California Literary Review: North Korean Propaganda Posters. those are nuts. via ram.

The Democratic Convention has crazy high quality HD streaming video. it uses microsoft silverlight but holy crap is that high quality for streaming video.

globeandmail.com: Guantanamo detainees have rights, court rules. it’s good to know that the two sides were so violently opposed.

Fox News anchor taken off air after Barack Obama ‘terrorist fist jab’ gaffe | guardian.co.uk. fucking idiots. Obama launched a site just to address ridiculous smears.

YouTube - Radio Host Kevin James Walks into a Smackdown. the guy is clearly shown to be an idiot but why was he even on the show? via amr.

The Tax Cut That Neutered Congress. Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee gives an overview of Cheney and Bush, a jackass and a punk.

YouTube - Rep Ron Paul: Gen Petraeus Iraq Surge Hearing. skip to 2:34 to hear the good part.

Unintended Consequences | Newsweek.com. Elliot Spitzer was caught because of the Patriot Act and “Suspicious Action Reports” from his bank about ATM withdrawals. On top of that, there were 1.2M of these reports last year. what a fucking waste of US authorities.

A Font We Can Believe In. on obama’s use of the font gotham.

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early | The Onion “if you can’t trust your shadowy overlords then what’s the point of living in a sham democracy?”. genius. via ram.


Comparison of Ron Paul versus Clay Davis of THE WIRE. I was looking for a clip of Clay Davis and came across this. I found it very funny.

Jewish Rep. Cohen Battles Antisemitism and Racism In Re-Election - The Sleuth. Tennessee is so progressive.

Romney suspends presidential campaign - CNN.com “In this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.” who the fuck says stuff like that?

The Giuliani Campaign Spent at Least $142.83 For Each Vote - Harper’s. though, had he won Florida, i’m sure the media would have called it a “master stroke”. via ram.


Mitt Romney, clearly out of touch with popular culture. i’m surprised black teenagers in Florida would even know who he is.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
- Barry Goldwater, 1964 Acceptance Speech

RFK Jr on conservatism

These two videos are of a speech Robert Kennedy Jr during a panel about the republication of Barry Goldwater’s The Conscience of a Conservative. He talks about the meaning of Goldwater’s conservatism and it’s perversion by the modern day conservative movement. There’s some really choice quotes amongst the whole speech. Here’s the youtube links for both part 1 and part 2.


Dan Savage in South Carolina. some funny stuff and some great commentary afterwards on the lunacy of religion in politics.

Barack Obama’s 2002 Speech on Iraq. some quality stuff. too bad there’s not a video. via boris.

CNN Election Center 2008. i’m not a big fan of CNN but their election website is both well designed, well organized, and has useful data.