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The Wafflepwn Phenomenon

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For the uninitiated, Wafflepwn is the YouTube handle of a newly-minted 16 year old internet celebrity. Over the course of a year, Wafflepwn has amassed tens of millions of video views and over 200,000 subscribers by broadcasting the flaily tantrums of his emotionally disturbed big brother.

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Bill Maher on the Dunder-headed Media

Crank with access, Bill Maher, made a remarkably redemptive appearance on Jay Leno last night.

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And Now, Your LA Ethnocentrists!

LA Clipper Ignoramus Announcers Ralph Lawler and Michael Smith were suspended from duty this week for their wildly inappropriate rant about Iranian-born Memphis Grizzly, Hamed Haddadi.

And I thought we saved this kind of commentary for the NASCAR TV crew.

Twilight: New Moon – Old Hat

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I attended the midnight premiere of teeny-bopper sensation Twilight: New Moon, this morning. Having re-read that sentence after writing it, I am probably as baffled as you are as to why I agreed to go along with it. Suffice to say, I have a friend who is a big Twilight fan, and I didn’t want her to have to brave the crowd alone, so agreed to do a solid for her while also fulfilling a morbid curiosity to figure out what this Twilight phenomenon was all about.

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100 Quotes from The Wire

Going to take a quick break from mass-media bashing mode to remind you heathens of the rare opportunities to learn from your TV. Hence this excellent mashup clip of one of the greatest television series ever created…

(Ahem… Warning for language… You may have to cover your virgin ears should you decline to be properly educated)

There’s Something Wrong with Our Media


Source: CNN.com, 17 November 2009

I’m just sayin’.

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You Are Insignificant Next to the Power of the Twits

Though I can’t independently confirm it, I’ve heard tell that this Mark Logan is actually Twitter’s official spokesperson. That fact alone makes this video pretty darn funny, though I think he should have stuck to his own rule-set and delivered his burn in under 140 characters.

So, it could have read something to the effect of:

“OMG stop whining uR LAM3 a$$ off. STFU.”

Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Crap

This week, College Humor accurately predicted the future programming lineup of the Fox Network…

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Rupert Murdoch Spurns Internet

NewsCorp Chairman and Cannibalism Enthusiast, Rupert Murdoch, recently expressed a desire for his digital properties to go it alone, without any so-called “help” from the internet leeches and charlatans at Google.

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Additions to Webster’s Dictionary

This is old and probably has already been posted, but I thought it was really funny.