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Jamie Stangroom—he of the fascinatingly tragic interview with actor Ahmed Best earlier this year—sat down with the man behind Jar Jar Binks again. This time the two discussed the infamous, ludicrous “Darth Jar Jar” theory that Jar Jar was a Sith Lord working with Palpatine in the prequels. Best’s surprising response: “There’s a lot about…
Ten years ago, I attended a panel of cell phone executives talking about the mobile industry. Yes, it sounds like a snoozer and in many ways it was, but I perked up when a tall nordic man began telling us a story about the Angry God of ARPU. I was hoping for a classic Norse…
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come not to praise Marco Rubio – dear God, never, ever that – but to bury him. And then to salt the earth in the hope that he will never come back. The Rubio campaign is on its last legs, stumbling dehydrated and desperate through the Florida…
I’m dying for an update from you on Donald Trump. Last summer you called him “not a president” and a “carnival barker.” Do you still feel the same? If you loved Trump, would Salon even let you proclaim it? I mean, they’re kind of as liberal as they come, no? Why can’t there be a…
Glenn Beck opened his radio show today going off on “what the hell has happened to Matt Drudge.” The conservative radio host was spurred on this morning by Drudge Photoshopping Rubio as a midget after he didn’t win a single state last night: Beck said ever since Drudge started “hanging out with Alex Jones,” he’s…
3/10/2016 11:00am. AGENDA: Marketing to women. ATTENDEES: Mark, Ed, Steve, Mike, Mike S, Pete, Ben, Mike H, Dave, Aaron, Dan, and Dave P. – – 10:20 am Meeting begins DAVE P.: Owls. Something with owls. ED: Yes. PETE: Exactly. MARK: It’s bold. And if there’s one thing I like, it’s bold. MIKE S.: But not…
Jamie Stangroom—he of the fascinatingly tragic interview with actor Ahmed Best earlier this year—sat down with the man behind Jar Jar Binks again. This time the two discussed the infamous, ludicrous “Darth Jar Jar” theory that Jar Jar was a Sith Lord working with Palpatine in the prequels. Best’s surprising response: “There’s a lot about…
Given the seemingly ethereal nature of the internet, it can be easy to forget that behind every hack or cyberheist there’s a real wires-circuits-and-boards infrastructure. To break into your computer, or that of a financial company, cybercriminals often use hacking tools hosted on a server in a data center somewhere. They also use servers to…
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert last night weighed in on Donald Trump’s bizarre victory press conference in Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday. As Colbert noted, “Trump’s victory speech had a little bit of product placement.” “Trump gave his victory speech next to a pyramid of raw steak,” Colbert said, referring to the Bush Brothers steak Trump tried to…