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Andrew Sullivan: Obama governed as ‘a moderate Republican’
Gee I like Andrew Sullivan. I like his human qualities and his intelligence and passion. Any regular reader of his website The Daily Dish (as I am) can see why his blog format/approach is so copied by others far less imaginative. He works hard to snippet news ‘in real time’, but his value in his […]
Wry. In Nate Silver we trust?
http://twitter.com/kirstenpowers10/status/265580305702871041/photo/1 via Poynter, who also had the good humour to headline an article about the US election: Voters gather to decide Nate Silver’s fate Wry. – P
Pick a theory to fit your paranoid fantasy
I stumbled across a lovely term yesterday … fantasy precincts … in a Robert Shrum article R.I.P Mitt Romney … “The media has debunked the fiction, which was borrowed from the fantasy precincts of the rightwing blogs.” Then, today, saw that Mother Jones has, rather wonderfully, put this summary of anti-Obama fantasies together …
Mitt Romney quoted out of context? Not really.
TELL MITT ROMNEY: CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T A JOKE Much of the nation is reeling from Superstorm Sandy. As families rebuild from Sandy’s destruction, our thoughts are with the victims of this horrific, fossil-fueled storm. When Gov. Mitt Romney made climate change a punch line at the Republican National Convention, he mocked a real threat to […]
Samsung design is “not as cool” as Apple’s
Samsung / Apple UK judgment On 9th July 2012 the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruled that Samsung Electronic(UK) Limited’s Galaxy Tablet Computer, namely the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9 and Tab 7.7 do notinfringe Apple’s registered design No. 0000181607-0001. A copy of the full judgment of the Highcourt is available on the following link www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Patents/2012/1882.html. In the […]
Old cellphone? Oh the stigma!
NZ Herald
Superman to become a blogger
He may as well, since some legend-in-their-own-lunchbox bloggers seem to imagine they’re super villains. – P Pic via Circa
Vicarious Viral Video
Slapstick. (Some blue language and much laughter.) I bet you watch it more than once! – P Vicarious: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person
