August 06, 2008

This Is, Uhm, Wait, What?

A correction from today's Inquirer:

A commentary Friday incorrectly described an eight-gate terminal for commuter planes as the "small" Cincinnati airport.

Is this snarky or something? Or is it... oh, let's go back to the original commentary. Looks like the word "small" was quietly removed from the article. Or maybe it didn't contain the word at all. You know what? I think it's just easier to be confused.

Clearing the record 8.6 [Inquirer]

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July 06, 2007

Chris Freind Stands Up For French, The White Man

It's been a while since I've checked in on Chris Freind, America's Best Columnist™. But, since he stopped by the comments to plug his interview with Georges Perrier, I figured it was time to take another look.

In his interview with Perrier, the two talk about how awful the foie gras protesters are and how the ducks actually enjoy being tube fed until their livers become the size of Buicks. (Apparently, ducks don't have a gag reflex, which means they're not being tortured. I prefer my animals to suffer before they die, so forget foie gras as a delicacy.)

Perrier also bashes all the other restaurants in the area for not defending him from the four people protesting over foie gras: "Steven Starr is a coward. It makes me mad. Starr used to be a big leader in the restaurant industry, but he removed foie gras because he didn't want to fight (the protesters)." Oh, wah, wah, wah. How dare he run his business how he wants to! Did you know he made his restaurants no-smoking, too, before the smoking ban passed?

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August 01, 2006

Down The Shore: Atlantic City's Casinos To Get Taller

Did you ever wonder why Atlantic City casinos aren't all that tall? You look at them and go, "Wow, those are ugly. I'm surprised they're not uglier and taller."

Or maybe that's just me. Anyway, the casinos aren't quite as tall as they could be because of Bader Field, an airport right in Atlantic City. (This is different from the Atlantic City International Airport.) Apparently, these bureaucrats think that planes need "room" to "land."

Well, the casinos got their way recently, as Atlantic City formally filed papers to close to airport -- which, according to the OED, was the first one in the world called an "air port" (neat!).

You can see the casinos salivating -- literally, the actual casinos -- and getting ready to become even taller, glitzier versions of their previous selves any day now.

On the plus side, hey, does that mean more places to gamble?

A.C. files papers to close Bader Field [Press of Atlantic City]

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