Manchester, Connecticut: “A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor went on a shooting rampage Tuesday morning that left nine people dead, including himself, and others wounded, company and government officials said.” [Salon/AP]

No, that’s not the rates paid by Eliot Spitzer and David Vitter for female companionship and diapering, that’s how much Meg Whitman spent on her campaign for California Governor from May 23 to June 30, according to campaign disclosure reports filed with the state on Monday.  That works out to $531,378 spent per day. She’s cranked it up from May when she was only spending $138,828.63 per day.  Whitman has now spent $99.7 million on the race since January 1, 2010.  $91 million of it is her own money.

Attorney General Moonbeam has only spent $377,000 since January 1, 2010.  That’s one fourth of what Whitman has spent on chartered jets and travel for herself, her family, and her staff, and one-twenty-fifth of what she has spent on campaign consultants.

Your Stinque.com breakdown of the data (since there are no “real” reporters left who would do this): Read more »

This portion of our test is designed to measure your comprehension. Please read the following passage thoroughly before answering the questions below.

A few weeks ago I decided to mosey over to a local Manhattan coffee shop for an afternoon cappuccino.

After placing my order I sat down at a table and pulled out my Amazon Kindle.

I barely made it a sentence into the e-book I was reading before an employee of the coffee shop came by, stood over me and said, “Excuse me sir, but we don’t allow computers in the coffee shop.”

I looked up at him with an incredulous look and replied, “This isn’t a computer, it’s an e-book reader.”

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Would someone, anyone, please explain to me who this woman is and why I should care about her?  kthxbai ….

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“It’s official: Sidney Harman, the businessman who made his fortune selling stereo equipment, has secured a deal to buy Newsweek from the Washington Post Co. and will announce the deal later Monday afternoon.” [Ad Age]

Silly us, we missed a graphic opportunity with the Morning Blather. Consider it rectified.

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