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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
  • 02:05 We may have elected one of the most oppressed American minorities as president: not an African American–a smoker: ping.fm/YZLmu #
  • 13:23 It’s fairly annoying the Sun-Times site doesn’t appear to offer an RSS feed for Andy @Ihnatko ’s column. Or tech at all, that I can see. #
  • 13:30 On their path back from the wilderness, the GOP shouldn’t use fear as a strategy ping.fm/IQ1iS #
  • 13:33 @nomadicon The last time we had Hawaiian shirt day at a place I worked was 9/11/2001. We never did it again. #
  • 14:51 Here we are: Dow 7500. Look out below! #
  • 17:04 @BradLeclerc I’ve used NetNewsWire for about five years now. I even paid for it, before it went free. #
  • 17:06 @BradLeclerc If you’re stuck on Windows, same company bought and gives away FeedDemon. #
  • 21:25 Sen. Richard Shelby is just an idiot. I’ve been watching him for 4 days say demonstrably false statements. #

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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
  • 22:56 Huge section on LGBT rights on Obama’s transition website. Well done, sir. ping.fm/xHELD #
  • 14:04 @donaldturnbull Tell that to Marilynn Musgrave. #
  • 17:43 CA Supreme Court takes the challenge to Prop 8, ruling expected early next year: ping.fm/0POh3 #
  • 18:36 Mmm italian sausage borsetti with fresh-made marinara sauce #
  • 21:01 Wow. No one wanted to shake Bush’s hand at the G20 meeting? I’m not sure how I feel about that (rt @mr_modular) ping.fm/l7uSJ #
  • 21:04 I say I’m not sure how I feel because I might think Bush is a fuckup, but damn it, he’s our fuckup. Show some basic courtesy, world. #

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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
  • 19:50 Begich wins! #
  • 20:01 Allison Stewart is a much better sub for Rachel Maddow than Huffington. #

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Monday, November 17th, 2008
  • 14:39 @Bodhi1 I especially like how it (story re: Gitmo) ref’s an article it doesn’t link. Meanwhile, Obama said forcefully yesterday he would. #
  • 15:48 New star trek trailer looks pretty neat: ping.fm/pFJKi #
  • 16:45 The Economist: Ship of fools–The decline of the Republican Party ping.fm/mzeuA #

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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
  • 23:25 is making chicken soup. - bkite.com/02pXr #
  • 23:26 My spacebar is making me sad, because it’s not registering as well as it used to. Must be time to take the keys off again. #
  • 13:06 feels happier. - bkite.com/02qrd #
  • 14:34 Newsweek’s Quindlen: Why Gay Marriage Advocates Will Prevail ping.fm/LRLFa #
  • 16:01 @denniswright Sometimes more turkey, sometimes cornish hens, Christmas ham. Even had steaks one year. #
  • 19:56 Who said one vote never matters. Alaska state house race separated by one vote (5,000 to 4,999): ping.fm/MM17G #

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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
  • 11:44 Dapper, create a feed for any website: ping.fm/ozZx5 #
  • 11:46 Customize multicast to social media sites with Tarpipe: ping.fm/ISWKa #

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Friday, November 14th, 2008
  • 23:45 Challenge / response anti-spambot measure plugin for Adium: ping.fm/b4PrV #
  • 20:11 @brianericford Another one, if you haven’t gotten it yet: king, bling (hey, it should count!), wing #
  • 20:28 You know, I’ve read some online commentary hating on the third season of Heroes, but I’m loving it. Maybe more than season 1. #

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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
  • 11:14 "LITTLE GIRL COMES TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF CLIFF" #
  • 11:15 Listen, msnbc, unless you have video of her going over, I don’t want to see it. #
  • 13:31 Nice video set around an old Harvey Milk speech: ping.fm/Agdps #
  • 17:32 Joe the Capitalist (now with marquee scrolling HTML!): ping.fm/6Vslu #

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
  • 00:03 The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education ping.fm/BzMNt #
  • 12:04 @gruber "You know, the aesthetic from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." Not the biggest of blockbusters, but had Sean Connery. #
  • 12:20 Interesting stat: Democrats hold 83 Congressional districts won by Bush in ‘04; Republicans hold 5 won by Kerry. #
  • 12:41 Mormons had a ten-year plan to fight gay marriage: ping.fm/EU8xK #
  • 18:24 The Slog RSS feed for the Stranger is barfing something fierce today. Sure, how about giving me the same article eight times? #
  • 18:29 The New Yorker comes through with a classy cover: ping.fm/whGTA #
  • 19:06 Begich of Alaska up by 3 votes over Stevens? It’s going to be a long election in Alaska. #

