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Smash TV: Survivor: Gabon, Week 8

smash — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:41:05 +0000

27 days in captivity with the contestants and this is what we have learned about the Survivor: Gabon this season thus far: • This has been a season of blindsides. And not just this, but, in true safari style, some of the victims have been big lions. Ace the mastermind, the sometime British-accented guru: gone. Marcus, [...]

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SMASHgods TV: Top Chef New York, Week 1

smash — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:44:45 +0000

Tim Goodman of the SF Chronicle wrote an insightful post this week about what makes a good reality show. For all the “dreck” in current so-called reality shows like “The Hills” and “Real Housewives of Atlanta”, there is also a slew of decent reality shows that are in fact competition shows that, as Goodman states, [...]

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Keith Olbermann and the Prop 8 Vote: “This is What Your Heart Tells You to Do?”

smash — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:08:49 +0000

There have been a lot of post-mortems in the wake of the disturbing passage of Proposition 8 in California, which would have upheld the state Supreme Court’s decision in May to allow same-sex marriages. Protesters have taken to the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco voicing their dissent. Some have marched on the steps [...]

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Smash TV: Survivor Gabon, Week 7

smash — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:31:56 +0000

How the mighty have fallen! Wow! Score one for the underdogs! After last week’s searing blindside of Ace from Fang, at the hands of his supposed kewpie doll/sorta love interest, Sugar, this week’s ouster was just as stunning. Marcus, the mighty doctor, leader, motivator, who liked to hear his own voice, was knocked to his [...]

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Britney and JT Together Again?! Not Quite!

smash — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:18:36 +0000

That’s it?! Governments sign agreements or treaties, even arms control deals every day. Armed conflicts find resolutions or ceasefires. Mergers between companies that run into the billions happen all the time. Tribes sit down and settle centuries-old differences every so often. Marriages end in divorce, sure, but every once in a while there are reconciliations. People [...]

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Obama Victory: Two Black Women React

smash — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:33:46 +0000

The utterly transformative and historic moment in Chicago’s Grant Park last Tuesday night held millions around the world spellbound. The image of the newly-elected 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and two young daughters waving to the crowds was something many people genuinely thought they’d never see. An African-American first [...]

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Where do I vote in California? A Complete List

smash — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:12:34 +0000

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Where_do_I_vote_in_California_A_Complete_List'; Where do I vote in California? It can be tricky - voting stations move and don’t always send location-change information. Below is a list of California polling places (addresses, phone numbers, and a relevant website if available) so you can find your designated voting location and get out there and make things happen. Currently, Calvoter.org [...]

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More Treats! Free Starbucks Coffee on Election Day!

smash — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:39:11 +0000

So you’ve got free donuts and a free scoop of ice cream. Now on November 4, Starbucks wants to reward you voters with a free cup of coffee. Launched last night on “Saturday Night Live”, the commercial, part of the “Shared Planet” campaign, states that everyone who votes will get a cup of Starbucks coffee. [...]

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Sarah Palin Pwned: She Gets a Prank Call from Nicolas Sarkozy

smash — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:19:55 +0000

From the Huffington Post this afternoon, a deliriously rich and successful prank on Sarah Palin. Montreal’s own Masked Avengers somehow got on CKOI radio and managed to snag Palin’s people on the phone with the tasty bait that President Nicolas Sarkozy of France wanted to say hello. How on earth would this possibly happen? Aren’t [...]

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Smash TV: Survivor: Gabon, Weeks 5 & 6

smash — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:50:18 +0000

Time to get caught up with the goings-on in Gabon. Week Five did not generate much drama, actually. As we know, Sugar has the hidden immunity idol, which she found weeks ago on Exile Island. Everyone on Fang knows this, including the Mephistophelian Ace with the maybe-phony British accent who seems to have taken a [...]

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