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« Wednesday « February 28, 2007
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  1. {02282007}
  2. {09:18:26 AM}
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  1. Girl lost in poker game pleads for help (Yahoo! News) A teenage girl in southern Pakistan, whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to a middle-aged relative. (Who wagers their child in a poker game?)
    09:18:26 AM
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« Tuesday « February 27, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02272007}
  2. {11:32:18 PM}
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  1. Burgers paid for by mobile phone (BBC) Japanese mobile owners are leading the way, paying for food and train tickets via their handsets. (It must be me, but mobile service in the States is far, far behind the curve.)
    11:32:18 PM
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2. datetime
  1. {02272007}
  2. {11:28:36 PM}
  content
  1. Brightcove Find and watch the best in online video. (Brightcove was around before YouTube, but just like everyone else serving moving pix over the Net these days, they have catching up to do.)
    11:28:36 PM
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« Monday « February 26, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02262007}
  2. {07:40:15 AM}
  content
  1. Pakistan kite festival 'kills 10' (BBK) At least 10 people, a number of them children, have been killed during a kite-flying festival in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Kites? Unbelievable and tragic.
    07:40:15 AM
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« Sunday « February 25, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02252007}
  2. {08:43:16 AM}
  content
  1. Apologizing for slavery
    
    (Baltimoresun.com)
  2. Germany's president apologized to the Jews for the Holocaust. Australians expressed regret for mistreating the Aborigine people. The United States asked Japanese-Americans to forgive the country for forcing them into internment camps during World War II. But despite repeated attempts, this country's elected officials have yet to formally apologize for 200 years of enslaving blacks and supporting the practice. This year Maryland, along with Virginia and Missouri, could become the first officially sorry states.
    
    It's a significant step, in theoretical terms, yet toothless in the world we actually live in, especially without reparations. This country became rich because of slavery; at the height of the cotton trade, the U.S. slave trade generated billions of dollars of annual wealth (in today's dollars) for its craven, greedy proprietors. And of course, one dollar went a far longer way in those times than today. Slavery was an incredibly lucrative industry, and that money was certainly amongst the main reasons there was a civil war. Who cares about the inhumanity of the business when there's vast profits to be made, right? At the end of slavery, the newly-freed slaves were supposed to receive 40 acres and a mule. But most were either swindled or terrorized out of what they were supposed to get. 200 years later, their descendents get a half-hearted apology from three out of fifty states. It's easy to apologize if you have no plan to really make up for it. So, essentially, it's a meaningless apology. Thanks, for nothing.
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  2. 08:43:16 AM
  3. Germany's president apologized to the Jews for the Holocaust. Australians expressed regret for mistreating the Aborigine people. The United States asked Japanese-Americans to forgive the country for forcing them into internment camps during World War II..."
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  2. white supremacism
  3. culture
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« Saturday « February 24, 2007
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  1. {02242007}
  2. {12:04:40 PM}
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  1. Twelve-steps to curing e-mail addiction (CNN.com) [D]eepening concern that e-mail misuse can cost businesses millions of dollars in lost productivity.
    12:04:40 PM
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2. datetime
  1. {02242007}
  2. {09:56:56 AM}
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  1. 'Infomania' worse than marijuana
    
    (BBC)
  2. The firm said new technology can help productivity, but users must learn to switch computers and phones off. Those distracted by incoming email and phone calls saw a 10-point fall in their IQ - more than twice that found in studies of the impact of smoking marijuana, said researchers.
    
    So, just like everything we experience in life, I guess this study suggests moderation in one's E-mail and messaging habits. One of the reasons I personally prefer E-mail to all other forms of non-face-to-face communications is that I can respond to it at my pace. It seems like a lot of people don't have that strategy. They should check out a site like 43 Folders for tips on managing information overload.
    
    b/w: kottke.org
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  2. 09:56:56 AM
  3. The firm said new technology can help productivity, but users must learn to switch computers and phones off. Those distracted by incoming email and phone calls saw a 10-point fall in their IQ - more than twice that found in studies of the impact of smoki..."
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  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. technology
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« Thursday « February 22, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02222007}
  2. {11:44:13 PM}
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  1. Dell crowdsources innovation
    
    (The Social Web/ZDNet.com)
  2. Last week, Dell launched 'IdeaStorm', a Digg-style customer feedback site which invites users to submit and vote on ways to improve the company's product line and service.
    
