Monthly Archives: July 2008

Obama printing money

Obama pulled in $25 million on the last day of the month in June. In one day. That's more than McCain raised ($22 million) in the entire month. This was part of his $52 million month, with an average donation of $68. I'm … Continue reading 

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One million people, maybe

Der Spiegel predicts that Obama's speech in Berlin on Thursday could pull up to one million people. One million. A million people turning out to listen to a foreign politician. Wow. Of course, the low estimate is 10,000. There's a lot … Continue reading 

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Bobby Jindal appears to be headed for the Vice-Presidential Candidacy

I went to college with him, though we hardly knew each other. He was better friends with my roommate, Arshad, though I don't know that they keep in touch. What with Bobby's meteoric rise in the Dark Side hierarchy, and all.

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Watchmen Movie Trailer

You're only interested in watching this trailer if you know you are. Trust me. But if you know you are, it is... awesome.

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Over is Right, Under is Wrong

OMG, I am so pleased to finally have some empirical evidence to point to. For the longest time I thought my wife understood, and was consciously putting the rolls on the right way. Then one day she put one on … Continue reading 

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Running for Office, xkcd style

This guy is running for State elective office here in Kansas (he lives just outside of Kansas City, in Olathe, where he has at least a teensy chance of actually winning). While this has been linked everywhere by now, I … Continue reading 

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