News items: Election/political + a shiny bit
State-by-state regulations on whether your employer needs to give you time off to go to the polls. PA residents: the answer is no. Consider going to NY or MD where they allow this sort of thing.
The New Yorker: The Choice on the editors' decision to endorse Obama. Long article, but worth reading.
Rolling Stone" Make-Believe maverick on McCain's cushy upbringing and spoiled brat behavior from private high school to retirement from the Navy. Also covers his Congressional career.
YouTube: Vote No on Prop 8 (California Referendum to eliminate marriage rights for homos) Because so what if it's "Icky".
Series of No on 2 (Florida "DOMA" Amendment)
10-year-old gay-bashed on school bus at behest of driver. The driver has been fired, but not charged at this time.
A depressingly prescient article from the Onion in 2001 Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
Something nice and shiny at the end
Wired: Jay Walker's Library What to do with millions? Build a house around a colossal private library including historic editions of seminal texts, modern artifacts (an Enigma machine!), icons of the space age (a real Sputnik!), and fossils. I kind of want to be rich just so I can have one of my own!
The New Yorker: The Choice on the editors' decision to endorse Obama. Long article, but worth reading.
Rolling Stone" Make-Believe maverick on McCain's cushy upbringing and spoiled brat behavior from private high school to retirement from the Navy. Also covers his Congressional career.
YouTube: Vote No on Prop 8 (California Referendum to eliminate marriage rights for homos) Because so what if it's "Icky".
Series of No on 2 (Florida "DOMA" Amendment)
10-year-old gay-bashed on school bus at behest of driver. The driver has been fired, but not charged at this time.
A depressingly prescient article from the Onion in 2001 Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
Something nice and shiny at the end
Wired: Jay Walker's Library What to do with millions? Build a house around a colossal private library including historic editions of seminal texts, modern artifacts (an Enigma machine!), icons of the space age (a real Sputnik!), and fossils. I kind of want to be rich just so I can have one of my own!