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The Headlines – 7th Oct.

As Election Day looms, the Democrats are predictably trying to maximize the circumstancial advantage of the economic crisis; what I mean by “predictably” is the less-than-surprising fact that McCain’s involvement in the “Keating five” scandal of 1989 has been reheated, … Continue reading

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The Headlines – 1st Oct. 2008

In a way it’s reassuring that the 2nd most popular item yesterday on Propeller was a blogpost about beautiful (indeed they are) autumn pictures from Switzerland. Apart from that, business is as usual on the social news sites; headlines after … Continue reading

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The Headlines – 30th Sept.

Once again without much commentary: the leatest leading headlines from Digg, Reddit, Newsvine and Propeller. The rejected bailout-bill captured most of the readers’ attention, it seems.

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Weekend headlines – 27th – 29th Sept.

After the hectic leadup to last Friday’s debate of the presidential candidates, the exchange itself proved – well, I think the best word is – ordinary. Here is a transcript (courtesy of CNN); if I get ’round to it, I … Continue reading

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The Headlines – 26th Sept.

…this time with no comment at all, just in a field-note-for-myself style.

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The Headlines – 25th Sept.

The breaking news of the day is that McCain proposed to postpone Friday’s TV-debate (the first out of four scheduled for this campaign), so that he “would be able to focus on the economy” instead of campaign matters. The news … Continue reading

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The Headlines – 24th Sept.

“Bailout” is definitely becoming the word of the week; and Propeller keeps on offering a, well, interestingly different selection from the news crop. Here are the latest headlines from the social news sites.

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The Headlines – 23rd Sept.

One thing you might not realize from the headlines here is that I list them here in a slightly modified form: especially on Digg, it is customary to add to the end of the title something like “view!” or “watch!”, … Continue reading

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The headlines – 18th Sept.

I think the most interesting item on today’s front pages is a finding by Reddit on Politico; about a soon-to-be-launched ad by Barack Obama. Again, a likely contender for the front page of Digg, too – maybe tomorrow.

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The headlines – 11th – 17th Sept.

Apologies. I have been away for a couple of days – a short trip to Vilnius. But now I’m back to work – and here are the headlines I missed. In not-so-related news, I have just received the copy of … Continue reading

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