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May 16, 2012
Life Imitates “Art”

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A couple months ago, I included this panel in a cartoon featuring advice for Romney, who was floundering in the polls to human-turdburger Rick Santorum. This caused James Lipton to lose sleep and productivity as he thought about the imaginary job I conscripted him for. (Sorry, Mr. Lipton!) He took the job seriously, and produced this hilarious video and an accompanying article. Check it out.

This is the closest I’ll ever come to interacting with someone involved with the greatest sitcom ever, Arrested Development.

2:12 pm | Entertainment, Sunday Review | 2 Comments

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May 14, 2012
Marriage Equality Horror Stories

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In addition to Obama’s (belated) endorsement, same-sex marriage turns eight in Massachusetts this week. And as far as I know, straight marriages and the world haven’t ended in my fair commonwealth as a result. Sure, North Carolina’s  a setback, but did we really think parts of the South are just eight years behind us northern coastal elitists?

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May 11, 2012
Mother’s Day Gifts

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There’s still time to pick some of these up for your mom!

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May 7, 2012
Austerity Fever

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Europe’s dumb austerity experiment seems to finally be coming to a close. It’s the exact opposite of what should be done in a massive recession, but fat chance seeing the Keynesian spending necessary to pull the global economy out of this gigantic hole. We’ll most likely see a return to the pre-recession status quo and an anemic recovery that lasts for the next decade. Fun!

9:05 am | Sunday Review | 2 Comments

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May 4, 2012
Modern Majors

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Know what’s fucked up? Next fall’s incoming freshmen will barely remember the ’90′s, let alone the ’80′s.

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April 30, 2012
Horse-Race Journalism Playbook

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We are now in the phase of the 2012 campaign where it’s all about polls and optics. Maybe some issues will bubble up, but mostly in the form of “what should Candidate X say about Issue Y to increase his standings in the polls?” We get the media we deserve, and apparently this shit generates more pageviews than coverage of the epic downer that is real news.

9:08 am | Sunday Review | 3 Comments

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April 28, 2012
General Strike of the Unemployed

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For years, after I had a few beers, I’d start rambling about how May Day needed a revival in the United States to anyone who’d listen. Of course, I am all talk and no action. I’m hoping Occupy Wall Street is organized enough to revive the day and itself, but we’ll see.

Also, it’s insane that general strikes are illegal in this country. We only have the right to redress our grievances with the government, not our bosses. That pretty much illustrates who’s really in charge.

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April 23, 2012
Learn How to Combat Climate Change Denial!

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Yesterday was Earth Day, so I was probably going to do something similar to this cartoon anyway, but the release of this poll last week definitely helped nudge me in this direction. Apparently Americans aren’t as dumb as I had expected, but we’ll see if they remember the next time we have a snowy winter.

9:49 am | Sunday Review | 2 Comments

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April 20, 2012
Rejected Romney Campaign Slogans

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“Believe in America” is the perfectly lame slogan for a perfectly lame candidate. But if Romney wanted to switch it up during this endlessly stupid campaign, he could use any of these.

I really do have health care thanks to ol’ Massachusetts Mittens. The state’s public option is way more robust than the Obama version, but 2013 could be a squeaker for me to re-qualify. So keep your fingers crossed that I Price is Right that shit and my 2012 income is just one dollar below the threshold.

9:32 am | Weekly Updates | 3 Comments

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April 16, 2012
More Billion-Dollar Social Media Start-Ups

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Facebook bought Instagram for a BILLION dollars. I think the math works out to thirty bucks a user or something similar, so it’s not that insane, given that the only product worth anything these days is one with free, user-generated content that shoves ads into those users’ eyeballs.

But I’m not anti-advertising. Those unseemly shill-bucks pay for great TV, and even subsidize what I do. I just want MY billion dollars. I really need a fleet of yachts with shark faces painted on the bows.

1:41 pm | Sunday Review, The Intarweb | No Comments

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