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The Middleman is one of my favorite shows of all time. It has the good natured humor of shows like Doctor Who and it goes down on my personal list of shows that ended far too prematurely, alongside the likes of Firefly and Arrested Development.

Also, I will watch anything that Natalie Morales (the actress, not the Today Show host) is in.

normanbuckley:

One of the great joys of my life was working on a brief show called THE MIDDLEMAN—I edited the pilot and directed the sixth episode. It was a delight. You can buy it on DVD and it is totally worth the ride.

Read more:  http://the-void.co.uk/tv/elegant-simplicity-plight-of-the-cancelled-middleman-157/

Liberal critics of Obama, just like conservative critics of Republican presidents, generally want both maximal partisan conflict and maximal legislative achievement. In the real world, those two things are often at odds

Promises don’t mean much, but keeping T-Mobile’s lower-priced plans is important.

Details on the proposal remain vague, though it will likely include promises to keep T-Mobile’s low-cost data and calling plans.

Did Carly help the DOJ make its case against the merger?

…Much of the decision essentially boils down to whether T-Mobile is a significant fourth competitor, as its ad campaign had argued, or if, as AT&T was arguing, T-Mobile was a weak player whose acquisition would not substantially harm competition.

And, when forced to make that decision, regulators were clear. They went with the lady in the pink dress over the guy in the suit.

I dismissed the Galaxy Note right off the bat, but perhaps it does have a use case. I think Samsung did it an injustice by marketing it as a “fourth device” to compliment the smartphone, tablet, and laptop.

I got some hands-on time with the Note yesterday and…kind of liked it. It’s still not clear whether there’s a big market for a phone this humongous. (Let’s face it: If you hold it up to your ear to make a call, you’re going to look silly.)

In a word, yes.

It’s called the FREETALK Connect Me adaptor. Doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.

I couldn’t have said it better myself. “T-Mobile has been an important source of competition among the national carriers, including through innovation and quality enhancements such as the roll-out of the first nationwide high-speed data network,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Sharis A. Pozen said in a statement announcing the DOJ suit to block the deal. “Unless this merger is blocked, competition and innovation will be reduced, and consumers will suffer.”