tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38183702011-04-21T13:45:44.944-05:00<p><a href="http://www.mrniceguy.org"><i>Listen</i> to The Mr. Nice Guy Show</a> podcast, too. <p>My thoughts on what's goin' on in the world, <p>just like years ago <a href="http://mrniceguyshow.blogspot.com/2002_09_22_mrniceguyshow_archive.html">on the radio</a>.Marv K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062968682219473143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818370.post-91651386755716912572008-03-25T07:18:00.003-05:002008-03-25T07:23:39.654-05:00

...that "The World is Built on Bullshit."

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Years later, $teve Ballbu$ter is still batting 1000:"A day after it was released for public download, Windows Vista SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems...” (Full story)-M!

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Dan Fogelberg's memory, and all that he left us, are for a blessing.-M!

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The long-awaited Mitchell report on performance enhancing drug use by MLB players came out today.Figuratively hit over the head with the 409-page report, Baseball Comi$$ioner Bud $elig $aid "If there are problems, I wanted them revealed. [Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell's] report is a call to action, and I will act."Yeah, sure.Many will assume that Buddy will be just as he's been

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...I cannot imagine how this load of self-absorbed hucksterism could go anywhere but right into the ground, right quick [as they say in Tennessee]: bl*ggerandpodc*ster.com.I wouldn't even dignify it with a real link.Pyuch.-M!

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From the 8/30 Washington Post:Black and Jewish Teens Tackle Biases, History in Year-Long Program-M!

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A great video...(Title translation: "My Beauty Queen")

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Now that greedmonger Rupert Murdoch has his dirty, selfish paws on the Wall $treet Journal, many expect him to make it more like his Faux News channel and go great guns after The NY Times.Could this be how NYT could save itself/win the battle?'Makes some sense, but I think it's a bit too 2.0. Plus, even as nice and well-visited as their site is, I just don't think the people at the NYT...or, for

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Dear MSNBC:The email below from FAIR is noted and explains nicely why I never watch MSNBC.I see no journalism on your channel; I only see pretty-boy FOX wannabes who whore themselves out for showbiz-like fame by scaring, dividing and enraging people.And when you look in the mirror, at the recordings of what you do, and at what journalism was not that long ago and in the classrooms where you may

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Q: Will Mr. Nice Guy be attending PodCamp NYC?A: No.Q: Will Mr. Nice Guy be attending PodCamp Midwest?A: No.-M!

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iAin't ImpressedIf this new, much-hyped, highly-anticipated 'iPhone' doesn't show up in June buggy and defective as all heck, I will eat my hat. And maybe even shorts.The same company that debuted a basic laptop that inexplicably mooed like a cow and couldn't even maintain the paint job is going to have big, big problems with a touch screen in the pants pocket next to Bic pens, quarters and a

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I Beg to DifferOkay, I know there's an element of sales and hucksterism goin' on here, but, as reference librarian - and even just a reasonably well-informed member of our society - I have to regard these:Podcasting Tome Makes Amazon.com’s ‘Top 10 Reference Books’ Listas among the biggest loads of horse manure I've ever seen in my life.Here are some of than many other reference books published in

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Podcast FolliesSince I'm often asked, here are some of the wildly popular podcasts that I do not listen to:Egomania Likes IgnoranceWisconsin Mindless GigglefestMany Pictures of My HedcastObnoxious and the NYC ShowSelf-Appointed Guru Directory AssistanceIt's like deja Springer all over again.-M!

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FAQQ: Will Mr. Nice Guy be attending the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in September?A: Absolutely not.-M!

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A Good FeelingTo know that somebody gets it.These kinds of words don't come along often, but when they do, they make it all worthwhile.-M!

