Posts from 2008 (Page 5)

122 posts from 2008

Sep 05, 2008
iPhone

Election '08's just a buck

And apparently people dig it. Nice! Thanks to everyone who’s already bought it, and especially to everyone who’s given me feedback on it!

Sep 04, 2008
iPhone

Election '08 for iPhone

I launched an iPhone app last night, called Election ‘08, which I describe as follows: Impress your friends and confound your enemies with your up-to-the-minute knowledge of which candidate is winning in each of the fifty states, and the District...

Sep 04, 2008
Politics

Merlot-drinking liberals

Although I appreciate Nate Silver’s detailed, attentive analysis of Sarah Palin, I must take umbrage at this characterization of us as “Daily Kos reading, merlot-drinking [liberals].” I don’t fucking drink merlot, and lately I’ve been more of a ma...

Sep 04, 2008
Politics

Someecards

Too good not to pass along. Found on PhotoShelter’s Shoot! the Blog, along with many more fantastic ones:

Sep 02, 2008
Politics

Read. My. Lips.

Well, not really, but you get the idea. I had heard this a while ago, but it’s always nice to run into it again in the NYT. Did you know that ordinary folks’ incomes rise more under Democratic Presidents than Republican ones? Take a look: [If] his...

Sep 01, 2008
Politics

Has McCain Completely Lost His Marbles?

All signs seem to indicate that the answer is ‘yes.’ I mean, c’mon, did his people vet Sarah Palin? Even a little? She’s been his running mate for all of half a week, and three scandals involving her have already come to light. What. The. Fuck. H...

Aug 31, 2008
Politics

Country First

It doesn’t bode well for you when even National Review is squeamish: If it were your decision, and you were putting your country first, would you put an untested small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency?

Aug 27, 2008
Seattle

Lawnmowers

I walked part of the way into work this morning, and was surprised to find a group of goats “mowing” the grass alongside I5 next to downtown Seattle near Boren and Pine. Who organizes this?