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Newsday: Oprah’s first ever appearance on the ‘Late Show’ earns Letterman gigantic ratings

Everything about last Thursday’s landmark interview was huge:

Winfrey’s appearance more than tripled Letterman’s typical audience of 4.3 million viewers, Nielsen said.

Winfrey’s appearance also more than tripled during the interview, according to one smartass I know.

Oh come on, it was obligatory. You think this is easy?

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NYT: Military Admits Planting News in Iraq

The military acknowledged Friday in a briefing for a ranking Senate Republican that news articles written by American troops had been placed as paid advertisements in the Iraqi news media and not always properly identified.

This NYT article must have been paid for by the Democratic party.

By Dave Stefani

Hello everyone and welcome to the first edition of Dave Stefani’s “Why I hate something.” Today’s subject: anime

Let me tell you why I hate anime. Or manga. Or Japanimation. Or whatever you nerds are calling it these days so people don’t think you’re doing what you’re doing, which is watching fucking cartoons.

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