Ken Burns: The Late Night War
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CotW: Swordfish – Brilliant Predictor of the Future or Merely Awesome?
So when I made the decision to do this, I decided I would sometimes take a break from the news of the day and instead do some pop culture related stuff. Because I love pop culture and, let’s be honest, Brendan only has a passing familiarity with it. Plus, I have a minor in Film and it’s not doing any… Read more »
Jewish prayer prompts terror scare
Can’t make it up: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a misunderstanding about a Jewish prayer ritual led to the diversion of a US Airways flight to Philadelphia. City police Lt. Frank Vanore says a 17-year-old boy on the plane was using tefillin, a set of small black boxes attached to leather straps and containing biblical passages. One box is strapped… Read more »
Next Wednesday night: SOTU liveblog!
Just wanted to throw out an early plug for my State of the Union live blog / live chat, for which I’ll be trying out a new service that I’ve just discovered, an alternative to CoverItLive called ScribbleLive. Seems pretty cool, and very customizable. And, unlike during the BCS Title Game, anyone can join the chat — no login required!… Read more »
Red Massachusetts
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Via Daily Kos, a red-blue-purple map of yesterday’s Massachusetts vote: The author notes the map’s similarity to the Obama-Clinton primary map from 2008 (which you can see in the Kos post) and quotes this tweet: “Q: Where are the other potential Dem collapse areas this Nov? A: Almost precisely the places Hillary carried in the 08 prez primary.”
Mental health break
Check out this awesome time lapse of University of Phoenix Stadium being made ready for the Cardinals-Packers game on January 3, then being transformed overnight into the site of the Fiesta Bowl on January 4: There was also some sort of band event the day before the Cardinals game, if you’re wondering what’s going on around the 0:10 mark. (Hat… Read more »
The obligatory Hitler video
And it’s a pretty good one, as these things go. Heh. (For those unfamiliar with the Hitler-video meme, here’s a primer. Previous blog posts here and here.)
What can Brown do for you?
Today’s Boston Herald looks a bit like one of those infinite-loop things, where you videotape a TV screen showing… your live video of the TV screen. If only the Scott Brown in the “HE DID IT!” Herald was holding up a copy of the previous day’s Herald. Seriously, someone needs to get a photo of Scott Brown holding up today’s… Read more »
Quote of the day
“Some other stories are saying that, in the future, I may not be able to retain what is known as my show’s intellectual property. I may not be able to retain it, yeah. [Audience boos.] No, look on the bright side. Isn’t it great to live in a country where a cigar-smoking dog puppet and a bear that masturbates are… Read more »
2010 Jay Leno, meet 2004 Jay Leno
This clip does a better job of absolutely burying Jay Leno than even Jimmy Kimmel could — and it’s all from Jay’s own mouth, six years ago. You gotta watch the whole thing. The last 35 seconds are the best part. “I don’t want to see anybody ever have to go through that again.” Oh really? Maybe someone should send… Read more »