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More Important to be NiceAfter pondering the big news stories of the past 24 hours - at least from my perch - it seems to me that Ken Lay, Andrew Baron and Amanda Congdon have (had?) something in common. I have no personal knowledge to confirm my hunch, but it just seems that way to me. To all three, being important and wealthy were apparently paramount.Lay screwed thousands of people (yes, pun

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The World is Built On It?Yet another product from the clueless, tech-drunk, wealth-seeking, bullshit machine.-M!

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FAQ: NetworkingQ: What is the purpose of these podcast networks that are springing-up all over?A: Ego gratification.Q: Could there be other legitimate explanations?A: Nope.-M!

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'The Beeb' to Go!Great news: the folks at BBC Radio have expanded their lineup of podcasts. They're calling it a trial, but there's every reason to believe the offerings will prove wildly popular and only expand in the months to come.Don't confuse the BBC with the arrogant, self-important, snotty beggars at NPR in the USA. The BBC has long been able to be incredibly intelligent, yet not feel the

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FAQ: Narrow?Q: On the podcast, why don't you focus exclusively on one narrow topic (technology, sex, comic books, etc.) like so many other shows do?A: Because friends don't do that. Because life doesn't.-M!

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The More Things Change...Satellite radio: nothing more than wolves in sheep's clothing.-M!

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Totally Trucked-UpHere's a new low in the phony, feigned angry, right-wing, Limbaugh wannabe radio talk show world. This transparent, bullshit-laden genius regurgitates the standard party line, no-doubt real low on Norquist's list of recipients, and does it in such an annoying way that he completely obscures the talents of an excellent co-host. Chalk on a blackboard is more pleasant. This shows

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Payola Scandal Evidence Fun!Payola news release and evidence fromthe NYS Office of the Attorney General.-M!

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Payola Scandal "FU"Of course, FU means "follow-up."After MNG shows 126 and 127, it dawned on me that the National ASSociation of Broadcasters might have something to say about the payola scandal unearthed by NYS AG Eliot Spitzer.Unfortunately, mum's apparently the word from NAB and their prez, Eddie Fritts, who I'm guessing has his head firmly planted in the ground or in an even more "personal"

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Okay, I admit it, I have been remiss in not keeping up this written blog.What can I say? Since late February, I've been devoting most of my creative time to the podcast. For a while, I tried to add podcast descriptions here, too, but it's really too cumbersome. Added to that is the fact that I'm really still all politics'd out from the election last November.If you miss the entries here, I

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No Speculation Zone???Excellent new alert from FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) adds another hefty scoooop to the already gigantic pile of contradictory shit coming out of [both sides of] the mouth of a certain Fox personality.At what point will someone finally - on a large scale - call him on this?-M!

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The Cost of WarA running total of what taxpayers are spending on the Iraq War. Based on estimates from Congressional appropriations.Could there possibly be better ways to spend all this money?-M!

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Whore Time"A week after she was praised in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" issue (4/18/05), the magazine went a step further by making far-right pundit Ann Coulter the subject of a lengthy April 25 cover story. Readers who might have looked for a critical examination of the overexposed, factually challenged hatemonger found something else: a puff piece that gave Coulter a pass on

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TV Network NewsSammy Donaldson says it's dead, today's Washington Post says it's just for sale.Turn off the TV.-M!

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Terrestrial Radio Scrambles......to try and catch-up/compete with trendy new competitors and - what a surprise - all the radio people end up doing is shitting all over themselves, proving that they still just think of us as statistics, ciphers, sheep, not thinking, sentient beings.We learn more about the ignorant bastards in two great articles published recently...Radio mash-up from the Chicago

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"Academy"Way back, over 25 years ago, I'd go to Saturday morning services at a synagogue in Syracuse. The rabbi, who is still there - and, presumably still a jackass - would introduce the memorial prayer near the end of the service by mentioning the names of those who were recently "called back to God's heavenly academy."I thought it odd, but nice. An academy.In library school, we learned not to

Marv K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17062968682219473143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818370.post-1112381139990089312005-04-01T07:41:00.000-06:002005-04-01T12:47:31.500-06:00

A Tale Told by an IdiotOnce again, the media people look like fools when we evaluate how they've covered the Schiavo story: wildly overplaying the protesters, ignoring facts and giving the prez a free ride. Eric Boehlert, in this excellent Salon piece helps us conclude that the press was full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.-M!

