2008

Margins of Victory Map

Swing State Polls

“I don’t feel obligated to let strangers vandalize my site,...”
— Marco on comments I once...

johnbrissenden: What did I put in with my washing to make the machine sound like it’s about to...

Homeopathic-style? Tom of Maine, you are now dead to me.

Obama Adopted by Native Americans

Little Orphan Artworks.

bunnynico: “Congress is considering a major reform of copyright law intended to solve the problem...

“Why don’t you meet me for dinner on Wednesday in my...”
— - Part of my latest response...

The voters had their say...

Barack Obama has now won a majority of the pledged delegates.  Clinton’s only recourse is...

The problem with anonymity

The problem with anonymity is that you can’t take credit for it.  There are all sorts of posts...

“Sometimes the expressed will of the voters is disregarded by...”
— John McCain on Roper v....

“On Sunday, U.S-Iraqi forces increased a parallel operation...”
— The Associated Press: Iraq...

On "the Issues," specifically,...

SDS and I have been having a comment discussion on whether Obama (who I think everybody will agree...

Helpful hints on rain barrels from local blogger...

An US plane headed to Tempelhof to deliver supplies to...

Chocolate

sisterpearl: On top of it all, my husband rearranged the kitchen, which made me temporarily unable...

“I also think these folks should lay off my wife.”
— Barack Obama Seriously.  Are...

“Sen. Obama claimed that the threat Iran poses to our...”
— John McCain Come on, McCain. ...

Byrd endorses Obama

“If we had same rules as the Republicans, I would be the...”
— Hillary Clinton, arguing for...

“I’ll concede, you cannot meet with foreign leaders —...”
— Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr....

75,000 people CNN gave the helpful headline, “Massive...

“116”
— - # of additional delegates...

It’s hard to make sure rabbits can never get into your garden.  But it’s easy to make...

“Most of us would never deliberately choose our own material...”
— We Shop, They Drop (via...

“That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He’s...”
— Mike Huckabee Huckabee...

Who’s The Real Appeaser? | Fareed Zakaria

“I felt very sorry and bad for you, that your life is going...”
— The text of the latest spam to...

TIME Magazine Cover: And The Winner* Is… - May 19,...

People's Mujahedin of Iran - Wikipedia

“Dear God! A man who shops, who has actually been to a...”
— Carolyn’s response to...

“If George Bush and John McCain want to have a debate about...”
— Barack Obama I’m looking...

Clinton is playing nice

California Court Affirms Right to Gay...

“We seem to have arrived at an equitable compromise: Sen....”
— Josh Marshall (via fuddmain)...

Next, please

A post back, I asked people to explain to me why they thought meeting with Iran (as Obama proposes)...

“By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the...”
— John McCain It doesn’t...

Bush suggests Obama wants ‘appeasement’ of...

Jerusalem Countown: Ch. 3 Unveiling Islam

Cindy McCain Sells Sudan Investments

It won't be Obama/Edwards

Edwards’ endorsement came too late in the game to carry a lot of bargaining power, so I...

Edwards to Endorse Obama - The Caucus - New...

Mississippi Fallout

More on Rain Barrels

andrklein: Three words: mosquito breeding ground. I think this is a great idea. However, some type...

Consider a Rain Barrel

A rain barrel is a relatively simple idea.  Normally the water from your roof would run into a storm...

“As expected, I lost the Favourite Original Graphic Novel of...”
— Rich Burlew, the artist behind...

Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners...

Were Americans deceived into the Iraq...

There’s a common perceptiont that the Bush administration somehow decieved the public in the...

“4”
— - # of new Superdelegates...

18,000 buried under debris in China

Once in a while, I have the sort of day that I can’t...

Are you feeling it too?

It’s a rough day to be human.

NY Times: Drive in Basra by Iraqi Army Makes...

'Elitist' Tag Knocks Education

(via roseann) This is true.  I had an Obama pin on while...

OpenOffice just changed “naive” to “naïve” for me.  Then its spellcheck...

“Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have...”
— Moses, to God in Numbers...

“How did everyone all of a sudden become an armchair...”
— Another Unreliable Witness: on...

What is the most erotic word in the...

bunnynico: abscond (with friends and relatives offering smock, viral, and aplomb) johnbrissenden: ...

“4”
— # of Superdelegates whose...

Mills on Madness

Is It Time to Invade Burma? - TIME

“I learned three things in Zurich during the war. I wrote...”
— Tom Stoppard in Travesties. I...

How Toxic is Hamas?

Robert Malley, a member of a conflict-resolution think-tank, has been in contact with Hamas. ...

Bad idea?

marco: Know those moving-sidewalk things at airports? Whose idea was it to make the belt on the...

Bracing for West Virginia

I’ve been reading a bit on Tuesday’s West Virginia Primary.  With 28 delegates at stake...

Seth Brown - One born every minute

Clothing and Communication

jessicagoldharalson, jessicalouise and others are having an … animated discussion about...

Let's Stop Saying "Racist"

Once again, I’ve decided that a commonly used word is causing more harm than good. Very few...

“The worst thing in the world is when an entertainer doesn’t...”
— Al Sharpton

“Stalag fiction was a short-lived genre of Israeli fiction...”
— Stalag fiction - Wikipedia,...

“IN CARTOONS there is often a moment when a hapless...”
— The Democrats | Almost there |...

“[T]he preferred generic term for a Tumblr site is “a...”
— Marco I hate to correct you,...

