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Breaking News — Open Thread by jenny on April 25, 2009 at 8:12 am

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Jon's comment on August 11, 2009 at 6:27 pm
“Hot Rod” Blago is at it again! Now he’s singin’ Elvis and swingin’ those hips. Go Blago!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXhMwQ74rE
Marshall's comment on July 30, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Here’s a funny article about crocs (we were talking about them at dinner for Mom’s birthday):

http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/07/27/crocs/index.html?source=rss&aim=/news/brand_graveyard/feature
Marshall's comment on July 10, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Check this article out– only 6 percent of American scientists identify themselves as Republican. That says a lot about what education and free-thinking can do to your political views.
Aunt Julie's comment on July 4, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Here’s Randy’s page with the image and links to the awful story of the guy’s encounter with Verizon. http://xkcd.com/verizon/ I tried to listen to the recording but after about ten minutes I had to stop before I smashed my computer. I don’t exactly understand why the failblog thinks it’s a win; the actual math works out to two cents (or point zero two cents, I forget which). The failblog page read a symbol wrong (Doug knows what it was but he’s not here–he was really irritated when he first saw this page.)

And one more cool thing. After this image circulated on the internet, the bank called here for Randy. They called a couple of times, including at 7pm, before he called them back. The caller was from our bank’s headquarters in Charlotte, and her dad, an engineer, had seen the check and let his daughter know since it was her bank. She was very concerned about the security of the digital blurring that Randy had done, but Randy was confident that he has obscured it sufficiently.
Jon's comment on July 4, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I was looking at failblog.org and I ran across this one — look at the name on the check! (Failblog.org does say that it was originally from xkcd.)
http://failblog.org/2009/03/18/bill-payment-win/
Marshall's comment on July 3, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Oh man this is absolutely hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0
Aunt Julie's comment on June 25, 2009 at 9:09 am
Jenny, that was fun! Doug is dozing on the little couch behind me, and I got the woman to say, “Hey, Doug, time to be waking up and eating bagels!” and it startled the heck out of him.
jenny's comment on June 25, 2009 at 7:16 am
This is really neat: Read my words
Marshall's comment on June 22, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Still not as exciting as the last basketball shot, but this one is still amazing:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31484647#31484647
jenny's comment on June 21, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I joined Twitter to follow the Iran protests — it’s been really interesting and inspiring. Go internet! Go YouTube, for relaxing standards on showing violent videos, because the press has been banned from Iran:

“In general, we do not allow graphic or gratuitous violence on YouTube,” the company said in a statement. “However, we make exceptions for videos that have educational, documentary, or scientific value. The limitations being placed on mainstream media reporting from within Iran make it even more important that citizens in Iran be able to use YouTube to capture their experiences for the world to see.”
Jon's comment on June 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I never knew skateboarding could be over-the-top crazy, but it is, as this 3-minute video shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aosZJYFbnQ&feature=related
Jon's comment on June 16, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Capturing the essence of blogging. © Copyright Despair, inc.

http://despair.com/blogging.html
Evan's comment on June 11, 2009 at 2:32 pm
The President knows just how to cultivate younger voters:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/11/president-issues-get-out-of-class-pass-to-10-year-old/
Marshall's comment on June 1, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Haha Ev that’s so true!
Evan's comment on June 1, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Keeping line with the previous two comments and our famous love of movie cliches, here is a funny video from Andy Samberg:

http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/05/explosions-mtv-video-awards.html

“Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions”
Marshall's comment on May 26, 2009 at 12:13 am
Well I’m on 98th and Madison, so yeah it was 6 streets and 2 avenues away, which is pretty close. My roommate walked by it later and saw all the cops and everything.
Jon's comment on May 25, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Hey Marsh, was this explosion near you?!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/25/new.york.explosion/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Jon's comment on May 25, 2009 at 10:59 am
A: “Benko got out!!”
Gramma's comment on May 25, 2009 at 8:33 am
Bring me coffee?
Jon's comment on May 25, 2009 at 8:06 am
Q: What three words does my spouse say to me every day?
jenny's comment on May 24, 2009 at 2:06 pm
They’re from last summer
Gramma's comment on May 24, 2009 at 7:06 am
Those are cute kitties but are they small or were those taken when the kitties were younger?
jenny's comment on May 23, 2009 at 6:36 pm
http://picasaweb.google.com/blumbywumby/DexieAndTash#

Dexie and Tash, super cute photos
jenny's comment on May 22, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I agree it seems like he’s doing well, but is he caving in too many areas? What about Guantanamo, why did that happen? And gays in the military — I feel like it’s too early to be so laudatory, but welcome evidence to the contrary.
Evan's comment on May 21, 2009 at 8:39 pm
David Gergen has worked in four different presidential administrations (of both parties), so he has a unique perspective on the presidency. He was also skeptical of President Obama throughout the early days of the administration. I think his commentary here is symbolic of a growing consensus:

“As someone who has deep roots in presidencies of the past, I must say that I was among those who worried early on that he was taking on too much, too fast. My experience has been that a White House is able at best to handle one or two big issues, and when it suddenly has five or six balls in the air, it almost always drops one or two. Barack Obama has at least a half dozen flying above him — the economy, health care, global warming, Afpak, Iran, Iraq — the list goes on and on. So, I have been worried.

But one of the lessons I have also learned is that every fresh generation of leaders can teach a thing or two to older generations about how to get things done. And maybe, just maybe, we have a President who can do it all and do it with grace and style.”

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/21/gergen-extreme-challenges-can-be-opportunities/
Jon's comment on May 19, 2009 at 8:05 am
Yeah, the bike prank is funnier.
Evan's comment on May 18, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Hmm…I saw that on TV a couple weeks ago, and it’s funny…I guess.

But come on, no where near as funny as the Bike Race prank. It is like, the perfect prank.
Jon's comment on May 18, 2009 at 8:29 pm
That’s definitely funny, but how about this ad. “At The Rrrreeeddd House … where black people and white people buy furniture.”

MSNBC article, including the YouTube link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30814287/
Marshall's comment on May 18, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Hahahah! Evvie that’s hilarious.
Evan's comment on May 18, 2009 at 1:00 pm
If you want to see a hilarious and well-executed prank, follow this link:

http://www.fandome.com/video/112187/Bike-Race-Prank/?q=k
jenny's comment on May 4, 2009 at 6:37 am
Here’s a great 100 days essay by my friend Jeffrey Laurenti.
jenny's comment on May 2, 2009 at 8:41 pm
We’re sponsoring a PCDO resolution on marriage equality, voting on May 17.
jenny's comment on April 30, 2009 at 1:19 pm
this is truly amazing

http://womensrights.change.org/blog/view/childrens_books_fcking_with_gender_roles_since_1970
Evan's comment on April 26, 2009 at 2:27 pm
ABC News-Washington Post 100 Days Poll

President Obama Job Approval: 69%.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/25/AR2009042503120.html?nav=rss_email/components

EDIT: here is a good analysis of the latest poll findings (from a different, but farther-reaching, Pew poll)
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/04/23/obama-more-popular-than-his-policies-bad-news-for-gop.aspx
jenny's comment on April 26, 2009 at 7:34 am
Really neat glasses with tiny projectors so you can see both the real world and digital content.
jenny's comment on April 25, 2009 at 8:14 am
In case you haven’t seen this poll and “graded” Obama click here.

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