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April 15, 2008 Breaking News
Rupert Murdoch admits media control...
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:40:01 PDT
...but laments that the days when “news and information were tightly controlled by a few editors, who deigned to tell us what we could and should know,” are coming to an end. Five years ago, when there were fewer outlets, 27% of Americans believed "all or most" media reporting. Now, with greater diversity of voices, less than 20% believe. Ironic?
News in Brief - Ha'aretz
FIWC online winners announced
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:27:03 PDT
Fifa.com have announced the winners for the regional online qualifiers. Great news for team Geekpulp as Hops has taken out the NZ bracket. I must admit that the difference in quality between Hops and I is now clear, and the grief that I gave him for getting eliminated at the same stage as me was unjustified (but funny). He was by a large margin the highest point getter in the Oceania region almost doubling his nearest competitions point count. Hops will be heading off to Germany for the Grand
Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld - CBC News
Genitalia in the News
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:41:18 PDT
Ladies, did you know that your vagine is a great place to store liquor?Fellas, did you know that praying to and worshiping penis-shaped sculptures and floats will increase your fertility?
Spritz This, Procter & Gamble!
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:00:12 PDT
OK. The Home Made Stupid Squad (a moniker aptly used by my friend Jesse) strikes again! I seem to have struck a chord with this post, in more ways than one: not only did I get quite a few encouraging comments, but someone or a few someones at Procter & Gamble suddenly started reading this blog! Welcome! So, again today I tuned into Newsworld for my fix of news, and lo and behold, there was Madame Woodburn once more, this time tut-tutting in her posh accent about how having a "beautiful fra
UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (UPI)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:44:33 PDT
McCain site recipes really Food Network's ... School bans tag for safety reasons ... Man fined for digging dangerous tunnels ... Bag of cash up for grabs -- with questions ... UPI Quirks in the News.
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:40:01 PDT
...but laments that the days when “news and information were tightly controlled by a few editors, who deigned to tell us what we could and should know,” are coming to an end. Five years ago, when there were fewer outlets, 27% of Americans believed "all or most" media reporting. Now, with greater diversity of voices, less than 20% believe. Ironic?
News in Brief - Ha'aretz
News in Brief Ha'aretz, Israel - Apr 14, 2008 In a unanimous decision, Jerusalem Municipal Planning Committee members yesterday approved plans to expand the city's Biblical Zoo, Israel's most popular ... |
FIWC online winners announced
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:27:03 PDT
Fifa.com have announced the winners for the regional online qualifiers. Great news for team Geekpulp as Hops has taken out the NZ bracket. I must admit that the difference in quality between Hops and I is now clear, and the grief that I gave him for getting eliminated at the same stage as me was unjustified (but funny). He was by a large margin the highest point getter in the Oceania region almost doubling his nearest competitions point count. Hops will be heading off to Germany for the Grand
Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld - CBC News
 CBC News | Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld CBC News, Canada - Mar 17, 2008 ... Susan Stranks & Sheila Petzold, and directed by Sheila Petzold. It was produced by Holmwood Productions (Ottawa) in association with CBC Newsworld. |
Genitalia in the News
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:41:18 PDT
Ladies, did you know that your vagine is a great place to store liquor?Fellas, did you know that praying to and worshiping penis-shaped sculptures and floats will increase your fertility?
Spritz This, Procter & Gamble!
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:00:12 PDT
OK. The Home Made Stupid Squad (a moniker aptly used by my friend Jesse) strikes again! I seem to have struck a chord with this post, in more ways than one: not only did I get quite a few encouraging comments, but someone or a few someones at Procter & Gamble suddenly started reading this blog! Welcome! So, again today I tuned into Newsworld for my fix of news, and lo and behold, there was Madame Woodburn once more, this time tut-tutting in her posh accent about how having a "beautiful fra
UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (UPI)
Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:44:33 PDT
McCain site recipes really Food Network's ... School bans tag for safety reasons ... Man fined for digging dangerous tunnels ... Bag of cash up for grabs -- with questions ... UPI Quirks in the News.
Last night's CMT Music Awards�the country-music television network's version of its sister network MTV's Video Music Awards�veered into "a little more than slightly excruciating" territory when co-host Miley Cyrus tripped her way through a Taylor Swift intro in which she talked about texting the glittery-guitar-hoisting country protege incessantly, an endless setup to what would be one of many "ha ha, Dad, I'm paying your bills!" zingers that the Hannah Montana star sent in the direction of her father/svengali, "Achy Breaky Heart" singer Billy Ray Cyrus. (Yes, he performed the line dance that sent him and his mullet to stardom back in 1992, the same year his cash cow was sired.) The opening skit, in which Trace Adkins and his really greasy mop tried currying favor with everyone from Donald Trump to the three remaining Presidential candidates in order to get passes to the show, also mined that route; its final punchline was that Billy Ray was making extra scratch by scalping tickets, which were of course hot properties because of his daughter's presence. That girl is going to be so messed up in three years. Full list of winners�which includes three awards for Kellie Pickler, two for Taylor Swift, and one for that super-creepy video where Jon Bon Jovi and Leann Rimes make out�after the jump.
