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knew
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...knew of its contents...
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Golly, that's a weird looking word. Stick with new, Grant. It may be incorrect, but at least it doesn't look funny.
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I made a typo? Weird.
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Petraeus has the best general name for this era in American imperialism, you have to admit.
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It's that wonderful professional attitude (and remember the military nevers tires of telling us how fucking PROFESSIONAL they all are) that really hopes our military get's its ass kicked.

BTW, he's probably safe at the dinner; there are no Afgans there to kick his ass.
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Who knew that Rolling Stone was still being published, in 2010?
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Petulant general, badly run mission and insubordinate too. Got to go.
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*puts on tin foil hat*

Blatant liberal conspiracy to prevent Petraeus from running for president in 2012.
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Rolling Stone screwed up.

The story hit before 8:30am ET (that's when I got online.) At that time the story of Obama being pissed at McChrystal was all over the interwebs, but the only place to actually read the story was on Politico, which had a .pdf of the article. You couldn't read the newsworthy Rolling Stone article, the Rolling Stone article that EVERYONE was talking about, on Rolling Stone for a couple hours.

Oops.
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@10, they screwed up a little bit, maybe, but wouldn't you agree that overall they did the opposite of screwing up? C'mon.
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@11 - Holy shit, is that Lady Gaga in ROLLING STONE? I just found their website, which has Michael Jackson and the Black Eyed Peas (!) on the front page...! What happened to the magazine from the 1970s? Was it bought by some awful conglomerate or something?
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@12 depends on if it increased their ad impressions, ad rates, and print run sell rate.

That said, McChrystal set himself up for this one.
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And for roughly a week, Rolling Stone Magazine becomes relevant again, before sinking back into well-deserved obscurity as that "old hippy magazine" your parents used to read for album reviews.
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@ 15: A week? Generous.
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@15 And for a couple of days, Jann Wenner gets to beat off furiously, thinking he is important again.
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at least this time the "swill merchants" @ rolling stone got somewhat good results, though really it is a distraction from the larger issues... not that our favorite hacks @ Stranger need to take any notes on that sort of thing.
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All the ultra-cool hipsters sounding off on how irrelevant Rolling Stone is are missing out on some of the best political reporting around, by one Matt Taibbi. His writing may appear in a magazine that doesn't pass muster with Left Coast cool people, but it's the best damn expose of the Wall Street mess you'll find anywhere. But keep being cool, guys!
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but does Matt Taibbi talk incessantly about cupcakes and pit-bulls? nah, didn't think so... step right the dodgeball unicorn doughnut sprinke off!
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I say, give me a gay pit-bull eating babies with cupcakes, or give me death.

Don't Retread On Me!

I regret I have but one life to give for the Military Industrial Complex Unending War in Afghaniraniraqistan.
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@ 19,

Second that. Taibbi is one of the best--and certainly one of the most entertaining--political writers working today.
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@19:

Ah, youth. Apparently, you weren't around at the time Rolling Stone was founded by "West Coast cool people".

And the fact that ONE staff writer is still creating relevant content doesn't make up for the irrelevancy of the rest of the 'zine...
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FAUX news is whining about how Obama fired McChrystal because he wants a yes man.

Assholes.
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@24

When did you start giving a fuck what Faux news has to say?
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though the whole thing sounds like the late Romans changing a general mid-campaign or even the U.S. during Viet-Nam or anyone on a sinking ship making the deck chair arrangement more ergonomic.
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@27 though you may not be wrong, it is true that generals have been hired and fired and shuffled and blahblah in every war that lasted long enough. The story of the shifting command in the various campaigns in WWII is a long, long, looooooong one. Winning sides and losing ones both.
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Rolling Stone's political reporting is (and has been) extremely relevant. If you think it's just a rag for old hippies, you're pretty fucking clueless.
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When I listen to the frat-boy, bad-ass banter of McChrystal and his staff, I can't help but think: these are people who dedicated their lives to service and duty, meaning they are dedicated to doing the bidding of a superior. At their core, I think many of them (not that I'm any better) lack true self direction. What does a soldier do? A soldier's job is to do what they are told.
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@28: I think the frustrating thing is that Rolling Stone used to also have relevant music reporting.

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