The First Presidential Debate!

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As I write this, the debate has just begun. Grab your alcoholic beverage of choice (non-alcoholic, if you’re underage or a Mormon) (ht: Democracy in America) and tune into a news network of your choice, including ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, C-SPAN2, &c. If you don’t have one of those old-fashioned things, go to C-SPAN Debate [...]

I knew ads would be a bad idea!!!

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Due to a recent lack of donations, I’ve thrown up two banner ads on the site. One of them is ours, which helps to support us, and the other is Link’s, to help support both us and D-Pad. Now, I was set on thinking this was a pretty good idea… you know, make some money [...]

Maxine Waters can’t say the word socialize


Hat tip Bob Murphy at Mises.org.

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:

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 [...]

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).

Ron Paul’s book #1 on Amazon

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The Revolution: A Manifesto ($12) was officially released today, although it has been available from Amazon and at bookstores for a few weeks now. The rankings on it are nothing but phenomenal: #1 in all of Amazon, and 126 out of 128 reviews (98%) are five stars.
Lew Rockwell writes that the book will debut on [...]

Genetic Non-Discrimination Bill Passes Congress

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Wired (via Democracy in America) writes that the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) has passed Congress, meaning that in short order the ability of employers and insurers to “discriminate” based on genetic information will be verboten. Genetic discrimination saves lives, though, as noted by David Veksler in January:
If discrimination based on comprehensive genetic screening is [...]

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