|
|
 | Monday, October 6, 2008 |
|
 | |
|
|
|
| China’s power sector has been expanding at a rate roughly equivalent to three to four new coal-fired, 500 megawatt plants coming on line every week, says at MIT. |
| ( 0 ) |
|
| Sunday, October 5, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
| People in a Toronto riding that had Liberal signs on their lawns had their cars vandalized and their brake lines cut. Hopefully the vandals will be caught and charged with fourteen counts of attempted murder. |
| ( 0 ) |
|
| Thursday, October 2, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
After John McCain suspended his presidential campaign last week, Slate invited readers to suggest other Hail Mary stunts the Republican candidate might pull before Election Day. You sent us nearly 1,000 ideas. Here are some of our favorites:
1.
Pledges to send former Wall Street CEOs to Guantanamo. (John Kirkbride)
2.
Announces that Track Palin has captured Osama Bin Laden—in Iraq. (Peter Van Buren)
3.
Adopts "don't ask, don't tell" policy on the environment. (Linse Henley)
4.
Rears head and flies into Russian airspace. (Ryan Greenlaw)
5.
Has President Bush use his executive privilege to declare McCain the winner. (Matt Logan)
6.
Proposes a game of Risk with Obama—winner takes all. (Anonymous)
7.
Bolsters Sarah Palin's foreign-policy credentials by giving her a German shepherd, a Siamese cat, and a Dutch long-eared rabbit. (Cheryl Lynn Helm)
8.
Announces his Cabinet: the Harlem Globetrotters. (David Churchman)
9.
Upon reflection, admits that "ABBA sucks." (Larry Miller)
10.
Announces that if elected he will appoint Gen. Petraeus secretary of the Treasury. (Roger Tompkins)
11.
Heads to Switzerland and brazenly toggles the on/off switch of the Large Hadron Collider. (John Flowers)
12.
Tints his hair a warm chestnut brown. (Kathryn Schorr)
… and here are some of the proposals that were sent in by multiple readers:
1.
Funds bailout by selling Cindy McCain's clothing, jewelry, or homes.
2.
Switches spots on the ticket with Palin.
3.
Drops Palin, announces Joe Lieberman, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, or Michael Phelps as new running mate.
4.
Divorces Cindy, marries Palin.
5.
Doesn't divorce Cindy, moves to Utah, marries Palin.
6.
Divorces Cindy, moves to Massachusetts, marries Joe Lieberman.
7.
Announces Palin is pregnant.
8.
Announces Cindy is pregnant.
9.
Announces he is pregnant.
10.
On eve of the election, changes his name to Barack Obama.
11.
On eve of the election, changes his name to McLovin.
12.
Takes time away from the campaign to reflect on the death of his best friend, Goose. |
| ( 0 ) |
|
|
|
Craigslist has this ad in the LA area.
Politico blog has found that the email address associated with the ad appears not to work, suggesting it's one of the many fake listings on Craigslist. There are, however, two other ads seeking Palin characters on the same board. |
| ( 0 ) |
|
| Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
| Earlier this month both AOL (TWX) and Yahoo (YHOO) redesigned their home pages to include more links to outside services. The new AOL homepage features prominent links to Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail, as well as to bookmarks leading elsewhere, and integration with Facebook and MySpace. Yahoo’s new home page, which it is still bucket testing selectively, also includes more direct links to other e-mail providers, social networks, and a new left-hand channel strip that can be modified by users to include links to their favorite Web services. For Yahoo, it is part of its strategy to become the premier starting point on the Web, no matter where people want to go. But in an era when the destination site is quickly dying, if not already dead (with information pushed and personalized to you via services like Facebook, FriendFeed, and Twitter), will these redesigns be enough? |
| ( 0 ) |
|
|
|
The best overview of who Sarah Palin is, what she represents in American politics and why you can't count her out just yet.
Here are some references found in the article:
Jean-Marie LePen
Pierre Poujade |
| ( 0 ) |
|
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
| Encouraging plagiarism |
| ( 0 ) |
|
|
|
| What makes the new ads notable, of course, is their swagger. Microsoft has decided to fight Apple on its own turf, taking on the idea that Steve Jobs and co. are better, smarter, and hipper than everyone else. more... |
| ( 0 ) |
|
|
|
| 1. Don't touch me. |
| ( 1 ) |
|
|
|
| https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/index-eng |
| ( 0 ) |
|
| Monday, September 29, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Rumors are swirling that Apple’s (AAPL)“hobby,” also known as Apple TV, is about to get deep sixed for something else. Is this a case of Apple fans projecting rumors to make up for a so-so Nano launch?
More info here... |
| ( 2 ) |
|
| Sunday, September 28, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
| via Alaska. |
| ( 0 ) |
|
| Friday, September 26, 2008 |
|
| |
|
|
|
| A good wrap up summary of how John McCain went from suspending his campaign to going back to the debate and being completely humiliated. |
| ( 1 ) |
|
|
|
| The McCain campaign has released an ad stating that McCain won the debate (set to air live tonight at 9pm). He praised Obama for his eloquence and debating skills, but clearly, John McCain won that upcoming debate. Apparently, John McCain has mastered time travel. That'd be a handy feature to have if you're President! |
| ( 0 ) |
|
|
|
Students in Nelu Wolfensohn’s graphic-design class at the Université du Québec à Montréal made election-campaign posters as a class project.
They are hilarious!! In French here... |
| ( 0 ) |
| |
|
News