    That's rich: take the old "suggestion box," wrap a Web site around it and voila, we have a new buzzword to watch out for: crowdsource. Why pay employees to study your customers and develop innovative ideas when you can just ask those same customers directly, take their best ideas for free, and then turn around and sell it all back to them. Talk about closing the feedback loop. I just wish this wisdom of the crowds/user democracy notion would dry up and blow away, you digg? I can't help but think it will only lead to bland, whitewashed sameness-of-thought. All you can really get from a crowd, especially an unpaid crowd, is group-think and mob rule, not innovation, banality not originality. Good luck, Dell. I'm sure your "crowd" will tell you to stop making laptops that explode. Now that's innovative.
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  2. 11:44:13 PM
  3. Last week, Dell launched 'IdeaStorm', a Digg-style customer feedback site which invites users to submit and vote on ways to improve the company's product line and service...."
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  2. cyberculture
  3. business
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2. datetime
  1. {02222007}
  2. {10:18:04 PM}
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  1. SoCal man charged with uploading Oscar screener onto Web
    
    (Mercury News/AP)
  2. A man was charged Thursday with copyright infringement for allegedly uploading the computer-animated film "Flushed Away" after getting a copy from an Oscar voter. Salvador Nunez Jr., 27, of Norwalk faces up to three years in prison if convicted of the felony count. He was scheduled to appear in court March 1.
    
    For uploading a b.s. movie that no one will remember three years from now, you can have the government cops in your house, searching your computer and threatening you with three years in jail? And you're saying we don't live in a society that, if it hasn't already crossed the line, is bordering on totalitarianism? Really? The movie this guy allegedly uploaded, Flushed Away, is an Oscar nominee and this is the first time I've ever heard about it. Maybe I'm not as much of a film buff as I thought I was. Moreover, our tax dollars will be spent in court, prosecuting a guy for a couple mouse-clicks. Meanwhile, real criminals walk around every day, with impunity, and I guess that as long as they don't upload a dumb flick to the Net, they can countinue to threaten us. Doesn't Hollywood have something better to do, like making quality movies that people want to see? In some U.S. cities, movies now cost $12 and up; can you blame anyone for seeking alternative ways to view content that, until you actually see it, could end up being a huge, steaming turd? Who hasn't had an experience at the movies where you left the theater feeling completely ripped-off and fleeced?
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  2. 10:18:04 PM
  3. A man was charged Thursday with copyright infringement for allegedly uploading the computer-animated film "Flushed Away" after getting a copy from an Oscar voter. Salvador Nunez Jr., 27, of Norwalk faces up to three years in prison if convicted of the fe..."
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  2. cyberculture
  3. entertainment
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  1. {02222007}
  2. {09:03:56 PM}
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  1. Sports On My Mind
  2. While scouring the Net for more information on this real good guy named Adam "PacMan" Jones -- he of the Tennessee Titans, who allegedly showed up at a Vegas strip club during the NBA All-Star Weekend with his boys, and $81,000 in one dollar bills, so that they could "make it rain," a mean-spirited taunt where they derisively shower strippers with money, make them grovel for it, and then take it away -- I discovered this great sports blog, Sports On My Mind, that I like a lot. And while reading that blog, I found another one called, Ballers, Gamers, and Scoundrels, that also appeals to my cynical sensibilities. But the best sports blog out there is DeadSpin. If you're a sports fan, it's worth a look.
    
