All Blog Posts (Page 34)

Oct 31, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Pre-Election Thoughts

Did you know that Obama can lose: Florida Virginia North Carolina Ohio Indiana and still win with 273 EV by picking up Colorado (7.1% ahead), Iowa (12.4% ahead) and New Mexico (9% ahead), as long as he retains all of the Kerry states. Of c...

Oct 22, 2008
Zoon Politikon

It's really very simple

Just watch this, and compare it to the hate and vitriol coming from the opposing side. Who’s really working towards solutions? We are all Americans, and we all love this country. It’s as simple as that. </param></param></embed>

Oct 18, 2008
iPhone Photography

Swamped, lately

I’ve been swamped lately: I have one more update to the Slate Poll Tracker '08 that's mostly complete (it just requires some performance testing and enhancement). I am in the final stages of delivering an iPhone app to a startup that shall rema...

Oct 09, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Quote of the day

From Josh Marshall: When this is all over I do not know whether Obama and Biden will allow McCain to meet with his testicles without preconditions. Just checked the website, and apparently Josh has changed the text: After the election, in the inte...

Oct 03, 2008
iPhone

The first and last time I will ever link to a press release

But I feel obliged to, given that it mentions me :) Incidentally, Jennifer Lee is currently one of my favorite people in the world ;-) WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Slate, the daily online magazine, today announced a partnership with Chimp Softwar...

Oct 02, 2008
iPhone

Introducing Slate Poll Tracker '08

Slate and I have some special news: If you're a political junkie like we're political junkies, you have a problem. You can track the McCain-Obama polls only at your computer. If you go to a ballgame, or a meeting, or your daughter's wedding, you e...

Oct 02, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Great Reasons to Fact-Check Interns' Work, #27

From the RNC website: Obama Would Implement The Lugar-Obama Legislation To Crack Down On The Smuggling Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction. "[Obama] also will fully implement the Lugar-Obama legislation to help our allies detect and stop the smuggling ...

Sep 27, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Barack's to lose

Who am I? Why am I here? I don’t even remember anymore. Anyway, I watched the debate tonight with 150 or so people from Washington’s 43rd Legislative District, and thought that it was essentially a draw. Bear in mind: this is not an ideal outcome,...

Sep 16, 2008
Zoon Politikon

Carly knows all about the lack of qualifications

  From Andy Barr at The Hill: "Do you think [Palin] has the experience to run a major company, like Hewlett Packard?" Fiorina was asked on a St. Louis radio show. "No, I don't," Fiorina said without further explanation. And, as we all know, Carl...