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"We are not surprised that this Hollywood-orchestrated attack on marriage -- tried in San Francisco -- turned out this way."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Brian Raum, senior counsel at the legal group Alliance Defense Fund, on an appellate court's decision to declare unconstitutional California's voter-backed Proposition 8 law declaring marriage to be only between a man and a woman.

"John, this is Barack Obama. I've got some really good news for you. Your daughter Jessica has been rescued and evacuated by our SEAL team and she's on her way home."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:15:00 +0000

President Obama, on a phone call with John Buchanan, whose daughter Jessica was rescued by Navy SEALs in Somalia along with a Danish colleague.

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'I think one of the great weaknesses that Republicans have is that they are boring.'

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Newt Gingrich.

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"I think Chris Dodd has done a spectacular job. He’s been unable to do direct lobbying, but as a strategist, he’s been superb."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Jim Gianopulos, co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, of MPAA head Chris Dodd, whose efforts to pass PIPA and SOPA failed spectacularly (for now)

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'A win's a win' 'The results from Iowa caucus night revealed a virtual tie.'

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +0000

First quote: Mitt Romney's campaign, after an initial tally from the Jan. 2 Iowa Caucus gave their candidate an eight-vote margin over Rick Santorum.

Second quote: Mitt Romney's campaign, after a Jan. 19 recount revealed that Romney had in fact lost to Santorum by 34 votes.

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"Newt is not perfect. But who among us is?"

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:07:00 +0000

Rick Perry, dropping out of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich.

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'Many questions and jokes about My Space.simple answer -- we screwed up in every way possible, learned lots of valuable expensive lessons'

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:38:00 +0000

Rupert Murdoch, turning to Twitter to take the heat for buying MySpace.

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"Who can write about how I feel? What third person can tell me about how I feel?"

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:40:00 +0000

First Lady Michelle Obama, pushing back on the narrative in Jodi Kantor's "The Obamas."

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“It’s a huge Twitter topic that Twitter friends have been Tweeting.”

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:18:00 +0000

Charlie Rose, co-anchor of the re-jiggered CBS Early Show, on debut day.
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"Hello, everybody. Sorry to interrupt."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:30:00 +0000

President Obama, walking in on Press Secretary Jay Carney during a scheduled White House briefing, to urge the House to act on a Senate bill that would extend a tax holiday for two months.

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'They've delivered us this perfectly wrapped Christmas present with a bow on top: They rebuilt our camp. How could we not go and take it?

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:44:00 +0000

#OWS organizer Jake DeGroot, on the #Mockupy movement to take over the Law & Order: SVU "Ripped from the headlines" location shoot near Foley Square. The episode refers fictionally to the real Occupy Wall Street movement, which was in effect evicted from Zuccotti Park.

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"Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al Qaeda leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:56:00 +0000

President Obama, on Israel and appeasement.

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"We can't wait -- to pardon these turkeys."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:45:00 +0000

President Obama, pardoning White House turkeys Liberty and Peace.

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"Steve was a teacher to anyone paying attention, and he's gone way too soon."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, on Steve Jobs.

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"Will I be the flavor of the week? Well, the answer is an emphatic, 'No,' because Häagen-Dazs black walnut tastes good all the time."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, who now leads the GOP field, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll.

“I was not a very nice person. And it didn’t put me off my breakfast.

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:18:00 +0000

Nancy Wake, spy and Nazi foe, who died at 98

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'The taste is gone. I don’t even want to. It’s incredible what you can get used to.'

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:15:00 +0000

Christopher Hitchens, on how treatment for Stage 4 esophageal cancer has affected his once seemingly-insatiable appetite for booze.

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'We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back. We think it’s benign. But we just don’t know.'

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:58:00 +0000

A source familiar with a network infection affecting the United States' fleet of Predator and Reaper drones

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"The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:34:00 +0000

Bill Gates, invoking one of Steve Jobs' favorite phrases.

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"I'm ready tomorrow morning."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:31:00 +0000

Billionaire Warren Buffett, challenging Rupert Murdoch to simultaneously release his tax return after a Wall Street Journal editorial suggested Buffett should publicly disclose his. The self-made billionaire investor has become a target of some conservatives because he thinks rich people should be taxed more, a concept embodied in President Obama's "Buffett Rule" coinage.

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"What we really want to do is talk to our device, and get a response. We don’t want to be told how to talk to it, we want to talk to it however we like."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:55:00 +0000

Apple SVP Phil Schiller, on new the iPhone 4S Voice feature called "Siri."

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'This is not class warfare. It’s math."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:03:00 +0000

President Obama, on his $3 trillion deficit-cutting plan, which includes the 'Buffet Rule,' raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires.

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“The issues about copyright are real. But the idea that you would hire someone on an — essentially — success fee to run around and sue people at will who may or may not have infringed as a way of protecting yourself … does not reflect how news is created and disseminated in the modern world.”

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:04:00 +0000

John Paton, new chief executive of MediaNews Group, publisher of the Denver Post and 50 other newspapers, on why signing on copyright troll Righthaven was a 'dumb idea.'

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"My ambition in life was to be the Felix Salmon of Reuters, but then I found out that there already was a Felix Salmon of Reuters. I'm settling for being the Ryan Adams of Reuters."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:04:00 +0000

Jack Shafer, Slate's former and Reuters' new media critic/columnist.

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"I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come."

noreply@blogger.com (John Abell) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:11:00 +0000

Steve Jobs, informing Apple's board of his resignation as CEO, effective immediately.

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