Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Diebold accidentally leaks election results
June 9th, 2008McCain squeaks it out. Man.. those public opinion polls wrong again! Check it out:
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
Tahini terrorists
May 22nd, 2008If the Islamo-fascists don’t get you, apparently the Tahini Terrorists will.
From Emptywheel
apparently, Minneapolis’ Joint Terrorist Task Force is recruiting people to infiltrate vegan potlucks to look for potential–what?–tahini enthusiasts?–in advance of the RNC convention this fall.
“[FBI Special Agent Maureen E. Mazzola] told me that I had the perfect ‘look,’” recalls Carroll. “And that I […]
They don’t especially like it when we kill them and wreck their country.
March 28th, 2008The “they” is the Iraqis.
This video is courtesy of the incomparable Glenn Greenwald, who reminds us that
The significance of the interview lies as much in what it says about the American occupation of Iraq as it what it illustrates about the American media. In the American media’s discussions of Iraq, when are […]
Barack Obama’s speech on race
March 18th, 2008Barack Obama made an honest speech today. That ought to be enough to make news. Check it out.
Portions of the speech:
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For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle, as we did in the OJ […]
Get scared-er!
January 23rd, 2008A truly great ad:
From a citizen supporter of Jackie Broyles for President. You may not know of Jackie yet, so go check out RedStateUpdate to get more familiar. These guys are hilarious, and the ad makes a great mockery of the fearmongering the US has gotten used to.
“We’re more scared now […]
Al Gore using his Current TV site to post short videos on key issues
October 15th, 2007Al Gore just posted 3 nice, short, clear videos on key issues. Love to see that he’s “eating his own dog food” as we say, by using his own site to post these videos and start a conversation.
I do wish that Current vids had embed codes (do they, and I just can’t find them??).
Hopefully […]
Kucinich on people-powered politics and the blogosphere
October 7th, 2007Kucinich and his wife talk about the blogosphere, and how the people actually have power, they just need to realize it.
The blogosphere has provided so much meaningful coverage and criticism of the Bush administration, while the corporate press and Establishment Washington has lined up to defend Bush and Cheney.
Funny how the truth can effect […]
The internets vs. the Glorious President-for-Life
August 21st, 2007Will the internet and social media defeat top-down conservatism?
We are fast becoming a bottoms up media society where all the information people need to make informed decisions is becoming more readily available to them. With the power of YouTube or Google or a simple website, you can learn all that you would never have learned […]
TechCrunch & DailyKos: an accidental 2-fer
August 1st, 2007I’m driving across the Bay Bridge at about 10:30pm when I get a text from my buddy Greg. “dude you are on techcrunch!”. Funny, I’m thinking, my startup hasn’t released our alpha/beta/whatever-we’ll-call-it. What’s up?
I get home, pull up the Crunch, and apparently Scott Beale took this photo which aroused some interest. […]
Decision-making
July 18th, 2007How do you make decisions?
This way
Or this way
Just asking. Sure, the pictures are about more than just decisions. But I think they are illustrative. Compare/contrast. Discuss. Enjoy.
Gore pic h/t Thor Muller, which got me looking for a “Bush” at work pic, found via the White House.
(Kind […]