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obamas typography is brand news.

- dave 2-28-2008 10:15 pm [link] [2 comments]

Comcast ratfucks democracy

- mark 2-27-2008 1:39 am [link] [add a comment]

nice to hear, and ballsy to boot which is why it hurts so much to brand him an antisemite. but we all know the rules, say anything sensible about americas policy towards israel and you get the star of david tattoed on your ass.i dont make the rules, im just following orders.

- dave 2-26-2008 10:26 pm [link] [1 comment]

what, me worry?

- dave 2-22-2008 5:07 pm [link] [add a comment]

Lessig for Congress.

"This is about building a parallel to Creative Commons in Congress," Lessig explains, referencing the popular legal license he created to help authors and artists make their work available for free distribution and modification. Just as creators under a Creative Commons license cede some control over their works in order to promote a robust open-source culture, Lessig's political vision entails "people in power, legislators, voluntarily waiving that power in order to build a better system." If politicians begin foreswearing PAC money, the theory runs, voters may come to see the failure to refuse lobbyist dollars as a badge of shame rather than simply the way things are done.

Lessig's wikipedia page in case you don't know who he is.

- jim 2-21-2008 11:26 pm [link] [3 comments]

anybody handicapping obamas veep options?

sen. webb (va)
sen. dodd (ct)
sen. biden (please god, no)
sen. ben nelson (ne)
gov napolitano (az) woman
gov sebelius (ks) woman
gov kaine (va)

i read somewhere that edwards doesnt want to be a veep candidate again.

anyone else?
- dave 2-20-2008 7:17 pm [link] [6 comments]

museums are teaching tools.

- dave 2-20-2008 6:05 pm [link] [2 comments]

All over the inter-tubes today ... Hillary tendrá problemas en Tejas

- mark 2-18-2008 9:55 pm [link] [add a comment]

I'm having trouble finding some info. Michigan and Florida have 313 democratic delegates between them (these are the delegates that were stripped.) But how does that break down?

Florida went Clinton 49.7%, Obama 33, Edwards 14.4. Michigan was Clinton 55.4%, Uncommitted 39.9. So assuming these states assign delegates proportionally it's easy to see how you could seat Florida - but Michigan really seems unfair. Obviously a lot of that 39.9 would have gone to Obama.

If they are sat, how many delegates does it give each of them? What's the best case for Hillary, ~160 more delegates? Obama is harder to guess without knowing the Florida/Michigan delegate split, but something around 50 from Florida? So best for Hillary is a little over 100 delegate gain on Obama?

I'm trying to figure how much of a lead Obama needs to be able to just agree to seat those two states and still have the lead.
- jim 2-17-2008 6:23 pm [link] [8 comments]

Barkley for Gov. 2014. Go Charles. Anybody who can make Wolf that uncomfortable is okay in my book.
- jim 2-16-2008 11:28 pm [link] [add a comment]






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