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The Politics of Stupid

Apparently I’m an idiot. Based on my traffic numbers and sources, there’s a good chance you’re an idiot too. I’m not trying to insult you, just point out that, according to Susan Jacoby at the WaPo, Americans are idiots. It is almost impossible to talk about the manner in which public ignorance contributes to grave national [...]

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• This page links to the following YouTube video as a good example of how video games can illustrate the "many worlds" theory of quantum mechanics: (more...) #
• Yeah, I haven't been spending enough time here. Not enough content, haven't been writing, etc. So sue me. #
• John McCain shows us how he'd really cut waste out of gov't: McCain Vows To Replace Secret Service With His Own Bare Fists #
• The Wright Effect continues apace, lowering Obama's overall lead to dead-even with Clinton, and eroding his support with varying demographics, most of whom are lower-to-middle class white voters. #
• As a heavy user of such services as Google Reader, I've recently joined Friend Feed as a way to keep my web content all in one place, as it were. It seems to be functioning quite well, and I'd love to know if anyone else is on-- I love as much content as possible. #
• Obama vs. reality: (more...) #
• Let's face it, most of the criticism of the ABC News Democratic Debate last night boils down to the fact that Obama don't get the economy either-- something that was stunningly evident during the debate. (But no, let's blame the media for Obama's incompetent answers). #
• Jimmy Carter's relentless attempts to marginalize himself and lower his reputation have reached a new low-- today he defied the objections of the State Department and met with representatives of Hamas, the terrorist organization (more...) #
• The first death in retaliation for the anti-Islamic film Fitna certainly didn't take very long. From Jihad Watch: (more...) #
• The missing narrative on the latest Obama "bitter people who cling to guns and religion" flap (beyond merely the fact that it exposes the myth of Obama's media invincibility) is that Hillary just won a media cycle. Ever since the Wright scandal, (more...) #
• Wonderful video that illustrates just how much Obama truly is more of the same: (more...) #
• Last week's April Fool's joke from the BBC was beautiful-- and this remix is even better: (more...) #
• Can you use Amazon's S3 service to host a website? Apparently, yes you can. #
• My coffeemaker went nuclear this morning. I have the Cuisinart Grind n' Brew variety that both grinds up whole beans and makes coffee from the resulting product. My faith in the machine has been sorely tested today. It works like this: there is an upper part (the grinder) has a small shoot that leads from the grinding area down to the carafe, which in turn dumps hot, delicious coffee into a pot in the bottom. Good so far, right? Wrong. (more...) #
• Conan O'Brien: Writers strike highlights. Epic video below: (more...) #