“85%”
— The proportion of the...

The National Review Apparently has Low...

“I blogged up your Tumblr.”
— Carolyn, explaining that she...

Is thoroughbred racing cruel?

janemarcus: squashed: Mostly, they are very well taken care of—and sometimes they die doing what...

To all you amateur economists out...

What are your thoughts on inherited wealth?   Is it somebody’s right to dispose of their...

The media is an echo chamber

I had an interesting experience over the weekend.  I went from door to door in some of the less...

A strange possibility in Indiana

All the networks have called the race for Hillary with a slim, but fairly comfortable margin for...

“Can felons vote?”
— This was perhaps the most...

Mildred Loving, Who Fought Ban on Mixed...

The Bush-McCain Challenge

“I use the library like a pirate uses a bar wench after six...”
— Carolyn, who now has 136 books...

“I’m not going to put my lot in with economists.”
— Hillary Clinton defends her...

Eight Belles and Thousands More

“Native Dancer’s line has a tragic flaw. Thanks in part...”
— Racing’s Royal Bloodline...

Is thoroughbred racing cruel?

jessicagoldharalson: Forgive me for sounding like a goddamn hippie, but how is it not unethical to...

“7 votes”
— Obama’s margin of...

Zogby Poll: Obama now leading in Indiana,...

The letter I sent to the other Ann Arbor...

A win Indiana, which (incidentally) borders Michigan, could seal the nomination for Barack.I spent...

“Charleston fired upon the island from three of its cannons....”
— Capture of Guam - Wikipedia,...

Local News in Guam

Gas Tax Holiday

The latest idiocy to come out of the Presidential race is a proposal for a gas tax Holiday this...

“[A]lso we didn’t want [Saddam Hussein] to have control...”
— McCain: Remarks on oil not...

“That Louis Vuitton law suit? Probably the best thing that...”
— Carolyn on this.

One more observation on election polls

While Clinton’s been gaining on Obama over the last few days, McCain has been plummetting. I...

“Clinton’s local surrogates just complained that Gary...”
— The District That May Decide...

“Iran has lodged a formal protest at the United Nations about...”
— The Caucus - Politics - New...

A Cold Spring Day

Today is damp, dreary, and uninspiring. Time to make coffee. 

“As with other problems our nation has faced, states have...”
— John McCain’s disaster...

Primary News

For those who are not sick of news on the primary, two interesting things have happened over the...

dihard (through bunnynico) In an effort to prove that a...

Listen

“[Elizabeth] Edwards has given a series of speeches in which...”
— The Folly of McCain-Care

Fine, I'll go to Indiana

I’ve talked a big game on supporting Obama.  I’ve made my small donations and encouraged...

“Aides said that [Clinton] had a driver’s license and that...”
— The Caucus - New York Times...

The Right, Wright, and Wrong

mills wrote a long, thoughtful, and more or less spot on post partially reacting to my post on...

I’m hoping to lighten the mood after that last post.

America's Chickens

Reverend Wright’s reappearance in the news is unfortunate for those of us who support Obama. ...

“$2,300,000,000.00”
— Hillary Clinton’s...

“I served six years in the military. Does that make me...”
— Jeremiah Wright (via azspot,...

Whither Indiana?

A week from today Indiana has the next seriously contested primary.  This is Clinton’s chance...

The Atlasphere: Ayn Rand Dating & Networking

Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition

In my continuing search for historical evidence of Pierre Bousquet, aka Pierre the Pansy Pirate, I...

“We have always trusted in ourselves to meet any challenge...”
— John McCain on...

“McCain promised to work to transform the health care system...”
— CNN.com Tolitical Ticker Great...

marco: We should start an Apple rumor. They just did a minor iMac update, but it’s only Monday. If...

New Distraction: Is McCain a "Natural Born"...

“I’d totally go in for pizza made with grease instead...”
— Carolyn 

“When I wear dresses, it’s because I want to look cute, not...”
— ALL THAT GLITTERS, in a post...

Are biofuels bad?

There’s been a lot of hating on biofuels lately—and I’m not sure it’s...

“We’re going to hit some of those balls out of this stadium...”
— Hillary Clinton, attempting a...

Minimum Rage

I have it on good authority that my previous post contained an implausible hypothetical about...

jakoblodwick: A $5 minimum wage is essentially a ban on the...

Dear Internet: What kind of plant is this?  There’s a...

“It is probably the way Nixon felt after getting so narrowly...”
— Ben on how Clinton must feel...

“But what if you don’t have the energy to type a whole...”
— Joel Stein, “Pride comes...

Clinton's "New Math"

After her 9.2% win in Pennsylvania, Clinton is claiming that “more people voted for...

“For a place itself is always a kind of motion, A part of it...”
— from Robert Pinsky, An...

New Chemical Weapon 'Ennui Gas' Induces...

Here’s a pair of CNN.com headlines. CNN has some real...

Linguistic Relativity

Dailymeh has called me to account for my claim that “Our words define how we think about...

Word revocation: "Men" and "Women"

Our words influence how we think about things. They give us the ability to group things and...

On to ... Indiana?

Reading all the primary analysis tells me to look forward to the next major primary in Indiana. ...

Margins of Victory After Pennsylvania, I thought I’d...

Drunk Darth Vader's Jedi assault

marco: If you’re an Obama supporter and can afford to do so, consider donating to his campaign...

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