House Passes Sweeping Housing Legislation

From the NYT:

"Lawmakers and experts described the legislation as a landmark shift in the government’s role in the housing market, extending a helping hand to both Wall Street and Main Street. They said it would rank in importance with the creation of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation to prevent foreclosures in the 1930s as part of the New Deal, and legislation in 1989 responding to the savings and loan crisis."

Remember my post about whether or not we were witnessing a repudiation of neo-liberalism? Well, are we? Read more!

OMFG! Edwards Caught up in Baby Scandal

If this story from the Inquirer is true, then we can forget about our dreams of an Obama/Edwards '08 ticket. Crap. Read more!

Subliminable???

The RNC/McCain campaign released an 8-minute "documentary" about Sen. Obama's supposed shifting positions on Iraq yesterday. It's a standard campaign attack, everyone is taking the candidates words and mincing them against other words they have said to show differences in positions or phrasing that can be construed in different ways. It's all part of the game.

But something else caught my eye in the FIRST five seconds of the video - which you can find on McCain's website. Watch closely in the order that the letters pop up, especially between the 2nd and 3rd second of the video. Screenshot after the jump.





I put the red circle in to show my problem. Now, I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I am having trouble believing that something like this would be left up to chance. I mean, it's like the Virgin Mary jumping out of a water stain on the wall and slapping me in the face.

"al qD" in flaming letters underneath a photo of Obama. Riiiiiiiight.

Subliminal messaging does not have to be some type of hypnosis. This is a flash that can direct one's mind to the smear/whisper campaign going on all over the country. When 12% of Americans STILL think of Obama as a secret Muslim, then using this kind of trick not only confirms it in their minds, but perpetuates the false smears.

I'd like to know if I truly am nitpicking and you think that I've thrown myself into the deep end of the Kool-Aid, or if this accidental placing of letters is a suckerpunch that even the Republicans won't admit to.

Someone tell me I'm crazy. I was really hoping for a more civilized campaign this year....

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What could be more European than a Hamburger and a Budweiser... Wait a Minute

Can I just say HA HA to us all. Through American cultural expansion that has been widely criticized for the past 60 years, and our pursuit of the highest bidder, America is no longer the land of hamburgers or Budweiser. HA HA. Yes, we still make hamburgers, and there are MANY people who will never stop drinking their Budweiser, but now neither of these iconic products are solely "American Owned and Operated". The French have reclaimed the hamburger and turned it into fine dining, while Bud sold out to a Belgian brewer (the makers of Stella Artois no less) and all reported in the last week by the New York Times. Please note, this is not a complaint. I'm actually very excited about a potentially better tasting brew. Perhaps in a few years someone might mutter: "What could be more french than a hamburger, Budweiser, and of course french fries?" HA HA Read more!

JibJab on the Campaign

Obama riding the unicorn is the super awesomest part:

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I tried to get it to let me "star" in the video, but it didn't work. Maybe their servers are overwhelmed? Read more!