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Chuck Grassley’s twitter goes rogue

Posted in You're doing it wrong, tagged , , , , , , on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Is there not an adult in Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office!? Why has no one told this guy to stop using the twitter!? “sez” “takeovr” “Misinformatio” “spendin” “agst” Christ, if ever a censure were in order, it’s now!

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New York City solves homeless problem

Posted in Wait...what?, tagged , , , , , , , on July 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In three words or less: Ship them out! In more than three words: New York City is shipping homeless people to different parts of the country and sometimes different parts of the world so that it doesn’t have to deal with them. They’re actually buying these people one-way plane tickets to places like Paris (fancy!), [...]

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This is why California is bankrupt

Posted in Terrible ideas, tagged , , , , , on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Apparently the LA City Council has the investing savvy of Elie Wiesel (oooh, Bernie Madoff joke!). Ugh. Worst. Idea. Ever. The Los Angeles City Council is weighing a plan to issue a $30-million loan that would allow the owner of the Hollywood & Highland shopping mall to retrofit a theater so it can house a [...]

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NY Times making up trends

Posted in Stupid fake trends, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hey you guys, did you see that awesome WNBA game last night!? No? Hmm, what about that really badass game of women’s field hockey?! No? Of course you didn’t! Know why? Because no one really watches women’s sports. Granted they exist (on Saturday afternoons on ESPN2, mostly), but they certainly don’t pack an economic punch, [...]

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Women need to stop liking sports

Posted in Terrible journalism, tagged , , , , , , , on July 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Here at SCFOM, we read a lot of things that make us think: “This is the worst thing we’ve ever read.” In fact, we’ve even labeled some of them accordingly. Every time we award the prize, though, something else comes along and just flabbergasts us, making us wonder if there’s any hope for journalism. Today, [...]

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OMG, is Sarah Palin still talking!?

Posted in R.I.P.G.O.P., tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Alaskan ice gnome Sarah Palin officially left the governor’s mansion yesterday (quitters never win!), but she made sure to throw out a bit more nonsense before hopping onto Todd’s snow machine and driving back to Wasilla. A bigger media critic than Howard Kurtz (WOW!), Palin fired her parting shots at the ink-stained wretches. Here’s the [...]

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