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Biden Probably Wants to Renew His Rolling Stone Subscription

By | 06.22.10 | 9:42 am

Vice President Biden will probably have the last laugh now that Gen. Stanley McChrystal is returning to Washington to learn his fate as commanding general in Afghanistan after insulting his civilian bosses and colleagues to Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings. No matter what happens to McChrystal, the article strengthens More…

Smithfield Pork’s Got Problems

By | 04.28.09 | 1:21 pm

If Smithfield Foods, which I wrote about in an earlier post, rang a bell, it may be because the company has recently gotten some bad press for its troubled labor relations. The problems are heating up with the company’s latest announcement that it’s closing six plants and cutting More…

Obama Poses for Leibovitz?

By | 01.12.09 | 10:57 am

According to this morning’s pool report, renowned celebrity portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz and “her entourage” were spotted entering a security tent outside President-elect Barack Obama’s pre-inaugural Washington home, the Hay-Adams Hotel.

No word yet on whether Leibovitz was there to photograph Obama. However, if she was, Obama presumably kept his More…