority Leader...

Apr 16th

Showing some skin

noraleah: It’s funny how a reasonably modest just-above-the-knee dress (worn with...

Apr 16th

Psystar Will Challenge Mac OS X End-User...

MacRumors alleges Psystar will play offense in support of their $399 Mac Clone, challenging...

Apr 15th

Didn’t the memo from corporate say we wanted to cut...

Apr 15th

Benedictine Itinerary

A US Conference of Catholic Bishops website details Pope Benedict’s final day in America: a...

Apr 15th

“The truth is that underneath all our sexual bravado, men are...”
— What Men Want. [My emphases.]

Apr 15th

Rustic Reuse Cabin | materialicious Shipping containers can...

Apr 14th

Go Your Own Way - Move Up Without Managing

Apr 14th

“The longer I live, the more I realize people equate hearing...”
— kathlellen, on ’mean...

Apr 14th

Check out my new Sunday socks. By ‘injinji.’

Apr 14th

White, Millionaire Former 1st Lady, Senator...

Apr 13th

If Holly thinks a TV idling on a nice carpet behind a...

Apr 13th

President Bush teared up while bestowing the Medal of Honor,...

Apr 13th

Catholicism, Inc.

Apr 12th

Mets Colored Lambos!

Apr 12th

A Rather Blunt Analysis of Para-Dating...

fatmanatee comes right to the point (as excerpted by Lee): “OH HI, WILL YOU GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER,...

Apr 12th

“‘Push the envelope’? You know who uses that...”
— Jack, 30 Rock.

Apr 11th

Become A Polyglot Online For $Free.99

Apr 11th

Subway Seating Etiquette [Grinding Amy's...

rockuboff: When a fat goon sits down next to me on the train and immediately invades on my...

Apr 11th

“Sarah…went on to tell her boyfriend that buying the...”
— Mary Rambin, about 6 hours...

Apr 11th

Linens 'n Things Left Threadbare?

“Linens ‘n Things, caught by an increasing debt load and shrinking housing market, is...

Apr 11th

The New Leader in Black Search Engines! Along my west side...

Apr 11th

Instant Runoff Voting - Pardon, Did You Say...

Apr 10th

The Real Tech Gender Gap is PAY

Yesterday I wrote of the perceived gender gap among IT pros. Today I’m reminded of a far more...

Apr 10th

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Really feeling this JayZ track Party Life. Would put it in my mix for cruising up the West Side...

Apr 9th

meghanasha: Model from the show last night holding her...

Apr 9th

Women In IT Jobs: Underrepresented?

eWeek’s Information Technology industry news round-up includes this, under “Courting...

Apr 9th

Trainiac Tells Cell-Talker to STFU,...

NY Post’s Laura Italiano reported today on the trial of alleged LIRR asshole-at-large, John...

Apr 8th

[via noraleah : lovepuppy and adeandabet,...

Apr 8th

Ironic Graffiti

Apr 8th

“The KKK gave Obama money. They was one of his biggest...”
— Snoop Dogg. [via karmcity who...

Apr 8th

Karl Rove on Obama's Elitism

Figured it appropriate to balance out previous anti-Clinton posts with this, from the same GQ...

Apr 7th

Karl Rove On Calculations and...

