Word: happening
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...don’t know about you, but I found it difficult to keep from rolling my eyes throughout the entire thing. And not because of what Penn said—I happen to be in complete agreement with him on this issue—but because it was clear that he believed that I (and the millions of others watching) had an obligation to listen...
...What I sometimes secretly believe is that they’re gay rights activists,” he said. “They galvanize the community in a way that wouldn’t necessarily happen if they didn’t deliver their crazy hatred message. Because they’re so extreme, they get people to come out and respond to them...
...doctrine does not entail censorship, but government meddling in broadcasting content for reasons other than slander or obscenity is still unconstitutional. Press’s premise, moreover, is farcical: Talk radio operates under the rules of the free market system. There is no structural advantage for conservatives; they just happen to flourish in this realm. Nothing is hindering liberals from talk radio success other than their lack of appeal to talk-radio’s conservative-leaning audience, just as conservatives struggle to prosper in the liberal dominions of print media, the Internet, and late-night television comedy...
...income citizens and stiffed the more high-end developers, despite a fierce, behind-the-scenes campaign to press for help among big property developers. In fact, the outcome - more subsidized housing (about $4.8 billion worth) for relatively low-income citizens - is exactly what most developers didn't want to happen, because they look at the lower cost housing as just more competition in an already glutted market...
House List: A low-level stream of events punctuated by a few house-list "heroes." Maybe five topics per semester generate a moderate level of discussion, and the rest is just the same four dudes arguing with each other. If you happen to post something that even vaguely offends one of the hyenas' sensibilities, prepare to be absolutely savaged in the way only a self-righteous kid bored at his laptop...