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A very political breakfast
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Thanks to a Canadian CNN user, I found this brunch menu. You can take your eggs from the left or right. If Obama fits your tastes, enjoy Eggs Obama, which the restaurant describes as: “An omelette ‘we can believe in’ with a redistributed wealth of arugula, ricotta, and a liberal amount of elitist bacon, along [...]
More ways the election could end up in a 269 tie
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Yes, a 269-269 tie is extremely unlikely by all accounts, still it’s interesting to look at the various ways that it could end up in such a situation. It’s actually been an issue that has been discussed in 2000 and 2004. FiveThirtyEight.com has an article from May discussing the possibilities, but lets look at a [...]
How the 2008 election will turn out if God hates us
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
The Washington Post has a neat little feature where you can predict the electoral map. It’s like having your very own John King right on your desktop. So imagine my surprise/fear when, after selecting the ‘swing state’ base map and filling in the colors that this was the first map I created: >2008 Election Contest: [...]
More cute kids discussing politics
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
This one comes to us from Alabama, with a seventh grade class performing a parody of T.I. “Whatever You Like” about voting however you want to. It’s certainly better that the original song, and deeper too. Plus, those kids got some moves. To be fair they are not the first to parody this song…
Joe Biden knows what the Vice President does
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
While Sarah Palin didn’t know exactly what a Vice President does, Joe Biden does. And he explained it to an oddly adorable Florida Fifth Grader who has his own news show, or something. Either way, I’d watch this before Sean Hannity.
Aaron Sorkin's Best Speeches
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
When shooting Field of Dreams James Earl Jones came up to the director with the script in hand. They were about to shoot the most famous scene in the movie, his characters speech about baseball being more than a game, being part of history, a marker of the times. Jones had been hired to do [...]
How not to segue into a broadcast segement
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Oh, Fox News … I’ll say no more. The one time a magazine is abused for not doctoring a photo, and it’s for political gain. No surprises there. Click the image see a larger version. The cover story focuses on Palin’s “folksy” nature, examining the hype and dismay over perceived intelligence of the Republican’s heir-apparent [...]
'Cute' and 'politics' do not mix
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Bored with the monotony of my Google Reader account, I jumped over to CNN.com to get the eyeballs stimulated moments ago. Luckily someone at the site has a sense of humor and love for Obama today. Check out the lead story photo: Curious, I clicked the story to see what, if any, surprises awaited: [Click [...]
Obama's name butchered on NY ballot
Friday, October 10th, 2008
Around 300 absentee voters in New York state’s Rensselaer County received ballots with the wrong candidate. Well, it’s kind of close. According to that ballot, the Democratic candidate is Barack Osama, The Times Union said. [Photo goodness at the link.] ”No question this is an honest mistake innocently done,” said Edward McDonough, the Democratic commissioner. [...]