October 2008
anamariecox: On @Maddow @9. Am promised make-up!... →
badbanana: I'm not saying Secretary Paulson is Lex... →
September 2008
Fatwa against Zardari for flirting with Palin:... →
“A Pakistani cleric has issued a fatwa against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for flirting with US Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.”
Ihnatko: Seriously...the leftover £5 note that's... →
McCain Blames Obama and Democrats, Despite... →
Speaking of hyper-partisan bullshit.
McCain never bothered showing up for the bailout... →
You know how John McCain told his supporters Friday night that he was returning to Washington to join the negotiations on the bailout bill?The McCain campaign just sent out an email to supporters…
MySQL hacker needs $400K for his son's bone-marrow... →
The MySQL community — who create, maintain and support the leading free database — are raising funds for Andrii Nikitin, a MySQL support engineer in Ukraine whose little boy, Ivan, needs a $400,000…
Who cares if they hate us? →
This is why I follow Dave Winer. Because sometimes he commits Kinsey Gaffes of the highest caliber, and I love it.
Video - How WordPress Has Changed My Life →
Hat tip: Nancy Zimmerman.
VIDEO: Post Implosion, Old WaMu Ad Has New, Dark,... →
Now that Washington Mutual completely imploded on its garbage-pile avalanche of home mortgages, this old WaMu commercial from August 2006 takes on a new, darker, meaning… ANNOUNCER: The…
Britain will make foreigners carry RFID identity... →
Earlier this year, I married my British fiancee and switched my visa status from “Highly Skilled Migrant” to “Spouse.” This wasn’t optional: Jacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary, had unilaterally…
YouTube - What Is Money? (1947) →
Busted! →
Last week, TPM and other news outlets were looking into whether McCain campaign manager Rick Davis had really cut his ties to the mega-lobby shop, Davis Manafort — of which he is a part owner….
WaMu CEO Could Bag $13 Million After 18 Days on... →
While Bloomberg this morning is reporting that Washington Mutual’s holding company has filed for bankruptcy, one clear winner emerged from the financial giant’s meltdown. Meet Alan Fishman,…
billzeller: "I just happen to think that in life... →
McCain's Keating Five problem - this is a must... →
Jed has a video summary of John McCain’s Keating Five problem. What will it take for the corporate media to start making this part of the discussion? Since McCain loves to drone on about…
pictures for sad children →
How McCain Stirred a Simmering Pot -... →
Okay, *one* more →
I’ve been pondering those snap polls, both of which showed Obama winning tonight’s debate handily. I just never would’ve predicted that. In fact, I’ve given up trying to predict how the public will…
AP Fact Check Is Wrong...In McCain's Favor →
It comes as no surprise that the Associated Press fact check of the debate contains a glaring distortion and omission that naturally favors John McCain. And infuriatingly, it is directly related…
The Wire: Writing Into Your Arc →
Important
While this article about The Wire deliberately contains as few actual spoilers about the show as possible, it does contain numerous links to pages with information that will tell you…
So Angry →
McCain’s unwillingness to make eye contact with Obama through the debate seems to be getting picked up by a lot of observers. Here’s an interesting exchange on the subject between Chris Matthews and…
What Sayeth the Undecideds? - Swampland - TIME →
Results of a debate dial group.
USNews: Obama Looks Presidential While McCain... →
The post is so blisteringly delicious, it’s difficult to excerpt and do it justice. Read it. But here’s a small tease: Barack Obama was at the White House yesterday, looking presidential. Maybe…
Before The Debate →
Where things stand going in:
On the eve of the first Presidential Debate, Barack Obama is perhaps in as strong a position in the polls as he has been all year, now projecting to win the election…
Competence is the enemy of change →
Years before we had ‘Good is the enemy of great,’ we had Seth Godin in Fast Company:
Competent people resist change. Why? Because change threatens to make them less competent. And…
Things I'd never have the nerve to write →
This is from Arianna’s comedy site, 23/6:
Backgrounds →
Okay, I’m proving myself to have lied by saying “back to your regularly-scheduled kitten- and garden-focused blog by fraise.” It’s because the blatant disrespect and weasel-wording being used to,…
BREAKING! Missing senior found, sent back to his... →
“John McCain will attend the debate in Mississippi tonight. Ever since his disappearance from the presidential campaign on Wednesday afternoon, family and friends were pleading for the missing…
Huckabee: McCain's debate gambit "huge... →
As Rob notes below, the drama queen is going to the debate after all. Seriously, the best word to describe McCain these days is “erratic.” Richard Holbrooke’s comments in the video we posted…
McCain Has Already Won The Debate! →
That’s the ad they have already placed. They really do believe they “create their own reality,” don’t they?
FakeSarahPalin: Of course I am tautological. I do... →
jayrosen_nyu: My hypothesis. Since Aug. 30 the... →
The Wire: Writing Into Your Arc →
Important
While this article about The Wire deliberately contains as few actual spoilers about the show as possible, it does contain numerous links to pages with information that will tell you…
Palin debacle on CBS Evening News →
“Couric’s questions are straightforward and responsible. Palin is mediocre, again, regurgitating talking points mechanically, not thinking. Palin’s just babbling. She makes George W. Bush sound like…
wilw: "McCain offered an alternative plan that... →
Competence is the enemy of change →
Years before we had ‘Good is the enemy of great,’ we had Seth Godin in Fast Company:
Competent people resist change. Why? Because change threatens to make them less competent. And…
McCain Avoiding The Debate? It's Happened Before →
With his poll numbers tanking, John McCain wants to pull out of the presidential debate. No, I’m not talking about tomorrow’s debate with Barack Obama. With new polls showing his campaign dead…
The Science of Obama →
No less than 61 Nobel Laureates in Science have Endorsed Obama:
A group of 61 Nobel Laureates have gotten together to endorse Barack Obama for President… This is the largest number of Nobel…
gruber: To Republicans who tell me they’re tired... →
Oh, God, This is Just Getting Painful →
Sarah Palin has NO FUCKING CLUE what she’s talking about. I’ve heard homeless schizophrenics whose barely verbal raving made more sense AS ANSWERS TO KATIE COURIC’S QUESTIONS than this. On…
Palin channels Bush & Cheney: Blames Iraq for... →
Brandon Friedman at VetVoice has the report and the video:
AP REPORTER: Do you think that our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan—our continued military presence there—is inflaming…
The Great Schlep →
Sarah Silverman on how to win Florida.
Anybody else notice anything weird with... →
Joe and Rob both mentioned this to me in the past week, and now several readers have brought it up. I also just noticed that Atrios picked up on this too today. Something wrong, changed,…
Wilco + Fleet Foxes cover "I Shall be Released" →
Free online with a promise to vote.
Print Your Own Money →
Everyone seems to want to know about the economy these days, so we may as well go there. It’s as great an example as any of a program that not only got out of control, but became so prevalent - so…
wilw: Worst. President. Ever. →