November 2, 2008
Obama's aunt, his half-sister Zeituni Onyango, is now infamous for apparently having overstayed her visa. Blogger Rick points out that Zeituni Onyango seems to be "a helpful, volunteering woman who is enriching her community."...
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AP has the story behind it.Some French translations and clarifications (ABC News and TPM):MASKED AVENGERS: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday, you know? [Note: Hallyday is a French singer and actor.] MASKED AVENGERS: Exactly, we could go try hunting by ...
go to article »November 1, 2008
On the evening of 31 October Jotman discussed the presidential election with Black Joe the Plumber. ...
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From left to right: a goon, Obama, Osama, and a guy wearing a shower cap and -- not visible -- diapers.I took this picture Friday evening....
go to article »October 31, 2008
All the networks and polling websites have the maps, but I found an interesting website lets you experiment with the electoral college map yourself....
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CNN reports: "It seems that there is yet another radical professor from the neighborhood who spent a lot of time with Barack Obama going back several years," Palin said at an event in Bowling Green, Ohio. "This is important because his associate, Rashid Khalidi ... in addition to being a political ...
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Earlier in the month I blogged:Mark my words: the USA is not going to be particularly well-regarded in Asia by the time this financial crisis is through. The wounds from the 1997 crisis and the IMF intervention have barely healed. Anticipating the effects of a US generated crisis on developing world...
go to article »October 29, 2008
One unidentified staffer told Politico.com that the Alaska governor was a "whack job." - AFPHere is the definition of a "wack job" according to the Urban Dictionary:Someone who is crazy and/or has lost their mind and acts like a damn lunatic. Someone you should avoid at all costs as they may be a ha...
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The criteria for launching such attacks has shifted, as Robert Dreyfus of The Nation writes:A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the soon-to-be-ancien regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib. Like the original Bush doctrine -- the one that Sarah Palin couldn't name,...
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This WaPo article also discusses the new policy shift marked by the attack on Syria. "By approving a U.S. military raid across the Iraqi border into Syria, Bush has changed the rules once again. Call it an October surprise -- if not, at least so far, the October surprise."That's more or less what I...
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