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Is AAPL really a lemon?

by Karoli on March 13, 2010

(voice over) and now a break from politics, while I bring you the sad story of how Apple’s sterling reputation is being tarnished by their own customer service department. The Apple doesn’t fall far from the Dell tree…
Ask anybody and they’ll tell you: Apple is cool. They make cool products. The iPhone rocks. The iPod [...]

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Just pass this right on by if you’re not in the mood for musing. I’ll totally understand. I’m not writing this for sympathy or concern or anything else. More really just to work out my own incredulity at the depth and breadth and length that people will go online to make themselves seem somehow superior [...]

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Hillary for VP, redux

by Karoli on March 10, 2010

Strains of June, 2008 play on. Back then, Barack Obama won the primary race but Hillary Clinton did not concede on cue. Speculation abounded. Would Hillary divide, or unite the Democrats? Would Barack choose her as his running mate? Every day on Newsgang Live that summer, Steve Gillmor insisted that Hillary would be VP, that [...]

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Wooooo!!!!!! I’ve been reading C&L for years and years — they’re one of my favorite blogs ever. So when they asked me to write a post about last night’s teabagger ’strategy call’, how could I resist? Go read it: Alice in Teabag-istan, complete with the mad hatter and a special appearance by our President’s cousin. [...]

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I see a ton of enthusiasm for the public option. I understand it. Emotionally, I agree. Intellectually, not so much. A public option is attractive on paper but has some serious and real pitfalls in my view. I understand why people don’t want to ‘let insurers win’ on this and also why they hate having [...]

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I realized I haven’t said anything about the Olympics. How can that be? The women’s figure skating competition was by far the most intense I’ve ever seen. Those skaters are incredible, and yes, I’m a marshmallow. I rooted for Joannie Rochette because it took an incredible piece of her heart and soul to lose her [...]

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