Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Intrade, bringing in the mad politics $cash$

A lot of things in life that are no fun can be made more fun by making a game out of it. One of my favorite games is dressing your wife up like a pony and riding her around your bedroom while you’re at work. Another one is gambling on politics. It’s election season in […]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
John McCain Mashup Video – Yes We Can!

Boing Boing directed me to this video mixing John McCain with music and singers. Its worth a quick look. It certainly has the best use so far of the “Bomb bomb bomb Iran” soundbite. Video on You Tube Via Boing Boing: Yes We Can — the McCain mix

Monday, January 7th, 2008
Canadian National Igloo

Canadian comedian Rick Mercer’s show ‘Talking to Americans’ occasionally has some good segments. I didn’t catch this when it aired, or maybe forgot about it, but am glad it came to my attention again. Certainly, its more relevant after the Iowa results. The show involves Mercer interviewing Americans and exposing ignorance of Canada, Canadians, and […]

Friday, January 4th, 2008
The Iowa Caucus: Surprises, Controversies.

In case you’ve been living under a rock or have at least been avoidant of the American cable news channels, you know full well that the Iowa caucuses chimed in last night, beginning the process of selection for their party’s presidential candidates. The results (source): Democratic: Obama – 37.6%, Edwards – 29.7%, Clinton – 29.5%, […]

Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Hostage Taker Wants Drinking Buddies

I came across the following headline and thought it would be something funny: Clinton ‘hostage-taker’ wanted help with drinking. Now how many other people would have assumed it was a story on some poor, lonely dude who couldn’t find someone to drink with him, and had to resort to taking booze hostages? I can’t be […]

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Stephen Colbert: NY Times Columnist for a Day

Stephen Colbert is a guest columnist for Maureen Dowd at the NY Times. He provides his usual stance, focusing on the upcoming Presidential Election. On running for president: “Our nation is at a Fork in the Road. Some say we should go Left; some say go Right. I say, “Doesn’t this thing have a reverse […]