Lisa DePaulo [for GQ]: You've said—what was the phrase you used about Hillary? "Fatally flawed"?
Karl Rove: Fatally flawed. I just thought her flaws would show up in the general election. I didn't know they'd show up as early and as strong as they have.
DePaulo: Which flaws?
Rove: Uh, calculating. You know, she went through the period where she had the calculated laugh, she went through the period where she had the calculated accents, and you build that on top of a person who already has the reputation that anything she says is calculating, you know…
DePaulo: Is calculating a terrible thing?
Rove: It is if people think it's phony. And that's what her problem is. That and the sense of entitlement. You know, the sense of "This is mine, I deserve it; we're the Clintons, this is ours." And I think that really caused a lot of people to say, "You know what? It's not yours." And do we really want to go back? The '90s were nice in a lot of respects, but do we really want to go back to all that drama?
DePaulo: There is something ironic about Karl Rove criticizing someone for being calculating.
Rove: Right. Look, it's one thing to calculate and say, "What's the best way for me to do this?" It's another thing to say, "What's the best way to do this, even if it means the sacrifice of my fundamental principles?" When she stood up there and said, "I'm in front of an African-American group in Alabama, so let me adopt a phony southern accent!" And when she sat there and said, "You know what? I need to warm myself up, so for the next weeklong period I'm gonna sit there and laugh and cackle at anything that is even remotely funny." You know, when both she and he, who are free traders by instinct, went to Ohio and said, "We're gonna renegotiate NAFTA," when they know that (a) there's no provision to renegotiate NAFTA, and (b) the Canadians and the Mexicans are not gonna want to renegotiate NAFTA, and (c) when both of them understand that trade liberalization, particularly with our neighbors, has been to our economic advantage, who are they kidding?
DePaulo: But when people call you calculating, do you take that as a compliment?
Rove: Look, what I'm charged with is, in politics, taking the material that I have to work with—which are the views and values, convictions and principles, of my candidate or client—and charting the best path to victory. That's different than saying, "How am I gonna take a fundamental belief or a reality of me as an individual and discard it?"
DePaulo: So there's good calculating and bad calculating?
Rove: Absolutely.
*[Found the link to this via Tumblr, but lost the reference, sorry for not attritubing.]

Apr 7th

McCain's Veep-ology: Anything But a...

While the Democrats bandy about choosing between a black man and a white woman who differ more in...

Apr 7th

“You are educated when you have the ability to listen to...”
— Robert Frost (via birdgirl)

Apr 7th

I’ve found God, says man who cracked the...

Apr 7th

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match

Shows you how oblivious I am, I was standing right there during this exchange and didn’t...

Apr 7th

Clinton Chief Strategist Pushed Out

Apr 7th

Try though I might, I can never get my up-do to look like...

Apr 5th

Every inch counts when it comes to flying while tall.

Apr 5th

noahkalina’s new bike reminds me - fair-weather...

Apr 5th

Microsoft Makes Yahoo An Offer It Can't...

“Microsoft’s CEO Vito Corleone Steve Ballmer (depicted, at right, in a dramatization)...

Apr 5th

“The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down...”
— Jules Renard (via sabine)

Apr 5th

“Ignoring her breasts would be like Ali ignoring...”
— Stephen Rodrick, talking about...

Apr 4th

Holy Bible Still A-List Literature

I think I was aware of this already - but was reminded in an “oh, really?” way by The...

Apr 4th

President Castro Legalizes Cell Phones for...

Apr 4th

Cheaters *Do* Prosper: Steroid Use, Even...

Apr 4th

Apr 4th

Study: Sex Takes 3 - 13 Minutes; 1 Minute Per...

Apr 3rd

“People with a large pot belly in midlife are at increased...”
— At Risk: Pot Belly in Midlife...

Apr 3rd

Bring Me Your Short, Your Asymmetrical,...

Emily’s bit on fatty-discrimination recalls a wonderful, more general intro to civil rights...

Apr 3rd

Ethics Bites

Apr 3rd

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Made to Stick, Intro 1st thought: This is one hell of a way to kick off a non-fiction work. 2nd...

Apr 3rd

“My fear is that if it’s 3 in the morning and the phone...”
— Ari Fleischer, dismissing the...

Apr 3rd

Apr 3rd

“As a feminist, I do not think that Hillary Rodham Clinton is...”
— Lily, Oh Piddle

Apr 2nd

“Look. I am technically not a lawyer, but I do own a suit.”
— Will Arnett, RADAR

Apr 2nd

“You look like the guy who enjoys getting into a hot tub and...”
— John McCain, trading Insults...

Apr 2nd

“The reality is that there is so much information in the...”
— Rachel Hills on...

Apr 2nd

Georgia Police: 3rd-graders Plotted Teacher...

Apr 2nd

Why Won't the Music Business Hire Nerds?

Apr 1st

Central Park Congestion Pricing?

In Metro’s lead story on NYC’s proposed congestion tolls, city Councilman Lew...

Apr 1st