The Chicago Sun-Times quotes Terry McAuliffe as suggesting that Hillary and Obama might run on the same ticket.
MADISON, Wis. — The national chairman of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign says she could end up on the same ticket with rival Barack Obama. Terry McAuliffe told a business group in Madison on Tuesday [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2008 by pwyll
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“Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late. The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothing to plunder, I’m an over 30 victim of fate”
Jimmy Buffet, A Pirate Looks at Forty.
There are still pirates, but sea-faring piracy is dangerous work, not nearly worth the risks. You can steal a lot more money with a pen.
Back in [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by pwyll
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Via the Washington Post.
The coming revolution against the United States government was announced on the Internet via a manifesto by a self-described “proud and insolent youth,” a college sophomore who sought to be our leader. This was to be the spark:
At 1:27 a.m. on Nov. 19, 2002, Officer David Mobilio of the Red [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by pwyll
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Great Britain is many ways a canary in the coalmine for the US. If this does happen in Britain, can we be far behind?
A ban on the sale of cigarettes to anyone who does not pay for a government smoking permit has been proposed by Health England, a ministerial advisory board.
The idea is [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by pwyll
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Chris Beltram of Crooked Timber comments on Castro’s announced retirement.
I haven’t looked yet, but I’ve no doubt that there’ll be lots of posts in the blogosphere saying “good riddance” to Fidel Castro (especially from “left” US bloggers like Brad DeLong who never miss the chance to distance themselves). And, of course, Castro ran [...]
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by pwyll
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Credit where credit is due. The second cartoon is from XKCD, by Randall Munroe. Mr. Munroe is a geek’s geek, and a very fine cartoonist. I don’t know who drew the first cartoon. If you do, post a comment and I’ll update the attribution.
Posted on February 21st, 2008 by pwyll
Filed under: cartoon, humor | 3 Comments »
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