This has little to do with politics (other than how Hurricane Sandy might affect the election), but if you are curious what I do in my not-spare time, here’s an article that talks about an animated map I created showing flight cancelations due to Sandy. You can also find it here, along with lots of […]
I hope everyone remembers to set their clocks back, and remembers to vote!
The blog “4 Quarters, 10 Dimes” is run by a historian who specializes in the political culture of the early USA, so — as he says — “I actually DO know what this country was founded upon”. For most of his life, he as been an independent, voting for whichever party’s candidate he agreed with. […]
“Halloween is a day when we all get to fool people into thinking we’re someone else. Or as Mitt Romney calls it, campaigning.” – Bill Maher “Are you excited about Halloween? People go out pretending to be something they’re not, looking for handouts. It’s like running for president.” – David Letterman “You know what the […]
Well, either that or blackmail. Remember when gangsters would extort money from business owners in exchange for “protection”? I’m not sure that is so much different from what Mitt Romney gave today as his self-described “closing argument” as to why he should be elected president: He is saying that if you don’t elect me, then […]
© Tom Tomorrow If you just believe hard enough, gosh, anything is possible! History is littered with the carcasses of failed empires that started believing their own PR.
© Adam Zyglis Here’s the problem with ideology. Especially the ideology of thinking that it is a good idea to starve the federal government until you can drown it in the bathtub. It sounds appealing … until it runs into real life. As they say, “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, […]
He might just have reached the limit:
© Jen Sorensen Jen Sorensen’s comments about her comic: I find that people who spew the platitude that “the candidates are the same” tend to be the ones who have the least to lose if the wrong candidate is elected. At risk of sounding melodramatic, these elections truly are a matter of life and death. […]
“The debates are over. All that’s left right now is to set up and rig the voting machines.” – David Letterman “According to the latest poll, 80 percent of the people polled are sick and tired of hearing about the latest polls.” – Jay Leno “Studies show that votes cast in the days leading up […]
Former FEMA Director Michael “Heckuva Job Brownie” Brown, who completely bungled the response to Hurricane Katrina, is criticizing Obama for responding to Hurricane Sandy “so quickly”. You can’t make stuff like this up. UPDATE: Why Hurricane Sandy is the perfect end to the campaign.
There is damn strong evidence that votes are being stolen in this country. What’s ironic is that there is a simple solution — require all electronic voting machines to have a verifiable paper trail. If ATMs do it, then voting machines can do it. But I fear that the only way this will happen is […]
Some people should know better than to appear on the Colbert Report: Part two of the interview is almost as painful — for Mitch Daniels at least.
© Matt Wuerker It somehow seems apropos that Hallowe’en comes just before election day. After all, what monsters and goblins could possibly be scarier than some of our political candidates? I’m really surprised that the Democrats haven’t made much of the fact that one of Mitt Romney’s biggest financial backers is none other than Karl […]
Josh Whedon (creator of Buffy, Firefly, The Avengers, etc.) talks about why Mitt Romney is the candidate who will put the US on the path to the Zombie Apocalypse:
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