{"id":4124,"date":"2009-06-26T06:27:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2009-06-26T06:27:41","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T10:27:41","slug":"unrequired-reading-june-26-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-june-26-2009","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: June 26, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt about it: these links suck. Just click &#8220;more&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->I&#8217;m sorry, Kathryn Bigelow. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/21\/movies\/21darg.html\" target=\"_blank\">You made Strange Days<\/a>. Hence, you suck.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry, <em>Huckabees<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/origin.avclub.com\/articles\/i-heart-huckabees%2C29640\/\" target=\"_blank\">You still suck<\/a>, especially as a followup to <em>Three Kings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Painter of light? <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/felix-salmon\/2009\/06\/19\/thomas-kinkade-bad-not-evil\/\" target=\"_blank\">You suck as a businessman<\/a> <em>and<\/em> as a painter.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Ikea to Russia: You suck. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/24\/business\/global\/24ruble.html\" target=\"_blank\">We&#8217;re outta here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Roger Ebert to <em>Transformers II<\/em>: You &#8212; well, come on, what do YOU think <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.suntimes.com\/ebert\/2009\/06\/the_fall_of_the_revengers.html\" target=\"_blank\">he felt about it<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5295779\/samuel-delany-answers-your-science-fiction-questions\" target=\"_blank\">Chip Delany<\/a>, &#8220;You suck&#8221; is an imperative.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Murphy: You suck, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/25\/movies\/25eddie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood can&#8217;t quit you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Snuff? Trust me; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2009\/06\/snuff\/\" target=\"_blank\">it doesn&#8217;t suck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Young novelists? <a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/2009\/06\/24\/why-new-novelists-are-kinda-old\/\" target=\"_blank\">They suck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Vlad to Nigeria: You don&#8217;t suck! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tothepeople.com\/2009\/06\/vladamir-putin-gets-some-new-homeboyz.html\" target=\"_blank\">You my NIGAZ<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt about it: these links suck. 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That margin has grown every year since and this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Business&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3956,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-22-2009","url_meta":{"origin":4124,"position":5},"title":"Unrequired Reading: May 22, 2009","author":"Gil","date":"May 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Memorial day weekend! I may be filled with sadness, guilt, rage and oversolicitousness because of my dog's grievous wounds, but that's no reason you shouldn't have some links to get you through the weekend. Just click \"more\"! 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