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07:50:17 am on November 6, 2008 |
Just as I was starting to get over Scarlett’s marriage…. I can’t believe what I’m seeing … rumors are flying around that Taylor Swift is pregnant
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07:31:05 am on November 6, 2008 |
Over at Digg, apparently the Obama presidency articles became the 2nd and 3rd most dugg articles of all time. Would be cool if they became number one. Do your part.
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07:27:20 am on November 6, 2008 |
Anyone else out there experiencing withdrawal symptoms as a political junkie?
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07:25:05 am on November 6, 2008 |
As winter approaches, I’m fondly thinking of spending some time this summer at the Jersey Shore. This year I’m thinking about staying at Sandy Hook.
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06:04:01 pm on November 3, 2008 |
Here’s a useful list of 15 mostly cool ways to make your brain smarter.
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07:58:24 pm on November 2, 2008 |
Wondering what people make out of college these days? Check out this pretty thorough list of 2008 starting salaries.
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06:48:34 am on November 2, 2008 |
This has probably been the best SNL season in decades. Last night was no exception to the greatness. Ben Affleck showed up and did a masterful job as Keith Olbermann. And even John McCain had what I consider the best performance by a candidate all year.
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09:20:57 pm on November 1, 2008 |
This made my night. Two Canadians managed to get through to the Palin campaign while posing as the president of France. Check it out: Sarah Palin Pranked
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11:02:26 am on November 1, 2008 |
Seth Godin Thought Gem: Getting used to Infinity. A new perspective on the world.
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09:24:06 am on November 1, 2008 |
I voted for Bush in the last two elections. So you can’t accuse me of being partisan in making this point.
You know what really worries me? The mainstream media is getting criticized for bias towards Obama. Personally, I don’t see it. Instead, I see a media that is not doing a good enough job at covering the better candidate in a better light than his lesser opponent. A journalist is not biased for reporting reality. Bias is when you try to make imbalance look like balance. In my opinion, the more worrisome bias is when someone tries to make the case that a trashy romance novel is on literary par with The Great Gatsby. John McCain and his campaign are the political equivalent of a trashy romance novel. Barack Obama and his campaign are the equivalent of The Great Gatsby.
When you try to take an obviously better candidate and make him equal to a lesser candidate, you are distorting the truth.
There is no need to for journalists to pretend that two candidates are equally good. Because in this case, they are not.
So what worries me is that we are burdened by a media that is more afraid of bias than of presenting clear choices. Our society has bought into the naive view that political choices always have to be close calls. Or we artificially constrain ourselves to giving one option more credit than it deserves. McCain has run a terrible campaign. McCain has not offered any hope for a country that desperately needs hope. McCain has gone into the gutter on several occassions. Obama has run an amazing campaign. Obama has offered this country tremendous hope. Obama has not once gone into the gutter (unless you consider the defensive move of bringing up the Keating 5 a gutter move).
Here’s the deal people: Obama is the better choice for president. For everyone.
Not just the better choice for the media elite. Not just the best choice for partisan democrats.
He’s better on almost all fronts. So let’s get beyond this illusion of fair and balanced criteria. There is an obvious better choice in this election, and we need to make the choice as a country.
I voted for Bush twice. And I hope I get to vote for Obama twice too.
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09:09:03 am on November 1, 2008 |
We really need to have the confidence in our vote restored in this country. All this visible vote flipping is just the tip of the ice berg. Sure, Oprah’s vote got flipped but I’m willing to bet that that was just a technical error and not an intentional mistake.
The bigger issue is with our electronic voting systems. Electronic voting systems are subject to easy manipulation and invisible vote flipping… by either party. We need to have ultra-high standards when it comes to our voting system and the next President and Congress need to create a national standard that allows voters to feel confident in their vote.
For starters, let’s not have voting systems built by partisan companies, or votes routed through partisan networks before being counted.
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09:03:53 am on November 1, 2008 |
I guess I’m just out of touch. I didn’t realize that WordPress had a section of their site where they showcased certain blogs that use WP in unique ways. Didn’t find out until one of my blogs was showcased.
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08:47:23 am on October 31, 2008 |
Hilarious satire from Cracked: How to REALLY talk to cops.
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07:08:42 am on October 30, 2008 |
Whatever you want to call it, I thought the Barack Obama Infomercial was pretty good. Obviously well produced. It started off a bit slow for me, but I thought it got better and better and definitely made the case for optimism and hope. Watch the Obama Infomercial here.
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04:34:51 pm on October 29, 2008 |
Bizarre Idea: Battery powered magazines.
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04:33:15 pm on October 29, 2008 |
In the current economic situation, here are 15 Real Ways To Conserve
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04:31:07 pm on October 29, 2008 |
This is just terrible. We all know that modern conditions have resulted in the rise of terrible things like autism and cancer. While not as severe, it looks like our modern environment is also producing kidney stones in children. Disgusting.
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04:28:46 pm on October 29, 2008 |
Some people are so crazy that they dress up their cars for Halloween!
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04:27:51 pm on October 29, 2008 |
Want to be a human slinky for Halloween? That’ll cost you $182,000
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04:25:44 pm on October 29, 2008 |
Sometimes I wonder about posts like these. Is there really a target audience for them or do they just exist within systems and structures which can exist without efficiency?