October 31, 2004
Bin Laden, in Tape, May Have Sights on New Role
the rebranding of bin Laden (it is much much worse than you think)
October 30, 2004
October 29, 2004
One Nation Under Bush - At a campaign rally, Republicans recite the 'Bush Pledge.'
Election Protection Cards (pdf)
Download, print, handout to friends to know your rights
African American Leaders who support President Bush fit into a box 20'x10'
National Geographic on Evolution
Q: Was correct? A: Yes.
Could happen if EC goes 269-269 and the House is deadlocked.
Man, your senate race must really be going downhill when you call your opponent gay
The Kentucky Senate race is getting dirty now: Sen. Jim Bunning (R) called Dan Mongiardo (D) gay.
October 28, 2004
Behind Giuliani's shocking, disgusting statement.
An Introduction to Cluster Ballooning
freakin' awesome
Alleged Terror Tape Gives ABC Pause
Terror tape has not been authenticated and someone in the BUsh Administration tipped Drudge about the tape in order to pressure ABC to air it
A discussion of al Qa Qaa, and how conservatives are deliberately constructing an alternate reality, and the breakdown of civil debate
October 27, 2004
Man stabs girlfriend because she is voting for Kerry
quote, "You'll never live to see the election."
dead simple: enter your ZIP in and find your polling location
Republicans Urge Minorities To Get Out And Vote On Nov. 3
Some things are funny because they are true
October 26, 2004
Republican Gameplan on Election Day
which party has the institutional advantage to lower numbers of citizens voting?
Bush Flip Flops On Marriage Discrimination
Stumping for Musgrave one day (writer of FMA), now says OK about civil unions? Please.
Something you may not realize about newspaper endorsements
historically, newspaper's endorse Republicans
safe for work
October 25, 2004
Blue State Slander - Bush to Northeast: 'Drop Dead'
We're Americans too, dammit!
Rumblings From Mordor: What the next few weeks will look like
Katherine Harris and Rick Renzi cuddle while Rep. Rob Simmons talks about WMD's
Get A Room!
Don't Blame the Law Students: A Reply to Posner
Insight into the U.S. Law Review culture
October 24, 2004
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: History's Notable Films, Reconsidered
Election Night Cheat sheet: Hour-by-hour Guide to Election Night 2004
Ashlee Simpson pulling a Millie Vanilli on SNL (wma)
Wrong lead vocals played over the air and all Simpson could do was dance around a bit and then leave the stage
Lie Girls... call 212-875-7000
Phone Sex Parody of the Bush Administration
October 23, 2004
Big G.O.P. Bid to
ChallengeSuppress Voters at Polls in Key State
WolfpacksforTruth.org: The Real Story on George Bush's "Wolves" Commercial
October 22, 2004
Anyone Got 6000 Candles? Happy Birthday, Earth!
According to the famous Bishop Ussher. In 1650, he famously calculated the age of the Earth using the biblical timeline based upon the ages at which various people were begat and came up with October 22nd, 4004 BC
Did you know that George Bush had a chance to take out terrorist mastermind Abu Musab Zarqawi?
He didn't do that in 2002 because he was afraid it might weaken the case for invading Iraq
Afghanistan, Iraq: Two Wars Collide
Bush's obsession with State-Sponsored Terrorism (which al Qaeda is not) is losing the War on Terror
Bush and GOP repeatedly used WMD Justification to Invade Iraq in 2000
Great President Bush joke (is that a bulge there?)
I voted for Kerry and a check mark for Bush appeared
electronic voting machines strike again - welcome to the new chad!
Two Arrested for Hurling Pies at Ann Coulter
Two Arrested for Hurling Pies at Columnist
couldn't have happened to a nicer person
When did Mickey Kaus Become an Expert on Lesbians?
Among the odder spectacles of this political season is how every middle-aged straight male pundit in America, from Bill Kristol to Mickey Kaus, is suddenly an expert on lesbians.
To those who say that both parties are corporate shills
"...the first step is to figure out if corporate America is run by Pygmies or Masai, and then either form a third party, or vote for an empty Coca-Cola bottle."
October 21, 2004
Condoleezza Rice breaking tradition to stump for President
National Security Advisors (naturally) always put the country first above partisan stumping. Not Condi.
