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Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 02:50 PM

    The Internet Dictionary

    TLDR is the most popular usage.

    You can find many examples of it here:

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=10001&sid=1

    Along with plenty of QQ, which means "Cry More" (The two Qs looks like a set of crying eyes).

    Interwebbers are very clever.

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