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The plan
You know this one is right around the corner: http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2008/11/22/
Palin-speak
Sitting here in these chairs that I’m going to be proposing but in working with these governors who again on the front lines are forced to and it’s our privileged obligation to find solutions to the challenges facing our own states every day being held accountable, not being just one of many just casting votes or voting present every once in a...
I’m not crazy about it but…
...if you're gonna bail out the auto industry next, how about doing it this way (as suggested by Fractals of Change): ...The US government should order a complete replacement for its vehicle fleet to be delivered over the next four years. The new vehicles must be either plugin electric hybrid, pure electric, or possibly natural gas. Obviously retooling...
An election night helper
From Nate at 538: Also, there are some states that truly do appear to be "must-wins" for McCain. In each and every one of the 624 victory scenarios that the simulation found for him this afternoon, McCain won Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Indiana and Montana. He also picked up Ohio in 621 out of the 624 simulations, and North Carolina in 622 out of 624. If...
It’s prediction time
Obama in a landslide (375-163). He's smart, he's run a great campaign and he's got a ground game that McCain can't match. Plus he's got Biden and McCain has the albatross of Palin. Play with an interactive US electoral map here. Without further ado: McCain Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Georgia Idaho Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Montana Nebraska...
Obama – McCain: Dancing with the Stars
An Obama List
The Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Vote for Obama. Any will do as reasons for voting Obama-Biden, but I'm partial to 1-3 and 8-10.
Wasilla
The Daily Show's interview with Wasilla's current mayor borders on terrifying. Others just seem like regular yokels (no offense intended).
Airport security
Not just a complete waste of time, but also a gigantic waste of money too. Proof and arguments here. We've become inured to the airport hassle so it's unlikely to go away no matter how ineffective it might be. But worse, we've done this across the board with a great number of civil liberties. I've not heard commentators discuss the economic crisis in these...
Essays
Be Impeached Like a Man!
His domestic agenda in tatters, President Bill sounds the happy drumbeat of war in an attempt to distract restless natives. Slips another notch on the "morality-o-meter." (Who knew negative numbers were possible?) Monica Lewinsky and why "loose lips sink ships." President Clinton holed up this weekend (or is that a poor choice of words?) at Camp David to salvage what he can from the ruins of his second term. Huddling close by were scores of advisors—military officers,...
Correspondence ’97
Letters from adoring fans. Edited for brevity. My witty responses. Prolonged for your annoyance. Name that author. Another way to kill five minutes. This page features letters and e-mail received by me, the Grand Poohbah of Davison Lodge. To assure the instantly concerned, all writers (excepting yours truly) are anonymous unless prior permission for use of their name has been granted. "Ya know, DS had a very good idea. I am going to set up your page as my default home, too....
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
A little background on encryption and why it's necessary to keep Big Brother from watching you. Or me, for that matter. My Public Key and the Web of Trust. Encouragement not to make me a solitary, quixotic figure on a singular journey to encryption loneliness. Pathos overdose. Be my Sancho Panza. Why Encrypt? It's probably not going to be easy to convince some of you to use an encryption program for your electronic mail. You're not the typical drug runners or Mafia-types....
Deep Six Courtesy of Deep Blue
The end of humanity as we know it? Or a lot of really nerdy people upset over the head nerd being knocked off (beats "up!") by a machine? From bizarre NBA references to Year 2000 computer meltdown, we've got it all. Daryl Dawkins, a moose of a human being who played center for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers in late '70s and early '80s, used to name his dunks. He'd break a backboard on a dunk and suddenly it was the "Chocolate Thunder Flying,...