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October 31, 2004
Today's "Today's Papers" headline captures the mood at puddingtime hq perfectly.Posted by mph at 6:07 PM
October 30, 2004
A Christoper Hitchens squawk-piece on Zarqawi that's especially fun to read, as mph has suggested, in a Dudley Moore as "Arthur" voice. How does he square his point with the fact that Bush failed to airstrike him before the war? Is it more sporting now that he's got access to Saddam's pilfered arsenal than when he was a stranded nobody in the Kurdish provinces?Posted by pk at 5:40 AM
October 29, 2004
Ohio voters angrily confront Republican operatives who made bogus challenges to their right to vote. Link is to NPR story; link to full transcript of hearing (PDF) at bottom of page. Worth the time to skim through: Citizens fight back! GOP weasels try to skulk away!Posted by pk at 11:27 PM
Educate yourself on the FBI investigation into Halliburton's unfair no-bid contracts, then spread the word. Four more years of robber barons and war profiteers?Posted by pk at 11:13 PM
A salient blast of the old genius from Hunter S. Thompson.Posted by pk at 4:52 PM
With friends like Slate...Posted by mph at 1:51 PM
Why poll numbers keep hopping around: "The polls are trying to capture two moving targets at the same time, and that multiplies the motion. One target is presidential choice. The other, more difficult one, is the composition of the actual electorate..."Posted by mph at 5:50 AM
For years I looked down on Hoosiers who mocked people from Kentucky, but now I've got to admit... people are just fucked up down there.Posted by mph at 5:40 AM
October 28, 2004
Former NAACP chair Julian Bond speaks to Salon about GOP plans to suppress black voters, but one optimistic young fellow says it ain't happenin'.Posted by pk at 11:07 PM
More from NewDonkey on the Rove strategy for Ohio. When did you hear the first Republican squawk about "voter fraud"? What do you bet O'Reilly, Hannity, and Scarborough talk a lot about it tonight, and for the next many nights? If they can make Kerry a goldbricking garet trooper, it's a cinch to make him a backroom election-thief.Posted by pk at 10:55 PM
Not to sound extreme, but if no one in the Bush administration is guilty of war crimes, the 21st century is looking worse and worse. Long NYTimes story on the legal frontiers unilaterally breached by the White House here.Posted by pk at 10:01 PM
So how do pollsters select likely voters? (Gallup's model)Posted by mph at 12:08 AM
October 27, 2004
NewDonkey has a chilling vision of things to come. Things we've seen taking shape for a long time. Coming next week.Posted by pk at 7:32 PM
Forget Ohio: Florida is the new Florida.Posted by mph at 4:32 PM
October 26, 2004
A little boy is losing faith in democracy.Posted by pk at 10:58 PM
Writers to the Denver Post angrily and unanimously reject the paper's curiously critical "endorsement" of President Bush. With enemies like these, who needs--wait, how does that go?Posted by pk at 10:36 PM
TAPPED: Cheney blows stack when CIA brief rules out Saddam/Zarqawi links; Porter Goss plans to root out spooks who aren't with the program after the election. After that, nothin' but blue skies! You hear me? NOTHIN' BUT BLUE SKIES!Posted by pk at 10:21 PM
Sully for Kerry.Posted by mph at 7:23 PM
More interesting electoral models.Posted by mph at 5:11 PM
Our conscienceless punditocracy does about what conscienceless pundits do: Turns on the truth-tellers.Posted by mph at 1:53 AM
October 25, 2004
Poll shows that many Bush voters' support is rooted in a several basic misunderstandings about reality. Apparently beginning with the idea that one can believe what Bush says.Posted by pk at 8:53 PM
Bush campaign protests Kerry's reality-based talking points.Posted by mph at 7:07 PM
October 23, 2004
Interesting Election night cheat sheet breaks results down hour by hour.Posted by mph at 9:45 PM
Attention well-meaning but moronic Democrats: Let people vote in peace. If they've made it to the ballot box, your work is done. Duh.Posted by mph at 7:22 PM
Jesus: 591 wasted words before getting around to "polls aren't everything." Trenchant!Posted by mph at 7:56 AM
Reasonable final word on the ridiculous "Wolves" ad. Friday night twofer: MeFi collapsing under its own rhetorical weight as Republican efforts at voter intimidation roll forward. (I keep forgetting to not bother with the comments. Like slashdot for shrill poseurs of all political stripes.)Posted by mph at 7:50 AM
October 22, 2004
I've got a nickel that says this guy will still be reelected.Posted by mph at 4:02 PM
