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jwisser @ May 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Dan Cederholm [via his Twitter feed]:
People that point out the absence of flag pins also send word that “your site doesn’t render properly in IE6 (just FYI)”.
This quote actually points up a pretty interesting phenomenon.  I follow a number of Mac developers and visual designers via RSS and Twitter, and they are very heavily Obama-slanted [...]

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Notes on the primaries

jwisser @ May 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet

1.  No, Hillary, the goalpost isn’t 2209 delegates; it’s still 2025.  If states aren’t going to follow the rules for the primaries, they don’t get counted.  Also, more importantly, you don’t choose the goalposts.  You’re a candidate.  You run.  Others tell you if you won or lost.
2.  The big news outlets are writing as if [...]

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Another Clinton-related post

jwisser @ April 26, 2008 # 2 Comments

I’m sick, and therefore incapable of writing (or at least unwilling to), but I thought I’d pass along this excellent piece on why Hillary Clinton is so bad for the country and the Democratic party right now.
[via Daniel Jalkut's Twitter feed]

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English makes you crazy

jwisser @ April 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Alternate title: “Conservapedia is really dumb“.
Total Drek writes about the insanity that is the Christian Right in America.  If you’re in a mood for pain, you can always check out Conservapedia yourself.

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Some timely advice on voting…

jwisser @ April 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet

…from an old friend.  This is the Bill Clinton I remember, and who I’ve been missing very much during this campaign.
[via Daring Fireball]

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