This is exponentially the craziest election I’ve ever seen. People are observing that instead of an “October Surprise”, Donald Trump appears to have an “October Advent Calendar” with a shocking new revelation or error every single day. Today’s video of him making crude comments about cheating on his wife, an actress he’s about to meet, and […]
It’s crazy how successful Donald (great of Hillary to call him this during the debate – both to reinforce he has no formal title and also not to reinforce his “Trump” brand) been up until now considering he’s running almost exactly the campaign you’d run if you wanted to flame out in the most spectacular […]
MetaFilter’s been having ongoing mega-threads every few days for MeFites to discuss the election. They started the latest one for Monday night’s debate.
I didn’t a Music Monday song yesterday since I was too excited about making a snarky Donald Trump post. But how can I not post this? “Mrs. Robinson” – Simon & Garfunkel
“I’m going to reveal the truth of the biggest conspiracy in political history right now. Hillary Clinton asked me to run because she thought I could help her undermine the Republican Party. But she didn’t know I was a winner and now I’m going to win!” “America needs to elect someone who has balls.” “Blah, […]
In most professions, you try to learn all you can about a single area. One of the coolest things about librarians/librarianship is that it’s a profession where you benefit from knowing a little bit about a lot of things. This story combines a few of my many varied interests – the Internet, North Korea, propaganda, international politics, […]
At least in terms of prestigious office location at Hillary HQ, Hillary’s chief statistician is given equal weight to the Campaign Chairperson, the Campaign Manager and her most trusted assistant. There’s a good reason why – this might be the most data-driven campaign in history. Some Republicans aren’t just nervous about losing to Clinton in November. […]
Happy Labour Day! “Blue Sky Mine” – Midnight Oil
Largely because of the Donald Trump campaign but in various other ways as well, more and more people are talking about how we’ve come to be living in a “post-factual” society where many people no longer even attempt to use logic, reason and critical thinking to form (and change!) their opinions. It can seem as […]
Coffee row has been lit up over the last couple days after Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall mused about the sale of vital crown corporation, SaskTel to make a one-time payment that would (temporarily?) eliminate our provincial operating debt. There are numerous reasons this is a seriously bad idea: As the graphic above shows, SaskTel helps to keep prices incredibly low […]