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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
  • 09:48 Time’s Up: the clock has run out for the Minutemen movement ping.fm/dg0xq #
  • 09:50 The Democrats’ secret health care plan, preventing a repeat of 1994 ping.fm/DYnSj #

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Monday, November 10th, 2008

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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
  • 11:46 Democrats believe Texas is next: ping.fm/RqSYp #
  • 17:52 @andrewmin I recently had to get a new router for my parents. The new Linksys line seems fairly good, and has performed well so far. #

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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
  • 22:05 Blaming Black Voters for Prop 8 Loss is Wrong and Destructive: ping.fm/urJNP #
  • 23:36 @Aine Thanks :-) I try to jump in and tend to those when I have the energy. #
  • 18:28 @egoistetx There are two in the pantry. #

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Friday, November 7th, 2008
  • 09:55 Prop. 8: A Q&A With USC’s David Cruz ping.fm/eGK1a #
  • 12:55 Does anyone know what kind of organization the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is? Tax-exempt? #
  • 14:19 @Bodhi1 @cryptovenom Well, they’ve had the last 8 years free and clear to work on a bomb. I guess that gives Iran a head start. #
  • 16:55 @brianericford re: dumbasses, I’m going to venture back in the political threads now that some of the incidental bullshit has subsided. #
  • 17:02 @evanmix @brianericford It’s easier to argue things that are actually happening (policies, events) than it is to argue campaign stuff. #
  • 17:03 @evanmix @brianericford Campaign stuff is too unreal…subjunctive? How do you argue for or against a promise? #
  • 17:12 @evanmix Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. The whipping is over. Now we can actually discuss again (more or less). #
  • 17:12 @evanmix It’s a lot easier to whip when dealing with potentials than actualities. #
  • 17:19 @evanmix Good luck! #
  • 17:59 A very powerful argument against allowing Prop 8 to stand, at least if you love liberty: ping.fm/v7TDj #
  • 20:43 W00t! Obama wins the Omaha electoral vote from Nebraska, the first time the state has ever split: ping.fm/jsfS6 #

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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
  • 07:50 Am I still dreaming, or did CNBC just have two guests on simultaneously who argued for higher taxes? #
  • 08:15 News Corp earnings and outlook very poor. Think we’ll hear the same funeral march we heard wrt the NY Times from the right? #
  • 10:45 Looking through CA county returns. At least six counties so far have more ballots cast for Prop 8 than president. Weird. #
  • 10:49 San Bernadino County: 474478 ballots cast in Prop 8, 461163 for president (all parties). SB 2:1 in favor of 8. #
  • 10:56 "One is tempted to say McCain won in traditional 19th century America: older white Protestant men living in small towns." ping.fm#
  • 14:38 No on 8 officially concedes defeat: ping.fm/qWO30 #
  • 15:03 Obama might carry Nebraska’s second Congressional district, picking up an additional electoral vote: ping.fm/r88xp #

