politique
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Robo-Call
McCain’s Rejected Robo-Call Scripts: Hello. I’m calling for John McCain and the RNC because you need to know that Barack Obama has not accepted Joe the Plumber’s friend request on Facebook.
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Chills
Activists favor Obama over McCain on HIV/AIDS issues. No shit : Strub (founder of Poz Magazin) said McCain’s “continued referencing” of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) as his go-to guy on AIDS should send chills down the spine of everyone with HIV as well as those who care about us.” (…) “Coburn has often pursued a…
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Wazzzaaa
Smart and funny and moving : Wassup 2008.
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Pomme
And here is another good reason to buy a mac : Apple says No on Prop 8, the proposition to eliminate right to same-sex couples to marry in the US.
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Dudes
Dudes for Sarah, by Dan Savage, on Palin’s male following: A lot of the guys turning up at Palin rallies are there to cheer on a powerful woman who wants to use her power to make sure that their woman don’t get too powerful.
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Tumbling Down
Not a good moment to sell your house in T.O. : Resale home prices tumble in Toronto. Add that to the strong euro and yes, I might be able on day to actually own a house. Scary.
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OSC
Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? Orson Scott Card, who’s Democrat, on the actual crisis, the responsability of the Democrats and bad journalism.
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Le nid d’un autre oiseau
Nobel d’économie : coup de maître : Sa création en 1969 a constitué de la part des économistes néoclassiques le coup de maître d’une entreprise collective visant à transformer leur discipline en science. L’économie, par essence politique, de Karl Marx ou d’Adam Smith est morte ce jour-là. Il n’est pas certain que l’on ait gagné…
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Security Theater
Airport security in America is a sham – “security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists: The Things He Carried, in The Atlantic.
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L’important, c’est la cote
Le site de Fernande Bouvier, personnage principale d’Un capitalisme sentimental, dont la bande-annonce est visible en ligne. Séduisant.