    Now back to this PacMan Jones thing for a bit: if you bring $81,000 to a strip club, in a garbage bag no less, and start throwing the money on stage, why would you be surprised if you sparked a feeding frenzy for cash amongst strippers? Strippers are businesspeople: the only reason they're on the premises is to take money from horny men by jiggling their treasures. Well, only a dumbass would be surpised. Hello, Pac-Man. Beyond that, there's a level of callousness that I just can't fathom: you have a millionaire pro athlete, and some of his friends, and best thing they can do is flash a mountain of $1 bills at exotic dancers and then deny them the cheddar; so not only are they mean, but they're cheap too. The worse part of this story is that in the melee that ensued a bouncer got shot and is now paralyzed for life, for doing his job.
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  2. 09:03:56 PM
  3. While scouring the Net for more information on this real good guy named Adam "PacMan" Jones — he of the Tennessee Titans, who allegedly showed up at a Vegas stri..."
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  2. sports
  3. crime
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  5. thugs
  6. strippers
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« Wednesday « February 21, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02212007}
  2. {07:55:58 PM}
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  1. Mayhem Main Event at NBA All-Star Weekend
    
    (AOL Sports)
  2. Jason Whitlock: "Good luck fixing All-Star Weekend.The game is a sloppy, boring, half-hearted mess. The dunk contest is contrived and pointless. The celebrity contest is unintended comedy. And, worst of all, All-Star Weekend revelers have transformed the league's midseason exhibition into the new millennium Freaknik, an out-of-control street party that features gunplay, violence, non-stop weed smoke and general mayhem...The game needs to be moved overseas, someplace where the Bloods and Crips and hookers and hoes can't get to it without a passport and plane ticket."
    
    Whoah! The always-outspoken Whitlock offers his take on last weekend's NBA All-Star Weekend and I don't find much to disagree with here; usually, I find his views a bit overdone, but I'll give him credit, for calling this as he sees them. Now, as for the alleged madness around the NBA All-Star Weekend in Vegas: I understand that thugs and hoes, and fake thugs and wannabe hoes all need to have an outlet for fun, but their sort of fun seems scares the daylights out of civilian folk. When a 24-hour restaurant in Las Vegas closes down for several hours because the manager of the place fears for the safety of her staff, you know you're working with a rotten, childish crowd. Thugs. All they do is wreck and destroy.
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  2. 07:55:58 PM
  3. Jason Whitlock: "Good luck fixing All-Star Weekend.The game is a sloppy, boring, half-hearted mess. The dunk contest is contrived and pointless. The celebrity contest is unintended comedy. And, worst of all, All-Star Weekend revelers have transformed the..."
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  1. keywords:
  2. entertainment
  3. sports
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  5. crime
  6. nba
  7. las+vegas
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« Monday « February 19, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02192007}
  2. {12:04:18 PM}
  content
  1. Blavers (BuzzFeed) Black ravers sweeping the dancefloors of London. Oh, I get it: black + raver equals 'blaver.' That is so cool. Doing the math, I'd guess: white + raver equals 'whaver' ... whatevah!
    12:04:18 PM
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« Sunday « February 18, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02182007}
  2. {08:06:58 PM}
  content
  1. Restless Planet The world's ultimate theme ride back into the mists of time millions of years into the prehistoric kingdom of the dinosaurs. They're building a real Jurassic Park ... in Dubai?
    08:06:58 PM
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« Friday « February 16, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02162007}
  2. {07:40:10 AM}
  content
  1. Mariah Carey still a ridiculous human being
    
    (The Superficial)
  2. Mariah Carey was reportedly asked to travel in economy class to cut costs on her new film Tennessee, but being Mariah Carey she bought out every single economy seat on the plane and flew alone in the cabin. Common sense says if you're gonna pay enough money to buy out every seat in economy you might as well upgrade to business class.
    