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Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
  • 03:22 I’ve been gone celebrating, but I just have to say, for the record, McCain’s concession speech was classy in every respect. #
  • 10:15 Is it just me or do unofficial national turnout numbers appear depressed well under expectations? #
  • 11:00 Mmm blueberry pancakes. #
  • 11:12 @BradLeclerc Any redblooded American male will tell you pie is perfectly acceptable breakfast food (also, pizza…spaghetti…beer). #
  • 12:17 My turnout fears might be overblown: expected turnout 64.1%, 136.6 M voters, biggest since 1908 (bigger than Kennedy-Nixon). #
  • 12:32 One interesting result from CA? It looks like there are at least 140k who voted no on abortion limits but yes on banning marriage. #
  • 12:37 Prop 8 battle may not be over, possibly 4 million ballots outstanding: ping.fm/Bw9dg #
  • 12:42 Something is up in CA. San Francisco vote totals for Prop 8: 177,036 No, 54,321 Yes. Pretty sure SF has more voters than that. #
  • 12:45 SF total population 764,976. 2006 SF registered voters: 421,094. CA registered 2 million new voters in 2008. #
  • 12:50 San Francisco turnout in 2004: 74.31%; reported turnout so far for 2008: 49.79%. Something is fishy in California. #
  • 14:00 Funny: the DailyKos/Research 2000 final poll was more accurate (-1) than the IBD/TIPP poll (+3), and flipped from expectations. #
  • 15:14 Norm Coleman is "too important" for a recount, with about 300 votes separating him from Franken: ping.fm/kNp6m #
  • 16:24 Barack Obama does not fart cinnamon-scented rainbows (yes, you, Ego): ping.fm/OKPlT #
  • 16:45 The legal challenges to Prop 8 aren’t over (PDF): ping.fm/GE5nl #
  • 16:55 @egoistetx True enough. The 2012 campaign began at 9 AM sharp this morning: tr.im/u75 #
  • 17:35 Mark Penn graciously eating crow on David Gregory’s MSNBC show. #
  • 17:36 "He answered the 3 AM phone call…on the economy. When it came, he was cool, calm, and collected." Damn right. #
  • 17:42 More Texans donated to oppose CA’s Prop 8 than did to support it, 603-292. Silver lining, I guess. ping.fm/As5lW #
  • 17:54 Obama and McCain campaign computers hacked by "foreign entity": ping.fm/tlY2J #
  • 18:27 Barack Obama may never be able to get close to his fans again - for fear of assassination: ping.fm/K8AnC #

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
  • 21:31 @brianericford Haven’t seen a real detailed report yet, but the initial seems to parse carefully that there was no violation in the firing. #
  • 21:31 @brianericford So far, at least, seems to have sidestepped the "pressure" charge from the legislative report. We’ll see. #
  • 07:42 Wow. Missouri will be the closest state this cycle. Four polls from yesterday all had it tied with low undecideds. #
  • 10:55 Not just ACORN: GOP voter canvassers turned in falsified forms ping.fm/JIAm7 #
  • 10:57 @egoistetx I don’t use tr.im when pinging because otherwise it doesn’t pass the full URL to delicious and Diigo. #
  • 10:57 @egoistetx But I have a TextExpander macro that will make tr.im URLs for me from a URL in my clipboard. #
  • 10:59 @kbaxter We normally have people standing outside voting places here, but by law they have to be some number of feet away (100, maybe?) #
  • 11:05 @kbaxter Oh, I don’t know. I’m as much a civics nerd as the next person, but elections are about campaigning. I think it’s expected. #
  • 11:07 RT @evanmix: Neat tool from CNN for tonight ping.fm/RED7g #
  • 11:14 @kbaxter Prop 8 is about my people–you better believe I’m watching that race closely. *Crosses fingers* #
  • 11:18 @bradfarris Do you follow Open Left’s "center right nation" watch? You might enjoy their coverage. #
  • 11:28 @kbaxter Yeah, I’ve been following the race in the gay press. Prop 8 is likely more a nailbiter than the pres. election. Some good ads tho #
  • 11:33 Texans can vote from space. We’re cooler than you. ping.fm/pl11A #
  • 14:06 I’ve been up since 5 AM, and I’ve had almost a whole pot of coffee. I’m *ready*. Zoooooooom #
  • 14:47 Word is Austin-area Dems almost done calling every voter on their GOTV lists, and may start GOTV calls to El Paso. #
  • 14:51 @danielpunkass Dirty tricks possible. What better way to scare some voters than send a couple plants with good costumes? #
  • 15:11 Finally broke down and swallowed some Benadryl. Some extra-special Superman-level crap in the air today. #
  • 15:18 It has begun. Pollster.com, relatively speedy all day, has begun to load slowly. Site is probably being hammered. #
  • 15:42 Time seems to flow a lot faster when I’m fully caffeinated. First polls close in less than two hours! #
  • 15:53 @kbaxter More than the outcome (although, for me, it will probably be sweet), I think the big news is that the US is excited to vote. #
  • 15:54 @kbaxter Supercharged turnout is the sleeper story of this election. Expect a lot of writing in the following week and months. #
  • 17:14 This is the worst part: the time before the polls close when commentators have nothing to talk about–worthless. #
  • 17:23 Weird. Texas election depends entirely on the vote of a *single* citizen: ping.fm/ayfVS #
  • 17:59 Two minutes. I’m so ready it’s not even funny. #
  • 18:16 Exit poll in IN has 18-29 voters at 19% of the electorate.  That’s very bad news for McCain. #
  • 18:58 @anthonyrstevens You can get exit polls on CNN’s site. Just pick a state, and the exit poll link should be there for closed poll states. #
  • 19:01 Obama just captured the projected EV lead. McCain probably won’t lead again for the rest of the night. #
  • 19:05 Exit poll in PA suggests 18% turnout for young voters. PA is supposed to be an "old" state. Bad news for McCain. #
  • 19:16 That so much of the deep south is too close to call is probably a bad sign for McCain. #
  • 19:17 @maddow On the other hand, McCain hasn’t won any Deep South state except SC. Not a great sign for him. #
  • 19:21 Per pollster.com, exit poll suggests estimated race in MS Obama 49, McCain 50. That might be enough to carry Musgrover over Wicker. #
  • 19:27 Many exit polls suggesting huge youth turnout (19-25%). If those numbers hold, that would be 5-10 points above ‘04. #
  • 20:02 Texas too early to call at poll close. Heh. #
  • 21:10 Exit polls promising in SD, MT, and NV. That puts a likely Obama ceiling at around 381. Could be a big blowout. #

