- Look at Rand Paul’s hilarious pre-historic iPhone protector! (His iPhone is actually a literal angry bird, and when he’s done using it it sighs and says, “it’s a living.”)
- I’m not particularly confident that Henry Blodget is getting anyone’s salary correct in this post, but it is a true fact that Howard Kurtz, Peter Goodman, and Tim O’Brien are hilariously overpaid, especially compared to the interns who curate the slideshows.
- Say hello to the new American home, an “8,400-square-feet single-family mausoleum” with a windowless room for your TV screen.
- Did you read that Times Magazine piece on how a bunch of guys are struggling with the jobs crisis? Not, like, unemployed guys, but rich White House guys.
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Rand Paul's phone protector, overpaid media figures, and the model American home
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