Very nice list of open source mac apps. Ben would have been interesting to include as a NaNoWriMo alternative (and free) editor. Much other interesting stuff here. - Arachne Jericho
A veritable pictorial montage of newspaper headlines around the world when Obama was elected. A different look at America from the outside than the last 8 years. - Arachne Jericho
Kevin Werbach, appointed by President-Elect Obama to co-chair his FCC transition team, is an assistant professor of legal studies and business ethics and teaches communications and Internet law.
Oh. And he's a level-70 Tauren shaman on World of Warcraft.
I *like* this new administration. - Arachne Jericho
Wonderful and detailed article about transgender children, what being transgender means and how people have dealt with it in the past and the present (for instance, women's colleges accepting transgender men), hope for future America that this may be the first generation where transgender is accepted instead of being called a disease. - Arachne Jericho
What really happened with Joe Lieberman. Involves a brown paper bag, a rubber mallet, Obama and his secret service entourage, and the shadow of Rahm Emanuel. - Arachne Jericho
Andrew Sullivan says: Smarter than Palin. Yes, by a long shot. Jindal will be entirely untainted by the Bush administration---and unblamed for what seems like an inevitable loss by the Republican side---by turning down being the VP pick for McCain. - Arachne Jericho
A particularly thorough site covering each episode and its information, from credits and awards down to references/allusions and quotes from reviews and interviews. - Arachne Jericho
The original poster of this thread posits that West Wing has totally jumped the shark this year. My favorite quote is "this McCain guy, who apparently has had a complete brain swap with GWB at some point since the '01 primary season story line." - Arachne Jericho
Obama at a Roast for Rahm Emanuel, with a hilarious speech in Emanuel's honor. And yes, the part about the middle finger is extremely hilarious. There are many quotes from here I love, the first being "There's only so many ways to say, 'I'd like to rip your head off.'"
Ah Emanuel. Too bad we can't see behind the White House walls. - Arachne Jericho
Flash slide show demonstrating the various demographic political shifts, comparing 2004 to 2008. Usually it tended towards the Democrats. - Arachne Jericho
I really like this picture; Obama is a break in a long trend. Although the number of Stumblers who are screaming "if you point out his being black is history-making then YOU are racist because race doesn't matter and because it matters to you YOU are racist!" (1 in 10 maybe) is a little disturbing, but mostly people are clueful.
And yes. I'm not white. Oh, oh, I'm a racist because I just said I wasn't white and I'm not supposed to really mention that. - Arachne Jericho
Hilarious and true and, really, the epitome of humor is right here: "Wow. Thank God that was just television. If those people's stories were real, we would need major change in this country." - Arachne Jericho
Sarah Palin's greatest hits! All her interview bites of sad and fail crammed into one YouTube clip. Skipping over the First Amendment madness of a week ago. - Arachne Jericho
Charle Stross says, among other things, "Here's a good diagnostic test for whether a proposed law is bigoted: if it applies to a group of people, replace the subject group in question with "Jews" or "Blacks", and see how it reads. If Adolf Hitler or the Grand Cyclops would approve, then it's a fair bet that there's something fishy about it. In the case of Proposition 8, how would you vote if it read, "Only marriage between Christians is recognized in California"? Or "Only marriage between white-skinned people is recognized in California"?" - Arachne Jericho
Andrew Sullivan discusses the disturbing events after 9/11, the death of the American dream, character; the coming difficulties; and hope. - Arachne Jericho
