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The Libertarian Party…
an enduring source of hilarity.
Reading through The Economist from a few weeks back, I saw this snippet in their profile of the LP’s presidential candidate, Bob Barr:
His moralistic fervour faltered only when it came to his own conduct: twice divorced, he was once photographed licking whipped cream off the breasts of a particularly buxom woman. [...]
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Marines in Berkeley
No comment necessary:
from www.thedailyshow.com posted with vodpod
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Nerds of various shapes and sizes have a variety of choices when it comes to making gut-level choices about whom to vote for in the 2008 presidential election. For example, if your vote lies with the candidate whose website is both standards-compliant and performant, you’d have already checked out Yahoo’s coverage and cast your [...]
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Hillary’s Crowd Gaffe
If you watched Hillary’s New Hampshire victory speech you probably noticed the demographic makeup of the crowd behind her. Apparently 95% of all of her support in the state was from 18-24 year olds, which makes me wonder how the exit polls got the demos so wrong.
Packing the crowd with young’ns was a big [...]
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Recently I signed up for a friendly bet as to who would win each primary in the first month of the season. An online version of the pool (with Iowa results!) is available here:
http://bettingpool.matthew-steele.com:8080/bettingpool/
Check it out.
Update: I just realized the table looks completely broken in Internet Explorer. You should have been using another browser [...]
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Tyler Cowen on Ron Paul
To me, the most frightening idea behind the Ron Paul candidacy is the number of conspiracy theorists and lunatics he’s attracted. I’ve blogged about this before.
Paul’s defenders (including Andrew Sullivan) that every candidate attracts some form of crazy, and that they shouldn’t be held responsible for the passions of those on the fringes. [...]
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From McSweeney’s:
Live in Constant, Irrational Fear of Muslims and Let Die
From Gitmo With Love but Not Legal Representation
The Spy Who Was Outed by the Administration as Political Payback Who Loved Me
The Man With the Golden Gun Who Used It to Shoot His Friend in the Face While Hunting
More here
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I’m a little skeptical of the news that all the cool kids in town are becoming libertarians:
Card-carrying Libertarians are few and far between. Yet, seen as the guiding philosophy of a bloc of dissatisfied, independent-minded voters whose views align with Republicans on economics and Democrats on social issues, libertarianism is palpably gathering steam.
This seems like [...]
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Ron Paul for the long haul?
You may have seen this video making the rounds (hat tip Mark):
All things considered, it’s pretty cool, though as political fan videos go, the bar’s been set pretty low. You’re successful if the video you produce doesn’t actively harm the prospects of your candidate. I’d need to check with [...]
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