May 2013
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“Corporations are the only reason the tax code is so complicated in the first...”
– Jon Stewart on Apple’s tax issues.
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“The practice of “matching” a story is an outdated one that still continues...”
– Bang on, Anthony De Rosa.
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A meteorologist for the local news station KFOR... →
In terms of size, speed and staying power today’s Oklahoma tornado was a force of nature
(via @SmithsonianMag)
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Fox News statement: 'We are outraged to learn... →
Fox News: ‘We Will Unequivocally Defend’ Rosen Against ‘Chilling’ DOJ Investigation
Oh, DOJ.
Addendum: Jack Shafer has this thoughtful counterpoint.
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“If men over 40 spent half as much time mentoring guys under 30 as they do...”
– Hugo Schwyzer, writing on The Atlantic, on why old dudes chasing young women is …ugh.
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“Do you have any idea how hard it is to stay young and firm? […] I just...”
– Stephen Colbert is upset he isn’t on the Maxim Hot 100 list this year.
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“The Obama administration has been one of the most aggressive administrations in...”
– Laura Murphy, director of the Washington legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union, on the U.S. government’s seizure of Associated Press journalists’ phone records.
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“Nine weeks later, the final surgery is completed with the reconstruction of the...”
– Did everyone miss this part?
Angelina had a double masectomy but had a reconstruction; there are plenty of women out there who get the first procedure but can’t afford the second, my now-deceased aunt being one of them.
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“I’m not even going to go to these conventions anymore; I’m just...”
– Jon Stewart is happy about JJ Abrams directing both film versions of Star Trek and Star Wars.
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“Maybe it’s time everybody out there stops basing every decision you make on...”
– Stephen Colbert wasn’t happy about his sister’s loss to Mark Sanford in a special election his home state’s 1st Congressional District.
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“…we’re not a betterment institution. We’re not here to make you feel...”
– The Canadian Opera Company’s General Director Alexander Neef has opinions.
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April 2013
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“That part of the plan fell apart when they realized the car they were driving...”
– New York City police commissioner RAYMOND KELLY, on how the Boston bombers “spontaneously” planned to drive to New York City in a stolen car and set off pipe and pressure cooker bombs.
Jesus.
(via WCBS News Radio)
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“I want to salute NASA for once again inspiring a generation. Somewhere in...”
– Stephen Colbert salutes NASA’s inadvertent Mars graffiti.
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“You are doing what I take for granted… you are carving out the space for...”
– Jon Stewart gives Bassem Youssef some love.
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“They are insecure. They are locked in their teenage years. They still have...”
– Bassem Youssef explains to Jon Stewart the reason behind the Egyptian government’s charges against him.
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“Whole wheat pasta sucks!”
– Stephen Colbert offers Michael Pollan some food advice. 