This just in via my sturdy Google Reader feed: Who do you want to vote for? Who do you want to represent our country on the world stage? Who is less scary? Who is more trustworthy? Who is more statesmanlike and leaderly? Who do you want taking that 3:00AM phone call? Who do you want the Football to follow around? Please. Vote for That One. Because a vote is a terrible thing to waste. CAPSHUNZ PLZZZ!!! “Give me all your hamsters, I’m staaaaaaarviiiiiingggggg!!!” Via » What’s Up with “Senator McTongueâ€? » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century…
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Worth a listen for a chuckle: what if Joe the Plumber could unclog the economic mess? Imagining ‘Joe The Plumber: The Epic’ : NPR Sometimes that 15 minutes of fame turns into an hour. Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin present the promo for a fictional epic called Joe the Plumber — it’s the story about the one man equipped to fix the nation’s plugged up economy.
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I was just telling my sister in an email about listening to this story about Obama’s political beginnings. He’s disappointed not a few progressives and reformers in Chicago for not taking on “Chicago Machine politics,” or from “getting along” just enough to get elected. But he’s inspired a whole lot of people, too. Sometimes surprisingly so. How Chicago Politics Shaped Obama : NPR He was a young politician who couldn’t win a congressional seat in his own neighborhood, and yet he was asking the state’s political kingmaker to back him for a statewide race. Furthermore, Obama wanted Jones to help…
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Hey, remember that floor project I’ve left unfinished for about, oh, four or five years? Well, this week and next week, we’re on our “staycation.” I get about 6 weeks of vacation a year, and this was the only time I could fit a two-week block in before the end of the year. And so we had decided that since we just did a big trip to England and Ireland (which I haven’t really blogged much about, but we did have a truly awesome time), we would not go anywhere and stay home, doing projects. One of which would be…
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You’d better hope I’m wrong. I’d heard that a remake of the classic SF TV series “V” was in the works, but take a look at this bizarre clip from YouTube someone put together. I went looking for more “poker tell” citations for the debate tonight, as the Chicago Trib had some in a slideshow, but somehow missed the many times McCain poked out his tongue. Actually, on this clip, he’s revealed as the first Iguana-American to be elected to the Senate and run for President. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/CIZLg_lmx10" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] See? Quite, quite creepy. Don’t let your hamsters…
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Oh, boy. Jet Airways/9W is the partner carrier of American/AA in India, and we use them a lot for flights to cities beyond Delhi and Mumbai. A LOT, akshully. But then, our main client is probably cutting back on the expensive “send the entire team to that small city in India for 6 weeks of training at the remote facility” trips, anyway. BBC NEWS | South Asia | Jet Airways lays off cabin crew India’s largest private airline Jet Airways has laid off 800 employees as it cuts flights amid soaring costs. The company said cabin crew hired for a…
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Geez, and I was pissed when a TSA agent in Washington relieved me of my expensive Hawaiian moisturizer/sunscreen because I forgot to repack it in a plastic bag and put it in my checked baggage. Imagine being a news person on your way to cover some story, having to call your producer to say “The camera… the lenses… they weren’t in my bag when I picked it up at baggage claim.” Burn! Then imagine a colleague finding your camera on eBay. Revenge is sweet. TSA agent helped himself to a $47,900 camera (and more!) – Gadling | travel blog |…
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Finally had a chance to place my Obama ’08 magnet on my car… but instead of attaching it to the outside, where it could get ripped off, I stuck it to the inside of my rear window (on the left, naturally) with wide cellophane tape. I’ve had it for a couple of days – my husband David made a donation a while back and we’ve been waiting impatiently – but I was motivated to mount it after reading this.
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Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail – CNN.com Sen. John McCain is now urging his supporters to be respectful and tone down the angry and incendiary remarks about Sen. Barack Obama. They’re furious because… they’re losing, and they don’t understand why “the hooligans” and “socialists” are taking over their country.
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It’s a Friday night, time for a news release that’s not favorable to the GOP. Yep, Our Sarah abused the power of her office in pestering her public safety commissioner to fire her ex-brother-in-law. Apparently she thought the trooper posed a threat, even when dressed as Safety Bear at an even Palin was to appear at. CNN.com – Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska’s governor in a case that involves the firing of her former public safety commissioner, a report for the state Legislature concluded today.…