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For more than a decade, we’ve been living through a commodity price boom. From oil to wheat and beef, the general rule has been that if you farmed it, caught it, or took it out of the ground you were probably going to make money selling it. But . . .

via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/08/26/130826ta_talk_surowiecki

Earl Sweatshirt, a nineteen-year-old m.c., is one of the most notable members of the Odd Future hip-hop collective, a loose alliance based in Los Angeles, who began releasing music for free on their Tumblr, in 2009, when they were all teen-agers. Earl, born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile . . . (Subscription required.)

via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2013/08/26/130826crmu_music_frerejones

Sydney Leathers’ rep Gina Rodriguez — a porn actress turned publicist — is not happy with the way Page Six represented her Anthony Weiner-sexting-partner client’s appearance…

via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/porn_star_does_pr_UdZn5Pje3USypfMNB7J41O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=

Five years after Caroline Kennedy refused to release financial information during her bid to take over Hillary Clinton’s US Senate seat, newly filed documents…

via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/kennedy_discloses_finances_SeC5KEM45P0RocO3i3wK9L?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=

Former Bravo star Kelly Bensimon’s yard sale — in the parking lot of Hamptons hot spot Georgica on Saturday afternoon — offered everything from beds handmade…

via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/housewife_sells_yard_SGQQBfDbilj2zl0cJ0HxZP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=

Behind the scenes footage of Girls third season is the name of the game in this trailer for its 2014 return.

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via Jezebel http://jezebel.com/the-teaser-for-season-3-of-girls-is-all-instagrammed-bi-1164886442

WaPo’s ex-Ombudsman Patrick Pexton had some raw advice for the publication’s new owner Jeff Bezos in a story for Washington City Paper this week. Among his suggestions: Fire right-wing blogger Jennifer Rubin. He whined about how terrible he thinks she is, and said he received more complaints about her than anyone — because that’s exactly what newspaper publishers don’t want in a writer, to make waves and increase web traffic, right?

We asked for her reaction. Her response to FBDC? “Hahahahahahaha.”

An excerpt from Pexton’s column in WCP:

“Jennifer Rubin. Have Fred Hiatt, your editorial page editor—who I like, admire, and respect—fire opinion blogger Jennifer Rubin. Not because she’s conservative, but because she’s just plain bad. She doesn’t travel within a hundred miles of Post standards. She parrots and peddles every silly right-wing theory to come down the pike in transparent attempts to get Web hits. Her analysis of the conservative movement, which is a worthwhile and important beat that the Post should treat more seriously on its national pages, is shallow and predictable. Her columns, at best, are political pornography; they get a quick but sure rise out of the right, but you feel bad afterward.” — …Rubin was the No. 1 source of complaint mail about any single Post staffer while I was ombudsman, and I’m leaving out the organized email campaigns against her by leftie groups like Media Matters.”

(Note to Rubin: We’ve always enjoyed your nerviness. To bring Media Matters into the argument–even while “leaving them out”–only muddies Pexton’s argument. They are big on email campaigns, small on thought. Of course they live to hate bloggers like you — that’s called breathing over at MMFA HQ.)

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via FishbowlDC http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/washington-post-jennifer-rubin-patrick-pexton-washington-city-paper_b113634

The Republican National Committee is following through on its threat to boycott CNN and NBC News by refusing to participate in the networks’ primary debates if they don’t scrap a planned Hillary Clinton documentary and miniseries. Time obtained the full non-binding resolution on the boycott, which is expected to pass easily when put to a vote Friday at the RNC’s Summer Meeting. Priebus told Time that the last paragraph is the most important bit, suggesting (as many have surmised) that the RNC’s shock and disappointment that news outlets – or rather their unrelated entertainment and documentary divisions – would show bias toward a particular candidate or political party isn’t entirely genuine.

It states that the party “shall endeavor to bring more order to the primary debates and ensure a reasonable number of debates, appropriate moderators and debate partners are chosen, and that other issues pertaining to the general nature of such debates are addressed.” The RNC is drafting formal rules on the debates, which may include severe penalties for candidates who go rouge and participate in unsanctioned events. Why subject Republican candidates to twenty debates when you can have a handful of dignified exchanges on a fair and balanced network like Fox News?

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via Daily Intelligencer http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/08/gops-boycott-of-cnn-and-nbc-news-is-on.html

Weiner Causing ‘Irritation’ Inside Hillary’s Camp…

via DrudgeSiren.com – All Stories http://www.drudgesiren.com/allhl.php?id=176147#h176147

For non-Clinton Democrats, exploring the 2016 election is an exercise in futility, at least for now.

via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/2016-election-democrats-non-clinton-95549.html