    This is what my blog's devolved into: blogging celebrity gossip, but this just too rich, and I've always had a special spot in my heart for Mariah Carey. Sure, she's a textbook example of narcissism and self-adulation but no one loves Mariah Carey more than me, except, of course, Mariah Carey.
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  2. 07:40:10 AM
  3. Mariah Carey was reportedly asked to travel in economy class to cut costs on her new film Tennessee, but being Mariah Carey she bought out every single economy seat on the plane and flew alone in the cabin. Common sense says if you're gonna pay enough mon..."
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  1. keywords:
  2. popular culture
  3. entertainment
  type
« Thursday « February 15, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02152007}
  2. {07:41:53 AM}
  content
  1. Tim Hardaway doesn't like gay people
    
    (ESPN.com)
  2. Hardaway: "You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States." Hardaway was a guest of Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard on the Miami radio show Sports Talk 790 and was asked how he would deal with a gay teammate.
    
    I don't see how someone's sexual orientation has anything to do with their ability to shoot a basketball, or in Hardaway's case, pass a basketball to Tim and watch him hog the rock, but a few things are clear here: Hardaway doesn't like gay people. George W. Bush doesn't like black people. Austin Powers hates carnies, you know, circus folk, nomads, smell like cabbage. And noboby loves the ump. Can't we all just get along? Apparently not.
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  2. 07:41:53 AM
  3. Hardaway: "You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States." Hardaway was a guest of Miami Herald..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. sexuality
  3. society
  type
« Wednesday « February 14, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02142007}
  2. {01:57:10 AM}
  content
  1. Army Giving More Waivers in Recruiting
    
    (New York Times)
  2. The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown about 65 percent in the last three years, increasing to 8,129 in 2006 from 4,918 in 2003, Department of Defense records show.
    
    And I love this part: "...many criminals have at some point exhibited serious lapses in discipline and judgment, traits that are far from ideal on the battlefield." Maybe the reason they're considered criminals is because they've "exhibited serious lapses in displine and judgement" in the first place. Like not following rules, breaking laws, violating other people, that sort of thing. You think? On the other hand, a place like Iraq is far from an ideal battlefield, which is part of the problem why we need so many more recruits to begin with...
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  2. 01:57:10 AM
  3. The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown about 65 percent in the last three years, increasing to 8,129 in 2006 from 4,918 in 2003, Department of Defense records show...."
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  2. military
  3. politics
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« Tuesday « February 13, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02132007}
  2. {06:32:47 PM}
  content
  1. Bill Cosby's dog
    
    (CNN.com)
  2. Westminster's wild about Harry.
    
    I'm posting this one because I find it ironic, or funny, or both, whichever comes first. Here we have Bill Cosby, on one hand, a man who created instant controversy last year when he got on the bully pulpit that fame affords him, and lectured Black American parents about their lack of proper values, their poor naming choices (you know, Sheniqua, Latifah, Yadda Yadda), and the atrocious English and jobs skeelz of their kids, which is hampering their ability to gain employment in the oh-so-welcoming arms of lovely Corporate America. And then, on the other hand, here he is raising goofy-looking pooches and making appearances at dog shows all across the country. Now how is that an attainable (and attractive) role model for Black America? Show dog breeder? Please, pull yourselves up by your bootstraps and leashes, you bitches! At least "NBA Baller" or "Rap Star" are concepts people can understand. But dog shows? Come on Coz!
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  3. Westminster's wild about Harry...."
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  2. black people
  3. culture
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« Thursday « February 8, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02082007}
  2. {01:15:41 PM}
  content
  1. Mathematical Formula for Beer Goggles (BuzzFeed) British scientists discover the exact equation. Scientists are off da hook.
    01:15:41 PM
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2. datetime
  1. {02082007}
  2. {09:49:52 AM}
  content
  1. Bears fan to change name to Peyton Manning
    
    (NFL.com)
  2. [Scott] Wiese, a die-hard fan of the Chicago Bears, signed a pledge in front of a crowd at a Decatur bar last Friday night that if the Bears lost Sunday's Super Bowl, he'd change his name to that of the man who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory.
    
