Amazon has finally decided to allow Kindle users to borrow e-books from libraries. The Seattle-based retail giant did not specify when its “Kindle Library Lending” program would start, but the company did say that the perks of reading a purchased e-book on a Kindle e-reading device or through a Kindle app will be in place […]
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Why Do We Hate Gwyneth Paltrow?
Gwyneth Paltrow has a theory: My theory is twofold. I think there’s a part of me that because I think I do a lot, I think my work ethic is the reason why I’m successful. I think that a lot of people don’t want to put in effort and it’s easier to not change, not […]
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Obama, Off the Record
Yesterday at a fundraiser for his 2012 campaign, President Obama talked very candidly about his feelings on Republican legislative tricks. He didn’t realize he was speaking into an open mic. I hope that if he gets a second term and doesn’t have to worry about reelection that he speaks this candidly all the time: He […]
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Orson Welles Creepily Interviews Jim Henson and Frank Oz
What the fuck television show does this come from? Why is the interview with Henson and Oz interspersed with images of dead and suicidal Muppets? What’s going on? Devour has no answers, and neither do I:
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Obama’s Budget Speech
The New York Times has the full text of President Obama’s speech on reducing the budget. It’s probably the first real speech of the 2012 campaign, and it’s a crucial one—Obama’s trying to paint himself as America’s responsible dad, without sounding like a Jimmy Carter-style killjoy. He called the recently unveiled Republican budget plan “less […]
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The Trumpening Continues Apace
Another day, another post about Donald Trump’s skyrocketing poll numbers. Of Republicans polled in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey on the question of who should receive the GOP nomination for president, Trump, the real estate tycoon, tied former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for first. Trump and Huckabee each received 19% of the nods from Republican […]
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Michele Bachmann Calls Planned Parenthood the “LensCrafters of big abortion”
Politico: In a barn-burning speech to social conservatives here, Michele Bachmann called Monday for abolishing the entire tax code and the Department of Education, labeled Planned Parenthood the “LensCrafters of big abortion” and slammed same-sex marriage advocates for going against what she called 5,000 years of human history. In addition to the Department of Energy, […]
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Mitt’s In
In the middle of the most boring YouTube video in the history of the world, Mitt Romney just announced his “exploratory committee for the presidency of the United States.” What this means is that Romney can start the fundraising process. I bet the first person he hits up for money will be…himself. Anyway, here’s the […]
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All of Satan’s E-mails Begin with “Hi There”
We’ve been hearing for a while how AOL mistreats its bloggers as a matter of course. Maybe we’ve become desensitized after hearing so many stories about shitty goings-on at Engadget and the Huffington Post. But you should read this personal account posted at The Awl, because it’s a smart, sad look at exactly how poorly […]
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Um, Wow: Your First Look at The Governator
Movieline just posted a three-minute video clip of Arnold Schwartzenegger’s Stan-Lee-produced cartoon, The Governator. It’s like the Mr.T cartoon mixed with M.A.S.K. Only suckier: Who is this for? It’s clearly not for kids (young cartoon-watchers never like adorable kid sidekicks), it’s not for adults, and I’m not sure they even show these kinds of cartoons […]
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The New Republican Frontrunner?
Polls are mostly meaningless at this point in the presidential campaign game. If you want to know how a candidate is doing this far out from the primaries, the best metric is fundraising—it predicts things like ad buys, organizational strength, and enthusiasm. With that in mind, Fox News delivers a bit of a surprise today: […]
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Trump Feels Great Pride in Being a Moron
According to Politico, Donald Trump is dead-set on becoming the birther presidential candidate: Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s proud to be part of the so-called birther movement, which he says is comprised of “great American people.” “A lot of the so called birthers, these are great people, these are really great American people,” he […]