Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Another phony self-righteous challenge
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Phony, phony, phony. Might be true what some of my veteran Deaniac friends say: Joe Trippi really is a poison pill.
1 Comment » - Posted in Politics, Rant by shelbinator
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Steamrolling towards dynasty
My boy Joe got a little ornery on a question or two last night during the 715th Democratic debate on MSNBC, and with good reason. Firstly, the reliable ol’ Dodd clock shows that Biden, the smartest foreign policy guy on the stage, barely edged past Dennis Kucinich (by one second — that’s within measurement […]
No Comments » - Posted in (In)security, Politics, Rant, Scary by shelbinator
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Return of the Fundamentalists
The Christians are back on campus this week, right on schedule. I already gushed last year about how proud it makes me of our country that we can have public shouting matches like this in the public forum and walk away unscathed, and I’m no less giddy about it this year. God love […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Culture, Politics, Random, Religion by shelbinator
Friday, September 21st, 2007
MITase: It’s Art!
Like bookends on a week of stupid, MIT tries to one-up UF.
While quite possibly as stupid as Andrew Meyer is nuts, Star Simpson was wise enough to comply with law enforcement.
Shame, ’cause I’m already bored with YouTube again.
No Comments » - Posted in (In)security, Culture, Scary, Weirdos by shelbinator
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
When Notre Dame needs money the most
Several times over the last two weeks, I’ve gotten a phone call from a familiar exchange: 574-631-XXXX. Though the change in area code fooled me once a couple years ago, I’ve since learned to be careful when answering those calls, as it’s undoubtedly a bright-eyed undergrad working in the Development Office at the University […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Culture, Random, Sport by shelbinator
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Off the bus, off the wall
Well, things started off so well; I barely snuck into the first round of HuffPo’s new citizen journalism project and landed my first project right on the front page, if only for several hours. Who knows, maybe this thing would turn into a portfolio that could mutate my engineering resume into an advocacy one. […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Media, Netroots, Politics, Rant, Weirdos by shelbinator
Monday, September 17th, 2007
Off the Bus: Giuliani in Atlanta
On his way to a big-ticket fundraiser lunch in Buckhead, Rudy Giuliani decided to stop by the OK Cafe for a quick round of pressin’ the flesh and signing baseballs. I headed up there with the video camera to create my first piece for the Huffington Post’s new endeavor Off the Bus, a collaboration […]
19 Comments » - Posted in Local News, Media, Netroots, Politics, Video by shelbinator
Friday, September 14th, 2007
New SOF skydive system not from ACME, surprisingly
In the mailbox from Jane’s today: a badass new gadget from German company SPELCO that is on display this week at the Defense Systems & Equipment International (DSEI) Expo in London. (Upcoming.org: your one-stop shop for local indie rock concerts and wholesale export of death!) You are going to want to be the […]
No Comments » - Posted in (In)security, Cool things, Sci-Tech by shelbinator
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Bill Maher, Top 3 Chucklefaces, and Real Presidentiality
Another late Thursday night with the crack, another deferral of a blog post.
Jeff Jarvis has a great comparison of totally awkward not-funny-ha-ha-funny-queer moments on the so-called, maybe-soon-to-be video “mashup” that Huffington Post, Slate, and a very recalcitrant Yahoo have produced with Charlie Rose, Bill Maher, and the candidates:
Bill Maher’s presence on the Huffpo/Slate/Yahoo debate added […]
No Comments » - Posted in Geekery, Media, Netroots, Politics, YouTube and such by shelbinator
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Move along, nothing to see here
In the age of instant news, I still can’t get news fast enough. When I walked the dog before work, there were 5 or 6 police cruisers stationed along Charles Allen Drive at Greenwood, and the cops were out on foot, stopping traffic in both directions to take a peek into back seats, cargo […]
