Something like 15% of American citizens believe Barack Obama is Muslim. Including the woman in this video. But I'm not posting this clip to make fun of her. I mean, the woman does say she's a Hillary supporter! (Okay, maybe I'm making a bit of fun. )At any rate, even when it has nothing to […]
Yet more follow-up on the “Sarah Palin attempted to ban books” story – this one a bit more legitimate sounding than the last one. “The author of the book Sarah Palin reportedly tried to have removed from her hometown library blasted back Saturday evening, saying the Alaska Governor had a “small-town mind,” was an enemy […]
Pretty funny clip and Damon does mention the thing about her banning books so that's cool! Oh, but if you've seen an e-mail flying around supposedly listing the books she tried to ban, that's false. Too bad but if you look at the list, it basically looks like the ALA's “100 Most Challenged Books of […]
Earlier this week, I posted that John McCain had picked “sexy librarian” as his running mate. (If we're going with librarian stereotypes, we should also mention that McCain personifies “Grumpy Old Man”, Obama is “Keener Weiner” and Biden is “that one city councilor who supports the library but probably never sets foot in the door”.)Anyhow, […]
(And yes, I'm cribbing that joke directly from Stephen Colbert)
I've always liked Kucinich and his speech last night at the DNC only reinforced this – watch how he brings the afternoon crowd to life.Maybe the Democrats nominated the wrong person for President?
I've previously written about the 2.0-esque campaign that Barack Obama has run this year – embracing cutting-edge technology, bottom-up organizing, social networking, the wisdom of crowds and all that good stuff.Here is a smaller scale example – a young IT professional in Kansas, partly inspired by Barack Obama, decides to run for State Legislature. He […]
I got 19/20 on this short quiz with a couple lucky guesses but missing one tricky question about the stock market (you'll know it when you see it.) Of course, I'm a US news junkie too so would've been disappointed if I'd done much worse than that.(via MetaFilter)
(Er, except this list is for the United States) Still interesting though.(via MetaFilter)
Peak Oil is a theory that is increasingly relevant as the price of oil and gasoline continue to skyrocket. It was first proposed in the 1950's by an American geoscientist named M. King Hubbert who worked for Shell in Texas and correctly predicted that the supplies of oil were limited in the United States and […]
