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Very funny illustration by Gary Brookins. It made me chuckle. Original is here

Barack Obama is the most intelligent, reasoned politician I have ever heard. This video is remarkable. In it, he shares his views on religion and its role in a pluralistic, progressive society. My favorite passage of the speech (emphahsis added): And even if we did have only Christians in our midst, if we expelled every [...]

One of the smartest people around, noted Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig, has put together an outstanding video sharing his reasons for voting for Obama. I highly recommend watching it and thinking about the issues he raises. If you disagree, why? Watch or download the high-quality video here (torrent). Lots of excellent thoughts and comments [...]

NPR and the AP called Missouri for Hillary Clinton earlier tonight. Barack went from ~30% won to 49.2%, FOR THE WIN. I am so proud to say that my vote helped prove them wrong. We showed them our "O" Face and it feels great. The Show Me State has Spoken: We want Barack Obama. We [...]

Last Sunday as I was driving around doing some errands I was listening to A Prairie Home Companion on the local NPR station. Garrison Keillor introduced a singer, Nellie McKay, who sang a song that I enjoyed very much. Afterwards, I looked around to see if I could buy it on iTunes. When I tried [...]

More coverage of this here: President Bush’s Executive Order: Revoking the Right to Dissent? Bush Executive Order: Criminalizing the Antiwar Movement 30 DAYS TO ABSOLUTE TYRANNY White House Kisses Goodbye to 5th Amendment

Rocky Anderson Obliterates Sean Hannity at University of Utah Impeachment Debate – Google Video

An excellently done mashup of the famous Apple 1984 ad featuring Hillary as Big Brother and Barak as the revolution. YouTube – Vote Different

So, I finally got my packages of 300 LEDs (ordered on Ebay from a Chinese manufacturer) and 100 watch batteries for the purpose of experimenting with the concept of the LED throwies today. I made my first one with scotch tape and an orage 10mm LED. It was so exciting when it lit up. Silly, [...]

Watch this video. A documentary showing how DIEBOLD has cheated american voters. HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy – Google Video If there are ANY discrepancies between pre-election polling and the actual “results” and they are not challenged, there will be trouble. I’ll be voting later today, and videoing it to see how the process goes.