It makes it much harder, perhaps impossible, for Romney to begin to tack back to the center to appeal to the centrist voters, an absolute necessity for the fall campaign after the free-range extremism of the Republican primary. Every time Romney makes a move, or even a head-fake, it becomes an Etch-a-Sketch moment.
Now, because it’s been said out loud, everyone will be expecting the inevitable flip-flop, and will call it out the second it happens. By calling attention to it, Mitt can’t do it anymore without looking like an idiot. Bro will have to bite the bullet to go moderate. He should fire that adviser, stat.
Video of the day: In which the terrorists win by convincing the U.S. government to terrorize a three-year-old boy in a wheelchair, all in the name of counterterrorism.
We need a candidate who’s going to be a fighter for freedom. Who’s going to get up and make that the central theme in this race because it is the central theme in this race. I don’t care what the unemployment rate’s going to be. Doesn’t matter to me. My campaign doesn’t hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates. It’s something more foundational that’s going on.Rick Santorum • Misjudging what the central theme of the race is.
Not all of Invisible Children’s efforts were as slick as Kony 2012: For example, this 2006 clip, which is kinda like a reeeeeally bad episode of “Glee.”
The story you’ve been waiting for: A story about how a pirate-themed bar got ruined by a reality TV host (who attempted to turn it into a “Corporate Bar,” whatever that is), with the changes so disliked by everyone involved that the owner of the bar changed his mind at the last second (despite $250,000 in renovations), and brought the pirates back. Among the anecdotes: A bit about a one-eyed employee who found the perfect match, job-wise, before this reality TV bozo came along. “Piratz Tavern” kept the pirates. “Bar Rescue” got the boot.
“Your stream could easily be overwhelmed” … by people using apps like Buffer and HootSuite so they don’t have to do everything through 30 different interfaces. In other words, Google+ is shooting itself in the foot by basically preventing third-party apps, which helped Facebook and Twitter in particular get off the ground, from using their service to post. Sorry, Vic. You’re a fool if you think this is a valid reason to block third-party apps.
Where 35-year-old social outcasts plan their next trip the the Kroger to buy some Faygo with their social outcast friend, the only other person in town who likes ICP.
You know, in this case, I’m really not interested in getting more personal with Groupon. This is also the opposite of living social.
The only reason I can explain it to you is I am not a fan of our president, but this goes beyond not being a fan. I didn’t send it as racist, although that’s what it is. I sent it out because it’s anti-Obama.Montana-based Federal Judge Richard Cebull • Discussing why he forwarded an e-mail featuring a joke that involved bestiality and Obama’s mom — a joke that was widely seen as racist. “Normally I don’t send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching,” the George W. Bush appointee wrote on the e-mail. “I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine.” The e-mail leaked to the press when it kept getting forwarded along and eventually reached the inbox of a Great Falls Tribune reporter. ”This is a private thing that was, to say the least, very poor judgment on my part,” the judge said after the e-mail reached said reporter. Ya think?
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Protip: If you see an image that seems a touch “unbelievable,” especially if it comes from an untested source like a brand-new blog, there’s a chance it may be fake. Very fake, even. That’s the story of this receipt that seemingly mocks the 99 percent, but is actually from a blog that’s already been taken off the Internet.
In which Mediaite publishes an article around an out-of-context tweet by journalist and commentator Toure (in which he’s not defending Chris Brown but criticizing the pop star’s defenders, in the span of numerous other tweets), gets called out by John Legend, and is forced to apologize. Sounds like someone had a busy morning. Lesson: If you’re going to shape a story around a tweet, be sure to at least do your homework when posting it. (Edit: Here’s the cached story, which shows how out of context the tweet is.)
I wish to express my deep regret for the reported incident. I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies. … The error was inadvertent. I assure you that we will take the appropriate steps to avoid any recurrence, to include holding accountable those responsible.President Obama • Apologizing to Afghan president Hamid Karzai about the Koran-burning incident earlier this week, which has sparked widespread demonstration in the country and led to the deaths of at least eight people — the most recent of which happened when a man, wearing an Afghan Army uniform, opened fire on two coalition soldiers, killing them. This is not going to be an easy one for coalition forces to get past.
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