October 2008
“The other night I had a dream that I consulted my mommy listserve about partisan...”
– SHEILA CALLAGHAN - blog
Frederick Martin Baron 1947-2008
dembot:
Reprinted from the Dallas Morning News:
By JOE SIMNACHER / The Dallas Morning News Jeffrey Weiss contributed to this report.
Frederick M. “Fred” Baron, the plaintiff’s lawyer who amassed a fortune that he used to rejuvenate the Democratic Party in Texas, died Thursday at his Dallas home of complications of cancer. He was 61.
Mr. Baron became known as the King of Torts for his more...
“BTW, will you be voting libertarian this year? That would appear to be the...”
– talking to you is like talking to long division: WTF HAPPENED TO PRIDE?
I can’t speak for the Libertarians, but I imagine why a lot of them are voting for McCain is because of the two prominent choices, he is more likely to support the policies they believe in. And much like the many of the people...
The Rove Realignment: Have libertarians been... →
Why would libertarians abandon McCain? After all, they believe in low taxes—and McCain is the one promising those. And if they’re concerned about social issues, well, McCain’s never shown much of a stomach for cultural warfare. That is, of course, until now. The real McCain, whoever that is or was, may still believe that major swathes of the Religious Right represent “agents of...
In its closing days, the Bush administration... →
In July, according to three administration sources, the Bush administration formally gave the military new power to strike terrorist safe havens outside of Iraq and Afghanistan. Before then, a military strike in a country like Syria or Pakistan would have required President Bush’s personal approval. Now, those kinds of strikes in the region can occur at the discretion of the incoming...
WatchSynchronized Presidential Debating
My favorite campaign mix so far.
WatchGood Morning
elspethjane:
radarchive:
wreckandsalvage:
Good Morning (via Wreck & Salvage on Vimeo) We farmed a good two months of GMA and boiled it on down to this sweet six. Put it in a jar and store it down in the basement in case of emergency.
Looks like Quirk Valdezatron has been channeling EBN. (This is a very good thing.)
David Frum's Diary on National Review Online →
OK, let’s develop this a little.
1) Sarah Palin has the potential to become a key leader of the conservative movement beyond 2008.
2) If that happens, she will follow “the blueprint” and achieve another conservative landslide - and another successful presidency!
3) But snobs like Peggy, David, Christopher, Kathleen and me are embarrassed that she drops her Gs. Our motto:...
"Juror No. 4, just so I can talk about it with my...
madeupmemories:
- Lawyer to me today, in the middle of voir dire.
(By the way, my response got me an alternate seat on a trial that will take at least eight business days. So, joke’s on me.)
Knicks make mistake with father and son - NY Daily... →
“Explain to me why the Knicks even traded for Patrick Ewing Jr. in the first place when they already had 15 guaranteed contracts? If Donnie Walsh knew he wasn’t going to cut Jerome James - by all means why would you do such a thing? - and that cutting Anthony Roberson would mean admitting his first free agent signing was mistake, why even go through the exercise of bringing Patrick Ewing’s...
“SEO is using deodorant instead of washing. SEO is masking bad coffee with sugar....”
– Contrast (via unalone) (via marco)
SEO should be a minor tactic as part of a larger strategy. It should not be a strategy unto itself.
WatchBlip Festival 2008 - December 4-7, 2008
Highlighting the chipmusic phenomenon and its related disciplines, the festival aims to showcase emerging creative niches involving the use of legacy video game & home computer hardware as modern artistic instrumentation. Devices such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Nintendo Game Boy and others are repurposed into the...
What I've learned recently
mikehudack:
Managers have access to positive and negative motivators.
Negative motivators can never make people more productive, but they can make people less productive. A perfect example is salary: Being underpaid can result in a significant decrease in morale and productivity, but being overpaid will never result in a commensurate increase in morale and productivity.
Positive motivators...
“The manager is the dynamic, life-giving element in every business. Without his...”
– Drucker, The Practice of Management (via mikehudack)
Apple Takes a Stand Against Proposition 8 →
“Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil...
Which Tumblrs Appear On The Radar Most Often? →
hilker:
sarahchristine:
(via soupsoup)
5 for me… I actually didn’t know that. Huh. Interesting.
Livejamie is up there at #3 on the list. He consistently has good stuff but it’s a shame he doesn’t always [*] attribute his posts when he reblogs from other users.
[*] Just changed my words to doesn’t always b/c his last few posts have been well attributed. Cool. -kc.
Open Left:: ACORN Strikes Back →
Let’s be clear about one very important thing. The reason ACORN is the focal point of the combined national efforts of the Republicans is because we recently completed the largest non-partisan voter registration drive in U.S. history. We helped 1.3 million low-income people, people of color, and young people complete voter registration applications. The attacks on ACORN are spurious to say the...
Dear Ellie.
Please play this song so it gets...
“It’s weird that in our economy/culture we go through the surging-modality...”
– This Blog Sits at the: What consumers do in a downturn
via migurski
“I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of...”
– Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), on Meet the Press
Bicycle commuters qualify for $240 tax cut →
Bicycle commuters across the nation will be eligible for a tax benefit already available to bus and train riders under an 11th-hour addition to the $700 million federal bailout for finance industries.
Effective Jan. 1, people who use bicycles as their primary means of getting to work will be eligible to get up to $20 a month in tax-free payments from their employers for the costs of owning and...
Theme song from M.A.S.K.
