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Republican flip-flop

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:02:37 GMT

The Daily Show continues to be the best source of news on television.

How Obama reinvented campaign finance

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:38:01 GMT

Link: http://www.xplane.com/obama/XPLANED_Obama_Fundraising.pdf

Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate John McCain

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:47:08 GMT

Example: The Golden Gate Bridge.

Link: http://www.thingsyoungerthanmccain.com/?p=68

Election logos 2008 - 1960

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:10 GMT

Link: http://logoblink.com/2008/03/23/usa-polit-logos-2008-1960/

Anglo-Saxon attitudes

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:25:57 GMT

The gap between American and British political views is widening.

Link: http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10927596

U.S. booed at climate conference

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:56:08 GMT

Kevin Conrad of Papua New Guinea takes the Bush delegation to task:

We seek your leadership. But if for some reason you are not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us. Please get out of the way.

The rest of the conference attendees applauded. I think I would have too. Next stop, Copenhagen.

Link: http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/699125,climate121507.article

The New Nostradamus

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:40:36 GMT

Predicting world events with a statistical model.

Link: http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Features/the_new_nostradamus

Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:35:12 GMT

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/18/opinion/20071118_OPART_index.html

Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:34:11 GMT

I think FSJ puts it best:

You’re like Obi-Wan Kenobi—struck down, you have become more powerful than we could ever have imagined.

I would love to see this guy—Oscar winner and as of this morning Nobel Laureate—in the Oval Office.

Jon Stewart on Balance in the Middle East

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:51:26 GMT

Bush administration calls for mandatory Web labeling law

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:19 GMT

This is a bad — not to mention unenforceable — idea

Link: http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-6063554.html?tag=st.util.print

Requests for comment / United States Congress

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:36 GMT

Apparently Wikipedia is tired of congressional staffers modifying it’s pages — interesting predicament

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/United_States_Congress

Does having daughters make you vote left?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:37 GMT

A new study suggests the more daughters you have, the more likely you are to vote on the political left

Link: http://isteve.blogspot.com/2006/01/does-having-daughters-make-you-vote.html