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Targeted assassinations of U.S. citizens

By Justin | April 7, 2010

Every passing day gives me another reason to be disappointed in our president and our government. Not, mind you, because Barack Obama too “liberal” or “socialist” or “fascist” or “communist” or any other nonsensical and insupportable-by-reality slur but because, quite to the contrary, he has ushered in what seems to me a stunted, overly-measured, carefully [...]

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From the land of Winter Break: Pt. II

By Justin | January 10, 2009

We used to get The Patriot Ledger delivered to the house, but my dad canceled our subscription, probably about a year ago. That newspaper has really gone downhill in the past few years. Instead of news, it’s mostly big images, chunky text, useless graphic design, and features lacking newsworthiness. About the only section that’s still [...]

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Ledger runs opinion piece, Justin cracks up

By Justin | June 16, 2008

The Patriot Ledger ran an opinion piece by a Weymouth reader, Irving Murstein, in today’s issue. After the first few paragraphs, my mouth was wide open in disgust. After a few more paragraphs, I was cracking up. It’s past time for the president to come on TV in a living room chat about the energy [...]

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I knew Cafferty was a good guy!

By Justin | April 16, 2008

China’s pissed that CNN’s Jack Cafferty insulted their Communist government! Oh no! “I don’t know if China is any different, but our relationship with China is certainly different,” Cafferty said. “We’re in hock to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing. They’re holding hundreds of billions of [...]

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A pretty spiffy day, so far

By Justin | March 24, 2008

Mm, first day of classes after Spring Break. Woke up at 10 o’clock, showered, headed off to ECON256, and got my paper back: a B+. Not bad, but not what I was looking for. I need all A’s this semester in order to preserve my GPA. Anyway, I stuffed that paper in my bag and [...]

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Two more kids not using their brains

By Justin | March 14, 2008

The local newspapers always feature stories that make you smack the side of your head and wonder, How can people be so naïve? This morning’s perusal through the local media left me asking that familiar question. First up: using FedEx to transport marijuana. Now, I’m no user of the stuff, but I imagine that maybe, [...]

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Violence on the home front

By Justin | January 12, 2008

This Times article is so disturbingly sad. Share this entry:

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Double entendre time

By Justin | January 5, 2008

From a New York Times article on Clinton’s new strategy: Denny Gallaudet, an investment manager and undecided Democratic voter from Freedom, N.H., who attended a rally in Rochester on Friday with Mr. Clinton, said he sensed “a little Clinton fatigue” among voters. Mr. Gallaudet, who supported Mr. Clinton in 1992 and 1996, said he was [...]

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Marketing vs. Merriam-Webster

By Justin | January 2, 2008

I read this article about Court TV’s new name in the Patriot Ledger last night. I find it interesting how the market saturation of “reality TV” has led to marketers having to look for something more “real” than reality in order to attract viewers. TruTV’s identity will be fast-moving programming that tells real stories about [...]

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Don’t cry for me, Argentina

By Justin | December 31, 2007

Guys, this is not how elections are supposed to work. The distressing thing is, this is probably not entirely satire. Whatever Huck can do to knock Romney out of the race is fine with me. It doesn’t take a doctor to know that if there’s an oval-shaped hole in the side of someone’s skull, bleeding [...]

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