Heh, I maybe I should have a little more faith in my county...*

Sarah Palin Movie Debuts to Empty Theater in Orange Countyhttp://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/07/sarah-palin-movie-debuts-to-empty-theater-in-orange-county/241983/

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THANK YOU CA COURT SYSTEM FOR FINALLY DOING SOMETHING RIGHT FOR A CHANGE!!!

http://firedoglake.com/2010/08/04/breaking-prop-8-overturned/

Now, get busy on that furlough appeal and throw it out, please? Never mind - it was Federal court. Got too excited.

Well. I've already screwed up the July meme, because I forgot to write yesterday. Maybe there will be two today ( Read more... )

Noticed this yesterday; I'm not sure I've ever seen Cartoon Network doing this for previous inaugurations; then again they didn't have little blobby logo characters to display president's faces on until this season. I'm sure the channel's owner wouldn't have had any great impetus for doing something similar in the last eight years, but I don't ( Read more... )

Perhaps I was a bit premature...from the Facebook "No on 8" site:

FRIENDS!!
About an hour ago, my colleague personally contacted the California Secretary of State. The woman he spoke with confirmed that PROPOSITION 8 HAS NOT BEEN CALLED. She stated that they are still counting ballots...and they will not know the results until DECEMBER 13th!

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My fellow Californians - very good on electing Barack Obama - I knew you had it in you. Congratulations.

However, at the same you elected an African-American president, you took away rights from another segment of Californians. Rights that already existed. You basically legalized discrimation and bigotry. Don't think so? Replace the word "gay ( Read more... )

Hmm. Pharyngula.com (a biology/atheism blog) seems an unlikely place to hear slash referred to, even if he's doing it sarcastically (the piece in question, not slash in general). Although, I suppose I shouldn't be suprised; PZ mentions science fiction and fantasy enough that I know he's a fan. However, doesn't slash just refer to fanfiction ( Read more... )

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I read in the paper this weekend, Ahnold's approval ratings have declined to 34%.

Someone left a printout of this page on my desk awhile ago.
Here's a leaked campaign memo to Governor Schwarzenegger. Pretty interesting polling data, don't you think?