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Humbling Myself: Need a FavourDespite my slightly low self-esteeeeeem, I'm really kinda proud of the podcasts I've been churning out at http://mrniceguy.org.If you haven't listened yet, could I warmly invite you to?If you like what you hear, please subscribe using an RSS aggregator or by email notification or just visiting the site often to hear what's new.And...tell a friend.Considering the

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Quite the PrezNo great surprise that he's a hypocrite, but some surprise - and delight - that the approval numbers are reflecting it.-M!

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Too Little, Too LateFriday's Wall Street Journal looked at how ignorant terrestrial radio broadcasters are scrambling to play catch-up with competitors who acknowledge people might have some brains, after all.Fave quotes...“research, discipline and all that have gotten out of control”-Lee Abrams, big shot consultant in the '80s and '90s who many believe ruined thousands of rock stations across

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Brain-Dead Ploys......and Heartless Republicans. Sensational, concise, right on-target article by Fran Shor. What a surprise: they contradict themselves at every turn and so few seem to notice.-M!

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Wolfie to the World BankWhat people are saying about the nomination.-M!

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Trust in Journalism???B-i-g surprise here: trust in journalism has hit new lows, according to the second annual State of the Media Report. Here's the story, as reported in today's Michigan Daily and this is the full report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism.Y'wonder if this bothers any of these news execs, or are they all worried about hairspray, bleeding and leading?Conclusion: listen

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News Whores, Shitmongers: a much better descriptionWhy I don't watch broadcast news anymore [and even take the supposedly higher echelon, dignified print journalists with gigantic grains of salt]: the saga continues...1) A NY Times editorial, And now, the counterfeit news, says it's time to acknowledge that the nation's news organizations have played a large and unappetizing role in deceiving the

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Fine Broadcast JournalismThe administration's efforts to generate positive news coverage have beenconsiderably more pervasive than previously known -- and records and interviewssuggest widespread complicity or negligence by television stations. So we learn from this article, Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News, in Sunday's New York Times.Accuracy, impartiality, investigation and context

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I'm Yakkin' Up a StormSeven new Mr. Nice Guy Shows are up and ready for your ears. We cover everything from Michael Jackson's tardiness to buffet dining to motivational speakers to something called the Vasclip (hint: you won't find it at the office supply store).Have some fun with The Mr. Nice Guy Show, all wired for sound!-M!

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And Still More SoundWhat people won't do for a book deal. Amazing in a nation of morons.The news ain't all bad, though, in the world of forthcoming book fun.-M!

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Responding to Gannongate......White House Press Secretary [Simple Scottie] McClellan unveils strict new credentialing process to ensure rock-hard integrity of White House Press Pool!-M!

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More SoundThree behaviours that indicate I'm gettin' old? Can I at least turn one of 'em around and make it a cool positive? It's all in The Mr. Nice Guy Show #11, Soup to Nuts?-M!

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New AudioOooooh, I've been busy updating the "talk" show (podcast) today.For your listening pleasure (I hope):Show 6: Fun Tech NewsShow 7: What a Girl Wants? (my fave of the day)Show 8: Loose EndsShow 9: More Loose EndsShow 10: Women's History MonthEnjoy,-M!

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Could I Ask a Favour?Regardless of your religion, take a few minutes to read this absolutely magnificent sermon, delivered to 1300 teens in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago.-M!