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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
  • 06:08 Linus Torvalds endorses Barack Obama for President ping.fm/zYSnf #
  • 07:17 2.5 million in North Carolina have voted early, double 2004 ping.fm/t0tlD #
  • 15:36 How sad. Obama’s grandmother died today, on the even before her grandson is elected the next president. #
  • 17:36 Really? GOP files FEC complaint over Obama’s visit to his dying grandmother: ping.fm/OJA6I #
  • 18:45 Second AK ethics report stemming from investigation into Palin should be released this evening? Karma is a bitch. #
  • 19:53 Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir Monday said 300,218 ballots were cast during early voting. #
  • 19:55 In 2000, 301,263 *total* votes were cast, with turnout 52.62%. In 2004 it was just north of 350k (total). Big election coming. #
  • 19:56 Statewide, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office predicts a 68 percent voting turnout. That would be *huge*. (Typical turnout 50-55%.) #
  • 20:03 I just realized that I don’t think I’ve ever had to wait in line to vote. Ever. #
  • 21:11 Already predicted EVs 322 Obama, now the rest: % 52-46-2, 8 Senate pickups. Who knows on the House, but probably 25+. #
  • 21:31 @brianericford Haven’t seen a real detailed report yet, but the initial seems to parse carefully that there was no violation in the firing. #
  • 21:31 @brianericford So far, at least, seems to have sidestepped the "pressure" charge from the legislative report. We’ll see. #

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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
  • 12:55 Rick Davis said on Stephanolpolus: "We are winning the votes that have not even been cast." What does that even MEAN?! #
  • 12:57 Actual quote: "if you look at those same surveys, we are winning the votes that have not yet been cas.t" #
  • 14:43 Okay, my electoral vote prediction(s): Obama 322 (or 329). I’ve seen some a lot higher, but I don’t see him sweeping everything. #

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Friday, October 31st, 2008
  • 01:06 Neat interactive map of this year’s newspaper endorsements: ping.fm/xJQLM #
  • 02:43 The Economist endorses Obama: ping.fm/W0L4a #
  • 08:23 Freshman Congressional Democrats live up to commitment to GLBT rights ping.fm/f0Bna #
  • 09:01 Banks Seek Help to Forgive Some Credit Card Debt: ping.fm/zFCXB #
  • 09:52 14,000 page views on my Newsvine column this month. Let’s hope the October earnings are good. #
  • 10:04 Election Junkies Face Life After the Campaign ping.fm/7iW2Z #
  • 14:27 Drudge sludge: Dallas paper says not kicked off because of endorsement of McCain: ping.fm/PbwPr #
  • 14:39 Feast on meats: ping.fm/92wXo #
  • 15:27 Former Reagan Chief of Staff, Ken Duberstein, endorses Barack Obama: ping.fm/j1ngC #

