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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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[CSMonitor, via Sully]

“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.

Cats That Look Like Hitler

Tonight, when [Rand] Paul finally strides up and takes the microphone in the front of the room, he seems relaxed and speaks to the crowd in a soft and steady Southern accent. “People say, ‘Oh those Tea Party people, they’re angry.’ I say: ‘No, they’re concerned and they’re worried.’ They’re worried that we could destroy the currency by adding such a massive debt.” Paul then invoked the Nazis: “In Germany it led to Hitler.”

• Endless war of aggression.
• Denigration of minority religion.
• Fascist memoirist.

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She is so not Carrie Prejean … for once, I am proud of my state’s combatant in the Miss America contest:

Hell, I might actually watch!