November 2010
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“I am so overjoyed to be in an arena where I can expand my format, where it’s...”
– Dr. Laura, on her move to Sirius Radio. I, for one, cannot wait for the day when Dr. Laura finally feels free to speak her mind.
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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icelandwantstobeyourfriend.tumblr.com →
andrew: Halló, I am Iceland and this is my Tumblr. I am an island and I would like to be your friend. You can visit me one day, if you are not too busy and important. Neither important or too busy.. time to visit! This is fascinating. I had no idea Bjork was now Iceland’s Tourism Minister. 
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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My Top 5 Longreads of 2010
michellelegro: If you aren’t one of the more than 10,000 people who follow @longreads on Twitter, or get the Longreads Instapaper feed on your iPhone or iPad, then do so immediately. Every day there are perfectly curated features of long-form journalism, new and old, to discover and send along to others. 1. Garry Kasparov, “The Chess Master and the Computer” (NYRB) + Clive Thompson, “What is...
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Public Service Announcement
If you’re not following Lazy Book Reviews, drop everything and start now. So, so good. 
Nov 29th
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“I trust in Portlanders sense of fairness; that bad actions by one member of any...”
– Portland Mayor Sam Adams (who I just realized is on Tumblr)
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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“Are you one of the 310 million or so Americans that wasn’t planning on buying a...”
–  David Freddoso (via washingtonexaminer) True. Also:  Are you one of the 310 million or so Americans that wasn’t planning on spending hundreds of billions of dollars to wreck Iraq? Too bad — you already did. Are you one of the 310 million or so Americans that wasn’t planning on...
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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“This is a diorama of our recent history. People love to say they miss the...”
– Even though I think the current Penn Station is an affront to humanity, this piece is so well done that I’m willing to concede that at least it’s our affront to humanity.
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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“It is much easier to get a story in the blogs than in the written press. One...”
–  CJR: How to place a story? via daveburdick One of my old editors at Time told me that when he was a reporter at one of the magazine’s far-flung bureaus (apparently, news magazines used to employ lots of people to gather news) he would routinely leak stories to the New York Times guy,...
Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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“For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end...”
– This story is all kinds of amazing.
Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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The Dark Art of Interrogation →
Sheikh Mohammed is a smart man. There is an anxious, searching quality to his expression in that first post-arrest photo. It is the look of a man awakened into nightmare. Everything that has given his life meaning, his role as husband and father, his leadership, his stature, plans, and ambitions, is finished. His future is months, maybe years, of imprisonment and interrogation; a military...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 18th
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“When actresses like Hathaway (and, to a lesser degree, actors like Gyllenhaal)...”
– Jennie Yabroff, on Love & Other Drugs
Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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WONDER-TONIC: TSA Announces Facebook Integration... →
wondertonic: John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration, announced yesterday that full body scanners at airports across the nation will be seamlessly integrated with Facebook next month, allowing travelers to save, tag, and share their near-naked security photos with friends,…
Nov 17th
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: Yes, Tiger Woods Wrote a "My Turn" Column For... →
newsweek: gq: Slowly, I’m regaining the balance that I’d lost. My healing process is far from complete, but I am beginning to appreciate things I had overlooked before. I’m learning that some victories can mean smiles, not trophies, and that life’s most ordinary events can bring joy. Giving my son, Charlie,… “victories can mean smiles” was our favorite bit too. I gotta tell you, you guys...
Nov 17th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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“Where Olbermann starts to get carried away in his high dudgeon is in,...”
– Poniewozik, really smart on Olbermann v. Koppel
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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