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- Kudos to the Boulevard -- Extra Credit, 09:43:23 05/07/08 Wed [1]
Great work by Sabatini and Boselovic on the phony MBA given by WVU to the W.Va. governor's daughter. They have really exposed the corruption in the wild, wonderful hollers and have gotten results. The University president should be the next to go.
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- Cheerleaders -- P. Irate (Disgusted), 08:20:50 04/19/08 Sat [0]
Paul Meyer must be taking the Pirates Cheerleading course from Dejan Kovacevic.
Here's a line from today's report of yesterday's game:
(Adam)LaRoche fought(Cubs Pitcher Carlos)Marmol through a pretty good at-bat before striking out..." Of course, that was his second strikeout in three official at-bats. And it came with two on and the game on the line in the eighth inning.
If Meyer thinks striking out is a pretty good at-bat, wonder how he would describe a hit off the bat of LaRoche. Of course, that happens so rarely, we may never find out.
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- China Millman ... it is still all about her. -- Chef Jeff, 13:29:25 04/13/08 Sun [13]
It only took one and a half graphs for China Millman to insert herself into the story this time.
She writes in Sunday's paper, "Still, Bourdain's extended description of his own food television hierarchy, combined with the timely kickoffs of new seasons of Bravo's "Top Chef" and Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," got me thinking."
Oh, did it get YOU thinking, China? It made YOU think, huh?
Can you please try to get through a few graphs (let alone a whole piece) without using the following words: Me, my or I?
On top of that, when was Anthony Bourdain in town? Two weeks ago or so? Why a story now? Were you busy regaling us on why Pittsburgh establishments will never be as great as their counterparts in New York or San Fran?
Is that why it took weeks for a follow up on Bourdain?
For the life of me, I have no idea what anyone sees in China Millman except, of course, herself. And, oh yeah, she'll tell you about it.
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- PG Tackles the TOUGH issues! -- Would Steen, 19:14:37 05/03/08 Sat [0]
Inflation, rising gas prices, governmental corruption. Since the PG obviously finds this ever so important subject so compelling, will it also be tackled in Sunday columns by Shribman, Kalson and Jack Kelly?
What a pathetic gang of uncreative hacks.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08122/878281-151.stm
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08120/877372-153.stm
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- More layoffs at BCT? -- Sad to hear, 09:45:46 04/17/08 Thu [1]
I just heard there was another, minor round of layoffs at the BCT. Three reporters is what I heard. Can anyone confirm?
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- Why newspapers should not try to do TV -- Beaver Cleaver, 19:40:47 04/19/08 Sat [1]
People have poked fun at the P-G's video efforts, but their stuff is network quality compared to this crap that the Beaver County Times posted on their website. Look at the player interviews, where the players aren't even in frame. Looks like some junior high kids signed out a video camera and scammed a locker room credential. Why would they even post something this bad? Hey, maybe it's high satire?
http://timesonline.com/articles/2008/04/19/sports/doc4807f67de6f2d673797982.txt
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- PG's modest circ gain -- Poxon Both, 15:20:55 04/29/08 Tue [1]
I credit it all to China Millman and Beltway Dave. Truly transformational figures. Is Jon Rob crowing around the building yet?
Trib's gains are through giving it away so that doesn't count. Maybe Scaife thinks pretending to back Hillary will add more "liberals" to their inflated circulation.
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- Ain't What You Know, but -- Ex-Trib Westmoreland, 20:18:54 04/27/08 Sun [1]
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_564561.html
Did any enterprising Trib Westmoreland reporter think to ask if any seasonal employees have ties to present or past city employees or elected officials? Greensburg govt. had a rep for nepotism when I worked out of Cabin Hill Drive.
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- Trib outdoes the PG on the arts -- Jon Gnagy, 03:11:49 04/27/08 Sun [1]
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_564530.html
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- Dear Hillary, thanks for taking us seriously, your pal, Dickie -- L. Nino, 21:07:52 04/19/08 Sat [1]
No surprise here...
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_563322.html
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- Scaife, The Movie -- Navin Johnson, 18:03:03 04/09/08 Wed [8]
I was reading through the comments on this forum and took a look at a few links on them which directed me to several sites on the web, which led me to look a whole lot more material on this fine fellow and his wacky and insane ideas, antics and projects. And it got me to thinking, if a movie were made about Dick Scaife the perfect actor to play his part would be Leslie Neilson. As I daydreamed while looking through Scaife related material on the web, I realized that this comedy (would have to be a comedy) has already been written. You couldn't make up anything funnier than Scaife's recorded factual history. So I was going to write a little script and submit it to this forum for fun. But I thought it might be better if the contributors to this forum write their ideas for the script.
My first idea would be to start the script with a scene from Scaife's childhood and I was thinking of Steve Martin as Navin on his family's front porch with everyone singing,
"Gonna jump down turn around pick a bail of cotton,
Gonna jump down turn around pick a bail of hay..."
I'm sure Scaife's childhood had something just a funny and at the same time, sad.
I loved when Navin was leaving Bernadette Peters and said he was "taking nothing, well maybe this old TV, but nothing else, except maybe this chair but nothing else....." Sort of reminded me of his kidnapping of Beauregard -his wife Ritchie's dog.
Anyone game?
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- FLASH! Beltway Dave Puts the SMACK down! -- Green Manalishi, 14:13:08 04/16/08 Wed [2]
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Beltway be callin' this dude out! Surprised he didn't call him a "scoundrel" or a "rapscallion!"
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003790062
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- Bennett at her best -- Green Manalishi, 12:59:37 04/17/08 Thu [1]
To be fair, I'm not a fan of Sam Bennett. But when she hits a homer, she hits it out of the park, as she did here.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08108/874250-151.stm
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- Hillbillary meets the Vast Mediocrity Conspiracy -- Green Manalishi, 15:33:07 04/14/08 Mon [2]
http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoID=100397
The only difference between her visit to the Trib was at the PG she met fools who think they're smart. Kindred spirits to the Clintons.
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