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Wow, Big Surprise!For years, they've brodcast a steady stream of greed, hate, divisiveness, and encouraged us to be ignorant, dumb as posts. Then comes word in this fun AP article that...---Broadcast radio not a Wall Street favorite anymoreBy Seth Sutel, The Associated PressWednesday, Mar. 2, 2005NEW YORK - For years, investors loved the radio business. Its sky-high profits margins were among the

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Audio: 'Can't Get No Job Satisfaction???A new survey of over 7,000 people indicates that many, many people aren't delighted with their jobs. No wonder a nice drink after work to help us calm down feels so good. I've got all the details for ya.-M!

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More Sound!Three new editions of The Mr. Nice Guy Show audio/podcast are ready for your listening - uh - pleasure. Each is an mp3, about 4MB and five minutes long...1) Paris & Michael2) Jumping Through Hoops & Gate$3) Oscars, Fashions, CelebrityEnjoy,-M!

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Wired for Sound!Well, I did it. Sort of. Almost.While many were out enjoying the weekend: partying, frolicking, hooking-up, I was on the computer, trying to come up with an audio version of this fun project. A "podcast." A mini-Mr. Nice Guy Show, hearkening back to the heady days on the radio. A quick, five-minutes of fun and information to share with the world...if anyone in the world actually

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Her Little Black DatabaseTo many, describing Paris Hilton as an ignorant, air-headed, uneducated party girl would be too kind.I've marvelled at how her family could be so shrewd and wealthy and, apparently, never have had anyone take her aside and say, "Listen, you're gonna have to hunker down and get some kind of an education, so you don't make a fool of us and - more importantly - yourself."She

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OscarI don't think I have turned on my TV once since election nite. Maybe not even then. I know I watched the debates before the election. I might actually turn on the TV tomorrow nite for the Oscars.I haven't seen one of the nominated movies and don't care a whit about the stars. The reason I'd consider watching: host Chris Rock. I don't know about you, but I think the guy is absolutely

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Because They're HypocritesGuess who's erected a wall of silence - a really big erection - around the Gannon scandal?-M!

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No Sex, Please......We're Liberals!Excellent article by Dan Kennedy in The Boston Phoenix.Fave part:"...if, say, a Gore or Kerry administration had brought in a gay hooker to act as a ringer at news conferences, it would have quickly exploded into the biggest story in the country. Fox News would devote hours upon hours to it. So would Rush Limbaugh. So would the Pat Robertsons and the Jerry

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This is Brotherly Love???From Philadelphia comes word that, in the birthplace of the Consititution...and really, the whole nation, Elliot Shelkrot is selling-out the library profession and the entire community.He must be mighty proud.-M!

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Funny, I Don't Look It...Do I?Okay, it was no great joy to turn 48 a few weeks ago. I really don't think I look it, whatever 48 looks like. I think I'm pretty young-minded, which is somehow different from immature, I think, maybe.But, just a few moments ago, I suddenly did feel pretty old...after reading that showbiz hottie Lindsay Lohan's father, according to the AP, "was arrested Saturday

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Bloggggging FunI constantly look at the info on who's actually reading this thing. Virtually none of my friends or relatives seem to. I suppose I should be hurt. Most folks, and there are a lot of 'em, seem to stumble on the blog while searching the Web for other stuff and this comes up in the search results because of some keyword or celeb name I've used. I guess I'll take visitors here any way

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More On "Gannon" & Co.The fun just never stops with these sinister pieces of excrement, as we learn from Justin Raimondo, Doug Griffin, Sidney Blumenthal, and one of my fave writers, Frank Rich. Pay special attention to what an absolute worm Wolf Blitzer has become. He must be so proud of his "work."-M!

