Archive for September, 2008

Palinocchio
Monday, September 29th, 2008

Lipstick on a pit bull? Lipstick on a pig? More like lipstick on a puppet…

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Community organizer vs governor, 33 AD edition
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Community organizer vs governor, 33 AD edition

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Daily Show vets the pundits
Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Best Daily Show clip since Bush v. Bush debate?

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NPR vets Sarah Palin
Thursday, September 4th, 2008

NPR vets Sarah Palin

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Medal color to time invested ratio
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

A couple of thoughts before we all forget the Olympics happened. During coverage of the women’s gymnastics competition, the commentators mentioned that the Chinese gymnasts start training intensely at age 3, while the Americans don’t typically spend that amount of time in the gym until age 10.

How well did that work out? Well, the American women were in position to win the team competition until Alicia Sacramone’s stumbles on the beam and floor, allowing the Chinese to take the title. I’m sure some people will beg to differ, but I’m not sure that those seven years per athelete were necessary or even consequential in this competition.

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Vetting Palin
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Oopsie daisy?

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