The Vig

A phrase which drives me absolutely insane is “you’re too young to remember, but…”  I’ve heard that way too much in my life.  I’m careful to never use it around anyone younger than me.  It’s condescending and arrogant.
I’ve had a few conversations with friends and relatives about Obama over the last year-and-a-half.  Not all of [...]

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The Asian markets have only been open for a few minutes, but already they’re liking what they see of the Treasury Department’s plan.  The Shanghai Composite is up over 8.5%.  I don’t get it, but whatever.  Hopefully silver gets knocked down a little tomorrow so I can pick some more up cheap.
Meanwhile, back at the [...]

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I sat and watched the Charlie Gibson-Sarah Palin interview with a couple friends of mine last night.  While I wouldn’t call them conservative Christians, they’re certainly right of center.  Pro-family, pro-life.  Anyway, they both sat and watched the interview and as it went on, they kept making comments like “can you believe that?” and “she [...]

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If you missed it on SNL last night, here’s the open in all it’s dead-on glory. I hope this isn’t the last we’ve seen of Tina Fey as Palin.

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I emailed a friend in Ohio this afternoon to get a gauge on the mood there.  Ohio is the swing state this time around; whoever wins there will most likely be the new president.  The guys at the 538 have Ohio officially as a toss-up, but they include it in the red column.  If the [...]

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It’s been ten days since McCain announced his choice for vice president.  She has yet to face the press and may not for another two weeks.
Sullivan suggests she’s more of a chihuahua.
The strategy here is actually pretty cagey on the part of the Republican machine.  Rather than risk sending her out to make some sort [...]

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Mudflats says Sarah Barracuda is heading home for the next week.  If true, this will be a grave mistake.  In the next seven days, she will at least need to spend an hour getting massaged by Hannity.  And if she the McCain campaign is smart, she’ll need to spend another half-day doing phone interviews with [...]

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Support from other Americans and Alaskans is needed also to move forward with the proposed bridge between Revillagigedo and Gravina islands, she said. “People across the nation struggle with the idea of building a bridge because they’ve been under these misperceptions about the bridge and the purpose,” said Palin, who described the link as the [...]

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I got into blogging by answering a forum post on O-Live back in 2004.  Kevin “Velveeta” Cosgrove originally brought two of us in to give our insights into the election and blog our thoughts in what turned out to be near real time.  My partner was David B. Wright.  He’s now writing at TwoPennies.
David made [...]

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This guy is good.
Now, we’d like to welcome our newest player to the growing cast of characters in our little drama - Thomas Van Flein. Mr. Van Flein (don’t you just have to say that with an accent?!) has been hired to represent Palin in the upcoming legislative investigation into the firing of Commissioner [...]

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