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When the Response is...No ResponseIt couldn't just be me. It's gotta bother you, too.This happens to me so often and it drives me crazy:I ask someone a questionor give 'em a big, friendly,sincere "Hi!" in passing.And they ignore it.It makes me crazy. Crazier than I already am.What the hell are people thinking when they do this???I was walking through one of my favourite parks this past summer,

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Darryn SteepensIn apparent answer to the question "Is there any woman on earth more stupid than Britney Spears?" we learn from published reports that Rush Limbaugh's divorce from his third wife Marta was recently finalized in a Key West, Florida courthouse.54 year old Limbaugh has been dating CNN anchor Darryn Kagan, 42, since mid-'04 and she is reportedly hinting at marriage, telling friends "

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CreamyNo, not that.Lately, I've been wicked gettin' into the cream liquers.I can't afford Bailey's Irish Cream, but have been going with the next best thing, Carolan's and just discovered Cask & Cream, domestic product from the Gallo empire that's actually even better. If y'haven't already, try 'em. They're very good. Probably too good. I try to have just one shot's worth and usually end up

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Well-Said!"The Google phenomenon is a wonderfully modern manifestation of the triumph of hope and boosterism over reality. Hailed as the ultimate example of information retrieval, Google is, in fact, the device that gives you thousands of "hits" (which may or may not be relevant) in no very useful order.""Those characteristics are ignored and excused by those who think that Google is the creation

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Random Thoughts•Hockey Puck YouThe NHL cancelled what's left of the season today after failing to come to terms with players. AP says it's the first time a major pro sports league in North America lost an entire season to a labor dispute. I'm no expert, but I enjoy hockey. AHL, one level below the NHL is my fave. The AHL is playing a regular season. Occasionally, I catch an NHL game. Just like

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Big Broadcasting BallsRadio talk show host, journeyman kinda guy in the biz with apparently no special academic qualifications to justify it, says that if you don't want to ask a question during his show for free, he'll gladly answer it at other times...for 97 bucks!-M!

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Guckert, Guckert, GuckertNo, I'm not choking on a pretzel.It's the name of that faux journalist who's been making news everywhere...except in the mainstream - so-called liberal? - media.Joe Conason explains in today's New York Press.-M!

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Uh, Gannon's His NameWasn't Joe Friday's partner on the later episodes of Dragnet named Gannon?Well, this definitely ain't the same guy...as we learn in this fun article.Is he really any more laughable than the rest of the malleable, cowed, disgraces to jornalism in the White House Press corps???-M!

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Loco News'Wanna know why I stopped watching local newscasts several years ago??Study looks at local political news: In the month leading up to last year's presidential election, local television stations in big cities devoted eight times as much air time to car crashes and other accidents than to campaigns for House, state Senate or other local offices.One of the local news vans drove by me last

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He's an AnchormanBrian Williams recently took over the NBC Nightly News after Tom Brokaw retired. It was big news in the TV world.My impression of WIlliams is pretty much the same as that of Peter Jennings of old: a fairly dopey pretty boy who has risen through the ranks very quickly because he has very nice hair and not much going on beneath it.Today, Salon gives us an even better reason to be

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Ads: Super! In case you missed all the ads on this past weekend's Super Bowl broadcast (I sure did. I have no interest in football), they're here. It should come as no surprise that my fave is the one entitled GoDaddy.com: The Full Hearing. -M!

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Love Them Royals No, not the baseball team. I really don't care much about them. I mean the British Monarchy Royals. The AP reports this morning that Prince Charles said today that "he will marry his divorced lover Camilla Parker Bowles in April, putting an official seal on a long romance that Princess Diana blamed for the breakdown of her tempestuous marriage to the heir to the throne. The

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Fake News, Fake Reporter Does this story really come as a surprise to us when we have a fake president and a press secretary who many regard as a simpleton, if not a faker as well? -M!

