From The Editors: We Totally Forgot There Were 29 Days In February This Year…

Happy Leap...Day?

This is the best the art department could come up with on such short notice.

Ooof! Our bad. We totally forgot that today was Leap Day, or February 29th, or whatever the hell day this date is called officially. We totally have nothing to talk about and no pieces prepared to publish today. Sorry about that.

But, of course, our advertisers expect us to put something out every day, so…here you go.

Anyway…I guess…the election! Yeah, it’s an election year, right? How about those Republican primaries? Crazy, right? Yeah…crazy…
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TDQ Investigates: We Told You People Years Ago About Jeremy Lin. Pay Attention!

Jeremy Lin

A look back at the archives shows that Lin was our pick for best middle school player for the 2001-2002 season.

A lot has been made of late by the national media about this cat Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks. He set the record for most points in his first three, and then first four, starts in the NBA, amassing more points than guys like Jordan, Kobe and LeBron.

Only recently, the national media has finally learned what we at The Daily Quarterly have been saying for years. Years.
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TDQ Tech For The Week Of 2/27/12

The GrinderyIn this week’s TDQ Tech, The Grindery breaks the story of Nintendo utilizing new exciting technology on their next Wii design, and of a new edition to the popular game “El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron” coming out in April.

That new Wii technology really has us intrigued. We haven’t played any Nintendo games since the original NES. But it sounds like this new Wii is really taking it up a notch. Might be worth the cost with this new stuff.

You are now technologically informed. Go and do likewise.

LeBron James Gets Into Heated Verbal Exchange With Fan Over Greek Austerity Measures

LeBron James

LeBron James pictured moments before defending Greek austerity measures.

Washington, DC—LeBron James is a fiery competitor, both on the basketball court and in the court of European economics, too, apparently. And this was put on full display to the world last week when security had to escort a fan out of the stands after a heated exchange with the NBA player.

Rob Monroe, the fan in question, made a political and economical remark to James that James clearly didn’t agree with, causing the two to almost come to blows during a Miami Heat victory over the Washington Wizards.
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Orange Juice Company CEO Says It’s Not His Fault Consumers Thought “Squeezed By Hand” Implied Orange Juice Was Hand-Squeezed

Handy-Squeeze Orange Juice

Handy-Squeeze Orange Juice lawyers say that not only is the orange juice squeezed by the Handy Squeeze 3000 machine, good for a technicality, but the machine is started and stopped by a human daily.

Tampa, FL—The CEO of the second-largest orange juice producer in the state is attacking reports by the Tampa Tribune questioning why the company doesn’t actually use people to hand-squeeze their juice when their entire marketing campaign says it does exactly that.

Charles Apple, who was named CEO of Handy-Squeeze Orange Juice in 2009, initially refused to be interviewed by Tampa Tribune business reporter Jason Waldrup for an article he wrote last Sunday. But when the piece the newspaper ran questioned why the orange juice was manufactured using machines and robots in a large factory in south Florida, Apple took to the company’s website to defend its manufacturing process.
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