This could be used for good, or evil (hopefully evil)
Visualizes incoming and outgoing links
Bar Bot, a beer drinking robot
it begs for beer money, and then orders a drink before socializing, like some people I know via
NYTimes on Stewart on Crossfire: No Jokes or Spin. It's Time (Gasp) to Talk
The, "Kerry's foreign policy instincts cannot be trusted, or that he doesn't understand the post-9/11 world." is false: did he invade a country that had nothing to do with terrorism?
October 20, 2004
He deposited a junk mail check, for $95,000, as a joke...it cashed! The rest is history.
Answer questions, and see how your views match up with the candidate's
"Waiting to see the Mona Lisa has all the thrill of standing in an airport check-in queue. The crowd pushes forward, cattle-like and unquestioning, performing a ritual they know they have to go through with in order to complete a pre-ordained tourist experience." (via)
Bush is no devout evangelical. In fact, he may not be a Christian at all
The Revealer: Bush is Not a Christian
I don't know if this entirely fair, but here is a another viewpoint
Ex Boyfriends List - Richard Stallman
Why would you post this about yourself? Geeks showcasing their pickup lines is just a bit creepy. (cf. ESR sex guide for geeks) (via)
Non-narcotics which are gateway drugs for other non-narcotics
Republicans who will be voting for Kerry, and resources and support for those who will
"Bork and others [believe they] have the legitimate authority to throw people in jail for doing nothing more than pursuing happiness in their own private life without harming anyone else in the process. That is the radical notion, as it seeks to tear down the entire philosophical basis of the Constitution."
October 19, 2004
Comparative Imagery of Esfahan Technology Center
Is that a cooling tower I see?
The Gentleman, the Prince, and the Simulacrum
President Bush and the dominionist religious right
2 Type Designers, Joining Forces and Faces
Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones designers of the typeface Gotham used at Ground Zero
Ohio's precedent-shattering new ballot initiative and the people behind it
Everyone in Ohio, Vote no on Issue 1
October 18, 2004
Compare and Contrast: The Carlsons
Tucker (CNN) v Mr. Carlson (WKRP) (via)
Is that a Media Center PC - or an end table?
Zebra wood Windows boxen?
I do believe our shared, free-market values actually depend on breaking the tenth commandment
October 17, 2004
Yes, Bush Can - the campaign that tells it like it is!
Is this satire or not? (hint)
October 15, 2004
What an incredible coincidence
Pentagon always releases Bush documents on Friday. Taking out the trash, huh, Mr President?
The World is a series of man-made islands that you can buy
If you want to live off of Dubai, and are rich, that is. Poor people don't live in their utopia.
Internet, I really like you, I do, but… please stop sending me advice
Bush Like Me: Ten weeks undercover in the grass roots of the Republican Party
Good article, but the Helsinki Syndrome takes over
Presidential Web Site Showdown
A graphical comparison of the web traffic for the top 5 presidential campaign web sites
OQO: Handheald winXP palmtop computer
Neat idea, but I think it might be trying to do too much
October 14, 2004
Apparently Matt wants to switch the poncho for the capelet.
I'm still a proponent of the simple, solid color, poncho
Lay Off Massachusetts - George W. Bush doesn't get to choose which United States he's president of
Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook
lots of font porn here (font porn is good porn)
Lego, the Type Designer's Friend
nice lego hack (via)
Mr President, your pants are on fire
What happens if Presidential candidates were unable to stand for election?
Why are bigots now suddenly all agape about Mary Cheney?
A discussion on network structure and politics
Student Project developes Hydrogen powered Truck
It takes students four years, how about them apples Detroit?
October 13, 2004
Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought
Artificial clouds made by humans may become so common they change the Earth's climate
his sculptures are also in the 14th St/8th Ave station
with diagrams
October 12, 2004
The Animation Pimp looks at why Donald Duck is such an asshole.
Mark rounds up the recent discussions about "The Motorcycle Diaries"
I do have to admit that vintage Disney type and design is pretty awesome (if aged - it probably has turned the corner into "ironic vintage")
Follow the money: Karl Rove, you've been busted
Follow the links: Connect all the dots. Enron. Harvard Business School. Sinclair. The Swift Boat liars. Is this Rove's October Surprise he was talking about?
