March 2009 Ellen Explains the dance. Ellen invited Chris back on the show in November, and here are some clips as she prepares for his […]
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US Chamber of Commerce loses Exelon
Exelon is the largest electric utility in the United States, and they have apparently chosen not to renew their membership in the chamber due to […]
Astroturfing
I was introduced to the term “astroturfing” this summer, as it relates to politics. Astroturfing is fake grassroots. Quoting wikipedia, “The term (grassroots) implies that […]
Rachel Maddow on Obama Diplomacy
Rachel Maddow takes a look at Obama’s surprise announcement at the G20 regarding Iran’s secret nuclear facility. She refers to the announcement as diplomatic shock-and-awe. […]
Push Polling
I clicked on an ad from Newsmax a moment ago. The first question was simple enough. “Do you support President Obama’s and the Democrat’s plan […]
Muammar Gaddafi by Saturday night live
SNL Spoofs Moamar Khadafi’s* speech at the G20. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1926053,00.html There is less consensus on how to spell Moammar Ghadafi than there is about the economic […]
Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois, has a book coming out, in which he claims that finally the truth comes out regarding the scandal surrounding […]
Inhofe says “God’s still up there.”
Senator James Inhofe (R) Oklahoma (not a scientist) believes that global warming science “isn’t there”. Scientists tend to disagree with the good senator. http://climaticidechronicles.org/2009/01/21/new-poll-shows-most-earth-scientists-agree-on-global-warming/ The […]
Iran Election Protests
The results were announced mere hours after polls closed. Millions of votes, hand-counted, in hours. They announced that AckmadinnerJacket had won decisively, with 63% of […]
Iran Elections Mousavi and Ahmadinejad
The song is Requiem for a Dream. Allaho Ackbar, Iran. Down with the dictator. Iran attempted to shut out all media in the month following […]