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With all due respect to CNN Headline News, “Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Underway” is not “BREAKING NEWS.”…

With all due respect to CNN Headline News, “Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy Underway” is not “BREAKING NEWS.”

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Webs says:
Fri 9-Feb-07 8:32am at 8:32am
When the hell did Anna Nicole Smith die?
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DOF says:
Fri 9-Feb-07 9:39am at 9:39am
She’s the Bimbo Of The Week to give “journalists” something to talk about ad nauseum.
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Boulder Dude says:
Fri 9-Feb-07 9:56am at 9:56am
Well…
She is white, and a woman…and in a way missing, so of course it is news worthy.
It is either that or regurgitating whatever propaganda Drudge or the Washington Times are floating today. ;P
So nice to see the Clinton Rules back in action.
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dust says:
Fri 9-Feb-07 5:35pm at 5:35pm
Why, Dave! What a cutting comment.
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ginny says:
Sat 10-Feb-07 8:41am at 8:41am
I read a news item the other day that claimed ANS was a performance artist, and her life was the performance. Meanwhile, I notice that PvP had something on it.
At the moment, I’m kind of regretting watching all of those CSI-type shows. And I agree that “autopsy in progress” is seriously broken news. I’m more interested in finding a live news feed of Barack Obama’s speech from Springfield, IL today.
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*** Dave says:
Sat 10-Feb-07 9:57am at 9:57am
I tend to gravitate toward news channels on a business trip when I get up in the morning or when I go to bed at night. CNN Headline News — which, for all its flaws, has usually provided a broad survey of the news, was in NON-STOP, ALL A-N-S, ALL BIOGRAPHY / TRAGEDY / TRAGIC BIOGRAPHY ACTION MODE.
I couldn’t believe it.
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The funny/tragic part of this is that #Trump has blown any credit to his accusations, even if in this instance they were true. Except among his fanatical followers, who would believe him if he claimed it was commie space aliens responsible.

Trump blames vandals for damaged grass where he held July 4 celebration | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vandalism-claim-world-war-ii-memorial-f37b3fe1daae73d00f4faad29a5df80e

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Kimchi Dip (aka Hawaiian Kimchee Dip) https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/margie/kimchi-dip-aka-hawaiian-kimchee-dip.html

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In this case: organized, coordinated action against #Colorado for having the temerity to keep imprisoned a Trumpist who broke a state #electionsecurity laws after 2020. (Our governor eventually caved on the matter.)

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/14/colorado-donald-trump-tina-peters/

5 days ago

One of the things #AI is actually fantastic at is detecting, modeling, and intensifying human biases in its source materials.

#storytelling #sexism #fable #writing #bias

https://www.sciencealert.com/virtually-absent-ai-models-practically-erase-female-characters-from-kids-stories

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Wherein I babble about #ballotmeasures, ballot #propositions #goodgovernance #principle and #hypocrisy . As one does.

https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2026/08/09/propositioning-and-good-government.html

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So, not only are #AI companies rampantly stealing IP, they are apparently bulk purchasing physical books , including rare volumes, and "destructively" scanning them, with a notional goal of eliminating all the books in the world in favor of Ai spitting out #slop on command.

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You know Donald's thrashing a bit when he plays the populist card against oil companies. Though I'm sure he'll forgive them if they just give *him* the money. On behalf of the public, of course.

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Aside from that, he was always eager to send troops anywhere at the drop of a hat, and the brief moments of treating #Trump as the ass he is were followed by utter collapse and brown nosing to a point that folk wondered what kompromat Trump had on him.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-says-graham-liked-war

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#byhookorbycrook #cbp #tsa #searchandseizure

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"California mail voting rules worked, 150K ballots rejected"

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#mailballot #mailvote #votebymail

https://apnews.com/article/california-primary-rejected-mail-ballots-voting-2291684fe4544cab2301f8965abc8f79

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