Sep
5
Joe Biden On Fire (via jedreport)Now THAT is a Vice President!
Man, that gets me fired up!
Danny
Sep
2
The Web Celeb Archive
My pet project, three years in the making. Enjoy!It’s genius, except don’t watch Grape Lady. Seriously, don’t watch it.
This is great. Afro Ninja is one of my all time favorites. I remember the first time I saw it, at my old job 3 years ago. Every time the guy would get up and try to keep his routine going, just before falling down again, everyone in the office would lose their shit. It was fantastic.
“I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.”
Katharine Hepburn (via atheistramblings) (via asprettyasasong) (via wayne-remy) (via julyshewillfly)
That just about sums it up, now doesn’t it?
“Looking at the Sarah Palin debacle, one is reminded that one of the principal powers of the presidency is the power to appoint people — federal judges, ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, subcabinet officials, FEC members, the Amtrak board, all kinds of things. Presidents don’t always put the best people in these positions, but normally they give the matter some thought. Even an unqualified crony gets his job because somebody knew him. Is McCain going to just pick people at random in order to “shake things up?” Not bother to do any vetting in order to preserve the element of surprise?”
Matthew Yglesias » A Question on Vetting (via julyshewillfly)
It’s a valid question. This whole Palin situation is way to Harriet Myers for my liking.
Sep
1
(via apsies)
This is fascinating. A group of undecided Minnesota voters share their thoughts on Sarah Palin.
That is completely fascinating… After the first “roll call” when it was basically women saying they liked her, and men saying she was too inexperienced, I was caught off guard by how few people were then going to vote for McCain because of her. Critical thinking ftw!
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Obama picked Biden as his running mate in part because his colleague from Delaware brings foreign policy heft and a working-class Catholic pedigree to the Democratic ticket. But as the two barnstormed through the Rust Belt on their first campaign swing together over the holiday weekend, it was clear that they also possessed a more elusive political quality: chemistry.
“Marriages of political necessity are often really awkward,” senior Obama aide Linda Douglass said. But she said even Obama has been surprised at how quickly he and Biden have clicked on the campaign trail. “There’s lots of laughing and collaboration and consultation,” she said. “He’s just this cheerful presence in the group.”
”Biden, Obama a Comfortable Fit on the Campaign Trail - washingtonpost.com (via julyshewillfly)
Yes! I had a hunch it would be like this, but it’s really nice to have some first-hand accounts of it. They come across as a team.
Aug
31
Manifestly Unserious, By Steve Benen - CBS News
This is exactly how I feel, and the case I’ve been making to anyone who will listen to me rant in the past 3 days.
“A top “loyal Bushie” told the Politico’s Mike Allen that McCain’s decision is “disrespectful to the office of the presidency.” That’s actually a pretty good way of characterizing it.
Campaigns have their ads, their polls, and their tactics, but at the end of the day, credible people who care about the country know that this is more than just a theatrical game — the future of the nation counts more than the future of a candidate. Those who take affairs of state seriously may take cheap shots, shade the truth now and then, and run the kind of conventional campaigns we’ve all grown accustomed to, but honorable Americans of character don’t gamble with the nation’s well-being. They know there are lines that can’t be crossed for expediency’s sake, no matter how strong the temptation.”
It’s reckless.
Aug
30
Apparently I’m fixating on the color green today…
Aug
29
I just realized...
Sarah Palin, John McCain’s VP choice, is in her first term as the governor of Alaska.
John McCain is 23 years older than the state of Alaska.
Aug
27
“Back in 2007, you kindly gave us permission to include your credited photo in our Schmap Melbourne Guide. This is just a quick note to let you know that Schmap Guides have now been released for the iPhone and iPod touch.”
- Flickr message. This is kind of cool, has anyone else heard of Schmap? They do a good job of keeping me updated about where my pics are being used. (via somethingchanged)
Yeah, I got a message just like this a while back about a photo of mine from Amsterdam that they wanted to use. It was a nice surprise!
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