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008
  • 00:01 The good thing about cable channels showing the same damn show 3 or 4 times a day is that I don’t have to waste DVR space. #
  • 00:40 McCain campaign kicks out own supporters from rally…for being college-aged: ping.fm/c8qTm #
  • 00:40 "I said ‘Why are you crying? and she said ‘I already voted for McCain, I’m a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn’t … #
  • 00:41 Get off my lawn, you kids!! #
  • 00:46 Fifth Circuit (LA, MS, TX) ignores all pro se appeals…for 13 years: ping.fm/NtJG5 #
  • 00:54 Missing the irony, Christians pray for God to fix the economy standing before a golden bull: ping.fm/VgIC6 #
  • 02:19 Cute video featuring Alaskans for Obama: ping.fm/YFgH6 #
  • 06:21 Backlash? McCain’s ‘comeback’ could motivate Obama voters: ping.fm/0ttE0 #
  • 06:21 The Idol Electorate: How Simon Cowell saved American democracy ping.fm/Ybeac #
  • 06:22 "James the brother of Jesus" ossuary hoax case may collapse ping.fm/alQSh #
  • 08:24 Chambliss (R-GA), fearing high turnout, turns to "dog whistle" politics: "The *other* folks are voting" ping.fm/EpHxz #
  • 08:25 Tim O’Reilly endorses Obama: ping.fm/pfmf1 #
  • 08:26 DOS attack against "No on 8" during critical last days of donation period: ping.fm/YKdSj #
  • 08:31 I wish someone would release updated polling for MT and ND. It’s kind of maddening not to know how the race is progressing there. #
  • 08:55 Cute! Zombie Halloween pumpkins! ping.fm/VWxoK #
  • 09:13 DropBox is free? Weird. I wonder how they make money. Seems like a neat service. #
  • 09:50 @andrewmin Read more into it. Apparently basic service will always be free, and they’ll start charging for add’l space in the future. #
  • 13:00 I voted! Now I can sleep until Tuesday. #
  • 13:14 @nomadicon I wouldn’t miss it for the world. After the bummer of ‘04, this could be really, really nice. #
  • 13:36 @nomadicon There’s a fair chance it could all be over before polls close in CA, so possibly you can tune out early. #
  • 14:48 Joe the plumber not only has a publicist, but he rates a Wikipedia page which is longer than Christian Goldbach’s. What a travesty. #

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
  • 07:02 Will Pennsylvania prove to be McCain’s white whale? Gains in PA offset by losses in OH: ping.fm/svjtx #
  • 07:03 Tarrant Co. (Ft. Worth) could determine control of the Texas House: ping.fm/dtSaE #
  • 07:21 I think my roommate is trying to burn down the house! #
  • 07:44 Lieberman’s days as chairman numbered: ping.fm/EvfgK #
  • 08:01 @egoistetx You know how the heater works! #
  • 09:41 It’s funny that the one thing the two campaigns agree about is that McCain might be doing better than the polls indicate. #
  • 12:36 @brianericford Not quite what you’re looking for, but drag URLs to a folder on your desktop, and use Hazel to autodelete things older than X #

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
  • 06:03 41 degrees. Brrr. #
  • 06:25 Yay Kim Jong Il news! tr.im/m9c #
  • 07:33 It ain’t over ’til it’s over, but…7 in 10 say Obama will win, including most McCain supporters: tr.im/ma0 #
  • 08:25 @egoistetx @Adium has a char count, but only for the Twitterbot. Kind of lame. I think there’s a feature request somewhere to fix it. #
  • 09:29 Obama wins! ping.fm/k0cS5 #
  • 11:23 Everything should taste like bacon (what’s most impressive is they’re certified kosher): www.jdfoods.net/ #

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Monday, October 27th, 2008
  • 03:13 Total meltdown in McCain’s camp. This is starting to get embarrassing, and I’m starting to feel bad for them: tr.im/l8o #
  • 06:24 Sad story about Galveston: tr.im/laz #
  • 09:20 Former GOP Senator from South Dakota endorses Obama: tr.im/le8 #
  • 19:52 Strands looks promising #

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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
  • 22:48 The Palin pipeline? Her claim to fame for energy expertise? Oh yeah, it’s mired in ethics problems: ping.fm/GF7cN #
  • 02:11 Palin & McCain aides in civli war inside campaign? tr.im/kou #
  • 05:50 Credit where credit is due: Bush admin housed many homeless: tr.im/kpm #

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