Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Activity tagged “politics”
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Rights, Responsibilities and Love | U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd
“I believe that, when my daughters grow up, barriers to marriage equality for same-sex couples will seem as archaic, and as unfair, as the laws we once had against inter-racial marriage. And I want them to know that, even if he was a little late, their dad came down on the right side of history.”
Neil Gaiman's Journal: Why defend freedom of icky speech?
“If you accept — and I do — that freedom of speech is important, then you are going to have to defend the indefensible. That means you are going to be defending the right of people to read, or to write, or to say, what you don't say or like or want said.”
FiveThirtyEight: Ten Reasons Why You Should Ignore Exit Polls
I'll try, Nate, but … can I just peek a little bit? Just once or twice?
FiveThirtyEight.com: The Big Empty
As far as I'm concerned this is the big story of the election. Win or lose, Obama is in this thing because of his campaign's amazing ground game.
Rene Wanner's Poster Page / Shepard Fairey posters for Barack Obama
All the parodies in one place.
Jury finds Stevens guilty on corruption charges - CNN.com
The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine.
Apple donates $100,000 to fight Prop. 8
Good for them.
How Nate Silver Went From Forecasting Baseball Games to Forecasting Elections — New York Magazine
FiveThirtyEight has firmly wedged its way into the small list of sites I read obsessively.
First Presidential Debate - McCain and Obama - Video and Transcript - Election Guide 2008 - The New York Times
How will newspapers stay relevant in the digital age? Like this.
“You can literally register to vote while you're pooping, if you have a laptop.”
I expect to see the Sarah Silverman Apple commercial next.
McCain's Prickly TIME Interview - TIME
Christ, what an asshole!
Alaska Senator Is Indicted on Corruption Charges - NYTimes.com
“Senator Ted Stevens […] has been indicted on federal corruption charges.” Oh frabjous day!
List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My next party playlist.
WorkingForChange-This Modern World: How the news works
Far too accurate, unfortunatly.
Voting Research
Ping's page on his voting research. Some hackers hack code, others hack democracy.
The Passion of Mary Cheney | Slog | The Stranger's Blog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper
Dan Savage tells it like it is: “Sorry, Mary, and fuck you.” Right on.
The Colbert Report - O'Reilly On The Colbert Report
O'Relly: “I'm not a tough guy - this is all an act!” Colbert: “If you're an act, then what am I?” Priceless.
A Tale of Two Osamas :: MarkTAW.com
CNN's and al-Jazeera's translations side by side — who's spinning?
Newspaper Endorsements 2004
Is pimping your own site on delicious verboten?
Pl‽netSocks.com - Presidential Debate Bingo!
I'm using this forthe next debates!
Assassination Politics
And old but great idea
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