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Social Security The Prez has stopped calling it privatization, because it turns out that doesn't play well with the focus groups. Now, he's talkin' "personal accounts." Same thing: an effort to hand billions over to his wealthy, martini-sipping, private sector pals. My thanks to the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, for explaining this for me and millions of others... As a Reform Jew,

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Yet Another Reason to Love Canada I love Canada so much. It is truly the greatest nation in the world. Yeah, I love my country, warts and all...but it ain't Canada: the greatest. Here's the latest reason why. While millions of Americans smile and lap-up Anne Coulter's inaccurate, venomous, divisive, leggy bullshit, someone in Canada had the guts to challenge and make a fool out of her. We

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Quite a Bulge, Quite a Story No, not there. It's the story of the bulge in the President's back during the three presidental debates and how the NY Times and Washington Post really ignored it. Even more here. Once again, a cowed, compliant, malleable, fearful news media lets us down and doesn't do their job. -M!

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...Makes the World Go Round or the Root of all Evil??? Over 20 years ago, I had an interview for some awful telephone directory sales job in Rochester, NY. Drove 70ish miles through a hellacious snowstorm to get there. When I did, I learned the dumb bastard who was interviewing me sought people, as young and gullible as possible, to drive as a team from city to city and sell ads in what I

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Internet: Woven Into American Life "On a typical day at the end of 2004, some 70 million American adults logged onto the Internet to use email, get news, access government information, check out health and medical information, participate in auctions, book travel reservations, research their genealogy, gamble, seek out romantic partners, and engage in countless other activities." Details in a

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Reaction to the Michael Jackson Trial What people are saying, from the clever folks at Chortler.com. -M!

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Meet the Press? There used to be a bar at home called The Matador. Based on the clientele you'd find in there on any given night, most people, slightly exaggerating, referred to it as "The Meet-a-Whore." Much the same could probably be said for the entire White House press corps. And, hey, look: one guy's getting special scrutiny, which appears to be very well-deserved. -M!

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Make Your Voice Heard in DC! I signed-up for this a couple of years ago and am very happy with the results. I strongly support the work and good they do. I urge you to do the same. "Progressive Secretary sends out progressive email letters to Congress, the President, and other officials on peace, ecology, civil rights and other issues. The letters are suggested by participants in the

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And Then There Were Three Meet the latest columnist (some would say "prostitute") to take money from the feds. Also note the highly ironic title of his column. I wonder how much we'd have to pay him to dress up like a clown, stand on his head and sing a medley of show tunes in front of the Washington Monument. -M!

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Infatuation In a couple of weeks, I'll be celebrating a very special anniversary: it was exactly 20 years ago that I bought my first microwave oven [which I still have and use daily, by the way], and then drove about a half a mile, to another part of the north side of Syracuse, and met Linda. For about three years to follow, fuzzy Linda was the woman of my dreams. She was 20 at the time, I was

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What the FCC Doesn't Consider Smut Broadcasters are a little touchy these days, after last year's "Nipplegate" and the ridiculous fining of Howard Stern and others. Even during the last days of Michael Powell's rule as FCC Chairman, some sanity still prevailed as 36 complaints raised by the conservative Parents Television Council were thrown out. -M!

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Hi-Tech Funhouse I changed my mind and bought an mp3 player. Creative MuVo Micro N200, 512MB. Excellent, glorious, wonderful product. Holds about 17 hours of music in wma format, line-in so I can record from other sources, and also a microphone, all about the size of a pack of Tic-Tacs. Documentation is terrible, digital and in print, but the sound is great. $129 at Circuit City, a company I

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Johnny Carson It was the early 1960s. Maybe I was six or seven years old, visiting a cousin's house, where grandma and grandpa lived upstairs. I was spending the night or maybe just there really late for some reason. Usually this cousin was a big, loud boor, who took delight in talking about sports and repeatedly choking me, three years his junior. He's mellowed a lot since then, almost

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Music, Please Everyone, sing with me... --- A room without windows, a room without doors A room where no guy but I can spy the charms that are yours Like being marooned on an island far from civilized shores You and me in a room without windows, a room without doors No bells will be ringing, no telephone calls In our little well-secluded cell of ceiling and walls While dozens of males sit 'n'

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Payola??? Well, here's an interesting story. This station was absolute shit when I lived in Buffalo and obviously continues to be so. Talk down to the listeners, bribe them with contests and be a mindless jukebox, encouraging ignorance. -M!

