You know, like how Obama got elected

by Curtis Schweitzer on 12.21.2011

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Informed Decisionmaking

December 21, 2011

This one’s making its way around the blogs today– many people are writing that Gingrich said that gay people should ‘vote for Obama’. Ignoring the fact that he said something far different and nuanced than that, don’t you think this is refreshingly honest, especially in contrast to Mitt Romney’s complete inability to answer a question?

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Macro Pulitzernomics

December 12, 2011

It really is high time someone finally put the “millionaire’s tax” into the proper perspective, because the issue is terribly confused, and the left is fond of exploiting that confusion for political gain. The most emblematic example I can find of that confusion is this article from NPR that examines and promotes the idea that [...]

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Winer versus Reality, Part 436

November 15, 2011

At this weekend’s Presidential debate, Newt Gingrich did an admirable job educating the moderator on “the rule of law”: Having clearly explained and articulated exactly why the question was wrongheaded to begin with, and how the moderator’s assertions were “explicitly false”, Gingrich manages to sway the (admittedly right-leaning) crowd effortlessly. Dave Winer, of course, can’t [...]

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Conky Awesomeness

October 22, 2011

Not going to lie, I’m pretty happy with this Conky config: (Click to embiggen) Ubuntu 11.10, with a conky config from here.

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