bragging rights…

What he said on 12/30/07:
Quote from Barack Obama at a speech in Iowa. This is from his “closing arguments” speech in reference to Hillary Clinton:
“…let me tell you something: the real gamble is to have the same old folks do the same old things over and over again and somehow expect that we’ll get a [...]

Primary Preview – looking at the trends (republicans)

As a brief note, the polling results for Republicans are even harder to understand than for the Democrats. five polls in Iowa show the following: 2 show a solid Huckabee lead, 1shows a small Huckabee lead, 1 shows a large Romney lead, and 1 shows a moderate Romney lead. What are we to make of [...]

Primary Preview – looking at the trends (democrats)

In order to help predict how Iowa will turn out, we can examine each candidate’s trends. Democrats first, Republicans next.
Real Clear Politics has a chart here that I’ll be referring to…
It shows that Biden (now at 5%) is steadily trending upwards, having started at basically nothing. He is predicting a 15% finish, and would get [...]

Primary Preview – a look at the polls

Real Clear Politics is my favorite place to go to look up how candidates are doing in the nation and in Iowa. They list a number of polling companies’ results and then provide their own average, but upon closer inspection, the polls that they present are not very straightforward. Take a look at their latest [...]

From Slate – The Bush administration’s dumbest legal arguments of 2007

“The Bush administration continues to limit our basic freedoms, conceal its own worst behavior, and insist that it does all this in order to make us more free. In that spirit, it seemed an opportune moment to commemorate the administration’s worst legal justifications and arguments of the year.”
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Freaks and Geeks

                                         
While the writer’s strike is slowly dragging along I took the opportunity to catch up on some of televisions forgotten shows with my Netflix account.
I honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started Freaks and Geeks. My friend highly recommended it to me, but it was canceled by NBC before its first season [...]

Brooklyn Soul, courtesy of Mick Boogie

Here’s a link to a fantastic remix album of Jay-Z new album, American Gangster. It was done entirely using Marvin Gaye samples, and I think its fantastic. “Hello Brooklyn” was a tight track, but they are all good listens, and I think it reinforces the remix ideas talked about here.

Primary Preview – John Edwards as kingmaker

John Edwards is in a win-win situation. Here’s his primary outlook:

1. Places 2nd or 1st in Iowa, seriously damages Obama or Hillary, and rides tons of media coverage into New Hampshire, Michigan, Nevada, and South Carolina (where you’d think he’d be doing better than 15 percent considering he’s form North Carolina). Has a plausible chance [...]

stat-watch – good enough edition

Its a border line call, but the 48 points scored makes it worth mentioning: Dwanye Wade came close to a 5×5 tonight, with the following stat line:
48 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks

Leslie Hall, gem-sweater empress.

This, folks, is Leslie Hall:

Coming from the Midwest and playing off of the Napoleon Dynamite theme that struck gold a few years back, Leslie Hall has launched a career as a mid-western hip hop diva. Alongside DJ Dr. Laura and her band, Leslie and the Ly’s, she’s taken the gem-sweater crowd by storm. I say [...]