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amazing photo of obama inauguration
This picture is incredible – I haven’t done the maths to work out if it’s actually the claimed “1474 megapixels”, but it’s a highly detailed panoramic photo of the Obama inauguration. You can zoom from the whole scene in close…
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bye bye bush
I love it:
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president obama will destory us all
Take a moment to marvel at the subtlety and correct spelling of US presidential campaigning: link.
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McCain debatebot
McCain debate simulator (somewhat amusing): link
Palin Whitehouse simulator (very amusing): link
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US election fever
A couple of sites I find provide really good US election coverage:
- Electoral Vote – summarises the likely electoral college based on up to date polling in each state (remember that the US system is mostly a winner-takes-all state-based
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it’s the biggest scandal since watergate-gate
No matter how often I read this statistic, I still find it somewhat startling:
A vast majority of the nation, 73 percent of the country, disapproves of the job President George W. Bush is doing. No president has
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no ape in 08: i !heart huckabee
FYI, Mike Huckabee, potential Republican presidential candidate and by extension potential President of the United States, has this to say about creationism (and the fact that he believes in it):
If you want to believe that you and
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trade your vote in for a new one
This is an interesting development in the US – an appellate court has ruled that it is legal to ‘swap’ votes, and also to facilitate the swapping of votes.
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spin of the week
Once again, the spin of the week goes to The Australian (link) – this time for Dennis Shanahan’s effort in portraying polls showing an electoral massacre for the Government as “good news” for Mr Howard and Co. As… -
a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy
This proposal about reform of the way the board of the national broadcaster is composed is very welcome news – both in the context of ensuring that there is at least one relatively neutral and unbiased source of… -
exclusive brethren under investigation for election advertising
The Electoral Commission has finally referred the matter of the Exclusive Brethren cult’s involvement in the funding of pro-Government election ads at the last election to the Australian Federal Police. A company linked to the cult spent more… -
those who fail to learn the lessons of history
Is the government doomed to repeat the lesson Paul Keating and the ALP received in 1996? This article is certainly cause for reflection: a summary of the major newspapers’ views on the parties leading into the 96 election.… -
cold november rain
It sounds very much like we will be having a federal election in November, which is no great surprise. It’s interesting to reflect for a moment on why the hell we have a system in which… -
a good man is hard to find
Just when Mr Rudd looked to have Labor in the perfect position for the Federal election later this year, a report in the Australian today contains ominous signs that, far from being the long awaited anti-Howard many people… -
one day you’ll be in the ditch, flies buzzin’ around your eyes, blood on your saddle
Slowly but surely, the 2006 US election result is catching up with the Bush administration. The steps taken by the Democrat-controlled Congress and Senate are – so far – not as spectacular as the many excesses of the pre-2006 period…