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cnn links to fp again

July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Kinda neat to think that someone at CNN actually reads my little site. Yesterday I posted about the Korean president’s near-legendary unpopularity, and today a CNN article on Korea’s beef riots linked to FP in its “From the Blogs” section. I know it’s silly, but it’s really cool every time. : )

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Tags: cnn · housekeeping · neato

real-life rocketman straps on jetpack and flies through the alps

May 15th, 2008 · No Comments

As much as I tend to rip into CNN, every so often they carry something that I just have to share. Today their site features a video of a guy who jumps out of airplanes and flies around with a jet-powered contraption that looks like it was made in his basement.
Maybe it’s because I […]

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Tags: cnn · curio · movies/tv/video · neato · tech

pointless cnn poll: 70% of americans think “things are going badly”

May 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

You know, in general.
I can just imagine the telephone survey conversations:

Survey guy: Hi, I’m Bill from the Opinion Research Corporation, and I’m calling about a survey commissioned by CNN. How are you, sir?
Man: Not so good, actually.
Survey guy: Thanks for your time. *click*

Talk about a useless poll and a pointless news story.

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Tags: cnn · dumb · news · usa

cnn says racist whites don’t like obama

April 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In a shocking revelation, CNN says an “unspoken demographic” (racist white people) may not vote for Obama because he’s black:

As both Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton race to make history, some political observers believe Obama might have a unique problem because he’s African-American.
They claim voters often say they’ll go one way, then act quite […]

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Tags: cnn · dumb · news · obama · politics