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 • Someone at Hasbro should have gone to jail instead of done this: Updating Monopoly to reflect current trends and prices. Don’t mess with a classic. Plus, getting a $10 bank error in your favor is the best part! [CNNMoney.com]
• The truth of the matter is, if you blog to get a book deal, and you don’t get one, you’ll probably give up your blog and say it wasn’t worth it. Right. Because you didn’t get said book deal. [Slate]
• Not too many details, but apparently the Tucker Max Legal Defense Party went well Friday night. [Tucker Max Blog]
• Surprise! An AP article about a possible sex toy ban in South Carolina contains double entendre after double entendre! [Wonkette]
• Can someone please confirm for me that this article about the Congressional Softball League is a joke? Like, this is a late April Fools joke from the WSJ, right? I mean, not all the partisan bickering — that I can believe. But 190 teams in a league? How can you have a league with that many teams in it? [Wall Street Journal]
• And, finally, some sad news to pass along: Lawyer, lecturer and Daily News/Tribune columnist Rotan Lee died after a sudden illness. He was 57. [DN]
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dmac | 4:30 PM | 0 Comments
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Apr
19
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Jill Porter: Hmm. To be honest, I’m not sure how to recap this one. It’s about the Duke rape case, and it says it might be a good strategy for the victim to come forward. Which seems ludicrous on the surface, but Porter makes a better case for it than I expected. Okay, I guess I just recapped it.
Debbie Woodell: After Brokeback Mountain, you could say Lord of the Rings‘ Frodo and Sam were gay. Ditto Batman and Robin. And the “Two Wild and Crazy Guys.” And Garfield and Odie. And Davey and Goliath.
Rotan Lee: “So, as the president and Congress debate the politics of immigration, African-Americans sit at the very end of the table, still waiting for their piece of the pie.”
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dmac | 10:36 AM | 0 Comments
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Apr
5
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Rotan Lee: Boy, immigration sure is an issue being hotly debated right now…
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dmac | 10:15 AM | 0 Comments
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Mar
29
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Jill Porter: Hey, pro-choicers! Send pro-lifer Bob Casey to Washington and you help your case! Yes, I don’t know how this works, either!
Rotan Lee: The current constituency of politicians is one “still playing basketball, wearing cargo pants and T’s, and dancing the Wu-Tang.” Still playing basketball! Wearing cargo pants! T-Shirts! Gasp, gasp, gasp!
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dmac | 9:13 AM | 0 Comments
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Mar
22
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Stu Bykofsky: Three columns in three days for Byko! This one’s essentially The Complete History of Bob Newhart, which is cool, since he’s responsible for the greatest sitcom ending of all time.
Jill Porter: Rick Mariano, resign? Come on, what do you think he’d do!
Rotan Lee: Whoa, Rotan’s channeling William Faulkner or something in his column today with all this flowery language. Okay, yes, the part of Sound and the Fury part where it’s all weird and shit, but Faulkner nonetheless.
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dmac | 11:49 AM | 0 Comments
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Mar
15
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John Baer: Although paroled ex-legislator Thomas Druce may have gotten a sweet deal, it’s not because he’s white. Feel free to remain pissed at him, though.
Jill Porter: We are the Daily News, the mighty mighty Daily News, everywhere we go, people wanna know, who we are and where we come from — and if they can’t hear us, we shout a little louder! WE ARE THE DAILY NEWS, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY…
Rotan Lee: Brush your teeth two to three times a day and visit a dentist every six months…
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dmac | 9:32 AM | 0 Comments
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Mar
8
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Jill Porter: I tried to find Rick Mariano innocent, but it turns out he’s a corrupt phony — even if you take a look out the City Hall observation deck.
Rotan Lee: Boy, some people sure do like movies, but then other people don’t like those movies! And vice-versa! Also, King Kong sucked, even though I didn’t see it.
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dmac | 9:11 AM | 0 Comments
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Mar
1
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Rotan Lee: Today’s column will be an advertisement for my Friday radio show. So, basically, the Daily News just paid to put an ad in the paper.
Jill Porter: The sheriff took a pop quiz on city ethics rules, and got a 3.5 out of 5, which is a “C-minus at best.” Yes, I am the toughest grader ever.
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dmac | 9:24 AM | 0 Comments
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Feb
22
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Rotan Lee: Leadership is awesome!
Yep, that’s it for today, at least online. Haven’t seen a paper copy yet.
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dmac | 12:07 PM | 0 Comments
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Feb
15
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Jill Porter: John Street is a Man Who Likes Women because he treats women with respect, isn’t a lecher and actually listens; this is apparently rare. Let’s throw him a parade!
Rotan Lee: Ed Rendell should select late 76ers announcer Dave Zinkoff as his running mate in the gubernatorial election.
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dmac | 9:30 AM | 0 Comments
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