The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-12: Annual birthday present
My annual birthday present: getting off work in February to find some light still in the sky. RT @JanFlora49: So now we can put corporations in prison and execute them? Good idea. But let’s kick them...
View ArticleProgressives, civility, & Palin: Anatomy of an apology
Or rather, an apology that tried to be an apology, but fell down on the job. Phil Munger of Progressive Alaska apologizes to Palin: A classic example of an apology that is not an apology. I took this...
View ArticleConservatives for Palin & civility: Fairly unbalanced
Palin: Flailin' failin' and probably bailin' -- a sign from the Hold Palin Accountable Rally, 27 Sep 2008, Anchorage, AK. Prophetic, too: she bailed 10 months later. I don’t usually read Conservatives...
View ArticleElection night Tweets 2010-11-02: Alas, poor Yorick, we now foster hope...
My overall response to this year's election. But at least I get to go to Australia. And at least I kept a sense of humo(u)r when tweeting last night, which beats getting depressed. Dammit, if Joe...
View ArticleThe Daily Tweets 2010-11-10: #AKSen vote count proving it’s not “Sarah...
Today was the first day of counting write-in ballots in the Alaska U.S. Senate race, which is now (Scott McAdams having conceded) between incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowki, the write-in candidate, and...
View ArticleThe Daily Tweets 2010-11-27: Last Side Street Saturday of 2010
George Gee's latte special board for Black Friday at Side Street Espresso George’s latte special board was drawn for yesterday (Black Friday, the traditional consumerist post-Thanksgiving shopping...
View ArticleWhat leadership looks like
13 Jan 2011: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh addresses Queenslanders about the 2010–2011 floods. While continuing to watch the floods in Queensland, I’ve also been paying attention to other news — floods...
View ArticleThe Palin February briefing
Over the past month I’ve been keeping track of news about Sarah Palin in order to brief those people who had accepted the Dana Milbank challenge, so that they could catch up quickly & easily when...
View ArticleDoes Palin really have jury duty?
Does Palin really have jury duty? Damned if I know. But if she’s telling the truth about jury duty, she’s also telling the truth about how long her schedule is affected by it: 30 days at minimum....
View ArticleProgressive bloggers on Palin: Civility versus namecalling
Vice-presidential debate between Biden & Palin, October 2, 2008. Debate munchies, 2/3 Alaska-made... ... & the other third comes from folks as funny as Tina Fey. Speaking of Tina Fey: satire is...
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