September 2008
New house…HD projector, massage chair, ping pong, Wii, 2 cats.
Very odd outing with @emily_williams
Nigerian man to divorce 82 wives →
Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the... →
His mother nurses him more than 20 times a day because he often feels hungry. Because of his obesity, he is unable to crawl or stand.
Freddie Prinze joins WWE →
The thirtysomething actor, better known for winning tender hearts in romantic comedies than breaking heads on a wrestling mat, will join the creative team of World Wrestling Entertainment, the company announced last week.
All Time Box Office $ Winners Adjusted for Ticket... →
WatchFrom TV Sports Anchor To Vice Presidential Candidate
"Who owns the oceans?" →
How Many of Me →
How many people share your name?
Virginia Delegation to GOP Convention Returns... →
The campaign for Virginia’s Lt. Governor Bill Bolling ordered 150 of the guides to give to Virginia delegates as gifts when they arrived in the Twin Cities. But after reviewing the guide and finding it had a six-page section for gays and lesbians, they canceled their order, said AJ Kiefer, The Rake’s advertising director.
Owner of Russian opposition website murdered →
holy shit
Conservative Ire Pushed McCain From Lieberman →
For weeks, advisers close to the campaign said, Mr. McCain had wanted to name as his running mate his good friend Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democrat turned independent. But by the end of last weekend, the outrage from Christian conservatives over the possibility that Mr. McCain would fill out the Republican ticket with Mr. Lieberman, a supporter of abortion rights, had...
Get To Know Your Fun Sarah Palin Anagrams! →
(via ajr’s reader)
23 Years
Sarah Palin is governor of a state that is 23 years younger than John McCain. (1959 vs. 1936)
Porn Star 'Tony Everready' Gets 6 Years in Prison... →
Obama Adopted by Native Americans →
As Senator Barack Obama campaigned for the presidential primary in Montana – one of two states that closes out the Democratic nominating process on June 3 – he was welcomed here by a few thousand people. In a private ceremony, he was adopted into the Crow Nation and bestowed the name, “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.” (h/t BES)
August 2008
Back in Chicago, ribs, Tonic Room
I will never resign, says besieged Thai PM →
Billionaires’ Yacht Rivalry Spills Into Courtroom →
John McCain has been running his 2008 campaign for longer than Palin has been governor of Alaska. McCain announced his exploratory committee on 13 Nov 2006; Palin was sworn in as governor on 4 Dec.
Schweitzer's audible →
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer said his show-stealing speech Tuesday night, which brought the crowd in Denver to its feet and made him the talk of the convention, was a last-minute improvisation that departed from the prepared remarks he’d agreed on with the Obama campaign.
Biographies of 103 of America's Founding Fathers →
Watch[ddoi] Yonge and Dundas video
A visual compendium of Roman emperors →
At Harvard, blacks perceive culture of prejudice →
“The alarming thing is that this happens in one of the most progressive towns, the most progressive university, and there’s this reluctance on behalf of students to even acknowledge that there is some covert racism going on,” said Bryan Barnhill, a Harvard senior and former president of the Black Men’s Forum.
How Will Gustav Pound U.S. Energy Debate? →
Palin Took Heat For Giggling After Radio Show Host... →
“[Palin is] going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the...”
– Charlie Black, McCain adviser
Barack Obama at Mile High -- "The American... →
I love the music clips that play at each stop in the trams in Denver Airport.
House and Senate Race Roundup, 8/29 →
ObamaTaxCut.com →
“She subsequently dropped the debit card proposal, and in its place she proposed...”
– Sarah Palin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brushing up on the latest rumor…disappointed that she wants to make gas cheaper when we’ve never covered its negative externalities.
(via mbb)
“If [McCain] is the answer, the question must be ridiculous.”
– David Paterson
Palin, Pro And Con →
Palin's Foreign Policy Experience →
“No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.”
Palin Fun Facts →
Mexico's High Court Says Yes to Abortion →
Palin staff pushed to have trooper fired →
Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday revealed an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her sister.