I think I am going to watch the Gas Bags this morning, just to see how out of touch they are.

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It's 70 degrees and sunny, time to head outdoors.

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BTD - Read this from Glenn Greenwald on the value of public anger. An excellent piece.

Your turn.

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I'm busy at work today, as is BTD. But here are some random thoughts. Feel free to add your own:

Things that make me feel old:

• Charles Manson is 74, take a look at him then and now.

Things that make me annoyed:

• The number of emails I get that from people and organizations promoting their online content that have no relevance to issues covered by TalkLeft.
• Unsolicited faxes where you have to call the 800 number to be removed
• People who twitter boring stuff or news everyone already knows with no added original content

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Today is the beginning of the great distraction known as March Madness. I am tied up today (and not watching March Madness) so posting will be light from me. J, TChris and Ethan will no doubt hold down the fort.

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Tonight I'll be unveiling my March Madness picks. I am sure you await with bated breath (I use the Shakespearean spelling of "bated.")

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March Madness brackets come out tonight. I won't lie, my interest has dropped precipitously since the Gators won't be in it. But, never fear, I'll pick myself up and give you some first rate coverage the next few weeks.

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Update (TL): If you missed Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, you can watch the full unedited videos at HuffPo here.

In a game that no one but JeffinAlabama and I will be following at this site, Florida meets Auburn tonight in a de facto play-in game for the NCCA tourney. Go Gators!

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I do not plan to write a separate post on Cramer on the Daily Show last night. Of course Jon Stewart exposed the farce that passes for journalism in our day, as his show has done for years now. This is merely the latest example. I do think Cramer may have done himself some good (while exposing CNBC to merited ridicule) by going in and taking the beating. But the reality is Jim Cramer is not a journalist and in some ways, it was unfair and unfortunate to lay the sins of today's "journalism" upon him. Stewart spent a lot of time arguing as if Cramer really held himself out as journalist. I respectfully disagree with that assessment. Cramer has always acted a fool. I doubt anyone expected him to "break" stories on financial shenanigans or even give objective analysis on financial news.

But NBC and its family of networks do hold themselves out to be journalists. And they are doing no journalism. Let me put it this way, who do you think is a worse "journalist," Jim Cramer or Brian Williams?

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