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2014-07-31 -Short Attention Span Theater-

MSNBC's Ronan Farrow questions lack of racial diversity in emoji characters

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Posted by Fred 2014-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Farrow is hovering between #600 and #800 in the ratings - thats not much better than cspan2

Posted by lord garth 2014-07-31 00:23|| 2014-07-31 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 If by 'oblige' you mean "hunt for sport", then we are ready. Locked and loaded.

Posted by SteveS 2014-07-31 00:25|| 2014-07-31 00:25|| Front Page Top

While rural white farmers and defenseless pensioners appear to be struggling with it, racial diversity is thriving in some countries.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-07-31 00:34|| 2014-07-31 00:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I've got one of Farrow. A zero... empty... no rim.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-07-31 07:46|| 2014-07-31 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with Ronan.
They're all asian emojis....well.. they are yellow.

Posted by bigjim-CA 2014-07-31 11:31|| 2014-07-31 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 We obviously need some minimum quotas of green, red, purple and pink emoticons.

Posted by gorb 2014-07-31 11:59|| 2014-07-31 11:59|| Front Page Top

#7 Mia, if you ever even even hint to anyone that this kid spewed from loins, I'll come back and mess you up!

Posted by Frank 2014-07-31 18:51|| 2014-07-31 18:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Frank? Are you saying he's RoseMia's Boo Boo?

Posted by Shipman 2014-07-31 19:02|| 2014-07-31 19:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't it make your blue eyes brown...

Posted by Frank G 2014-07-31 19:29|| 2014-07-31 19:29|| Front Page Top

#10 "And it's not just a black/white issue," the Cronkite award winner continued. "Do we have an image of what you have to go with if you want to render, for instance, someone who is Arab or Middle Eastern?"

If they're flying MiGs, driving T-55s or toting AKs, I sure do. It's called a target.

Posted by badanov 2014-07-31 19:47|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2014-07-31 19:47|| Front Page Top

#11 I can see his quandry. Ya got shanty Irish drunk Matthews, token black racists and pasty white ambiguously gay opinion heads...

he obviously has no idea

Posted by Frank G 2014-07-31 19:54|| 2014-07-31 19:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Badanov: there are arabs in the Israeli army, which has tested using converted T-55's as troop carriers. And which once had a rifle which was a vastly improved AK.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-07-31 20:12|| 2014-07-31 20:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Badanov: there are arabs in the Israeli army, which has tested using converted T-55's as troop carriers. And which once had a rifle which was a vastly improved AK.

The IDF has already deployed those vehicles in their army.

Posted by badanov 2014-07-31 20:29|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2014-07-31 20:29|| Front Page Top

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