Arts & Entertainment

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NEWS 4/15/09 8:48pm

Google gets Carson, advertising wrong

By pendulumopinions

"Johnny Carson smoked, and for 30 years he was never pictured smoking a cigarette," Google C.E.O Eric Schmidt said in an interview with Maureen Dowd, featured in today's New York Times. "Today that would be nearly impossible." This quote, aside from hinting at Carson's possession of huge quantities of invisible cigarettes, pertains to the ubiquity of personal information on the Internet, and Google's assertion that they don't have to give newspapers money in exchange for their reporting, that instead the news industry should alter its advertising model so that ads are personal and precise. So what does this Carson quote seem to imply for the rest of us?

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NEWS 4/15/09 3:57pm

Head away from the hills!

By pendulumopinions

The Department of Homeland Security declassified a document sent out to law enforcement agencies across the country detailing the supposedly rising threat to national security posed by right-wing extremist groups.

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NEWS 4/14/09 5:33pm

The truth, ambiguous and unseemly, emerges from Columbine 10 years later

By pendulumopinions

Things aren't always what they appear to be. I'm not sure if there's a more cliche phrase than that, but like every cliche, behind the tawdry, tiring trapping and accoutrement there's truth.

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NEWS 4/13/09 10:16pm

Once more, with feeling!

By pendulumopinions

It's amazing what illness and Easter will do to a blog. Yes, there weren't any posts this weekend, but on the other hand, nothing too incredibly significant occurred.

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NEWS 4/9/09 2:55am

An apology

By pendulumopinions

Hey everyone, let me extend apologies for the mishap in the print edition of the opinions section today.

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NEWS 4/8/09 9:01pm

News briefs - April 8, 2009

By The Pendulum

Put down those preemptive Peeps, it's not Easter break yet. Here's a quick rundown of everything that you'll need to know until tomorrow... Somali pirates boarded the U.S.

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NEWS 4/8/09 7:59pm

The Death of Corporate America?

By The Pendulum

Here's one: Imagine a world without WalMart. Where you walk onto the main street in town and buy coffee not at Starbuck's but from your friend, who knows exactly what you want and has it ready by the time you get to the counter.

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NEWS 4/7/09 10:00pm

Cooperstown

By pendulumopinions

Going into Anderson Cooper's speech, I was a bit hesitant to let my expectations run wild. He is, after all, a highly public figure whose reputation always precedes him, but he's also a television broadcaster who came in on a private jet.

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NEWS 4/7/09 2:13pm

4.8 Pendulum Preview!

By pendulumopinions

Leading up to what's sure to be a riveting tiny break before the final leg of the school year jumps upon us, this week's Opinions section is once more chock-full of info to help those little gray cells, as Hercule Poirot would put it.

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NEWS 4/7/09 1:57pm

GM found its miracle cure!

By pendulumopinions

It makes perfect sense now that I think about it...if GM is failing at making cars that people want to use, then of course it should venture into the highly goofy market of personal transportation vehicles and team up with Segway.

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NEWS 4/5/09 11:50pm

Boehner Taking Advantage of FOX's Rejection Of Fact-Based Journalism.

By The Pendulum

Fox News has lost its credibility when it has the House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner write a story on its blog starting with the phrase, "With Democrats now firmly in charge of Congress and the White House, Washington is increasingly out of control." Who even wants to read it with an open mind now, besides the far right? Let us address the issue that Republicans have in which, as Boehner puts it, "government is crossing lines [Americans] never thought they'd see their government cross." In the wake of an administration that nearly destroyed the reputation of the Republican party, it's pretty ballsy to say that. The only thing that can be referred to in this statement is the amount of money spent in the bills passed since January 20.

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NEWS 4/5/09 10:46pm

Props to Mr. Jonze.

By The Pendulum

Taking on childhood storybook gold, Spike Jonze is getting to do what every modern director wants to.

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NEWS 4/5/09 7:46pm

In case you wanted something that wasn't fast nor furious...

By pendulumopinions

As the second movie review for the blog, Adventureland seems like a perfect choice. It's not as by-the-numbers and predictably hilarious as "I Love You, Man," or as mind-numbingly moderately-amusing as "Monsters vs.

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NEWS 4/5/09 7:21pm

From North Korea with love

By The Pendulum

Well, North Korea went through with its threats and launched their long-range rocket, failing to reach U.S.

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NEWS 4/4/09 8:05pm

Youtube down the tubes?

By pendulumopinions

The title sounds like something out of a poor Japanese translation guide, but it highlights the little-mentioned problem of just how those websites we all know and love are supposed to be profitable.

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NEWS 4/3/09 3:50pm

Grumpy old media

By pendulumopinions

There's something inherent to anything related to blogging or any opinions section. Complaining. Glorified whining about why things and wrong and how they should be.

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NEWS 4/1/09 9:00pm

The songs they sing are supposed to mean everything

By The Pendulum

The G20 started with a clash of elegance and fury, a rather apt combination considering it's being held in London.

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NEWS 4/1/09 1:44pm

Failing to close the Atlantic humor gap

By pendulumopinions

The Guardian has pretty much sucked the April Fool's wind out of my sails, beating any ideas that I had for a post celebrating the most fiendish holiday of them all. My cranky attitude toward Twitter is well-known, and The Guardian pleased me to no end with its announcement of a switch to a Twitter-exclusive publishing model. Just look at how effective The Guardian was in reporting past events in Twitter! 1927 OMG first successful transatlantic air flight wow, pretty cool!

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NEWS 3/31/09 5:41pm

Wait. I thought Cheney was no longer our VP.

By The Pendulum

In the midst of being described a criminal by U.N. experts last month, and the attempts of recovery from his appallingly disliked administration, ex-V.P.

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NEWS 3/31/09 4:45pm

Let's Get This Straight.

By The Pendulum

A response to my calling out a number of issues ago.

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