Clint Ecker

"Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin used a government "per diem" allowance to charge the state for more than 300 nights spent at home (graphic) and spent another $43,490 on travel for her children and husband, The Post's James V. Grimaldi and Karl Vick report today." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Since she took state office in late 2006, the governor and her family have spent more than $13,000 in taxpayer funds to attend at least 10 religious events and meetings with Christian pastors, including Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical preacher Billy Graham, records show." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"In a matter of weeks, McCain has gone from being a conventional tax-cutting conservative to a big-government interventionist." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Now that Sarah Palin has been found to have abused her powers, violated state ethics, and lied about it, I did a little digging and found an interesting historical footnote. The McCain/Palin ticket is the first in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"I started watching the critically-acclaimed series Mad Men on DVD over the summer, and I am enjoying it a lot. I was a little kid in the early 1960s. Watching it is like stepping back in time. People really did used to smoke and drink like that. Of course, the show is set in the early 1960s, so I had to write a “Typecasting” piece about it." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

I love this show. The article was very interesting, too, thanks for sharing! - Jason Shultz

Whoa. People in seattle are weird! - Clint Ecker

"From the team that brought you Mail Goggles, here comes...Advanced IMAP Controls, a Labs feature that lets you fine-tune your Gmail IMAP experience. You can choose which labels to sync in IMAP -- useful if you find your mail client choking on a big [Gmail]/All Mail folder. After enabling this Lab, just go to the Labels tab under Settings. You'll see a new 'Show in IMAP' checkbox next to each of your labels. Uncheck the box and the corresponding folder will disappear from IMAP." -- Thank god. I had to take Gmail out of Mail.app which would choke on the 400,000 emails in my Gmail/All Mail folder. - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor in the firing of her former public safety commissioner, but violated no laws, a report for the state Legislature concluded Friday." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

Do we really need more power-abusers in the white house? - Clint Ecker

""He is not the McCain I endorsed," said Milliken, reached at his Traverse City home Thursday. "He keeps saying, 'Who is Barack Obama?' I would ask the question, 'Who is John McCain?' because his campaign has become rather disappointing to me." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"The rabid nature of the scene has startled longtime political observers and even former associates of McCain himself. John Weaver, the Senator's former top strategist, has said McCain is making a tactical mistake by letting abusive hecklers have their voices heard during his forums. David Gergen, a longtime Washington strategist, has warned that the rhetoric from these attendees could "lead to some violence." Veteran Republican Congressman Ray LaHood criticized Sarah Palin in particular, saying her rhetoric did not "befit the office she's running for."" - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Earlier today, Obama remarked on recent outbursts of "Traitor!" "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" at McCain campaign events. "It's easy to rile up a crowd," Obama said. "Nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. But that's not what we need right now in the United States." In response, McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace released this statement, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. "Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising. These are the same people obama called 'bitter' and attacked for 'clinging to guns' and faith." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

i'm mentally preparing for some really hurting folks after election day. some will surely be depressed. some will be angry. i'm gonna try to be neither. - MikeAmundsen

The fact that McCain is pursuing this strategy at a time when the economy is in trouble terrifies me. Not just because he's focusing on the wrong issues, but because of the interplay. Enraged people + hard times is a recipe for something resembling civil war. - Erik S

