McCain the Flip-Flopper


Is it any surprise that John McCain is not alone among politicians? He, like the rest of them, changes his positions on issues when it suits political expediency:

Don’t Drink Beer in Zimbabwe

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We in the US complain about 0.2% rates of month-on-month price inflation, but Zimbabwe really takes the cake:
During the meal, one of my mates was drinking beer — 750ml bottles of Castle Lager (fondly called bombers). He ordered a fifth one, was advised that the price, which when he ordered his first, second, third and [...]

GOP Slogan Already Used

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Huffington Post writes that the new Republican slogan, “The change you deserve”, is taken by an antidepressant drug advertising slogan.
Yeah, really.
Effexor, also known as Venlafaxine, is approved for the treatment “of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in adults.” Its common side effects are very much in keeping with the world [...]

TorrentSpy gets SLAMMED.

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Popular torrent search engine, TorrentSpy, has been slammed with a final ruling by a Federal judge that will force the company to pay $110 million ($110,000,000.00 <– Yes, that’s a big number) to the Motion Picture Association of America after years of struggling with court trials.

Windows XP SP3 Woes

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So Microsoft has finally released its long-awaited Service Pack 3 for the Windows XP operating system. However, having just a few days passed from its release, Microsoft’s already receiving a flood of post-installation complaints ranging from random blue-screen’s to endless reboot cycles.

And now for something completely different…


Passed along without comment.
Hat tip Democracy in America.

Is Barack Obama another Adlai Stevenson?

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Important question, that. History News Network has an article by Jean Baker, professor in history at Goucher, on that topic, detailing the similarities between the presidential nomination candidate and the failed presidential candidate of 1952 and where, exactly, they end.
As was the case with Stevenson, Obama’s highly calibrated public style has led to charges of [...]

Obama on Letterman

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He appeared to read the “top ten surprising facts about Barack Obama”:
10. My first act as President will be to stop the fighting between Lauren and Heidi on “The Hills”.
9. In the Illinois primary, I accidentally voted for Kucinich.
8. When I tell my kids to clean their room, I finish with, “I’m Barack Obama and [...]

The Democratic Primaries So Far in 7 minutes


Slate has the 2008 Democratic primary and all the news related to it summed up in 7.5 minutes. “Apparently all the time you’ve spent following the Democratic primaries to date has been wasted,” wrote Democracy in America (hat tip).

Burger King to offer £85 burger

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The Sun reports (via Free Exchange) that in select branches in Britain, an upmarket burger–Kobe beef with bleu cheese and foie gras–for £85 ($170). Psychologist-posing-as-an-economist Ezra Klein–sorry, a “behavioral economist”–explains that this may lead consumers to have a higher view of the Burger King brand without leading people to buy the burger, thus making this [...]

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