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"Henry Blodget\u2019s at it again. This morning he posted on the Silicon Alley Insider about Microsoft\u2019s supposed renewed interest in the acquisition of Yahoo!.\nHe got his fodder from the New York Post. And it wasn\u2019t even good material. It was a brief closing line that got him revved up. Oh joy. You know, I\u2019ve had just about enough of this nonsense.\nLet\u2019s be clear about one thing now: No one knows if Microsoft is going to take a crack at Yahoo!. There\u2019s no definitive word on a buyout. Absolutely none. Nada. So, really, Henry, cut the crap.\nNow, if I\u2019m to be fair about this, I won\u2019t try to pass this idea of a Yahoo! purchase as total nonsense. It\u2019s not a ridiculous point to pontificate. \nRedmond\u2019s two Steves may well have been deliberating amongst themselves whether to bring the second largest of search giants under their control.\nBut we don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on in the (warning: sarcasm ahead) sunshine state of Washington for real. So, please, let\u2019s look at this objectively, shall we? Given that we live in complete darkness on the matter, how many times can one revisit the damn subject? It\u2019s literally been years since speculation of a Yahoo! buyout by MSFT first surfaced. And today we\u2019re none the wiser.\nWhat does that tell you? That tells you it\u2019s a big frickin\u2019 waste of time to consider this point any further \u2013 at least \u2018til we can get some solid chatter to work with. What the Post has delivered is not solid chatter. It\u2019s an empty calorie. A cherry devoid of any substance whatsoever.\nSo I must put this question to Blodget now: Have you no integrity? I understand that you didn\u2019t do so well in your past life as a securities analyst. Spitzer didn\u2019t paint a very kind picture of your history at Merrill Lynch. But even so, you can\u2019t honestly reference that article published by the Post and find it to be worth a headline claiming, \u201CMicrosoft to Buy Yahoo Again!\u201D\nYet you have done exactly that.\nRegardless of your argument, sir, concerning the inevitability of consolidation in the search portal industry, it\u2019s wholly disappointing to see you pull Silicon Alley Insider to such a low as this. For shame."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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