"Reinhardt is the name I gave to this client-side web framework. At this point, it simply offers URL dispatch. I can imagine a client-side framework offering tools to help you organize large Dojo-based applications in easy to understand, simple to grow manner. The built-in URL dispatch could also provide automatic history and back button support. For now, however, it is just a small bit of code to make client-side URL dispatch clean and simple." -- Kinda about Django... ;) - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Reinhardt is the name I gave to this client-side web framework. At this point, it simply offers URL dispatch. I can imagine a client-side framework offering tools to help you organize large Dojo-based applications in easy to understand, simple to grow manner. The built-in URL dispatch could also provide automatic history and back button support. For now, however, it is just a small bit of code to make client-side URL dispatch clean and simple." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Those who press this Ayers line of attack are whipping Republicans and conservatives into a fury that is going to be very hard to calm after November. Is it really wise to send conservatives into opposition in a mood of disdain and fury for a man who may well be the next president of the United States, incidentally the first African-American president? Anger is a very bad political adviser. It can isolate us and push us to the extremes at exactly the moment when we ought to be rebuilding, rethinking, regrouping and recruiting. I’m not suggesting that we remit our opposition to a hypothetical President Obama. Only that an outgunned party will need to stay cool. A big part of Obama’s appeal is his self-command. It’s a genuinely impressive quality. Let’s emulate it. We’ll be needing it." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"As you are likely aware, October 14 has been widely rumored for several weeks now as the official date for Apple's update to the MacBook and MacBook pro line. Some of us had our doubts (myself included) that such an update would end up being announced during an Apple event, but Apple has come through once again.  What can we expect from this event? No one knows for sure, but supposedly leaked photos have been spreading across the web as of late. Ars will be there (with photos this time!) covering it live on our front page." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

Apple has just sent out invites to a special media event on Apple's campus for October 14. The invite reads, "The spotlight turns to notebooks," and has a ray of light shining over the back of an unidentified Apple notebook. - OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

Ars is going to be there - Clint Ecker

Whoa. Twitter from your Camera :) - Clint Ecker

"The fund organized a meeting yesterday where it invited entreprenuers/CEOs from its portfolio companies. The attendees were greeted by a cute image of a Grave Stone, with a message: R.I.P.: Good Times, my sources tell me. I was able to confirm this with at least two sources and I am currently trying to nail down more details." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"McCain misstated his own health care plan, saying he’d give a $5,000 tax credit to “every American” His plan actually would provide only $2,500 per individual, or $5,000 for couples and families. He also misstated Obama’s health care plan, claiming it would levy fines on “small businesses” that fail to provide health insurance. Actually, Obama’s plan exempts “small businesses.”" - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

You can post those, I'm just cataloguing McCain's gaffes. - Clint Ecker

Well, you might want to reconsider. I mean, that could conceivably take up ALL of your time. - Darian Rawson

Reminds me of back home. :( - Clint Ecker

Seriously though, this makes me think that maybe the whole idea of everyone getting one vote ISN'T such a good idea. O.o - Kelly W.

I'm Iranian and I didn't know we are in war with US!! let's make peace not war... God (if there's one!) bless America... God (if there's one!) bless the whole world. - Aziz

"Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."" - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"This was his supposed “game-changer.” This was the very first thing out of his mouth during the debate tonight — his big pitch right off the bat. The McCain campaign immediately sent out this fact sheet on the proposal, which will cost at least $300 billion. The proposal involves directing the Treasury Secretary to “purchase mortgages directly from homeowners and mortgage servicers.” That’s on top of the trillion-dollar crap sandwich" - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"I normally write about stocks for SmartMoney.com, but the boss asked me to explain to readers my reason for renting. Here goes: Businesses are great investments while houses are poor ones, so I'd rather rent the latter and own the former." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

""I hate the gooks," McCain said yesterday in response to a question from reporters aboard his campaign bus. "I will hate them as long as I live."" - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

She said Maverick over and over again! - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

"Well, whaddya know? Julia of Firedoglake has produced a neat little video demonstrating that Palin lives with IGS: Intermittent Gunderson Syndrome. Turns out Palin has an accent except, ya know, when she doesn’t." - Clint Ecker via Bookmarklet

not that I don't think that she's a big phony in lots if ways, but 1) I think it was slate that had a piece that explained that "ya, they really do talk that at up dere" and 2) accents can be pretty fluid. People tend to adjust there way of speaking unconsciouly to their social environment. I've seen this in myself as I notice some words I say with a hint of my wife's Texas twang, and my wife's accent gets a lot stronger when talking to people back home. - Erik S