Sometimes it seems Vox is trying to use sheer morbid curiosity to drive traffic to their site. Why else hire Matt Yglesias?<\/p>\n
\n… and Jeff Bezos laughed and laughed as he wiped away the tears with another Benjamin pic.twitter.com\/AWyd6IPtcS<\/a><\/p>\n
— TheH2 (@TheH2) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\nTen million dollars. Ten. Million. @TheH2<\/a> @allahpundit<\/a><\/p>\n
— Charles Repine (@DistrictDawg) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\nThis is a Halloween prank, right? MT @TheH2<\/a>: Bezos laughed & laughed as he wiped away the tears w another Benjamin pic.twitter.com\/kePkb9D2M2<\/a><\/p>\n
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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That’s what we thought at first too, but no.<\/p>\n
Trust Russell Brand, not this condescending professor, on the economics of debt relief<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\nJesus RT @TheH2<\/a>: … and Jeff Bezos laughed and laughed as he wiped away the tears with another Benjamin pic.twitter.com\/DNwaxX6vCX<\/a><\/p>\n
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@JohnEkdahl<\/a> @TheH2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SJXWgiwplO<\/a><\/p>\n
— olliander (@ollieblog) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@JohnEkdahl<\/a> @TheH2<\/a> Um…. WOW. Wow.<\/p>\n
— Awkward Dead Chick (@AwkwardDeafChic) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@JohnEkdahl<\/a> @TheH2<\/a> I'm beginning to suspect that Yglesias doesn't really exist. Conservative bloggers made him up as a comic foil.<\/p>\n
— Matt Rippin (@MattRippin) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@JohnEkdahl<\/a> @TheH2<\/a> If you look to Russell Brand for anything other than low brow comedy you work for Vox.<\/p>\n
— Ken Brisnehan (@KBrisnehan) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@TheH2<\/a> "condescending professor"!? Party of anti-intellectuals, they are. @redsteeze<\/a><\/p>\n
— Andrew (@sprachenZ) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@JohnEkdahl<\/a> @TheH2<\/a> Know what my favorite word there is? "Condescending." Because people really hate when folks condescend while being wrong.<\/p>\n
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n\n@BrianFaughnan<\/a> @JohnEkdahl<\/a> @TheH2<\/a> I pray @GE<\/a> sponsors a #Pressing<\/a> Yglesias interview of Russell Brand. Comedy gold<\/p>\n
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) October 31, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Heh.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
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