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DevilsAvocadoRedux
10/30/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
oh, jesus christ people - have you never heard of the white parties, miami palm springs and elsewhere? and blaaack in NYC? where have you been? it's OVER already #pressreleaseoftheday
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
10/30/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: #pressreleaseoftheday
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
10/30/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: whoa - I just posted as a straight guy in australia. strange !!! #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@MncinglyWhordL'mer: Well, that's a relief Mins. Thought the multiple personalities were back. Or the acid blackouts. I'd much rather that it was due to the actions of a mind-crashingly gorgeous gay pink-haired troll-doll on the West Coast. #pressreleaseoftheday
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AndIAmTellingYou
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Epic Fail #pressreleaseoftheday
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Elektra
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
This is why God invented the en-dash. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Hamilton Nolan
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
THE JOKE IS THE PRESS RELEASE HEADLINE, SEE. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Perhaps Not
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Oh, Hamilton. I fear that you have expected from us a level of sophistication that most of us have never indicated possessing. #pressreleaseoftheday
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topsy
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Oh dear, where are all the gayz at? The White party has been around for ever; it's on the circuit. I believe there's even a Black party too. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Choire
10/29/09

@topsy: Indeed. Hamilton is EXTREMELY heterosexual (God bless him!) and has no idea what is going on here. Adorable. #pressreleaseoftheday
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BadUncle
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
This White Party - does it have a big tent? #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Guest of honor President Obama will be welcomed for half the party's duration. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: But only if he spends the rest of the night serving canapes and cocktails to the other, paler guests. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/03/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: Make sure they count the silverware at the end of the evening! #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: I know. Just can't trust the hired help these days. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: Today it's the silverware, tomorrow, the Treasury. OutRAGEOUS. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/03/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: He keeps this up and he's not getting his 40 acres OR a mule. We don't have to stand for this, you know. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: One thing I cannot countenance... absolutely makes my blue blood boil and my milky-white complexion mottle with rage... is when the indentured classes seek to rise above their station. We must convene something. Immediately. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/03/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: I'll get the bunting put up, you cull together the guest list of the outraged and melanin-challenged and we'll storm the WH.

*also, why are you redux? Born again? #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: Because, much to my enduring sorrow, after several months' inactivity due to work and travel commitments, I logged back on to my original DA account, only to find that my 'ability to comment was not enabled'. It can't have been anything I said - I hadn't said anything for some time. Most likely fell through the cracks when the system overhaul took place. I've tried to find out what went wrong via a couple of editors, but received no response. A kind-hearted fellow commenter bequeathed me a seldom-used identity, which I rebranded. But here I am, my comments stuck in grey-fonted limbo, with no friends or followers, far less a well-burnished star. I am bereft. But determined to work my way up the food chain once more. Provided real life doesn't intrude and render procrastination redundant. Towards that end, if you feel so inclined, I would welcome a re-hearting from you under my new identity. Always a pleasure, Scrolly. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/04/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: Rehearted with heart! You'll have your star back in no time. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/04/09

@scroll_lock: Hart to Hart. Indebted. But not indentured. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Claire Buoyant
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Unfortunate concatenation of words from the hotel, but a little Googling shows the White Party has been around for years and supports a good cause.
[www.whiteparty.org]
[en.wikipedia.org]
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DahlELama
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Wow, this could be the basis for a whole new version of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Never underestimate the power of a poorly placed hyphen! #pressreleaseoftheday
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Claire Buoyant
10/29/09

@DahlELama: Wiki (see above) tells me party-goers are required to wear white. Maybe they'll be in sheets. #pressreleaseoftheday
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drunkexpatwriter
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
I'm pretty sure that's a gay party instead of a white party.

They probably just didn't want to have people have to type "gay" or something else that could be embarrassing if they are trying to book from work and are worried their computers are monitored. #pressreleaseoftheday
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
10/30/09

@drunkexpatwriter: baby, these parties started BEFORE the internet #pressreleaseoftheday
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Hiphopopotamus
10/26/09

In reply to CNBC's Microsoft Fail
The price corrected in under 4 minutes... and for every high-frequency-trading algorithm that got robbed of that 1%, there was another algorithm that struck it rich.

If you're average holding period of a stock is 3 minutes, then this caused damage. Otherwise you wouldn't notice. #cnbc
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BadUncle
10/26/09

@Hiphopopotamus: As Warrren Buffet says, "Our favorite holding period is forever." #cnbc
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ManchuCandidate
10/26/09

In reply to CNBC's Microsoft Fail
Sounds like Goldman was working the Frozen Orange Juice Futures desk during the debacle that destroyed Mortimer and Randolph Duke. #cnbc
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lobstr
10/26/09

@ManchuCandidate: Get those traders back in here!! Turn those machines back on!!! #cnbc
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TheBusinessGuy
10/22/09

In reply to Long Island News a Bargain at Any Price
The sad thing is that within living memory (at least, living memory of us middle-aged geezers) Newsday was the very model of what a smart and brave local paper could be: good writing, good investigative coverage of its market, and adequate coverage of the national and international news. It's a classic case of a newspaper company dumbing down a paper and finally destroying everything that connected it to its readers. #theinternet
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naugahydeinplainsight
10/22/09

@TheBusinessGuy: Well put -- though I am not ready to write off the paper as the only real source for Long Island related news (and features).
It's a shadow of what it once was but still better than nothing and I want it to survive. That's part of what makes the lame, unapproachable web site so disappointing, for what it says about management's judgment and level of talent and about the paper's financial future. #theinternet
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TheBusinessGuy
10/22/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Thanks for the compliment. And how awful is it that we have reached a point where a once-great paper's slogan can now be "It's Better Than Nothing." See, Newsday once wanted to be good because there was honor in a newspaper being good; they were better than they had to be. Now, they are like kosher food: often lousy and always expensive because they have a captive audience. #theinternet
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BettyCrocker
10/22/09

In reply to Long Island News a Bargain at Any Price
Newsday.com's "new" design is very 1997. It's like the gals at wowowow went crazay with fonts, slow load times and mugshots.

However, it's free for Optimum clients, so there's that.

Frankly, this rag has such a conservatard slant that it's like The Post with listings for pumpkin farms and tag sales. #theinternet
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AndIAmTellingYou
10/22/09

@BettyCrocker: After the redesign, I stopped reading it. Blue and white font on a dark background? No thanks, I like my eyesight. Sad though, considering I freelance consulted for them. #theinternet
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