Who are both elated that Indiana went blue for the first time since the 60s! Melissa as a resident just went nucking futs, while Lauren as an expat Hoosier has a great election response roundup. More election response: Kate Harding… Read More ›
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“best argument against democracy is 5 min conversation with the averag VOTER sa winston churchil who was aktualy not bad and looking at colection of numskuls oiks roters bulies and cads of st custards he may hav a point.” ~ Nigel Molesworth esq, the goriller of 3b
US Election ’08: Transcript of Hoyden About Town LiveBloggyChat
Greetings, folks! [A transcript of president-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park is here.] Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the… Read More ›
Vote08 Liveblogging
Starting from 6am Wednesday here (which will be 2pm Tuesday US East Coast time). That should have given the polling counts enough time to show up some trends, but still enough voting time left for us all to be doing some nail-biting.
US Election: 3 days to go, and Palin/”Sarkozy” prank call
Oh my, this radio station prank call to Sarah Palin, from “President Sarkozy”, is, well, oh my. What were her staff thinking? What was she thinking? Just … what? You’re welcome to use this thread for any US election chat…. Read More ›
Friday Night Election Fun: Barack Wiggle
Inspired partly by this post at obama_daily but mostly by it being 2 in the morning at the time, I present to you: the sixth Wiggle, Barack Wiggle, with his sidekick Bill. This will probably mean far more to people… Read More ›
Will the ISP-level filter get through the Senate?
According to The Age: A headline-grabbing election promise to crack down on internet nasties looks to be in trouble as Senate opposition grows. As the proposed legislation cannot be passed by Labor alone, and the Opposition is against the plan… Read More ›
Thursday Cheezburger
And a bonus election-week addition!
Australian Internet Censorship in the Media: EFA Chair on the Morning Show
Dale Clapperton, Chair of the Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), appeared briefly on Channel Seven’s Morning Show today, discussing internet censorship. I didn’t manage to record the introduction, as I was caught by surprise and there was a chainsaw buzzing outside… Read More ›
Election Watch: only 1 more week
http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swfCindy McCain Claims She’s “Just Like Any Other Female Human” The video above is from the revamped The Onion website. Check it some of their new stuff. What is striking you about the Obama & McCain campaigns as they go… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 