Discussion of the runup to the Iraq War, and the fact that the October 2002 vote was not a vote to go directly to war
Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
automated urban "people mover" systems
National Jewish Democratic Council brings Bubbie to kick ass
October 11, 2004
George W. Bush: The ten Year Difference
Compare and contrast Bush's speaking style
How To Deal With Sinclair Broadcast Group's Attempt To Play Kingmaker
Rest in Peace, Superman [jpg]
Ron Jeremey's First Goatse [sfw]
The Hedgehog's first Goatse Viewing
Big surprise, corporations sue more than people (and sue other corporations more than people), but we have to limit lawsuits "for the people." Confused? Yup, welcome to politics, 2004.
October 10, 2004
October 8, 2004
K Street Project Slays Hollywood
"DeLay on the House side and Rick Santorum in the Senate, the two top K Street Project honchos. There’s almost no doubt what’s going on here." Delay strikes again, "manipulating the system to punish a lobby for daring to hire a Democrat as president that landed DeLay his first admonishment from the House Ethics Committee, in 1999."
How the GOP disciplined K Street and made Bush supreme.
U.S. Said to Develop Strategy for Iraq
Good God: When headlines finally reflect the truth.
Presidential Campaign Security Screening Crowds for Doubters
Loyalty Oaths to see the President - It sounds like crazy tin-foil talk, but it's true
It's Slash DOT DOT ORG. Thanks for playing, though
Well. This Is Interesting. The Fed Usually Pretends It Doesn't Have a View on Currencies
Brad DeLong doesn't know why the Fed is discussing international measures. Hell, if he doesn't know, then I don't know either.
Bush supporters who are now voting for Kerry
October 7, 2004
This animated GIF illustrates what animates the city. Now how do I improve it?
In his debate with John Edwards, Dick Cheney had a brand-new version of the events that led to war
You Call That a Major Policy Address?
In a week of devastating revelations about his Iraq policies, Bush has nothing new to say.
October 6, 2004
The truth is that Kerry's voting record was actually closely aligned with defense program cuts that Bush Sr. proposed in his 1992 State of the Union address after the first Gulf War ended
Skinning Gmail with a Custom Stylesheet
nice hack
The Manhattan Skyline: panoramas of New York
pixel drawing of nyc
October 5, 2004
Power Law Revisited: When the bottom 80% earns more than the top 20%
Learn becomes first robot A-list blogger
wackybrit hooked up a Perl script gone nuts to Blogger's API to get I am learn - A Perl Script Weblog
October 4, 2004
Six Objections to the Westphall Hypothesis
In 164 different TV shows, what we’re seeing is not what is really happening in the fiction, but what happens in the mind of a small character from St. Elsewhere called Tommy Westphall.
Studies Shed New Light on Effects of Administration's Tax Cuts
Data from a new Congressional Budget Office report indicate that the tax cuts will exacerbate income inequality
Back-room dealing a Capitol trend
With one party controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, and having little fear of retaliation by the opposing party, the House leadership is changing the way laws are made in America, favoring secrecy and speed over open debate and negotiation
David Brooks: Wrong On The Debates, Wrong On Morality
Surprise, surprise: someone else thinks Mr. Brooks is a hack
Nature is celebrating last night's presidential debate. The trees are alive with the sound of Kerry.
Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living
A good show at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum for anyone who loves Bauhaus design
October 3, 2004
I've Seen the Future and It is Podcasting
Using your iPod to record and post blog entries (and also listening to them)
October 1, 2004
Mushroom Mushroom! (this defies words, and could very easily become the next chimpmonks)
I love the smell of Oompa-Loompas in the morning
Wow, that was fast
Cthulhu For President The Dawning of a New Era
"This site is dedicated to the great old one, who should return from his slumber to take over the U.S. government and make this country a whole hell of a lot better as the leader of our executive branch. Or destroy it and drive everyone insane, kill us all, or something really nasty! Remember, Cthulhu for President, why vote for the lesser of two evils?"
House Ethics Panel Says DeLay Tried to Trade Favor for a Vote
Distortions and Misstatements At First Presidential Debate
Shorter Factcheck: Kerry talks about money spent v appropriated, and Bush misstates: number of Iraqi Police, issues a false quote, captured members of al Qaeda, Afghan voting, cause for war in Iraq.
