Archive for April, 2006
Ithaca Is Pusillanimous
Monday, April 24th, 2006For the record, in this context, pusillanimous is a high falootin’ way of saying “stocked with pussies.”
It seems as if Cornell’s self-worth issues have bubbled over into a dangerous addiction to hoodies and baseball caps. Frightened that “Actual” Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale look down on its Central New York bumpkin cousin, a […]
Just So You Know
Monday, April 24th, 2006From the Hartford Courant:
Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism specialist and director of the Washington office of the Rand Corp., a California-based research group, said al-Qaida is confronting the same challenge that faces all terrorism networks: how to remain relevant as a radical movement over time.
Osama bin Laden is Howard Stern
• Bin Laden’s New Bag [HartfordCourant]
Three Stars of the Media: 4.21.06
Friday, April 21st, 2006And you wonder why we don’t want you here? Jesus Christ, Mexican Farmers are those plowshares that the spring swelter has sticking to your left legs or are you just happy to see me?
Three
Who’s the Hot Shot now, Sheen?
Two
J.J. Abrams to further neglect Lost, as he signs on to direct a Star Trek prequel.
One
Second Duke […]
Say It Ain’t So
Friday, April 21st, 2006We love Apple. We love Apple, like, a lot. Like, a lot lot.
We have extolled their virtues in virtually every area, from the trailblazing legal music and movie downloading service iTunes to their (now Windows compatible) hardware which to paraphrase George Bluth, looks good enough to fuck. However, heroes only truly exist in your mind […]
Three Stars of the Newscycle: 4.20.06
Thursday, April 20th, 2006Forgot yesterday, but remember to shoot a line to both Sports Correspondent Rachel Oppenheimer and Comment Superstar Nora Fores who share the birthday of 4.19.
Whoo!
Three
United States and China break no new ground on trade, may be forced to cut salary to get under the cap.
Two
Fossil suggests snakes evolved on land, not in references to […]
Never Mind
Thursday, April 20th, 2006Thanks for listening Dan.
• NBC REVEALS DUKE ACCUSER’S PIC [Drudge]
Three Stars of the Newscycle: 4.19.06
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006What you didn’t spend your day reading while you were compiling your ATM receipts.
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Portman part of inner circle. Will also kill your dog for fun.
Two
Silvio Berlusconi is one spicy meatball. And he won’t leave his nation’s digestive track.
One
Scotty McClellan resigns under pressure from Joey’s baby.
Run A F-wording Photo
Wednesday, April 19th, 2006It’s time again for the Media Bitchfest feature Run a Fucking Photo, where an MBF scribe chides a major media outlet for cowardice or laziness because the have decided not to post a visual illustration with an otherwise interesting story.
Today’s episode: The Party Duke Show
The local Durham ABC affiliate has gotten a hold of some […]
Three Stars of the Newscycle: 4.18.06
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006Please identify the explanation for this photo amongst the top three stories of the day
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Is it a new meat eating dinosaur found in Argentina.
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A metaphor explaining the standoff between the Duke lacrosse team and local authorities after two teammates were arrested and a third could end up behind bars before the end of the week.
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An […]
Biology 1-0-Fun!
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006In Delaware, there’s this huge Bog Turtle population assessment going on because Bog Turtles are endangered so, of course, nobody gets to build their house on them or feed them stuff from under the sink until they turn into ninjas.
In the rabid spirit of environmental protectionism and my sometimes-ardent, sometimes-just-to-freak-out-the-kids literal love affair […]
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Critical Acclaim:
— Tom Scocca, New York Observer
— J. Michael Robertson, Media Studies Department, University of San Francisco
— Shelly Smith, Comedienne of The Brothel
— Will Leitch, Deadspin.com
— mute_everything, MBF Commenter
