Monday Reading, Comedy Edition

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NYC Real-Estate Developer Offers ‘Obama Contingency’
Holy election tie-in: Erik Ekstein, who’s developing +aRT, an 88-unit Chelsea condo that just began sales last week, says he’s including an “Obama Contingency Clause” in all contracts that go into effect between now and Election Day. If Obama wins, the contract goes through, but if John McCain prevails, buyers [...]

In Anything October 27, 2008

Priceless

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In Politics October 23, 2008

The Undecided Voter

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How, after 20 months of non-stop coverage of the presidential campaigns, can anyone possibly be undecided, you ask? Well the New Yorker’s David Sedaris tries to dissect their mindset:
I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot [...]

In Anything October 22, 2008

The Final I.Q. Test

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While it is generally deplorable that John McCain’s campaign is sending out hundreds of thousands of sleazy robocalls essentially insinuating that Barack Obama is a terrorist, McCain also may be doing the country a service. We finally have the definitive test of whether our country has the intelligence to survive as a superpower for the [...]

In Anything October 20, 2008

Eloquence, Personified

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Here is Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press this morning:

And here he is at a press conference after, expanding on his decision:

(via TPM)

In Anything October 19, 2008

Not a bad weekend for Obama

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100,000 People Hear Obama Speak in St. Louis; 75,000 in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Democrat Barack Obama turned out enormous crowds at his two stops in battleground Missouri on Saturday in what campaign aides said was a strategy of using his ability to command huge crowds as a way to build excitement heading [...]

In Politics October 19, 2008

Saturday Reading, Comedy Edition

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Lahde Quits Hedge Funds, Thanks `Idiots’ for Success
The whole article is worth reading, but here are some highlights:
Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) — Andrew Lahde, the hedge-fund manager who quit after posting an 870 percent gain last year, said farewell to clients in a letter that thanks stupid traders for making him rich and ends with a [...]

In Anything October 18, 2008

Incredible Video

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from Al-Jazeera English:

Not exactly the type of reporting you see on CNN.

In Anything October 16, 2008

Joe the Plumber: Not a Licensed Plumber

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Greatest lead paragraph ever from the Washington Post:
Joe the Plumber is not exactly a plumber, he’s “not even close” to making the kind of money that would result in higher taxes from Democrat Barack Obama’s proposals and has such an aversion to taxes that a lien was filed against him by the state of Ohio.
In [...]

In Politics October 16, 2008

This week’s biggest non-story from the McCain campaign

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For the past week, conservative news sources, mainly Fox News, have been pushing the bogus story that there is widespread voter fraud going on across the country, especially in the battleground states that Obama is cruising to victory in. The alleged culprit is the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN), a group that [...]

In Anything October 14, 2008