March 11, 2009
As I was driving into the Lijit offices, I was thinking about this years SXSW conference, and how different it would be for me. I was thinking about the posts I had read from friends who were going and had gone before. The difference for me this year will be striking (speaking vs. not-speaking, know...
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Micah
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Nadya Suleman might consider her decision to have octuplets "irrational," but she's still totally going to sell the birth video. Maybe Ashley Dupre can teach her how to meditate amid 14 screaming kids. Despite what Dr. Phil was told, someone's shopping a tape of Octo-Mom giving birth, shot by one of...
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Ryan Tate
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March 10, 2009
Oregon's current gas tax is $.24 a gallon, unchanged since 1993. Had it kept pace with inflation, the tax would be $.35 a gallon--about what it is in Washington (37.5 cents) and California (35.3 cents). Oregon Dems would like to raise the tax but naturally, everyone's going cra...
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March 09, 2009
Could Russell Martin benefit from a few more days off? BY TIM McLEOD AND ROTOROB And we’re off! With the release of our catcher rankings, the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit is officially launched. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be issuing a complete set of cheat sheets with analysis, essays,...
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Rod Dreher was shocked by the story of a Texas man whose wife and children were slaughtered by his daughter and her friends. But he wasn't shocked by the brutal murder itself. Murders happen all the time. Big deal. What shocked him was a passing remark by the father who survived the attack by Erin, ...
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A news report beamed to us from the year 1994, brings together two names you never thought you'd see in the same sentence*—Tonya Harding and George Steinbrenner. A new biography of Steinbrenner talks about George's generous support of amateur athletics and alleges that back in the day, he even...
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Dashiell Bennett
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You could just predict the backlash on this one: David Carr’s latest piece in the NYTimes outlining a dream editorial meeting: “No more free content. The web has become the primary delivery mechanism for quality newsrooms across the country, and consumers will have to participate in fina...
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Judith Townend
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Before I get into any of that, I just wanted to say that it's simply nice to see that Andrés Galarraga, a k a the Big Cat, is still alive and looking very healthy. He was always easily one of my favorite Major League Baseball players, and was diagnosed with cancer way back in 2000, so it was just g...
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Reel Fanatic
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March 08, 2009
I really don’t like making this confession, but I will - I DON’T LIKE A LOT OF CHRISTIANS A stat from Ed Stetzer’s new book, Lost and Found: 44% of the unchurched agree (somewhat or strongly) that "Christians get on my nerves." Why I Don’t Like A Lot of Christians: 1) ...
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In The New York Times today appears "The President Is on the Line to Follow Up on Socialism," by Jeff Zeleny. The article's first three paragraphs: Less than 90 minutes after Air Force One landed, the telephone rang. President Obama was on the line, wanting to add one more point to a res...
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