    Alcohol, sports, and betting. These things add up to nothing but trouble, especially if you're not the sharpest tool in the shed. Only a moron would make a wager like this, in front of hundreds of witnesses. If there was ever a bet to skip out on, this would be the one. Nice job, Peyton.
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  2. 09:49:52 AM
  3. [Scott] Wiese, a die-hard fan of the Chicago Bears, signed a pledge in front of a crowd at a Decatur bar last Friday night that if the Bears lost Sunday's Super Bowl, he'd change his name to that of the man who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory...."
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  2. law
  3. sports
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« Tuesday « February 6, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02062007}
  2. {01:52:10 AM}
  content
  1. A million penguins A wiki-based, open-source collaborative novel. Contribute your own "It was a dark and stormy night..." sequence to this literary mix.
    01:52:10 AM
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« Saturday « February 3, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02032007}
  2. {09:06:40 AM}
  content
  1. Traffic stops, narcotics profiling
    
    (NeverGetBusted.com)
  2. See what this self-proclaimed "former Texas narcotics interdiction officer" has to say as he drives down a highway profiling the occupants of the cars he encounters.
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  2. 09:06:40 AM
  3. See what this self-proclaimed "former Texas narcotics interdiction officer" has to say as he drives down a highway profiling the occupants of the cars he encounters...."
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  1. keywords:
  2. crime
  3. culture
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« Thursday « February 1, 2007
1. datetime
  1. {02012007}
  2. {09:20:16 AM}
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  1. Clean Black People
    
    (BuzzFeed)
  2. Senator Joe Biden thinks Obama would make a great Presidential candidate because he's a) black and b) articulate and c) clean. And d) I would trust him to not steal my wallet or rape me in a dark alleyway, too.
    
    What lovely sentiments on the start of Black History Month, Senator Biden. A friend of mine calls the Blue Party Dumb-o-crats. And here Biden provides evidence. When I see stuff like this, though, it's hard for me to tell which card is being played here: the white guilt card, or the white fear card, but this does provide hints about what these boobs in the political vanguard think about bruthas and sistas: inarticulate, dirty, and potential rapists. I think they left out a few: good dancers, natural at basketball, and well-endowed, for those presumable rapes I suppose. If the Democrats think that way, the Republicans are worse. I say, screw the Blue Party, screw the Red Party... we need a Black Party, because the available choices really stink.
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  2. 09:20:16 AM
  3. Senator Joe Biden thinks Obama would make a great Presidential candidate because he's a) black and b) articulate and c) clean. And d) I would trust him to not steal my wallet or rape me in a dark alleyway, too...."
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  2. politics
  3. black people
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2. datetime
  1. {02012007}
  2. {09:04:35 AM}
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  1. 40 Years of Super Bowl Rings (ESPN.com) Serious bling! It's funny that you have these tough, massive football guys, and if they win the greatest accolode in their profession they get jewelry. It's like prize fighters who compete for purses. How manly. (Flash required.)
    09:04:35 AM
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3. datetime
  1. {02012007}
  2. {08:24:04 AM}
  content
  1. Two held after ad campaign triggers Boston bomb scare
    
    (CNN.com)
  2. "It had a very sinister appearance," [Massachusetts Attorney General Martha] Coakley told reporters. "It had a battery behind it, and wires." The hoax charge is a felony, she said...Cartoon Network [ran] a statement during commercial breaks, expressing deep regret for "the hardships experienced as a result of this incident"... but [Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said,] "I just think this is outrageous, what they've done ... It's all about corporate greed."
    
    It's not about greed, mayor, please take it easy with the hyperbole. As a member of the advertising community, I see this is nothing more than a foolish and ill-conceived marketing stunt. The video artists who implemented it shouldn't be ripped (or arrested), it's the people who greenlighted this at Cartoon Network who should be pilloried. It's not about greed, it's about marketers trying to innovate on their message delivery and failing miserably.
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  2. 08:24:04 AM
  3. "It had a very sinister appearance," [Massachusetts Attorney General Martha] Coakley told reporters. "It had a battery behind it, and wires." The hoax charge is a felony, she said...Cartoon Network [ran] a statement during commercial breaks, expressing de..."
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  2. marketing and advertising
  3. business
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