June 2012
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52 Pick-Up: The New DC →
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So, roughly nine months ago, something happened. DC Comics had just ended their last multi-title crossover, Flashpoint, replete with no small number of tie-in mini-series, merchandising, and the well-worn promise that everything would change. But it was all just empty posturing. Mainstream comics are notorious for clinging desperately to their status, doing their best to keep their...
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Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Taco is officially their...
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100,000,000 Doritos tacos ordered in 10 weeks source
» That’s a lot of tacos. Now, the company plans to start testing out shells made from other Doritos flavors, and has confirmed that a Cool Ranch-flavored shell is in the works. Considering that the previous record-holder — the Crunchwrap Supreme — was made a permanent part of the menu in 2006, it seems likely that the Doritos...
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Survey: Recent high school grads having trouble...
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37% of recent high school grads without a college degree had a full-time job before the recession, according to a Rutgers University study
16% of recent high school grads without a college degree had a full-time job post-recession; part-time worker levels have gone down, too source
» A somewhat odd note from the article: ”In the two months since the survey was conducted, a large...
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“You use these things; they don’t use you. If you allow them to use you, you’re...”
– Ray Bradbury, to Newsweek, November 12, 1995. Bradbury died today at 91. (via newsweek)
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Feeling Outshined →
“When you think of Oklahoma City what’s the first thought to pop into your head? “Timothy McVeigh?” “Natural gas?” “Cows?” How about “NBA powerhouse?” That’s right folks- the Oklahoma City Thunder, in just their fourth year in the Sooner State, have reached the NBA’s Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive year, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the...
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“I hacked in after finding the answer to the security question, ‘What is your...”
– An anonymous hacker • Revealing to Gawker how he allegedly hacked into Mitt Romney’s e-mail Tuesday. Mitt Romney’s personal e-mail address — mittromney@hotmail.com — was allegedly hacked using the “favorite pet” question. It’d be painfully ironic if it it was Seamus. Everyone knows if you’re famous...
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Clutch Athletes: Perception or Reality? →
“The clutch gene. Some athletes seem to have it, always coming through for their team when the pressure is at the highest. Other athletes seem to lack it, failing during crunch time. How you perform in the clutch can shape your career in a huge way. However, is there really that big of a difference between how players perform normally and in the clutch?”
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HRC at Pride
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On June 27, 1969 The Stonewall Riots in New York City marked the beginning of the LGBT rights movement in the United States. Harassed by local police simply for congregating, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patrons decided to take a stand and fight back against the brutal intimidation they regularly faced. By refusing to resign themselves to the shadows of that bar or...
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Internet Downloads to be Watched in July →
“Hide your BitTorrent account, hide your pirated music, hide your downloaded television shows, because on July 1st they may begin to make your Internet access difficult.
On that day, many of the main U.S. Internet Service Providers or ISPs–including Comcast, Cablevision, and Time Warner Cable–will be enacting policies which will include monitoring their networks…”
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“Anthony Bourdain tends to get noticed. The chef turned televised tour guide is...”
– The NYT’s David Carr • Writing about how Anthony Bourdain is all dreamy and stuff. Oh, and his new gig with CNN. (via shortformblog)
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Rush Limbaugh is Scarier than Stephen King →
“You know what Stephen King’s problem is? He’s not scary enough. In regards to his liberal talk radio show, anyway.
Yes, believe it or not, there is currently a liberal-leaning talk radio program being broadcast in the United States, and it’s owned by, of all people, famed horror novelist Stephen King. Unfortunately, like so many of King’s protagonists, the program, Pulse Radio, seems...
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Birmingham Needs a Basketball Team →
“The Golden State Warriors front office announced at a press conference yesterday that they are moving the franchise to San Francisco as soon as their stadium lease in Sacramento runs out in 2017, dashing my secret dream that the floundering NBA franchise would somehow relocate to Birmingham. This dream sounds crazy, of course. How could Birmingham possibly support a professional sports...
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“Forced to take lower wages if they can find work at all and facing...”
– Are we a “screwed generation”? Maybe. (via newsweek) 