Daily Archives: October 18, 2008

All You Need is Hate?: See Here Brave New Film’s Mash-Up of Some of the Hysteria and Hate Speech Being Expressed at McCain-Palin Rallies

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

And here’s the Beatles singing “All You Need is Love” (to counter some of the bad karma coming out of the Palin-McCain rallies):

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See Here Eastern Rural Ohioans Express Blunt Racial and Religious Fear of Obama

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Al Jazeera sent a reporter to Eastern Ohio and got some disturbing footage of whites expressing blunt racial and religious fear of Obama:

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Do Not Arouse the Wrath of the Great and Terrible Sarah Palin!

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Oh fearless moose-slayer, would you at least do us the favor of a press conference, and some sit-downs with the Sunday press shows, BEFORE the election Nov. 4?

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Sarah Palin Continues to Hide Behind Her Teleprompter Curtain: With Less Than Three Weeks to Go Before the Election, Palin, Once Again, Will NOT Be on Any of the Sunday Press Shows, and She Still Hasn’t Done a Press Conference

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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“Fences Make Good Neighbors”: A Painting of a Meadow with a Fence Running Through It (1875)

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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Form Follows Whose Function?: Reflections on Brasilia and the Career of Architect Oscar Niemeyer

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

The career of Oscar Niemeyer (the architect who almost singlehandedly designed all of Brasilia) is discussed in a fascinating Atlantic article titled, A Vision in Concrete (July/August 2008). It opens thus: It was a heroic and inhuman scheme. From 1956 to … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Homemade Obama Sign I Put on My Lawn

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

I live in a part of California that has started to trend Democratic in registration, but is still dominated, both in the editorial slant of the local paper, as well as in elected offices, by Republicans. Thus, when I walked … Continue reading →

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McCain Surrogate Says Northern Virginia is Not the “Real Virginia”

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

The “real Virginia,” according to this McCain surrogate, is southern Virginia:

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Reality Check: Public Polling Data Released Today Still Has Obama in the Lead in Two Key States—Florida and North Carolina

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Source: FiveThirtyEight.com for Oct. 18, 2008 Notice that the national polls have Obama in a 4-7 point national lead, and in two key states that McCain must win (Florida and North Carolina), he’s down by 2-4%. Also notice that two states … Continue reading →

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An Honest Conservative Speaks the Truth: In the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan Eloquently Skewers Sarah Palin

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Peggy Noonan has always been a thoughtful and honest Lockean conservative, and so it’s hardly surprising that she felt she simply had to, in good conscience, speak her mind openly about the Sarah Palin farce. And so Noonan bravely stuck her … Continue reading →

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