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Today's The Big Day!

Yep, Pace had his first visit to his day care in Regina today – monumental!Just kidding.  Obviously, the only story today is that, after months and months of electioneering, there will be a new US President.  And at the risk of jinxing it, the most respected polling aggregator is predicting a 99% chance of an […]

Posted 04 November 2008 § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

"Barry's Infomercial"

In addition to going to my usual sources to read responses to the Barack Obama half-hour, less than a week to go “infomercial”, I went to a fairly popular right-wing blog called Little Green Footballs to see what kind of response the speech got there.  Just like my conversation with the library technician from the […]

Posted 30 October 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

A Trio of Obama Stories

When No One's Watching“Can I Be Your Date?”  Please!Not That It Matters But…(Okay, one more… “A History Teacher Sees The Future“)

Posted 22 October 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Five Ways Barack Obama Can Ensure That He Wins The US Presidential Election

After the recent meltdown in the US economy, Barack Obama has opened a wider lead over John McCain than at any point in the campaign and looks all but sure to win on November 4.  Still, you can't count out the Republicans and who knows what may happen over the final few weeks of the […]

Posted 14 October 2008 § List § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

If The World Could Vote…

…Guess Who They'd Pick?

Posted 10 October 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

A Bunch of Sarah Plain Quick Hits [Edit: Meant to type “Palin” but am going to leave typo as its too good]

What am I going to do for blog content when the US election is over?The Candidates as TrainsThe Candidates In A WordPalin’s Facebook PageSarah Palin’s Debate FlowchartJoe Biden Debate TrainingSarah Palin Interview Response Generator Homer Tries To Vote for Obama

Posted 05 October 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Patriotic Drunk Rednecks

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 […]

Posted 30 September 2008 § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Palin Loves The Second Amendment, Not So Sure About The First

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 […]

Posted 16 September 2008 § Censorship § Main Page § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Noted Pundit Matt Damon Weighs In On The Sarah Palin Choice

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 […]

Posted 11 September 2008 § Censorship § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

A Retraction

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, […]

Posted 03 September 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (2) °