Archive for February, 2007

Unreality Bookended

Boston con­tin­ues to be a city run by bel­liger­ent ass­hats. Last week it shut down sev­eral major trans­po­ra­tion routes in order to han­dle the Imminent Dire Threat of LEDs; now they’ve man­aged to bully Turner and its adver­tis­ing agency into pay­ing $2 mil­lion in resti­tu­tion for Boston’s own over­re­ac­tion to the battery-​​​​operated signs. “Last week’s events […]

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Free Love is Back!

Just check out the head­line! Bush urges par­ents to get kids out­doors Oh wait, that’s not what he meant at all, is it? Well, it’s still a good idea anyway.

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What the Hell is Wrong with Boston?

Seriously, I mean it — what the hell is wrong with the entire damned city? You shut down your express­ways and sub­ways because of elec­tronic LED signs that have been in place for weeks — and then arrest and charge the two employ­ees of Cartoon Network who put them there? Here’s a par­tic­u­larly use­ful com­ment from a Bostonian official. […]

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