"I pledge to continue to represent you all to the best of my abilities without regard to race, creed, religious beliefs, national origin or sex.  That's the kind of Sterling Americans you all have been for me and for our community and I pledge to continue to be that kind of Sterling American for you." - Roger Delgaudio, Sterling/Loudoun, "There is ( Read more... )

There's the big question of why did Roberts become the swing.  More importantly (to those reading in detail) why did he change his mind so late in the process (like his namesake did in '37 ( Read more... )

War on Christmas? Sign This Minister Up. -:Today, Christianity is the dominant culture. So, instead of story of a olive skinned middle-eastern, unwed, pregnant mother, who was seen as little more than property, giving birth to what the world would surely see as an illegitimate child who was wrapped in what rags they could find and placed in a ( Read more... )

God's Dear John Letter To The U.S. -:I will keep sending my prophets. You will know them by their love. If the people you follow are teaching you to hate and fear, to exclude people for any reason, then they are not sent by me, even if they say they are. So, when your infatuation with this new god of extremism, nationalism, might-makes-right, and ( Read more... )

Romney and the KKK Slogan | Dispatches from the Culture Wars:But there’s a second reason why pointing out this coincidence is reasonable and that is its inherently xenophobic nature. Romney may not be in the KKK and he may not personally be a racist, but phrases like “keep America American” appeal explicitly to American xenophobia and prejudice. It ( Read more... )

A comment I left on a blog where the author was showing that a few web adds (on other photography blogger's sites) sold more of his product (an HDR video tutorial) than major print ads in 2 well-distributed magazines, and asking why the BIG names (Nikon, Canon, etc) still advertise on those magazines:

I think one reason the big name camera makers ( ( Read more... )

If Your Business Model Requires Ridiculous Gouging, Then… | Mike the Mad Biologist:There was a time, admittedly so long ago that liberals freely roamed the political landscape, when banks made profits and didn’t have to have to gouge customers. In fact, they made profits, and debit cards hadn’t even been invented yet (terrifying, isn’t it, kids?). ( Read more... )

New NPR Head Comes From 'Sesame Street' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source | American Voices:National Public Radio announced Sunday that its new CEO would be Gary Knell, CEO of the Sesame Workshop, home of Sesame Street. What do you think?
Their jokes are ok with this one but I liked my own first thought ( Read more... )

Technology Devices Either Sell Big or Die Fast - NYTimes.com:These days, big technology companies - particularly those in the hypercompetitive smartphone and tablet industries - are starting to resemble Hollywood film studios. Every release needs to be a blockbuster, and the only measure of success is the opening-weekend gross. There is little to ( Read more... )

Nym Wars | jwz:When the rebuttal to your argument is The Federalist Papers, generally that means that you've lost the argument.
-- JWZ on Google's insistence on forcing everybody to use real names.