I just viewed former MSNBC Live host Cenk Uygur's video from The Young Turks explaining why he left MSNBC and the events which led up to it. Uygur cited ratings which showed MSNBC Live beat the Fox News show which aired against it. Uygur said network officials told him people in Washington, DC "didn't like his tone" when he criticized politicians ( Read more... )

I watched the Larry King Live interview on CNN tonight with the Imam who wants to build an interfaith community center two blocks from Ground Zero, along with reactions from others on Anderson Cooper 360. Somehow, I think I got a different feed of the interview than some of the folks who commented on it. I read several comments on the CNN site ( Read more... )

A friend recently e-mailed pictures of several funny newspaper headlines/ads. Here are a few I found amusing:


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Study links chocolate and depression
Men and women who eat more of the sweets are also likely to be depressed, researchers find.
By Shari Roan, Los Angeles TimesApril 27, 2010 ( Read more... )

What a strange story to come home to after Furry Fiesta!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/23/puppet-cleavage-banned-fr_n_473282.html

Puppet Cleavage Banned From Colorado Springs Bus StopsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Puppet cleavage ( Read more... )

Colorado Man Named Robin Hood Charged With Theft(AP) This Robin Hood is accused of stealing -- and not to give to the poor ( Read more... )

The local news had a story about Comcast cable changing its name to Xfinity. It seems that Comcast has discovered its reputation is being tarnished, and the only solution is a name change. Gizmodo.com released 25 user-created ads promoting the new service, including the ones pictured below ( Read more... )

Falcon Heene, a.k.a. "Balloon Boy," wasn't in the balloon at all. He was found hiding in a box in the attic above the garage. The link to the story from my local NBC affiliate is in the Tweet below ( Read more... )

...and found several stories posted to Twitter about a 6-year-old Fort Collins boy who floated away in a blimp-shaped balloon. One poster called it a "floating bag of Jiffy Pop." Some of the posts said the kid had fallen out.

EDIT: I just read the balloon has landed, but the boy was not in the balloon. I'm watching the news right now. ( Read more... )

This reminded me of a line from the movie King Ralph:  "Spotted Dick?  Dick of what?!"

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/09/09/spotted-dick-renamed-spotted-richard

Spotted Dick Renamed Spotted Richard
A Welsh municipality has renamed a British pudding ( Read more... )