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• Dylan Agonistes

  Newsweek has somehow picked Dylan's Love and Theft as the 2nd best CD of the decade. No, not the 2nd best Dylan CD but second best by anyone. Now, you all know that I am a huge Dylan fan but come on -- especially when there was actually some, [...]
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 11:53pm EST

• St. Nick and Jesus H. Christ: The Duets

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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:41pm EST

• Happy Birthday, Beethoven, the Finale

  
  Closing our two-day celebration, here's a classic "Peanuts" that pretty much captures my attitude. Charles Schulz, of course, was huge fan and marked this day nearly every year and even included parts of LvB piano sonatas in his panels. [...]
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:21pm EST

• Jack Bauer Grills Terrorist Santa: Naughty, Not Nice

  Xmas Video of the Year.
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:21pm EST

• Happy Birthday, Beethoven: Day Two

  It's fitting that since Beethoven is the greatest artist in the history of Western civilization we get to celebrate his birthday twice. That's because there is a dispute, based on records and his baptism (usually done on day born back then in Germany). So this is day [...]
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:30pm EST

• Dr. Evil, I Presume?

  Barry Ritholtz, the econ blogger, picks his "evil" person of the year. [...]
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 10:05am EST

• Jon Does Joe

  By popular demand, Jon Stewart does his "Droopy" Joe Lieberman impersonation. Could have only helped MoveOn raise $1 million by Thursday to oppose Joe with ads and in 2012.
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe D.C.www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 9:30am EST

• Jon does Laura Ingraham

  Jon Stewart covers latest tea party protest.
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cHighway to Health - Last Tea Party Protest of the Yearwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis [...]
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 9:25am EST

• Geography Lesson

  Hollywood takes you around the world in weighty daze.
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 5:05pm EST

• My Photo of the Day, For Beethoven's Birthday

  
  Tanglewood, after "The Ninth"
  Originally uploaded by GregMitchA Perfect Score: I shot this up at Tanglewood last year as Boston Symphony members left the stage after completing the epic Ninth Symphony.  Click to enlarge and see below on this page for [...]
  
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:33pm EST

• Happy Birthday, Beethoven, 2nd Movement

  See first "movement" down on the page. Here is cartoon by Richard Thompson, described here at Cagle. Click on it to enlarge. [...]
  
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 1:46pm EST

• More of GM On Demise (?) of 'E&P'

  Here's an NPR piece. And one I wrote that is being syndicated widely. Much more TK of course and hopes remain that we will carry on. [...]
  
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 1:02pm EST

• Happy Birthday, Beethoven

  We'll be celebrating all day, marking the birth of the greatest artist in Western culture, on this date in 1770 (altho some claim it was the following day). Here's a suitably celebratory final movement of the Symphony No. 7, recently picked as the third greatest "metal" classical piece ever by [...]
  
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:40am EST

• AP Names Tiger Top Athlete of Decade

  And he was good on the golf course too. [...]
  
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:07am EST

• Little Lambs, Who Made Thee?

  A hedge fund manager in Tokyo sent this Blakean verse to econ blogger Barry Ritholtz.
  
  Tiger, Tiger bonking bright
  in the fleshpots of the night
  what immortal eye or hand
  could restore your tarnished brand?
  
  On what porn star?s breasts and thighs,
  burnt the [...]
  
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:27pm EST

• Al Franken vs. John Thune

  Latest health care debate. Al says, you're entitled to your opinion but not your own "facts."
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 5:17pm EST

• Dylan Pleads to Save 'E&P'

  Bob has created a special video message for fans of my magazine Editor & Publisher  in our hour of homesick blues after our recent shutdown notice.   Clearly he's on our side as we try to avoid being just another pawn in their game.  Take a look at the 30-second video: [...]
  
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:23pm EST

• Moonshine On My Shoulder Makes Me Happy

  Downer Christmas songs?  Buzzfeed picks the 10 most depressing, including the usual Elvis "Blue Xmas" and more. But who expected sunny (though late) John Denver to make it with "Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)".
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:20pm EST

• Sportsman of the Year #2?

  Well, look who is showing up on the cover of Sports Illustrated tomorrow-- it's Stephen "Speedy" Colbert. And why? Well it's their annual sports media issue.  Still: why? As you may know, he has led a campaign to save the U.S. speedskating team for the Winter Olympics [...]
  
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:56am EST