The Short List — Fri., March 14
March 14th, 2008 by Joe Bardi in The Morning Papers
St. Pete’s Scientologists have a request for a restraining order against street protesters “Anonymous” denied by a Pinellas judge, and almost immediately the bomb squad is called in to investigate a suspicious package (which turns out to be nothing). Coincidence?
- USA Today ponders if Hillary is about to sink the Democratic party.
- The media digs into Obama’s past, with stories on his inspirational mother and his vitriolic ex-pastor.
- After a busy night, Ashley Alexandra Dupre deletes her MySpace and Facebook pages.
- Stop this thing, I want to get off.
- What’s your credit score? Does it matter? What is a “credit score,” anyway?
- The Harry Potter box office finale: One is not enough.
- Does the quit-smoking pill Chantix lead some people to suicide, or is that just the quitting smoking?
- Time Mag’s Lost wrap. Personally, I thought the “Desmond displaced in time” episode two weeks ago earned an A+, but the following week (”Ben loves Juliette”) sank to a melodramatic C-. Last night the show rebounded a bit, earning a solid B. Hey Lost producers: More A+ please!
(Photo of a bomb squad member in downtown St. Pete yesterday, by Loaf Account Executive James Ostrand)
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March 14th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I have no idea what my credit score is. Nor do I care. I pay my bills on time and everything is always current just because that’s the right thing to do.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
But that’s the thing, Jim: If you don’t check your credit score, you have no idea if someone is mucking around with your identity. At this very second, someone could have intercepted one of the dozens of credit card offers you’ve been sent this month, received a card, traveled to Afghanistan and bought 3000 lbs of black tar heroin from the Taliban. (I hear they take Visa.)
Yes, this is probably an extreme example, and no, I don’t buy into most of the identity theft hysteria. However, I do think there are inherent weaknesses in the Credit Score system and without monitoring your score, there is a chance you’ll get hassled the next time you try to buy a car, boat, dishwasher, couch, mink coat, house, private jet or personal island. Just a word to the wise…
March 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Is it just me or is J.K. Rowling starting to look more like Cate Blanchett?
March 14th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Actually, while I found both the “Desmond displaced in time” episode and last night’s episode about Sun and Jin interesting, I’m disappointed in both of them because they’ve only delayed tackling the current issues on the island.
And I thought we were supposed to find out the final two members of the Oceanic Six? Are we supposed to think that 1. Jin escaped the island and then died, so he counts as one of the six, or
2. Sun’s baby counts as one of the six (which would be really cheap)or 3. There is still one more survivor to be revealed?
Oh, Lost, why do you torture me so?
March 14th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Heidi: That may be only you. ;-)
Franki: I don’t think Jin is one of the Oceanic Six. Currently, we have confirmed members to be Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley and Sun, with Ben, Claire’s Baby, and now Jin as undetermined. Personally, I don’t buy for a second that Jin is dead. His tombstone claimed he died on the day flight 815 went down (yeah, we freeze-framed it; yeah, we’re dorks), which we know is not the case. It seems like everyone who escaped has done nothing but lie about what happened once they got back to civilization. I think we’re being set up for some of the survivors to stay on the island, some to get off, and then the ones who get off going back for a reason that’s not even hinted at yet.
Just curious: What do you think the “current issues on the island” are?
March 17th, 2008 at 12:58 am
i wish everyday was thursday
March 17th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Actually, Cate Blanchett is starting to look like Karen Carpenter.
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