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Obama’s Touch of Class

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

You know, maybe a few people should feel bitter.
If Barack Obama or anyone else really cares to know what I think, I will simplify it all down to this. The landmark political fact of our time is the replacement of our middle-class republic by a plutocracy. If some candidate has a scheme to reverse this […]

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FBI Caused Delay in Terror Case Ahead of Senate Testimony

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Counterterrorism officials in FBI headquarters slowed an investigation into a possible conspirator in the 2005 London bombings by forcing a field agent to return documents acquired from a U.S. university. Why? Because the agent received the documents through a lawful subpoena, while headquarters wanted him to demand the records under the USA Patriot Act, using […]

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Lessig Calls for Geeks to Code Money Out of Politics

Thursday, March 6, 2008

“Money corrupts the process of reasoning,” Lessig said. “They get a sixth sense of how what they do might affect how they raise money.”
Lawmakers need to be free from a system that requires them to constantly raise money in order to free them to simply think about how to craft good public policy.

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I Am Your New Bicycle

Monday, March 3, 2008

Phil Haack Is Your New Bicycle
If this is confusing, see http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com/ and http://hillaryclintonisyournewbicycle.com/

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Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events Of Deep Impact?
Have we learned nothing from the tragic events of 1998, when, under the watch of President Morgan Freeman, this nation was plunged into chaos, and hundreds of millions of people died at the hands of the deadly Wolf-Beiderman space rock? The mere fact […]

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Weekend America: The Mountain Goats do Super Tuesday

Monday, February 4, 2008

Weekend America: The Mountain Goats do Super Tuesday - the Mountain Goats wrote a song about Super Tuesday!

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And we pull down our blindfolds
And we […]

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When Geeks Go to a War Protest

Thursday, January 17, 2008

When Geeks Go to a War Protest [thanks Jeff]

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I LOVE Fafblog

Friday, August 26, 2005

I LOVE Fafblog. How do they get such great interview candidates?

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