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Matthews-Olberman circus shut down by MSNBC

Posted in Fox News, MSNBC, Media, NBC, Random, Tim Russert, tagged , , on September 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’m taking entirely too much pleasure in hearing today that Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman have been been spanked by MSNBC for their anchoring of the national political conventions in the last couple of weeks. The FoxNews people were positively gloating over it. (Kudos to CNN for not mentioning it, at least not while I [...]

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You can observe a lot just by watching

Posted in Environment, Gustav, Life, Media, Personal, Random, tagged , , , on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Yogi Berra said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” What a philosopher. You can hear a lot just by listening, too. And understand a lot just by thinking? That I’m not so sure about.
Anyway, tapping into my current random-access memory, I find the following:
When reporters cover hurricanes, they talk a lot about the [...]

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Ready or not, DNC in Denver is underway

Posted in Democratic National Convention, Election '08, Politics, Random on August 24, 2008 | No Comments »

Wait! You can’t protest yet! The convention doesn’t start until tomorrow!
But since when has Cindy Sheehan listened to anyone? Since when have people hell-bent on demonstration, protest, and disruption listened to anyone?
As the Olympics wind down, the Democratic National Convention in Denver winds up. Oh, joy.

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Beijing architecture is its own spectator sport

Posted in Design, Random, Sports, Technology, tagged , , , , , , , on August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I kept this picture of Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium in my header for as long as I could stand it.
There is some stunning architecture in Beijing, but the Bird’s Nest is not one of those “wow” structures for me. It ranks more as a “hmm” or a “weird.”
Then there was the day I finally realized [...]

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