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Why Newspapers Are Dying, Summed Up in One Article, Vol. 2
Hamilton Nolan · 07/09/12 09:24AMAmericans Must Not Be Seduced by Weird European Yogurt
Hamilton Nolan · 07/09/12 08:37AMIs there any huge corporation too evil to engage in the production and marketing of yogurt, America's new crack cocaine? It appears that the answer is "no," as PepsiCo is now joining the yogurt fray, already occupied by a rogue's gallery of multinational players, Greek and otherwise. How much disinformation and propaganda must the "mainstream media" disseminate before the yogurt wars come to an end?
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Matt Toder · 07/07/12 11:30AMPR Dummies: 'Start Using Social Media!'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/06/12 02:50PMThe Escalator of Intensity
Hamilton Nolan · 07/05/12 02:45PMImagine yourself trapped, in a small room, with no fancy accoutrements whatsoever. All you have is yourself. And time. You call out, but no one brings you any Gatorade, let alone Red Bull. You feel like one of those mimes, just moving your hands around and being unpopular. Is this the end of your fitness career? Is there any way out of this trap?
Just Trust Us, Say Manufacturers of Killer Robots
Adrian Chen · 07/03/12 03:47PMSlatternly Trollops Flaunt Their Vaginal Potions Right Where Your Children Are Buying Candy
Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/12 01:54PMThe latest front in America's whorish War on Decency could be as close as the drug store aisle. Our nation's Pandora-like women, outfitted in buttocks-baring short shorts as they prowl the landscape for the "good time" Appletini party boy of the night, now demand the right to have unspeakable varieties of grossly sexual concoctions and tools for prodding into nameless bodily crevices available for purchase at every small-town retailer and drug store. How long before your child comes home from a "candy run" to reveal a mouthful not of Lik-M-Aid but of KY Jelly, what with its eye-catching, alluring packaging?
How to Revamp Chuck E. Cheese for Today's Tweens
Max Read · 07/03/12 01:30PMWe learned yesterday that Duncan Brannan, the longtime voice of Chuck E. Cheese, the anthropomorphic character designed to indoctrinate children into belief in fiat money, has been fired from his position. Who will replace him? "The lead singer for the pop-punk bank Bowling for Soup." And Chuck himself?
How Beliebers Are Ensuring You Will Only Hear Justin Bieber On The Radio This Summer
Adrian Chen · 07/03/12 12:23PMHave you heard Justin Bieber's new single, "As Long As You Love Me?" If you haven't yet, you will: Again and again until the only way to seperate its syrupy resin from your brain is a partial lobotomy. Justin Bieber fans have launched a stunningly well-orchestrated campaign to make sure Justin Bieber is the only song played on the radio this summer.
Andy Griffith Dead at 86
Max Read · 07/03/12 09:12AMReminder: For-Profit Colleges Sell Worthless Degrees at Ruinous Prices
Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/12 08:41AMCongratulations are in order for the for-profit college industry, which won a major court ruling this week—a judge ruled that the Department of Education could not penalize these fake schools just because they routinely destroyed the financial future of their graduates. Here are the outrageous DoE rules, which were struck down as "arbitrary and capricious," via the WSJ:
Louis C.K.'s Communication Breakdown
Matt Toder · 07/02/12 08:00PMSeason three of Louis C.K.'s show Louie hit the air on Thursday night while riding the crest of a tremendous wave of momentum. C.K.'s profile has bubbled up in the last year with huge sales of his comedy album and his tour, which sold $4.5 million in two days. As with many things in C.K.'s world, it's not just the product but the process that's important: he sold his comedy special exclusively on his website and did the same with his tour tickets. By cutting out Ticketmaster, C.K. not only made more by directly selling his tickets for less; he also flouted tradition for the benefit of all.
Right Wing So Mad About Supreme Court Ruling It's Just Straight-Up Appropriating Nazi Vocabulary
Max Read · 07/02/12 05:16PMFrequent readers of National Review Online's The Corner might have stumbled over this odd foreign word in contributor Michael Walsh's column about Chief Justice John Roberts: Dolchstoss, which Walsh uses to refer to Roberts' ruling that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. Literally translated, Dolchstoss means something like "dagger-thrust," but, like so many other words, this one has a particularly interesting valence. Let's take a look at Kevin Baker's 2006 Harper's article "Stabbed in the back! The past and future of a right-wing myth," shall we?
A History of Anderson Cooper's Open Secret
Max Read · 07/02/12 03:45PMThe Creator of Dilbert, the World's Greatest Genius, Has Had Another Brilliant Thought
Hamilton Nolan · 07/02/12 02:35PMScott Adams is the guy who writes Dilbert, a cartoon beloved by suicidal office workers across America. Scott Adams is also, not to brag, the smartest person in America, judging simply by the quantity of thinly-veiled self-regard which drips off of each and every post on Scott Adams' blog, especially the rapey ones. Scott Adams' genius possesses such a breadth and girth that it often crowds everything else off the internet, forcing Scott Adams himself to take on the task of pointing out just how big of a genius Scott Adams is.
The Yogurt Wars Will Not End Until Every American Is Eating an All-Yogurt Diet
Hamilton Nolan · 07/02/12 09:53AMThe battle for the heart and soul of America's yogurt preferences is a marketer's version of brutal and ceaseless trench warfare, as you, the consumer, are bombarded by wave after wave of new yogurt product from a mind-blowing variety of yogurt factions, all hoping to deluge your taste buds with just the right yogurt flavor to make you a yogurt addict of their own particular yogurt variety. Are you ready, America—for more yogurt?
Nancy Pelosi Was a Fox, John Boehner Looked Like Lurch, and Other Revelations from Politicos' Yearbook Photos
Max Read · 07/02/12 09:33AMBuzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski has done us all the great and noble service of collecting the yearbook photos of 69 different politicians and political figures. Did you know that Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Warren were high-school foxes? That John Boehner looked like Jonah Hill playing Lurch? That Mike Huckabee, in flannel jacket and big headphones, looked like an L-train rider? That Harry Reid was way ahead of the contrast-shirt craze? That David Axelrod was, based on his photo, an honorary member of the Choom Gang? [Buzzfeed]
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Matt Toder · 06/30/12 11:30AMBill Maher Picks Mitt Romney's Perfect Running Mate: Himself
Matt Toder · 06/29/12 10:27PMOn tonight's Real Time, Bill Maher closed by picking the perfect running mate for Mitt Romney: Maher himself. So what if they disagree on every major issue? Mitt has disagreed with himself just as much.