February 2011
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“Last year, with the owner of the Texas Rangers having defaulted on more than a...”
– Excerpt from “Baseball Gave Mets Secret $25 Million Loan” in the New York Times.
Wow. Here’s the truth: when the Yankees go out and spend money, it’s their own damned money.
Going forward, any and all complaints about the Yankees payroll is just noise.
(via inothernews)
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Galliano? More like GOEBBELSLIANO! →
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keyholez: it was also once referred to as "the... →
keyholez:
I recently (finally) finished reading a pretty good book with a pretty embarrassing title: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed….
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NY TIMES: Calls for a "Jasmine Revolution" persist... →
So, basically, what, we’re gonna start importing cheap titty bars below Canal?
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Christchurch Earthquake →
Reminder: This is happening. Read.
someofmybestfriends:
Hey guys, thanks for all the messages and emails; it’s truly overwhelming. Firstly, I’m fine- I’m safe, I live in Taupo which is at the other end of the country and well-removed from any danger. But thank you all for your concern.
I spoke to my grandfather late last night and so far most of my family have been accounted for and are...
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8 Simple, Effective, and Exciting Ways to Help You... →
3. Quit reading things. Newspapers. The Internet. Your mail. This magazine. Reading only leads to thought, and thought leads to more thought. And eventually all that thought will manifest into some form of something you might want. But that’s not what this list is about. It’s about not getting what you want, and that’s what you want, so stop reading.
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Dunks Matter →
It is exciting. It is quite literally beyond the ordinary. And while Chris Bosh may posit the banal idea in a milk ad that he could dunk over a giraffe, this weekend, Blake Griffin will show us exactly why the dunk matters, by enlisting in us the even dumber faith that he actually can.
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Radiohead's King of Limbs: The Talking Points →
Radiohead goes through the glorious gauntlet that is a Marua Johnston Critical Appraisal:
The King of Limbs is a fine record for a rainy day, although it’s hard not to wonder if it would be received as well as it has been had it come under the imprimatur of, say, a band releasing its second or third album. Which is something else you have to give the band credit for…
And we are...
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Who's the Next Bernie Madoff, and How Do We Find... →
Last time we checked in with Prof. Jonathan Macey of Yale Law, he informed us that 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler once had some kind of thing. Who knew? This time, Madoff:
I don’t mind the fact that the SEC’s incompetent. What bothers me is the fact that they try to make people think that they’re competent. So people rely on them and that’s when they get fucked.
Also:
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Rape, Murder and SWAG: What you need to know about... →
dogsareadorable:
If I got anything wrong, blame Foster.
Me: SWAG?
Foster: SWAG is kind of like the Odd Future version of the Force. Except for kids who think a catchy hook is “KILL PEOPLE, BURN SHIT, FUCK SCHOOL.” Everything is swag. One can be “swagged the fuck out.” But that can be a great situation, or a terrible situation. Why? [A: “Fuck you is why....
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OH.
tylercoates:
Lara Logan and Nir Rosen were attacked by the same thing.
(Except that they were not at all.)
And Tyler! Maybe you should include the rest of that paragraph, the end of the piece. I know, more context, less fun. But:
….Or more precisely, the same sociological profile. Between the two of them, there’s no comparing the gravity of what happened, not by a long shot....
'Will Say This.
Today was a “learning experience.” Some people made pretty good points while telling me I was wrong. Some people went straight here! A few people had nice things to say. But it’s more of a lose-lose topic than I remember, and even if you are deeply vested in an issue (or think you are, as other people will tell you), there are just some that are just minefields no matter what...
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Two Reactions
So: - New One: Been called a “rape apologist” by no less than five denizens of Dumblr. - New One: Had a international affairs reporter who’s been in Egypt in the last few weeks call me - we’d never spoken before - talking about his fear of the matter at hand affecting journalists at-large.
The Mob Mentality, Lara Logan, and Twitter →
For all the freedoms Twitter is giving the world, the fact that it’s also empowering us to shout down and disable the free speech of others (something fought for in Egypt) is beyond incidental.
Lara Logan and Nir Rosen were attacked by the same thing. Or more precisely, the same sociological profile. The fact that people can’t see them as birds of a feather while they scream over...
Katie Baker Has Been Poached By Bill Simmons For... →
youngmanhattanite:
Our great friend and part-time contributor (even though everyone who worked here considered her full-time), has decided to leave the lush life of freelance writing while praying her day job co-workers at The Prominent Money Managing Vampire Squid would not find out its Katie Baker was the same as that Katie Baker. For Katie “Bakes” Baker is now a full-time sports writer. Yes,...
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