links for 2008-10-29
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Rednecks for Obama. That's funny.
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Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries. And after voting consistently as a Democrat for 70 years, she has voted early for the country's first black presidential nominee.
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I think this is a second cousin of mine…
links for 2008-10-28
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Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking ObamaSome three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents.
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In reality, Alaska is more socialist than anything Obama is proposing.
links for 2008-10-27
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In case you need a stock photo of the current economic crisis while blogging about it.
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Some particularly nice photos of bigfoot.
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The most idiotic thing I've read today: "The report outlined scenarios in which militants could make use of Twitter, combined with such programs as Google Maps or cell phone pictures or video, to carry out an ambush or detonate explosives."
links for 2008-10-26
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Very nice flickr photogallery tools.
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Palin re-writes the definition of terrorist because she supports health clinic bomber Eric Rudolph and doesn't want him to fit the definition.
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In point of fact, the dirty little secret of the banking industry is that it has no intention of using the money to make new loans. But this executive was the first insider who’s been indiscreet enough to say it within earshot of a journalist.
Voted early
I don’t always vote straight party, but I did this time. I knew who all the down party people were for the most part, and the few I didn’t know I looked up before I went. The lines were quite long, but the moved very quickly in the city-county building. Very much worth it to avoid longer lines on Election day, especially when rushed to go to work.
Rachel Maddow in the NY Times
The New York Times interviews Rachel Maddow at home, and includes this excellent picture.
I had no idea she lived at our house in the corner of our library.
links for 2008-10-25
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McCain's campaign pushed the false version to media before police announced the true details of the investigation.
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I guess I shouldn't be embarrassed for calling when I hear a noise outside that sounds suspicious. At least I've never called because I was mad at traffic.
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Palin makes a speech about special needs, and criticizes "Fruit fly research in France" as being a waste of taxpayer money. Except that fruit fly research is critical to curing autism.
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Sagal parses the Republican rhetoric about Obama, and illustrates what absurd set of occurrences would have had to have happened to make what they say true. Very funny indeed.
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She made the whole thing up.
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Alaska has more per capita earmarks than any other state – off the charts.
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FRANKLIN, Ind. — A Republican county election clerk distributed copies of an apparent chain letter referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as a "young, black Adolf Hitler" to two employees, but later told police she intended it to be a joke
David Sedaris on Undecided Voters
Then you’ll see this man or woman– someone, I always think, who looks very happy to be on TV. “Well, Charlie,” they say, “I’ve gone back and forth on the issues and whatnot, but I just can’t seem to make up my mind!” Some insist that there’s very little difference between candidate A and candidate B. Others claim that they’re with A on defense and health care but are leaning toward B when it comes to the economy.
I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.
I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?
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