January 2009
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Mormon church reports $190,000 Prop. 8 expenses →
Mormon church officials, facing an ongoing investigation by the state Fair Political Practices Commission, Friday reported nearly $190,000 in previously unlisted assistance to the successful campaign for Prop. 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
I think this will reignite the push to revoke the LDS church’s 501(c) tax exempt status.
Section 501(c)(3) of US Code Title 26,...
You know it's been depressingly cold when you're...
“Newspapers are so fucking fucked”
– The synopsis of Possibly The Most Enraging Newspaper Memo Yet (via newsandbooze)
“Isn’t it hilarious that the citizens in the country are more interested in...”
– Drew Peterson, whom I’m reluctant to admit I’m in total agreement with on this issue
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Karma is a Bitch
chuckmore:
That Ted Haggard thing on HBO last night was brutal. Just brutal. I’m not exactly sure how to express my feelings about it. On the one hand, I despise people like him. People who not only spread intolerance and profit from the word God, but are also liars and hypocrites. I hate that shit, and when the Haggard thing first happened, I was giddy. Because fuck that guy, he deserves what he...
I cracked the century mark on my following list with The Boss. Fitting, no?
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Mob boss' tale offers peek at city's 'secrets' →
Love him or hate him, you have to respect John Kass for so openly talking about the Outfit and connecting the dots to its involvement in Chicago politics, especially considering he was once asked why his children don’t play outside by an alleged mobster.
Let the sleepless nights begin →
The Illinois State Police security detail that was outside Blagojevich’s Northwest Side home left shortly after the Senate voted to remove him from office.
The Chicago Police Department cordoned off the street around his house, but a police official said officers were there to control traffic, not to serve as a security detail for Blagojevich.
Blago has a lot of dirt on important people...
MSNBC analysts are my new favorites
Holy hell did they rip Rod a new one after what they didn’t even consider a speech. It was a performance.
I’m afraid poor Zooey’s fan page is going to blow its load in the first hour of its Tumblr being in existence.
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Non Society Violating Google TOS
soupsoup:
One thing you definitely don’t want to do if you’re a budding web entrepreneur is get your site banned from Google. You might as well close up shop if you’re unlucky enough to get caught violating their Terms of Service.
Non Society is so desperate for traffic that they’ve put hidden keywords in their source code for such ridiculous keywords as “What Is Your Credit Status” in order to...
Jeff: Bright pink cast? What did you do?
Jessica: Broke my wrist :)
Jeff: Oh noes! How?
Jessica: Snowboarding
Jeff: hahaha
Jessica: Yep
Jeff: Fall forward or back?
Jessica: Back
Jeff: Did you feel it snap?
Jessica: Yes. It killed
Jessica: But I still skied the next day.
Jessica: I walked around with a broken wrist for four days
Jeff: True champion!
“Don’t use drugs, unless you’re really good at it”
– Reggie Watts, “Pot Cookies”
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Old media journalism
oliviaisferosch:
I watched All the President’s Men over the past few days. It was very good, and I am glad I have consumed what some people consider to be a critical piece of Americana. While I was watching it, I couldn’t help but think about how much journalism had changed. Nearly every time they got a new bit of information, I instinctively thought “GOOGLE!” or “Internet!” or “use a cell phone!”...
“This was compassionate assistance. It was to help him move forward, not a...”
– Rev. Brady Boyd, senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., on paying a 20-year-old man to not go public about his affair with prostitute-patronizing, meth-using, “completely heterosexual” former pastor Ted Haggard.
I bet the Catholics sure wish they had coined the...
Coach fired after 100-0 victory →
The coach of a Texas high school basketball team that beat another team 100-0 was fired Sunday, the same day he sent an e-mail to a newspaper saying he will not apologize “for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity.”
On its Web site last week, Covenant, a private Christian school, posted a statement regretting the outcome of its Jan. 13 shutout win over...
Another lesson in humility
Remember a few months ago when I wrote about the woman who was nearly beaten to death for telling a homeless couple to “go get a job” when they asked her for money? Let this be another lesson:
A group of north suburban friends thought it was funny when a man fell on the ice, but the situation quickly turned ugly when the fallen man drew and gun and shot one of them. [via]
We all...
I don’t know about NBC’s old lineup, but Blago on Larry King Live in five minutes is my idea of Must See TV
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“This is our 16th year, and I wish I had a big piece of wood to knock on right...”
– George Eisenhart Jr., president of the Monster Truck Racing Association, to Madison, Wis.-based WKOW on monster truck safety.
He was run over and killed by one the next day. Seriously.
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talkingtalking:
Van Morrison - “Baby Please Don’t...
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And in today's edition of batshit crazy
Continuing his media blitz on the day that his impeachment trial was scheduled to begin in the Illinois Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning where he stuck to his story that he did nothing illegal and that he was a victim of an unfair process that could lead to his ouster in a matter of weeks. Asked directly by interviewer Diane...
I realize people turn to mindless entertainment as escapism in tough economic times, but come on!
Kevin James is still the king of the box office. The actor’s “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” finished at No. 1 for the second consecutive weekend, with a $21.5 million gross, according to Sunday’s estimates.
That tally brought the comedy’s 10-day sum to $64.8 million — and...
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Teen posing as a Chicago cop charged as juvenile →
newsandbooze:
This story just keps getting better. This 14-year-old supposedly showed up to the department in full uniform, picked up a radio and wrote tickets yesterday. He did this for SEVEN HOURS before someone was like, “Hmm, I wonder why this cop looks so much like my 9th grade nephew.” Seriously…amazing. Second City Cop has some really funny dirt on the situation, which may or may not be...
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Things I hate about the burbs
Women grocery shopping in full-length fur coats.
Blagojevich hires Drew Peterson's PR firm →
BEST. NEWS. EVER.
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The Kooks - All That She Wants
Not gonna lie, I...