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“Just Book Your Friends”: An Interview With Comic Todd Barry
18 May 2012, 1:42 pm
Onstage, you get the impression that Todd Barry is at best put out, his insipid wit never delivered above the clip of “exasperated.” This is the best method of delivery for the veteran comic, his genre of social commentary augmented by subtlety. Oh, he’s also the most delightful sort of jerk on Twitter . In his more than two decades as a stand-up comic, Barry has earned a reputation not as just ...
Cigarette tax is a lifesaver
14 May 2012, 2:11 am
Tobacco companies are taking aim at Proposition 29, which would raise cigarette taxes $1 a pack. But they're blowing smoke. SACRAMENTO — Cigarette makers have a certified history of deception, distortion and lying. And let's not forget fraud and racketeering.
Scott resoundingly rejects Tampa mayor’s request to ban guns during GOP convention
2 May 2012, 11:43 am
Gov. Rick Scott firmly dismissed Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s request that firearms be temporarily banned during the GOP convention in August, saying in a strongly-worded letter that guns would make citizens safer, not pose a threat as Buckhorn suggested. “We have had political conventions in this country since the dawn of the Republic,” Scott, a [...]
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Good Driver or Bad Driver? - Small World News Service
25 May 2012, 5:41 am
Ford drivers consider themselves the
politest people on the road – and white van men admit to being the rudest, a study revealed yesterday. Researchers found those behind the wheel of a Ford are the most likely to indicate, let other drivers out at ...
Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom - The Guardian
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
This must seem, to the people who ask it, like the safest and
politest of questions. I suspect that it's the question people ask a writer when they can't think of anything else to ask. And yet to me it's disturbingly personal and invasive.
Is the World Ready for Gold Turkey? - marketoracle.co.uk
23 May 2012, 2:41 pm
As Zero Hedge wrote back in March, in light of the Wall Street Journal report, ‘How will Turkey spin gold confiscation in the
politest of ways?’ In reference to Executive Order 6102, whereby President Roosevelt signed an order which forbid the hoarding ...
Cannes 2012 Daily Blog: Day 10 - Total Film
22 May 2012, 3:46 pm
Hmm. Some stuff happened in no particular order. Some kids played rugby. There was a weird devil. A couple went to the
politest sex den in Mexico. Intoxicating if you like that sort of thing, alienating if you don't, it was a narrative-free experience that ...
Will CP ever become the capital’s jewel in the crown? - Deccan Herald
19 May 2012, 2:17 pm
I once travelled straight from India to Canada, where the biggest culture shock was road etiquette. In Canada, they must have the
politest traffic in the world. Even where there are no pelican crossing on the smaller roads, traffic actually slows down and ...