Palin for GOP VP

Looks like McCain choose Sarah Palin Gov of Alaska for VP. Who is she?

Going off the deep end

A Speech to the Delegates, by David Brooks. I think he has really lost it - it sounds like someone stole his star wars action figures and is having a tissy fit. He makes Dowd look like a responsible adult who sticks to the important issues. Damn.

On Joe Biden

On polling

An interesting insiders look at the Obama campaign and how they use polling data.

Hillary

I want to pump

up your tires. Go Arnie, go Arnie, it's your birthday...

Hacking airport wi-fi

Get Free Airport Wi-Fi with a Simple URL Hack

I found that I could easily visit sites like slashdot, Google, or even this weblog, when adding a ?.jpg at the end of the url. The next logical step was to automate that. I downloaded Greasemonkey and wrote a 4 line script that would add ?.jpg to every link in a document. That way I was able to browse most sites without a hassle.

Does this work?

Mrs. Obama

Tarnishing

Assuming that the Obama campaign isn’t scared off by the P.O.W. thing, can it really win in an exchange of character attacks? Probably not — but it doesn’t have to.

The central fact of this year’s election is that voters are fed up with Republican rule. The only way Mr. McCain can win the presidential race is if it becomes a contest of personalities rather than parties — and if his campaign can instill in voters the perception that Mr. Obama is a suspicious character while Mr. McCain is a fine, upstanding gentleman.

The Obama campaign, on the other hand, doesn’t need to convince voters either that he’s the awesomest candidate ever or that Mr. McCain is a villain. All it has to do is tarnish Mr. McCain’s image enough so that voters see this as a race between a Democrat and a Republican. And that’s a race the Democrat will easily win.

Especially since 8 in 10 say the country is going in the wrong direction.

houses

you know, i *wish* politics could be civil and fairly rational and issues based... but its not.

anyway, while I find all these sorts of attacks silly (e.g., obama is a celebrity, ooh! McCain doesn't know how many houses he has, aah!) I am glad to see that finally Obama is starting to play the game.

And it is amazing how the media loves this trivial shit. It is easy to understand, petty, and right up their alley.

Anyway looks like McCain's houses gaffe is going to get some play for a while.

Here's Krugman's take on the issue.

Yes we can parties

Despite the powerful arguments made by one commenter against Fraudbama the communist... I'm going to continue to promote Barack, and if I could, I'd attend this, a Move-on sponsored DNC convention night party:

It's the biggest political night in a decade--and we're throwing our biggest party ever!

On Thursday, August 28th, MoveOn members will gather around the country to witness history: Barack Obama officially accepting the Democratic nomination in front of 75,000 supporters in Denver.

We'll share ice cream and desserts, unveil MoveOn's gigantic new campaign to help elect Barack, and watch what promises to be a "barn-burner" of a speech.

Already, an incredible 1,500 MoveOn members are hosting "Yes We Can" Parties around the country. Can you host your own or come to one that's already planned? Just

click here

to get started.

Here's what will happen at the parties: We'll get together--hopefully you'll meet some new people--and share ice cream and desserts with other Obama supporters. Every party in the country will be on a nationwide conference call where we'll kick-off a massive new effort to put Obama in the White House. Then, we'll watch Obama's speech together--and share a historic moment that we'll be talking about for years to come.

Nights like these don't come along very often, and you won't want to experience it alone. Please sign up for a "Yes We Can" Party near you and bring along some dessert to share and a few friends--or even sign up to host your own party.

Hope to see you next Thursday, and thanks for all you do.

--Eli, Lenore, Anna, Patrick S. and the rest of the team

A tale of two candidates: on how to deal with evil

Theremin

Stephen Spoonamore

He's a sweetie. There are 7 other parts to that interview.

Move on

Special Election Briefing: 5 Things You Should Know

Happiness

When being rat-brained is incredible

Rise of the rat-brained robots

A picture of a thousand words

From here.
I tell you - the hope candidate wins.

Lonely Night in Georgia

The Bush administration's feckless response to the Russian invasion

He'll make Cheney look like Gandhi

more soetoro '08

could be why hillary has never officially dropped-out of the race

although i can't say i know anything about this larry johnson guy, other than he has a bad haircut.

Baghdad, 5 years on

Part 1 of 3: City of walls

Part 2 of 3: Killing fields

Part 3 of 3: Iraq's lost generation

Parez

See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die

55 minutes, 5 days a week

For optimal weight loss, for women. Seems like a lot.