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By Foster Kamer 8/23/11 1:16pm

Uncomfortable Peaking of Trends

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Vampire Trend Literally Jumps Shark With Alaskan Vampire Cruise

After Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, four seasons of True Blood, the Otto Penzler-blessed story collection, and countless imitators beyond them, you would think the vampire trend—and all awful associated press-releases with it—would have ceased by now (if not for the demands of vampire-sick culture critics), or at the very least, relented.

Think again. Read More

By Foster Kamer 8/08/11 12:04pm

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Geithner's McDonalds Rejection

Tim Geithner’s McDonald’s Rejection Letter and Other Pissy Wall Street Infographics

Like so many industries, sentiment on Wall Street can be easily gauged through the reliable and elusive measure that is the nonsense its most foxhole-entrenched lieutenants send each other during the day. If you were ever curious as to how many of them truly view Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and the S & P ratings downgrade, well…  Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 3:39pm

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LOL: The Name of the New Wikileaks Task Force Is WTF

The fellas at 4chan should get some mileage out of this.

The CIA has started a group to determine the impact of Cablegate, the leak of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables and military files by WikiLeaks, which is known as the Wikileaks Task Force, or WTF, reports The Washington Post.

WTF is Internet slang Read More

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