So last night, the Associated Press announced that they’d surveyed all Democratic super-delegates and there were enough who indicated previously undeclared support for Hillary Clinton that AP was ready to consider her the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee prior to today’s votes in California, New Jersey and a handful of other states. Journalist Glenn Greenwald summarizes […]
My post about #elbowgate got shared out by a few well-connected people on a couple different social media sites and ended up getting, oh, about a zillion times more traffic to that one post than my blog posts usually get.
I’ll start with a “disclaimer fact” before I get to my real list of facts about #elbowgate. I’m on record as saying I don’t like *any* of the childish shit that happens in Parliament from any party and wish it wasn’t that way. I also think the NDP reaction to this situation was very poor from […]
So it’s been a pretty bad week for William and Kate, I mean Justin & Sophie Trudeau. Ms. Gregoire-Trudeau sparked outrage on the left and the right with her comments about how tough her (unofficial) role as First Lady (but not really) of Canada is and how much she could use an extra assistant to […]
Just when I thought I couldn’t love this guy any more, he pops up on the late night news speaking in front of a public library! (Sorry for the crappy photo – taken in a darkened room of a crappy TV.)
Here’s an article about how many pundits and insiders predicted definitely that there was no way that Donald Trump could win even one state, become the front runner, outlast establishment candidates like Jeb Bush and John Kasich, defeat all other candidates to become the nominee, become the President of the United States? One of my […]
I forgot to do a Music Monday post yesterday but it worked out okay because this video showed up in my News Feed today! Most people figured a new Radiohead song/album was imminent as Radiohead, already known for very unique albums releases, had done something very unique in the past few days. In our hyper-viral attention […]
So I’ve been thinking about the “Long Game” quite a bit lately. Essentially, “Playing the Long Game” refers to the idea of not just focusing on an immediate goal but also laying the groundwork for something important further in the future, even if it seems like something unattainable initially. (A similar idea is often expressed […]
So today was a pretty big day in the United States as born and raised Brooklyn boy, Bernie Sanders went up against adopted hometown gal, Hillary Clinton in the New York primary in their ongoing battle to secure the Democratic Party nomination. As someone who’s very interested in the use of digital technology and social media in politics, I […]