February 2012
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“Because there is no leap year in 2100, anyone born this February 29 who lives a...”
– Reuters: “Millions to mark rare Leap Day birthday on February 29” (via shannonpareil)
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“A frequent flasher was busted in St. Patrick’s Cathedral for breaking an...”
– Repeat flasher Holly Van Voast busted for showing her goods in St. Patrick’s Cathedral
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WatchMustache group announces ‘Million Mustache March’ on D.C., calls for tax break
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“Please stop. You are hurting the sanctity of the internet with this nonsense....”
– From Buzzfeed reader slystallone
Sheldon Adelson: A man at war with himself
“I’m against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections,” casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who is funding a pro- Gingrich super PAC, said in an interview published this week in Forbes magazine. “But as long as it’s doable, I’m going to do it.”
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“Sedgwick Avenue where L.L. Kool Herc invented hip hop”
– Senator Chuck Schumer discusses hip-hop history. [h/t hunter walker]
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“Serious questions emerging about the behavior of Representative Michael Grimm,...”
– New York Times Editorial
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Cocaine fueled son — not his 75-year-old mom —... →
This is a sad story.
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“At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13, he lit out for the Amazon...”
– I think I just read the NY Times obit for the real life “Most Interesting Man in the World.” (via cajunboy)
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I love Corey Kilgannon's character studies →
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More human bones found on Long Island →
The body adds to a growing list of unsolved mysteries involving corpses found in the town, some of which lies within the Long Island Central Pine Barrens, a protected forest that is one of the wilder areas on the heavily suburban island.
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NYPD monitored Muslim students all over Northeast →
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned
The AP’s latest piece on the NYPD’s controversial Muslim surveillance program.
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I give up. It's too good. →
A one-legged multi-millionaire was socked with a 60-day jail-term Thursday for drunkenly clocking an ex-stripper in the face with his gold Rolex watch outside an upper East Side bar.
UPDATE: (By good, I of course mean “incredibly interesting.” Hitting women with watches is never acceptable.)
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18 Facts About Michael McDonald →
2. Michael McDonald doesn’t make love. He makes Michael McDonald.
6. Michael McDonald’s blood type is velvet.
10. Michael McDonald’s hair turned white out of respect.
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WatchAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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“This is a moment in American history when the press has been made a fat target....”
– Boston Globe editor warns press against fear and timidity (h/t Romenesko)
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‘Osombie: The Axis of Evil Dead’ brings Osama bin... →
Jesus.
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12.5 hour interview with Alfred Hitchcock,... →
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Yelping with Cormac McCarthy →
Yelping with Cormac: Chipotle Mexican Grill →
yelpingwithcormac:
SOMA - San Francisco, CA
Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM
Three stars.
See that false burrito. See it swaddled in tinfoil on the desk in the bowels of that great tower, a bundle of meat and sauce in a place long ago ceded to silicone and copper. The stooped man eating that peasant…
Grandma arrested on meth charges for buying cold... →
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