Browsing archives for October 1st, 2008

Tell Us How You Really Feel, John

Politics 1 October 2008 | 0 Comments

Yesterday, during an interview with the Des Moines Register editorial board, John McCain stated his political aspirations. No, not for the presidency. McCain- like George W. before him (video)- wants to be a dictator: 
MCCAIN: I just want to make a comment about the obvious issue and that is the failure of Congress to act yesterday. [...]

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Happy Banned Books Week!

News 1 October 2008 | 0 Comments

From the American Library Association website:
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW’s 27th anniversary (September 27 through October 4).
While perhaps not [...]

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Palin Might Not Fail at Debating

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You can count me among the many that are looking forward to the Biden-Palin debate with a sort of perverse glee. Sarah Palin is bound to perform above expectations since the bar is set so low for her right now that she’d only have to show up and state her name to be excelling. But [...]

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Obama Ahead in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida

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Barack Obama is leading in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida according to polls conducted by Quinnipiac University (one of Nate Silver’s preferred pollsters so they’re good enough for me). The gains are due to independents moving toward Obama after the debate, the economy turning overall voting confidences to him and Sarah Palin’s declining favorability. I’ll be honest [...]

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Indie Retailer of the Day: The Dainty Squid

Accessories, Indie Retailers 1 October 2008 | 3 Comments

Besides having an absolutely endearing name (I love the contradictions there), I thought that The Dainty Squid over at cut + paste might solve my perenial camera bag-deficit.  Then I realized that while my favorite bag of theirs might actually feature a camera on it, but that’s hardly their only function.  12 designs total, they [...]

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