How The Obama Camp Should Respond (6)
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So, how should the Obama campaign handle the Palin selection, and what is a rather obvious play/pander for suburban women who supported Hillary Clinton? I think they should go easy on her for the next several days -- give the public some time for this all to sink in. Then really go after her, and do it in style. It is practically certain that on the night of Palin's speech on Wednesday, we will be ...
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Rick Klau said:
Yeah, this would pack a punch.
Protests Rise in Thailand In Challenge to Regime - Wall Street Journal (1)
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GulfNewsProtests Rise in Thailand In Challenge to RegimeWall Street Journal - 10 hours agoBy JAMES HOOKWAY and STEPHEN WRIGHT BANGKOK -- Waves of antigovernment protests spread beyond Thailand's capital Friday as clashes between police and ...US asks Thailand to end crisis through democratic means AFPThailand's political crisis deepens amid protests MarketWatchThailand sinks into crisis as demonstrators close airports and ... Times OnlineBBC News - The Associated Pressall 2,569 news articles
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I just took off my analyst hat and reread what I wrote in that last post. Now I'm really kind of concerned.A completely unqualified creationist who has only served as Governor of a poorly-populated state for one and a half years could become the President of the United States.I still get a little "weirded out" by Obama's success; he's risen so far, so fast, that it's dizzying sometimes. But he's fought for it every step ...
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Thailand. Protesters kick out 1000 police officers - Ottawa Citizen (1)
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Thailand. Protesters kick out 1000 police officersOttawa Citizen, Canada - 22 hours agoThai protesters besieging Government House expelled about 1000 police from the compound early today, testing the prime minister's promise to end the rally ...
Katrina's Little Brother (2)
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MSNBC just noted that with Gustav likely to hit the Gulf Coast next week this could be a "split-screen convention" for the Republicans. A Gulf Coast hurricane disrupting the GOP's messaging during convention week -- three years after Katrina hit (the anniversary is tomorrow) -- the irony would be enough to make my head explode.
Katrina's Little Brother (2)
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MSNBC just noted that with Gustav likely to hit the Gulf Coast next week this could be a "split-screen convention" for the Republicans. A Gulf Coast hurricane disrupting the GOP's messaging during convention week -- three years after Katrina hit (the anniversary is tomorrow) -- the irony would be enough to make my head explode.
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TPM Reader GR reports in from the field ... Just a small FYI about Kerry's speech. Kerry is running for re-election here in Mass. A couple of weeks ago he swung by my little town of North Adams and gave what was an odd stump speech. It wasn't about him or his primary/general election opponent. His speech, given while standing on a chair in a local restaurant, was very similar to what he gave last ...
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TPM Reader GR reports in from the field ... Just a small FYI about Kerry's speech. Kerry is running for re-election here in Mass. A couple of weeks ago he swung by my little town of North Adams and gave what was an odd stump speech. It wasn't about him or his primary/general election opponent. His speech, given while standing on a chair in a local restaurant, was very similar to what he gave last ...
Human waste as fertilizer and irrigation in developing regions (4)
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According to a new report, 200 million farmers use human shit as fertilizer for 49 million acres of land. The study, published by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), details how ten percent of the population, mostly in developing nations, eat grains and vegetables harvested from fields irrigated and fertilized with raw sewage. Traditional fertilizer and clean water is too expensive or simply unavailable in many places. From National Geographic: The report focused on poor ...
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Tom said:
What is worse: mud cakes, or shit grains?
Gotta Love That Name... (1)
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a plea to the press: Please just cover the convention(s) (5)
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The Democrats have a HD broadcast of their convention, but only on some platforms, through a Microsoft product. Those fortunate enough to own the most modern technology (and (contrary to the norm) fortunate enough to have fast broadband) can get full convention coverage. The rest of America (to the extent they care, and the point may be related) are stuck with broadcasters coverage. From NPR to the networks, "coverage" means some ridiculous unprepared interview with ...
Biden on Tech Freedom Issues (1)
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Short answer: very bad.Short-ish answer: Imagine if Jack Thompson were president, and GTA5 were coming out.Yahoo! News has the long answer:But back to the Delaware senator's tech record. After taking over the Foreign Relations committee, Biden became a staunch ally of Hollywood and the recording industry in their efforts to expand copyright law. He sponsored a bill in 2002 that would have make it a federal felony to trick certain types of devices into playing ...
ESPN - Matos banned for life after kicking referee following match - Olympics (16)
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Tamil pulp fiction anthology (10)
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Sudarshan sez, "The Tamil language, widely spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India, has a large body of pulp fiction. But it hasn't been available to non-Tamil speakers, until now. A new publishing house, Blaft translated a bunch of these stories and published an representative anthology of the stuff. I loved the book myself when I read it (I raved about it on my blog). The book has gone on to be ...
a note from our friend Simon (1)
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Hi Everyone, I run a web service for small farms that provides websites and ecommerce to farms across the country (see link below). The basic way it works is that each farmer has their own login and password and they can develop and update their site themselves without needing any technical skills. They choose and customize a template and then can use tools such as mailing lists, recipe manager, ecommerce, photo gallery, etc, etc. This ...
strip for August / 19 / 2008: The Croc Hunter (12)
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(Angela Belcher Is An Absolute Badass)"We haven't ruled out cars." I mean seriously. That's how it's done.Shared by Colin Ashe (7)Contribute commentWired: Beyond the Beyond (34) permalink
http://www.planet... (((You could probably run the planet for a couple weeks just on the dead-media vinyl LPs.))) Link: Planet Ark : Could US$100 Oil Turn Dumps Into Plastic Mines? . UK: August 27, 2008 LONDON - Sparked by surging oil, a dramatic rise in the value of old plastic is encouraging waste companies across the world to dig for buried riches in rotting rubbish dumps. Long a symbol of humanity's throw-away culture, existing landfill sites ...Shared by Colin Ashe (7) sturob (10)Contribute commentThe Stalwart (2) permalink
Motorola settles patent suit with General Patent. Gee, I wonder what General Patent's business model is?Shared by Colin Ashe (7)Contribute commentDaring Fireball (602) permalink
Well, that’s one way to file a post-match protest. (Via Justin Williams.) ★Shared by Andrew Baron (3) Andrew Ruess (97) Colin Ashe (7) David (12) David (63) Eugene (13) eviltom (0) Jack Pate (6) Jacob W (9) James B (3) Linkletter (5) louisgray (115) Mark McLaughlin (0) megastep (0) qbn (0) Yerameyahu (0)Overcompensating: The Government GoesThrough Your Trash (14) permalink
The Croc Hunter I hate Crocs and you should too. If you don't you're a terrorist. The latest Wigu comic is about how to deal with wizards. Wigu will be M-W-F this week. I'm also working on some new merchandise for Magical Adventures in Space!Shared by Ben (3) Clint Ecker (10) Colin Ashe (7) darkeye11547 (245) Fuzzyman (10) geeker87 (2) lak (0) Martin Gordon (11) Snipergirl (0) Snowmit (0) Steve (28) Trey (25)Contribute comment