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The Crown's Getting Tarnished No, I'm not talking about the British royal family. Who really gives a shit about them anyway? I'm worried about real royalty: Burger King. I used to love eating at Burger King. It was my absolute favourite fast food restaurant and the Whopper my fave item. Flame broiled, mushy, crunchy, tasty. Yummers. Much better than McDonalds. Well, I gave up on most fast

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A Real Find PoopReport.com. Clever stuff. But don't visit it around mealtime. -M!

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Internet Threat to Libraries Analyzed From my beloved grad school alma mater, University at Buffalo, hopefully more good news about the future of North America's public libraries to wave in the face of those (some even library administrators) who attempt to marginalize us. -M!

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All the President's Newsmen Excellent Frank Rich column from today's NY Times. "...an exceptionally ripe paradigm of what is happening to the free flow of information in a country in which a timid news media, the fierce (and often covert) Bush administration propaganda machine, lax and sometimes corrupt journalistic practices, and a celebrity culture all combine to keep the public at many more

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Southeast Asia Disaster Relief "The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) announces its top-rated list of charities currently offering relief services to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated parts of Southeast Asia." -M!

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Quotable Quote! Let's take a moment to salute and thank journalist, teacher, humorist and fellow blogger Jake Novak for this brilliant observation: A new device is being sold called FOXBlocker, which attaches to cable boxes and keeps you from watching the Fox News Channel. Of course most people already have something that should help them avoid watching the FOX News Channel... it's called

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Ho, Ho, Ho •Even Sinclair investigates Williams. •Williams being paid to promote Bush administration policies in his columns is just one part of the behemoth marketing effort that the right wing has perfected. •Williams says "I am not alone." How many other right-wing pundits are on the administration payroll? •A spot-check of the newspapers that had been publishing Williams' column indicates

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They Call That Journalism??? Fun story #1: The White House paid a guy almost a quarter million bucks to promote a law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same. Fun story #2: Fox f*cks-up on the tsunami story. One of the most devastating disasters ever and their "team coverage" consists of two people. If it won't make Joe Sixpack angry and

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Don't Close the Book on Libraries Excellent editorial from yesterday's Boston Globe: ------- Don't close the book on libraries By Carol Brey-Casiano and Bernard A. Margolis | January 5, 2005 NEXT WEEK a storied team with more than 64,000 members and millions of loyal fans will gather in Boston to try to lift a "curse" that has been haunting them for decades. For the American Library

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Never Mind Fired, You're Banished! The folks at Lake Superior State University earned my respect and admiration five years ago. My boss's boss's boss was a vile bitch who nobody seemed to like. She constantly told us to "think outside the box," an incredibly overused, bullshit phrase that ended up meaning do exactly what she wanted. LSSU put out their annual list of banished words and, sure

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Code of Ethics??? This is interesting: a proposed Bloggers' Code of Ethics. I suppose this makes sense and think I follow most of the guidelines. ??? -M!

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Internet: Still Some Fun to be Had I've become so blasé about the Internet. I use it for hours on end at work and, in years past, spent hours and hours of serendipitous surfing of the Web, looking for interesting sites. Somewhere along the line, it stopped being that much fun. Now, at home, I rarely use it for anything but email, a check of news and weather and listening to some online

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They Harp on Moral Values... ...but they love producing and watching immoral shit. Cynthia Tucker explained in yesterday's Atlanta Journal-Constitution. -M!

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Veg: Out I didn't even realize it, but it was like exactly two years, to the day. A few weeks ago, after two years, I began eating meat again... ...and it tasted good. I hesitate and still do. I don't trust the meat producers or poultry producers or probably any industry regulated by this federal government so in bed with the private sector, and remembering what I read in the book Fast Food

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