> For those of you (I think maybe 3 or 4 of my friends read this) who do any sort of political action or Obama-related advocacy, I think this is a useful tool.http://obamataxcut.comYou could also, put in your own yearly income, family’s filing status, etc, and check out what an Obama presidency would be worth…
> I just can’t resist posting this one, there is a document obtained by the Washington Independent (I know, I’ve never heard of them either) that has Palin’s handwriting announcing an earmark with pride. You can read about this theme in her past at the ultra-liberal, angry left bazaar that is the Daily Kos, they…
> My theory: McCain is sick of running for President, dealing with the Rovians, dealing with an increasingly less enamored press corps, and running against Barack Obama. You may have heard about his recent interview with Time magazine, which you can read (McCain’s prickly TIME interview) but listening to it is also available (the MP3)I…
> Here are some great quotes from the convention, in case you were busy preparing for classes and missed all the speeches. Just a few of my favorites: “People who live in seven houses shouldn’t throw stones” – Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) “You know, it was once said of the first George Bush that he was…
> I’ve seen some of the videos on concepts that Mozilla has done on the future of the browser, and I haven’t been all that impressed. You can see for yourself if you are interested: It is called Aurora But this new thing is definitely much more in line with what I think could be…
Ok, this is pretty cool. The USGS (US Geological Survey) has set up video cameras in remote areas in Glacier National Park. The cameras go on with a motion detector, and transmit via the internet. Here is the whole article about itAnd here is a video with three bears interacting with a wolf.
>From McSweeney’s internet tendency (those who brought you the hilarious lists), comes…Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition) A favorite excerpt… The queen is worried about Ophelia. Ophelia loves flowers. Flowers flowers flowers flowers flowers. Oh, look, a river. Ophelia joined the group Maidens Who Don’t Float.
>Samantha Power reviews a few books in the NY Review this month. It was a good review of the abuses of the Bush administration (and how they are not an exception, but the culmination of conservative foreign policy), but also notable for a few great quotes that I hadn’t read elsewhere:Here is the full articleThe…
>From January 17th, 2001, the Onion headline:Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’ Sadly pretty accurate. One could look today and think “You couldn’t even make this stuff up.” But then… someone did, just for the sake of comedy.
>What I have always wanted when we go into San Francisco, is an easily readable topographical map. This is a reasonably good start… except note that basically, most of the city is barely walkable. This is from some guy named Lee Byron… mashing up some different maps.Here is his site, and the large version of…
