Shots fired where?
Big business gets protected by the media in ways you don't even realize. Last week, the Des Moines Register reported that a drive-by shooting had taken place outside "a gas station at 22nd and University" in the city. The article did not report the name of the station. As I live about 10 blocks away, I'll just tell you that it's a Kum and Go station, part of a convenience store chain that now has 400 stores in 11 states. And more importantly, they advertise. Nobody at Gannett Media's Des Moines branch wants to give Kum and Go a black eye, even though a convenience store is about the shittiest neighbor you can have in the city and you can be sure that if a podunk tavern in the same Drake neighborhood had a shooting in its parking lot, the Register would be loudly broadcasting the bar's name. Why do I let this stuff get me riled up?---
Art Donovan has died. The former NFL star lived until the age of 89, defying each of the U.S.D.A.'s dietary guidelines. Here's Art on with Letterman in 1986.
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An observation: For several weeks, Salon.com has had a "most popular" link to a story called "37 ugliest child stars ever." Up until a few days ago, the photo connected to the link for the entire time was always that of Raven-Symone, who played Olivia on The Cosby Show. And that, of course, is ridiculous. It would annoy me every time I saw it. Anyway, middle of last week, the actress comes out as a lesbian on Twitter. Immediately after that story hits, the photo on the same story is that of Fred Savage.
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To Cardinals manager Mike Matheny: Stop bunting!!!!
posted by CM @ 9:14 PM
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