links for 2008-08-29

MoveOn.org Political Action concerning the Associated Press Tell them that the public's faith in the 160-year-old AP will be gone if Ron Fournier is allowed to continue his slanted articles against Democrats and for McCain. (tags: politics moveon 2008+election ландшафтjournalism) … Continue reading

Lori Lipman Brown on The Colbert Report Tonight

This came in from the American Humanist Association folks: Tonight, humanism and secular thought will be in the spotlight on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, one of America’s most popular television shows. Stephen Colbert will interview Lori Lipman Brown, director of … Continue reading

links for 2008-08-27

Futurese: The American Language in AD 3000 (JBR Precoglang) The lessons of the past applied to the future… (tags: conlang sf linguistics futurism english Anthropology via:ed) Swiftboating 2.0 How the right manufactures scandals and then uses the media as their … Continue reading

John McCain “Like a flamethrower in a fireworks factory”

This is from Crooks and Liars. “Like a flamethrower in a fireworks factory”  The Glasgow Herald’s veteran political correspondent Iain McWhirter wonders wtf is wrong with America, that John McCain is actually level with Obama in the polls. A lot … Continue reading