December 2008
Today's Tweets, 11/30/08
The Daily What on Twitter:
7:48 PM: Emily the Copyright Infringement. http://tr.im/1nv3
6:02 PM: LA goes boom, people freak. http://tr.im/1nrr
5:51 PM: Cyber Monday: Best Buy 2-day sale. http://tr.im/1nrd
5:27 PM: Hoaxsters Dan Mirvish and Eitan Gorlin—AKA fake McCain adviser Martin Eisenstadt—talk to Kurtz about fooling the MSM. http://tr.im/1nqh
4:49 PM: Yes, hiring Clinton is...
November 2008
Rapid-Fire Rumor: Some Random Gossip You May Enjoy...
- Blake admits: I got Amy hooked.
- Mary-Kate: Preggers???
- Lost in the Food Coma: ‘N Sync reunion? Lance: “definite possibility.”
- On the Back Burner: Do you smell what the GOP is cooking?
TMZ: Lawyer: Plaxico to Turn Himself In →
Plaxico Burress’ lawyer, Ben Brafman, just told us they were making arrangements for Plaxico to turn himself in tomorrow. Brafman just left Plaxico’s New Jersey home, where the wide receiver has been holed up since the shooting.
Brafman is the lawyer who helped Diddy get a “not guilty” verdict on illegal weapons and bribery charges stemming from a 1999 shooting inside...
ICYMI: How Big Is The Bailout? →
Financial expert Barry Ritholtz offers this mind-blowing perspective:
• Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion • Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion • Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion • S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billion • Korean...
Lunchtime Round-Up: Random Stuff You Should Read...
- 26/11 Fallout: NSG-DG: Hostages were already dead before NGS ops. Home Minister Shivraj Patil plays fall guy — is Maharashtra CM Deshmukh next? Hindu EiC: Patil’s departure overdue. PM Manmohan Singh calls for unity, orders federal spy agency. Intelligence sources: we saw this coming; slain ATS chief Karkare ordered hotels to beef up security; Ratan Tata: security measures...
Today's Tweets, 11/29/08
The Daily What on Twitter:
5:59 PM: First Look: PBS’s The Electric Company revival. http://tr.im/1mx6
5:52 PM: Pastor who got “Under God” added to PoA dies; forgets to reassemble church-state separation on his way out. http://tr.im/1mx3
3:42 PM: Giants WR Plaxico Burress shot himself in the thigh inside a night club. “Graze wound.” Already released from hospital....
CNN-IBN: Pakistan threatens India of war-like... →
Rapid escalation:
There are reports that suggest that Pakistan has now warned India of a war like situation if tensions escalate between the two sides.
Pakistani media reports that a senior security official has warned that it may relocate [100,000] troops from the Afghan border in north Pakistan to the Indian border if tensions erupt in the wake of the attacks in Mumbai.
This comes after India...
Rapid-Fire Rumor: Some Random Gossip You May Enjoy...
- Bulgari loans Winona Ryder £81,000 worth of diamonds to wear to an event. Klepto-larity ensues.
- Fuck me! Britney’s cursing on her new album.
- Joaquin Phoenix continues telling the joke no one is getting; says he’s a rapper now.
- No more variety shows for Rosie. No more employment for person who suggested giving Rosie her own variety show.
WatchWatch Anderson Cooper, in a clip from tomorrow’s 60 Minutes, challenge Michael Phelps to a race.
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Morning Round-Up: Some Random Stuff It Wouldn't...
- If you savagely trampled a Long Island Wal-Mart employee to death, the police would like a word with you.
- FDA to consumers: What do you mean you don’t want any Melamine in your baby’s formula? That stuff builds character!
- If you stop searching for Sarah Palin articles they will go away.
- Bob Rubin’s God is lousy with numbers.
- Fat lady sings for designer Joern...
Today's Tweets, 11/28/08
The Daily What on Twitter:
8:46 PM: Michael Wolff in new book: Rupert Murdoch “absolutely despises” Bill O’Reilly; Roger Ailes “loathes him.” http://tr.im/1m5t
1:20 PM: All I want for Christmas is no babies. http://tr.im/1lra
1:13 PM: Today’s Must Read: Girls and Twilight, explained. http://tr.im/1lr4
Express India: Taj encounter: 3 terrorists killed,... →
Almost over:
Security forces freed the landmark Taj hotel here after an intense night-long firing amid a series of explosions, with three terrorists gunned down by the commandos, authorities said Saturday morning.
“Three terrorists have been killed but we are still continuing our operations,” Director General of NSG, J K Dutt, told reporters outside the hotel.
On whether all the...
CNN-IBN BREAKING: NSG Operation at Taj has... →
AP: 2 dead after shots fired in SoCal Toys 'R' Us →
What. The. Hell:
Two people were shot to death in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said.
Palm Desert Councilman Jim Ferguson said police told him two men with handguns shot and killed each other. Ferguson said he asked police whether the incident was a dispute over a toy or whether it was gang-related. He said police told...
Rapid-Fire Rumor: Some Random Gossip You May Enjoy...
- Gina Carano’s infamous “lesbian party” pics revealed.
- Britney’s back, apparently.
- Madonna and A-Rod made googly eyes at each other during Madge’s show.
- Buffy to the big screen? Rumors say Joss Whedon has the script.
- Chef Ramsey: I didn’t have an affair. Sarah Symonds is lying.
“I’d like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million...”
– George Bush, in an interview with his sister, Dorothy Bush Koch, recorded for the non-profit oral-history organization StoryCorps.
Yeah, good luck with that.
Ha'aretz: Rabbi and wife among dead in Mumbai →
Worst fears realized:
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement confirmed on Friday evening that a New York rabbi and his wife were among the dead in the Mumbai terrorist attack. “Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, the beloved directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, were killed during one of the worst terrorist attacks to strike India in recent memory,” the Chabad’s New York headquarters...
Lunchtime Round-Up: Random Stuff You Should Read...
- Somali pirates hijacked an Indian chemical tanker. Elsewhere, Somali pirates released a Greek cargo ship.
- Black Friday: A Long Island Walmart employee was trampled to death by shoppers who broke down the doors trying to get in. Four other people were injured.
- 538: Hardball’s Chris Matthews is potentially staffing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania.
- Karl Rove: Obama providing...
Today's Tweets, 11/27/08
The Daily What on Twitter:
11:35 PM: Suspect arrested in connection with the murder of KATV news anchor Anne Pressly. http://tr.im/1l42
9:23 PM: SHOCK: No one wanted to watch Rosie O’Donnell be shrill and obnoxious for an hour. http://tr.im/1l1e
11:49 AM: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade gets Rickrolled. http://tr.im/1kj5
11:47 AM: Best/Worst Thanksgiving Idea: Charlie Brown...
