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Jan 19

Fake-Pundit 2012 Election Prediction

“American economy on a roll“ blares a headline on Canada.com this morning. If headlines like this start running in the U.S. (in other words, if the narrative turns from the current, “we’re in an awful economy,” to “we’re recovering from an awful economy,” I predict we’ll see a repeat of the 1984 election this November — right down to the “It’s morning again in America” commercial.

(Warning: I’m not a political pundit. I just play one on the internet.)

Jan 18

Boston.com’s The Big Picture reviews the Costa Concordia cruise ship.

(via Costa Concordia cruise ship runs aground off coast of Italy - The Big Picture - Boston.com)

Innovation, Not Legislation -

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Jan 16

“Even though the New York Times reported that the White House statement “all but kill[s] current versions of the legislation,” the Senate is still poised to bring PIPA to the floor next week, and we can expect SOPA proponents in the House to try to revive the legislation—unless they get the message that these initiatives must stop, now.” — How PIPA and SOPA Violate White House Principles Supporting Free Speech and Innovation | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Jan 13

“Gina Trapani (@ginatrapani) “Reality check: Lady Gaga is famous. Bloggers are not famous.” — [Via: The Flip Side of a Big Audience | Smarterware]

Tim O’Reilly on why he’s fighting SOPA

“Any company that is providing great content online in a way that’s easy to use with a fair price has a booming business right now. The people who don’t are trying to fight that future.”

[via: Gigaom]

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Jan 12

Cobbler's children have no parking spaces -

Nashville-based Central Parking owns and operates parking facilities all over the world. Unfortunately, one place they don’t have such a facility is at their corporate headquarters.

Jan 11

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Jan 10

Cartoon: Hipster Island

[via: newyorker]

(Source: newyorker.com)