Here’s an ad that was posted on the Wall Street Journal today, before McCain un-suspended his campaign he never really suspended and announced that he would participate in the debate he had decided not to participate in because he had to run back to DC to save the negotiations for the bailout deal that he likely only complicated.

(via The Washington Post and several blogs)
Can we all just go ahead and admit this was just more political grandstanding by Mr. Country First?
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The next poor sap that comes at me about the “evils of welfare” and poor people needing to just “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” or the terrible scourge of “socialized medicine” when i mention the need for universal, single-payer, healthcare is getting punched right in the mouth.
These fools have been profiting for years off their poor decisions, and now when it catches up to them and the whole thing collapses, we get to pay for it. Where’s the $1 trillion for improving education, or making sure senior citizens and the disabled don’t fall through the cracks? The idea that we can’t afford to provide health care to every American while we toss these huge amounts at companies that have been profiting by screwing so many people and making stupid decisions is in a word, disgusting.
Where’s our bailout? These people have been getting filthy, stinking rich on being irresponsible and our solution is to toss more taxpayer money their way. And not a word in the latest super-bailout of punishment for these people.
Once again, the taxpayer gets put over a barrel in the interest of making sure the already rich can stay rich.
Yes, I understand that when the top collapses it affects everyone, but when is this country going to stop mortgaging our future on the backs of our kids for a little short-term relief? And when will the collapse of the middle and the bottom under the weight of the failures at top be a consideration to anyone other than those folks trying to make ends meet?
On the plus side I think it is safe to say we shouldn’t have to hear much anymore about the benefits of a free and unregulated market. What a crock.
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In the wee hours (EST) this morning, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider was turned on, and fired its first proton beams!
I can’t wait for this thing to start the actual collisions. I hear that should start happening in late October. All the end-of-the-world nutjobs will just have to wait to see if we’re all vaporized. It was interesting however, that my Twitter updates this morning telling me the beams were successful were followed almost immediately by Twitter updates about earthquakes in Iran, wildfires in Mozambique and Swaziland, and a predicted recession in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.
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Here’s a recording of my latest set, played at a friend’s birthday party in August. I haven’t listened through it so I make no guarantees as to its quality. Unfortunately the recording I normally do internally with Ableton Live did not work so I’m relying on the external recording that was done.
Tracklisting (I think):
Tripswitch - Shamanic Tea (Manasseh Remix)
Illy Noiz - Don’t Break My Heart (Backbone Remix)
Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Summertime (Hybrid Remix)
Matthew Adams - No More, Anymore! (Elusive Remix)
Illy Noiz - Viberreal
Akufen - Installation
Alexkid - Love We Have (w. Ian James Whitelaw)
Akufen - Deck The House
Akufen - Jeep Sex
Robag Wruhme- Wortkabular
Tiefschwarz - Benedict
Deadmau5 - 1981
Feist - My Man My Moon (Damage On The Backseat Remix)
Samantha James - Rise (Johnny Fiasco Mix)
(If you came over from some syndication point or other, please view the actual post with the player link
here)
“You wouldn’t know that this is such a critical election by watching the convention last night,” said Obama. “I know we had our week, and the Republicans deserve theirs, but it’s been amazing to me to watch over the last two nights.”
He continued: “You’re hearing a lot about John McCain, and he’s got a compelling biography as a prisoner of war. You’re hearing an awful lot about me, most of which is not true. What you’re not hearing is a lot about you.”
(via The Trail)
And another article from the same source, in its entirety because I couldn’t find a “best” part to clip out…
Continue reading ‘Sen. Obama’s Take on the RNC so far’
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