October 2008
50 posts
I have NEVER, ever seen anything like this. There’s pasting a head over a body, but this… this takes it. (via Hoping I Get Added)
Ron Howard wants you to vote.
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Disco tune "Stayin' Alive" could save your life →
U.S. doctors have found the Bee Gees 1977 disco anthem “Stayin’ Alive” provides an ideal beat to follow while performing chest compressions as part of CPR on a heart attack victim.
Gamer juggles over 30 Warcraft characters →
In a case of game addiction gone officially bananas, gaming blog Joystiq reports on what is surely the biggest Warcraft fan of them all. Known only under the moniker “Prepared,” the gamer plays a stunning 36 World of Warcraft accounts on 11 different computers…simultaneously.
CNN iReport: Alaskans Get It →
Sorry I can’t embed this video, but it’s two women in Anchorage about my age talking about Sarah Palin’s history in Wasilla and Anchorage. I’m wondering whether their perspective on Sarah Palin will someday become the conventional wisdom of Sarah Palin when both Dems and Republicans try to sort out why she dragged down McCain’s chance of winning.
Prop 8 is the measure on California’s ballot which would write into the state constitution a ban on gay marriage. If you’re in California, vote no on Prop 8. (via Slog)
Yahoo News: Palin mistakes fans for protesters at... →
“I hope those protesters have the courage and honor to give veterans thanks for their right to protest,” she said.
False Apology Syndrome →
An interesting argument worth reading.
Saturday Night Live: Under 21
"She Celebrates Ignorance" - Swampland →
Sorry, has this tumblr become the unofficial 24/7 Sarah Palin Tumblr? Still, this clipping is one the snappiest explanations for how politicians like Sarah Palin and George W. Bush thrive, especially in my beloved home state of Alaska.
I haven’t laughed this hard in a while. (via Andrew Sullivan)
Daily Show watches The Biden/Palin debate from Wasilla. (via Andrew Sullivan)
FOX NEWS: Transcript of FOX News' Interview With...
So I thought it would be interesting to take the transcript from Sarah Palin’s interview with Fox News’ star reporter, Carl Cameron, and edit out her responses. What do we get? Stunningly insightful questions. Bizarrely, this transcript is rife with “(INAUDIBLE)” in place of actual words....
The Secret Prison Mackerel Economy →
“There’s been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say. That’s when federal prisons prohibited smoking and, by default, the cigarette pack, which was the earlier gold standard.”
Hey Ya Cover, click here! (via tapsomebong)
Thanks, Rory.
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Time Magazine: Tuned In, by James Poniewozik →
Katie Couric has interviewed Sarah Palin in several rounds now. At least three times (McCain and regulation, Palin’s media consumption and Supreme Court decisions), Palin’s stumbles followed pretty much the same pattern:
KC: Question?
SP: Vague but confident answer!
KC: Can you give me an example?
SP: Words! Here are words!
KC: But again, Governor: one specific example.
SP: In...
Yogurt: The Official Food of Women!