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Masaki Kitamura, who has worked on anime series such as “Yu-Gi-Oh!,” is suspected of a bomb threat against a Tokyo-New York flight and threats of an attack in Osaka.
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via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/japan-anime-director-arrested-online-threats-massacre-365515
from Letters of Note
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via JAMES FREY http://bigjimindustries.com/wordpress/index.php/2012/08/eb-white-gets-pissed/
“He must use humor, for three reasons. One is that wit breaks through and sharpens all points. Another is that it is natural to him. Before the voting in Iowa, he wryly told a friend that the caucuses were like the LaBrea Tar Pits: ‘No one comes out the way they went in.’ On a conference call recently, he asked a question of his staff. No one answered. Mr. Romney waited. ‘Bueller? Bueller?” he said, in a perfect imitation of Ben Stein.'”
—He’s also good with birther jokes! Anyway, Peggy Noonan picks up another cheerleading check.
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via The Awl http://www.theawl.com/2012/08/mitt-romney-comedian-actual-examples
Richard White, 49, who was mauled to death Friday, was the first person to die in a bear attack in the history of Denali National Park, authorities say. Photos of the bear that mauled him were found in his camera.
A man killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska’s Denali National Park last week was identified Sunday as a 49-year-old San Diego photographer, who had been taking pictures of the animal for at least seven to eight minutes before the attack, park officials said.
via L.A. Times – California | Local News http://da.feedsportal.com/c/34336/f/625246/s/22c22942/l/0L0Slatimes0N0Cnews0Clocal0Cla0Eme0E0A8270Ebear0Eattack0E20A120A8270H0A0H25845330Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/ia1.htm
@Slate: “2016: Obama’s America” was the sixth most-popular movie in the entire country this weekend… http://t.co/AnLOeoLT
When they convene in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney for president next week, Republicans will not hear a note from the city’s most notable musical exports: death-metal bands such as Deicide and Obituary.
The South Bronx hatched hip-hop and Seattle birthed grunge rock. Tampa gave the world death metal, a boundary-pushing style of heavy rock that features lyrics that can be decidedly anti-Christian.
Some say it’s ironic that a party that includes large numbers of religious conservatives would hold its convention in the city that fostered a musical genre known for album titles like “To Hell With God” and “Butchered At Birth.”
“It’s kind of like having a group called Abstinence for the Sexually Anxious holding its convention in San Francisco,” said Steve Huey, a critic at AllMusic.com. “Or a group called Society for the Hatred of Corn deciding to meet up in Iowa.”
via Death metal, the sound of Tampa, won’t be heard at Republican convention | Reuters.
Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp has agreed to buy the About Group from The New York Times Company for $300 million in cash.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/times-to-sell-about-group-to-iacinteractive-for-300-million/
@BuzzFeedAndrew: RT @resnikoff: I hear the House almost approved repairs, but the metaphor was just too good. https://t.co/abkJwlXx
@GlynnMacN: RT @BreakingNews: Official: All 9 people injured in shooting near NY’s Empire State Building wounded by police gunfire http://t.co/5TxSDlUs
@TimothyNoah1: Ann Romney on tithing: “When Mitt and I give that check I actually cry.” The punchline writes itself. http://t.co/odadKG2F