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i hope this means he's winning today
Last night I dreamt that Barack Obama had a little campaign booth set up on the street, and I went up to talk to him. There was no one else there. He was trying to give me something, some swag, I guess, but it was just a few cheap toys. And then I talked to him about free media and Net Neutrality. -
i am thinking/talking/reading/writing a lot about politics these days
Looking back, it seems like it should have been obvious to the Clinton campaign that using Bill so heavily was a horrible idea. One of her senior advisers admits in the New York Times that "his presence, aura and legacy caused national fatigue with the Clintons". This country is coming out of 8 years of Bush II; people are interested in ending ( Read more... ) -
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If you traveled overseas between February 1, 1996 and November 8, 2006 and used a Visa, MasterCard, or Diners Club card, you're eligible for at least $25 because of a class-action settlement against those companies, for hidden fees. If you think you spent more than $2500, it could be more, something like 1% of what you spent. But hey, 25 bucks. ( Read more... ) -
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A Trade Transformation, by David Sirota
A September NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found 59 percent of the country believes existing trade policy "has been bad for the U.S. economy." In January, Fortune magazine found 68 percent believes other countries "are benefiting the most from free trade, not the U.S." Exit polls in 2004 showed 70 percent of ( Read more... ) -
i'm not working
I just watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Casey Affleck deserves that Best Actor nomination. (But so does Daniel Day-Lewis). So I guess that the career/fame of Ben Affleck is not a complete waste of everyone's time, because it helped his brother get famous. Well, because of that and because of the scene in ( Read more... ) -
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I am an independent and looking for a president with integrity. Should I vote for John McCain or Barack Obama?Didn’t we all swear to stop picking the candidate who would be most fun to go on a picnic with? You’re torn between the guy who’s been against the war from the beginning and the guy who’s willing to stay in Iraq for 100 years? Between the ( Read more... ) -
Sarah Silverman broke my computer
WHY can I not play youtube videos???
They play for 2 seconds, and then stop. No matter where in the video I set it. And there's no sound.
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happy things
My Black Keys tickets arrived today! Akron represent.
I'm also getting very excited for Langerado. Everyone's going crazy about Vampire Weekend right now, and I just noticed yesterday that they're playing, so that's fun ( Read more... )
