You decide

Who said these? Karl Rove? Donald Rumsfeld?

"Terror must be broken by terror"

"All opposition must be stamped into the ground"

Nope, Nazi brownshirts.

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Obamarama

Man do these people do political statistics well. The scenario analysis is interesting too as are the somewhat-puzzling graphs.

Letterboxing?

Has anyone heard of this at all? This sounds kind of interesting. When I go walking around I like to explore a little, and day my day I'm kind of running out of areas near me that are new. This idea seems interesting. People leave a waterproof box with a rubberstamp and a paper pad inside somewhere in town and hide it. Then they put clues online like such. These are all the Oregon ones listed by date placed. Some were placed in 1999, so I'm sure those are gone. Anyway, it seems like a cool alternative to doing nothing.

Urbanteering

On July 20th there will be a scavenger hunt put on by some people starting in the Pearl.

http://www.urbanteering.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

It looks pretty cool. There will be teams and individual classes.

Like A Potato Could Beat That

However! It is the year of the potato. Why 2008? According to the website:

Food prices are soaring worldwide, driven by fierce competition for reduced international supplies of wheat, maize and rice, and other agricultural commodities. As concern grows over the risk of food shortages and instability in dozens of low-income countries, global attention is turning to an age-old crop that could help ease the strain of food price inflation.

Damn, this website got me all excited about potatoes.


That headset thing looks crazy. LAN parties are going to just look like a bunch of Cylon hybrids staring at monitors soon enough. Luke, you ballsy enough to get one?

Neuro-input device for the PC!

Goddamnit, such a cool concept. I imagine the second generation of this will be pretty sweet.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?/input_devices/ocz_neural_impulse_actuator_nia_-_the_log/1

Cylons refuse XP!

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/28/cylons-run-windows-xp

Who's ready for a rockin Sunday??

So this Sunday after our kickball game, which is at 3pm, we are planning on doing some grilling and drinking at a park. It will either be at Overlook Park or at the kickball field to watch the rest of the playoffs.

You should come!!

The importance of national appeal

I dunno. After West Virginia, I'm kinda wondering if we might want to rethink nominating Obama, and nominate Hillary instead. Because, you know, you just can't understate the importance of appealing to the white hillbilly racist vote.

And I thought there was nothing I could possibly read or see that would make me think Bill O'Reilly was even nuttier than I already knew he was

Mr. Honeybun

From now on, everyone must refer to Bobby only as 'honeybun', or possibly Mr. Honeybun. His shirt should be updated too.

Last day to register as a Democrat to vote in the primary

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/oregonvoterreg/

Drop it off at:
Multnomah Elections Office
1040 SE Morrison St.
Portland, OR 97214

Phone: (503) 988-3720

Edit: You can also drop it off at any DMV. It must be in by 5pm.
Edit2: Hope you all registered! I just got back from changing my registration from Green to Democrat. If you're not registered as a Democrat, no bitching if Hillary steals it. Well, ok, you can still bitch. But fingers will be pointed, accusations will be hurled, recriminations will abound, and it may all come to fisticuffs and blood in the streets.

Vote Hook

Okay...you've all seen the signs... Steve Novick for U.S Senate.
But did anyone know he has a hook for a hand? Not even kidding. And even better... he's using it in his campaign!!


And as if the t-shirt isn't enough... this TV ad is sure to win you over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jv9yaHR34

His sign is going right inbetween my Sam Adams and Obama sign in the yard.

Fucking Hillary

And I don't mean that I've found a stick with tits. Our favorite Republican-lite has all but guaranteed that McCain will win in November. While the Democratic process drags on for months and months, prior to a group of shadowy men going into a room to decide who will win the primary (in striking similarity to how the 2000 election was decided), McCain will get a free ride, while Billary puff up their egos.

Good job, way to put the country before your own power greed.

Public Service Announcement

COMCAST SUCKS! Ok, we already knew that didn't we? Seriously though, this is an interesting article for anyone that has HD currently, specifically with Comcast (although dishes are also notorious for being compression-happy due to the cost of satellites). And is pretty much a rant I've had all along.

The gist:

1) Comcast compresses the shit out of everything HD (3-1 currently), and not very well at that.
2) Verizon's FIOS is WAY better, both for internet and video. If you are lucky enough to have it available, get it now.
3) Anything that is on network TV (read: football, Lost, etc.) is best viewed (depending on the channel, with very little compression) from off-air, that is using 'rabbit ears'.

Unfortunately, since this is all controlled by monopolies, and the Portland phone monopoly is Qwest, it is unlikely that FIOS will hit Portland proper any time soon.

Re: BSG

I'm pretty sure this doesn't spoil anything.

So far this season of BSG has kicked serious ass. But I really think that "WE'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!!!" is becoming the new "WAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLT!!!" and "I'm losing it!" is becoming the new "They took my son!"

This is not good.

Brokered Convention

Regardless of whether you're following the Democrats' nomination process, this is a very entertaining read:

http://nymag.com/news/politics/45786/

OK. So.

So what is actually happening this weekend? I have heard a lot of ideas floated, particularly about Galactica, but nothing really solid. Anybody?

Thanks for the ride info!

That sounds like a great cause. I will definitely be there.