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  BFF!!

  02.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  
  

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  Oh Noez

  02.25.08 | Permalink | 18 Comments

  Obama Photo Causes Stir, AP:
  A photograph circulating in the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a dustup in the presidential campaign over what constitutes a smear.
  The Associated Press photograph portrays Obama wearing a white turban and a wraparound white robe […]

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  Tick Tock XI: Election Sights

  02.19.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  
  

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  Stamp Lota

  02.18.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  A live-blog on the election results from Pakistan.

  update, the morning: The morning - here - shows that PPP is within sight of a 2/3rd majority in the NA. The ANP will form a govt. in NWFP. In Baluchistan, PML-Q has most votes but between PPP and Independents and BNP there are enough votes to […]

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  Primary Color

  02.05.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Just a few thoughts on Cover It Live - the liveblogging software: It works as advertised, is painless and has very nice interactivity with readers. I expect to make use of it in future panels and talks - should I go to one. A good bit of web 2.0.

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  Yea, that’s right! That’s right! We bad!

  01.09.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  The assumptions nested in our electoral punditry are astounding. What’s more astounding is that we do not question them, especially when they barely conceal true, noxious racialist thinking. Why, for instance, is Don Imus a pariah, when Dick Morris and Chris Matthews can proceed without pause with lines of questioning based on the assumption that […]

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  Omerica

  01.06.08 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  The media’s pontificating talking heads and some sorry campaign managers trying to pull their candidates from the muck have got it wrong. They’re obsessing over the difference between two abstractions: change and experience, assuming those labels define the persons to whom they’re applied, and the voters enthusiastic about voting for them. True to narrow-casted […]

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  Hearts and Mind Department

  12.21.05 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Ahistoricality kindly drew my attention to a recent poll on attitudes towards US, UbL and Terrorism in Pakistan in the wake of the October Earthquake undertaken by Terror Free Tomorrow. The poll was conducted over November 14-28, 2005 and has a error margin of 2.6%. It has a significant data pool [1450 adults]. Here is […]

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  Popularity Contest II

  01.18.05 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  My humble thanks to all those who voted for me in the Brass Crescent Awards as deserving of wider recognition. I can only say that while fame will inevitably bring the coke, the hookers and the Behind the Blog retrospective, I will never forget those that have sustained me in my humble beginnings. Commentators like […]

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  Popularity Contest

  01.09.05 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  “I haven’t had an orthodox blog, and I’ve wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn’t feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!”
  With heartfelt thanks to those who voted and with apologies to Sally […]

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  C’est Meme Chose

  11.03.04 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  I walked out this morning and the sun was shining. I felt better. The wind was clear and crisp. I felt better. I cried all night - big searing, gulping sobs - I cried in my sleep. Ever have those dreams where you want to wake yourself up by screaming? I tried last night but […]

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  GOTV

  11.01.04 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  A chinese non-citizen friend is in Michigan driving people to vote. A indian non-citizen friend is in Missouri. Numerous first time “activist” friends are in Ohio. A dozen of us from Chicago will be in Milwaukee tomorrow. This is grand, this is momentous. I don’t necessarily know what it means. If Kerry wins, will we […]

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  Limp Politics

  10.29.04 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I love Kentucky. Mainly because I love Steve. And he represents Kentucky. It is a gorgeous state filled with some truly special people. The senate race in Kentucky is pretty tight. The incumbent Jim Bunning who was gonna win handsomely started acting a tad weird - calling his opponent, Dan Mongiardo, the son of Saddam […]

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  Hope

  10.28.04 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Imagine, if you can, a Kerry presidency. Really think about it. Doesn’t it feelbetter? Like a tall glass of cool lemonade on a hot summer day? That ticker which runs constantly along the bottom of your screen won’t say “Threat Level: Elevated Threat Level: Elevated Threat Level: Elevated Threat Level: Elevated Threat Level: Elevated”. Tom […]

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  Mosh Through The Marsh

  10.26.04 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  The video is amazing [also here or here or here]. The lyrics are harsh and powerful (strap him with an AK 47, let him go/ Fight his own war, let him impress daddy that way).
  This is what F 9/11 hoped it could be. Eminem’s Mosh could very well be our anthem, our Times They Are […]