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Anti-Kerry Film Won't Be Aired

Under mounting political, legal and financial pressure, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. yesterday backed away from its plan to carry a film attacking John F. Kerry's Vietnam War record, saying it would air only portions of the movie in an hour-long special scheduled for Friday.

"The experience of preparing to air this news special has been trying for many of those involved," Sinclair chief executive David D. Smith said in a statement. "The company and many of its executives have endured personal attacks of the vilest nature, as well as calls on our advertisers and our viewers to boycott our stations and on our shareholders to sell their stock."

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They shouldn't still be able to force their stations into pre-empting their broadcasts. This is better than what they'd originally planned to do, but still not acquiescence.

In a capitalistic society, a boycott is political speech.

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Don't people understand that tampering with the voting process is bad? I mean, really.

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Political Yard Sign Wars Rage as Election Nears

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Have I said how much I love this job?

Okay, maybe not love. But enjoy. Enjoy.

Today

I come back to my desk to find a coworker (one of the maintenance men) sitting there, playing Minesweeper. I mention that I play that game pretty often (mainly due to my machine being rather crappy and annoyed at anything dealing with Java) and he says I'll have to beat his best time. He's set all the best times, and he's been looking for some competition. I tell him that I don't play intermediate very much (which was what he had going) but I'd be happy to give him a run at the expert level.

He goes to fix something onsite, then comes back and inquires as to whether I'd given it a go. I click on the best times to show him I'd cut 100 seconds off of his performance. He grins and says he appreciates competition.

Heh.

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Russian army bullying 'horrific'