October 21, 2004
Ed's too good to participate in the reality-based blogwag... er... community. ;-)Posted by mph at 5:32 PM
Tabbed browsing considered harmful. More or less. Depending.Posted by mph at 12:26 AM
October 20, 2004
Dog The [Lumpenprole] Bounty Hunter [Superhero]: Only on A&EPosted by mph at 10:22 PM
That little choke in her voice that Patsy Cline gets in the last verse of "So Wrong" gets me every time. Just sayin'.Posted by mph at 10:02 PM
"Kerry Cleared of Heresy Charge--But What About Bush?"Posted by mph at 9:59 PM
Whaddya know: More Republican voter registration fraudsters loose in Pennsylvania. Because Democracy works best when it works least, evidently.Posted by mph at 5:22 PM
October 19, 2004
For someone who spends all her time telling people to get the joke, Wonkette's sort of tone-deaf, herself. On second thought, what the fuck is she still doing in my aggregator? Dunno. Fixed now.Posted by mph at 7:28 PM
Republicans must really, really hate it when people vote.Posted by mph at 5:11 PM
October 18, 2004
How about a nice sticker or tee to show off your proud membership in the Reality Based Community?Posted by mph at 8:31 PM
If you're a Democrat who's not sure whether to vote or not, perhaps the obvious terror Republicans feel over efforts to fight voter suppression and intimidation will put the needed spring in your step. Oh, and look: Tucker Carlson lies when he isn't getting his ass kicked by comedians.Posted by mph at 8:28 PM
Our army is cannibalizing one of its most valuable training assets for Iraq. Attention hawks in denial: Supporting the troops includes making sure they're trained. Now we can't as well as we once could.Posted by mph at 5:49 AM
October 17, 2004
LotR: RotK Extended Edition Preview Available Woot.Posted by mph at 6:38 PM
Apparently unaware that footage of his slack-jawed jackassery is winging about the 'net, Tucker Carlson declares victory.Posted by mph at 6:16 PM
VoodooPad 2 public beta is now available. Awesome software. Responsive developer.Posted by mph at 5:24 AM
October 16, 2004
Before John Kerry's terrible words, Mary Cheney only had to be gay to her family, her friends, the Coors Corporation, the staff of Bush/Cheney Re-Elect, and the gay community at large to whom she acted as a liason. But John Kerry made her gay to the entire world, effectively making her more gay than ever before.Posted by mph at 11:12 PM
El Mundo: Bin Laden is in China, waitin' to be jumped out of the election cake.Posted by mph at 7:32 PM
October 14, 2004
Newsforge: "Investigative reporting" for software talibanisPosted by mph at 3:46 PM
October 13, 2004
No... seriously... Republican fraudsters.Posted by mph at 11:12 PM
Republican Election Theft Time-Saving Tip: Why bother with shredding registrations when you can just deny the new voter a ballot.Posted by mph at 9:42 PM
Yet more on registration-shredding Republican operatives. West Virginia, too?Posted by mph at 9:18 PM
Wall St. Journal editorial glossary entry: "Objectivity: Ignorance"Posted by mph at 3:53 PM
b!X has more on Republican voter registration fraudsters operating in Portland. (Quick Republican Political Glossary entries: "Get Out the Vote Efforts = Election fraud; Voter intimidation = Mom, possibly apple pie, definitely flag.")Posted by mph at 3:42 PM
Republicans vs. Democracy: Voter Registrations Possibly Trashed (in Las Vegas, and possibly Oregon)Posted by mph at 3:06 AM
October 9, 2004
Livebloggin' Kevin Drum asks: "9:32 - The internets? How many does Bush think there are?" Blame the schmucks at WIRED, dude.Posted by mph at 5:45 AM
October 6, 2004
OmniWeb 5.1 public beta is out, and it syncs up with newer WebCore stuff enough to do gMail. Clear improvements, too.Posted by mph at 10:59 PM
Anti-virus program detects GNU Public Licence (qualified "heh.")Posted by mph at 6:07 PM
October 5, 2004
my rambles and vitamin supplements are what i very dont mind to mention today.Posted by mph at 7:14 AM
Bremer's getting itchy about his place in history. (reg req)Posted by mph at 5:00 AM
October 4, 2004
Marshall to NYT snarksters: Oh... snap! MoDo winged in the blast.Posted by mph at 8:33 PM
Outclassed in the debate, the president prefers to lie to an audience he considers stupid and forgetful.Posted by mph at 6:48 PM
October 2, 2004
Thank goodness we have blogs to sort out all the disinformation.Posted by mph at 5:36 PM
October 1, 2004
Video, courtesy DNC: Bush's Faces of FrustrationPosted by pk at 5:59 PM
Most sensible thing Sullivan's said in a while.Posted by mph at 7:47 AM