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Who’s standing up the little guys, eh?

Kevin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:23:35 +0000

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell Freakin’ brilliant. ... Read more...

The New McCarthyism

Kevin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:55:57 +0000

Media Matters lays out a fairly compelling comparison: With a brief analysis, in part: Beck’s fixation on a sinister communist threat undermining America’s capitalist democracy would be entirely laughable were it not revealing of somethi... Read more...

Wow, yes he did

Kevin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:52:59 +0000

(THIS IS A DAY LATE…Hey, it’s been a busy couple of days). Election night was one of those nights that, for the rest of their lifetimes, people will remember where they were and what they were doing. A good friend of mine lives in Amster... Read more...

Emerging from The Cone of Silence

Kevin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:54:29 +0000

On a day where perhaps more information was flowing from more sources and through more channels than at any time in history, I spent 5 hours sitting in a “cone of silence” – a 737 heading east from Seattle to NYC. I fly all the time... Read more...

Election Day Reflections: My own personal campaign drama

Kevin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:38:58 +0000

I grew up in a political family – my mom was active in local politics down in Silicon Valley when I was young, so I recall precinct walking, riding in holiday parades, and trying to sit still through the annual State of the City addresses, a to... Read more...

The Cellphone Effect

Kevin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:30:32 +0000

When all votes are counted, one side is dancing with euphoria and the other screaming in the streets (or drinking heavily in a dark room back home), my bet is one real winner out of this election will be Nate Silver and the crew at FiveThirtyEight.co... Read more...

Wassup Obama

Kevin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:10:04 +0000

This is a pretty sweet ad. I believe this is the cast from the original Bud commercial, sharing some political views. Captures so many of the ills of the past eight years with a bit of tempered humor. (edit: h/t to Beyond PR) ... Read more...