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On Being Gay Married
If there's anything that can be culled from (exit polls of) the passage of Prop 8 in California, it's that a majority of black people are homophobic.
~Sean -
On Voting
I went early this morning. If people are experiencing long lines, I apparently got lucky.
I shouldn't hide my bias (and couldn't if I wished); I don't think it's a question of if Obama wins, but by how much.
Again, anyone wishing to celebrate, come on down to my place! I'll be marking off a map and comparing it to projections all night.
~Sean -
Election Party!
Tomorrow's the big day. Anyone feel like celebrating?
I have Mike and his Covance crew coming tomorrow to watch the results in sweet High-Definition. Anyone else who wishes to partake, come on down!
~Sean -
On Sensibility
Why is no one having a Halloween party on HALLOWEEN!?
It's on a Friday. The next day is Saturday. It's perfect. And I can go.
People who are having Halloween parties on November 1st: EXPLAIN YOURSELVES.
~Sean -
On Unbelievability
Guess who I just saw directed the most recent episode of Knight Rider?
Jay Chandrasekhar.
MOTHER OF GOD...
~Sean -
The Republican Party Doesn't Want You To Vote
(Unless you're planning on voting for their candidates)
Incendiary, but I've been hearing enough about this that I need to shed some light on what's been happening.
I) Keeping you from Voting
Some background:
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Will Talley defends Obama!
Friend and Powet.TV associate Will Talley sent me a note of Facebook shedding light on this whole Bill Ayers thing that the McCain campaign has been harping on (or had been harping on, until they uncorked some bottled aggression among their supporters). I think this letter to the editor of the New York Times by the head prosecutor of the ( Read more... ) -
We Should Be Fucking Worried
Scroll to the bottom of this article to the table showing the top ten percentage gains for the Dow.
Out of these:
One was today.
One was just after the stock market crash of 1987
Two lead up to the crash of 1929
The rest happened during the Great Depression (or as the Daily Show calls it, "The First Great Depression ( Read more... ) -
Ethics Report: Palin abused power as governor
It's not terribly damning -- the report doesn't recommend any sanctions or criminal litigation -- but this isn't going to go over well ( Read more... ) -
On Recessions
I was thinking about this as the Dow Jones has been sliding, how not too long ago it reached a high of over 14000 for the first time ever... and has been sliding downward ever since. Then a couple of days ago it closed below 10000 for the first time in a decade. Just today I've gotten around to mentioning it ( Read more... )