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• Cops and cabbies have something in common. Neither seem very concerned with the new city rule that bans cell-phone use by cabbies while driving. [Boston Herald]

• US District Court Judge William G. Young ruled Boston exceeded its authority by trying to force cabbies to convert to hybrid cars by 2015. [Boston Globe]

If the clever shirts weren't enough for you, mayoral candidate Sam Yoon has a new pun-tastic offering: YoonTube. A YouTube for the Yoonies, YoonTube is a two-way platform allowing Sam to provide updates to voters and for voters to upload videos expressing their viewpoints on Boston. It's not actually a separate service; to use it, just tag your YouTube videos "YoonTube." Yoon staffers will pick their favorites for inclusion on the YoonTube page on Sam's site. Fittingly, Sam's first YoonTube entry is about the importance of making use of 21st-century technology. Wait, could this be an example of a politician saying something is important and then actually following through on what he says? How strange. Our only question is whether YoonTube will see any contributions involving Felix, Mickey, or Jerry.

Can't be bothered to read the reasons why Governor Deval Patrick plans to veto Robert DeLeo's proposed sales tax increase? Let his mellifluous voice do the reading for you. Patrick's YouTube account posted this video today to clearly delineate the governor's opposition to the sales tax increase. No retaliation has been forthcoming from the less Web-savvy corners of Beacon Hill, but how long can Patrick post these things before his videos become parody fodder for the Israel Defense Forces?

YouTube (slash Google) and Universal Music Group are teaming up to create a music video hub called Vevo for Universal artists. Vevo's main purpose, aside from having the most terrible name of all time, is to attract advertising revenue that YouTube has not been able to pull. Artist interviews will also be on the site, which may eventually offer viewers the chance to buy concert tickets and merchandise. Universal hopes the venture will help monetize its artists, while Google hopes to attract more advertisers to YouTube.

Joe Perry and Steven Tyler may or may not ever become political activists. But one song they made famous as Aerosmith doesn't appear, at least for now, to be acceptable fodder for political shenanigans. Republicans enlisted the Aerosmith classic "Back in the Saddle" as part of an anti–stimulus plan video released on YouTube. The GOP apparently posted the ad before getting permission, then removed it once the copyright owner complained. The ad was stopped and the stimulus became law on Tuesday. Looks like somebody's back in the saddle again—but not the GOP.

Eagle-eyed Universal Hub caught city councilor Michael Flaherty prematurely announcing his candidacy for mayor via Youtube. See the video-within-a-video here.

-- Yesterday was "OneWebDay" to celebrate the Internet? At least we didn't have buy a card for anyone. [OneWebDay]

The Boston Herald today--in sadly predictable fashion--posted online an article of theirs about a local Youtube star without anywhere linking to the Youtube video in question. (They do have their own embedded version of the video, but this Bostonist couldn't get it to load, and the whole premise of the piece is the unlikely Youtube stardom of a Natick toddler.)

Presidential candidate Barack Obama used lines that Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick used during his campaign for governor while Obama campaigned in Wisconsin over the weekend. Here's what Obama told Clinton:

Correction: An anonymous person e-mailed and pointed out that the video was uploaded January 25, before the Super Bowl. So, the comment about Moynahan and friends waiting until after the Super Bowl to show the video has been removed, and the appearance of the video will be chalked up to coincidence.

It was Guy Fawkes versus L. Rob Hubbard yesterday on Beacon Street. More than 100 people were outside Boston’s branch of The Church of Scientology yesterday, protesting the practices of the church, Boston NOW reported. Led by the Anti-Scientologist internet group Anonymous, word was spread about numerous protests worldwide through You Tube, message boards, and e-mail. Anonymous had previously announced that February 10th would be a day of mass protest of all Scientology churches from here to Berlin.

--Cambridge was the scene of a violent attack on a homeless man. Early on January 29, the man was walking with his girlfriend in Central Square on Norfolk when three men attacked him, and one of them stabbed him in the back. [Cambridge Chronicle]

Bostonist's intrepid Veggiest is off this week--but never fear! Veggiest is dining in the finest vegan restaurants of San Francisco and meeting with the brains behind the magazine VegNews.

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It's unfortunate that yesterday's Herald gave huge play to a superficial analysis of Detroit's casinos and their similarity to Governor Deval Patrick's gambling vision. Bostonist was tough on the piece, which made up for its lack of evidence with a few anecdotes and general confusion.

Riding high from his Michigan victory and the continued defeats of rival Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney is on a tear through Florida, and he's trying to connect with the young people. Unfortunately, Romney's pop culture references are stuck as far back in time as his well-preserved face. He buddied up with African-American teens and tried to sling lingo that he thought they would like. In fact, he uttered the immortal line, "Who Let the Dogs Out? Oooh ... ooh ... oooh." Dig it:

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Dan at Red Sox Monster, one of Bostonist's favorite blogs, sent us an alert of two Boston sportscasters, Gary Tanguay and Greg Dickerson, and the Herald's Michael Felger completely freaking out:

Political junkies have divided the last few months between obsessing over Iowa and New Hampshire and complaining about how much energy is wasted obsessing over Iowa and New Hampshire. Those states, the argument goes, are too white and too small and too rural to represent the country at large. But, while true, it always seems dismissive and elitist (possibly because we're writing this on a iPhone while stopped at a light in a Prius Zipcar.)

It seems that Bostonist's call for submissions inspired you. Say hello to Gerard Sloan, who is already working the political beat! And we hope you'll meet more writers in the next week. Interested in joining the team? Read our call for columnists and e-mail jobs@bostonist.com.

Thanks to an influx of new readers, Bostonist grew this year, and we'd like to launch a few new regular columns. Here's the specifics:

Today Republican presidential candidate/Iowa caucus winner/Romney rival Mike Huckabee faced a heckler who clearly forgot that where there's Huckabee, there's Chuck Norris. The man had a right to speak, but, as Charlie Savage writes, he wouldn't shut up and kept yelling, "Why is Richard Haass, the president of the Council of Foreign Relations, your political adviser?"

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Who is that swinger-lookin' 70s dude that the Celtics insist on flashing up on the Jumbotron during games? Why, that's Gino--the unofficial team mascot who is capturing the hearts of players and fans alike!

--Last night, a snowplow struck a pregnant woman as she was walking in Billerica. She is now in the hospital. Her injuries are non-life-threatening. The driver of the snowplow stayed on the scene, but he was citied for driving with a suspended license. [Boston Globe]

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' Hometown Throwdown, which concludes tonight at the Middle East, is already going viral. YouTube user Continue reading "A Taste of the Hometown Throwdown"