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Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: The Dynamics Of Tuzla

The Huffington Post — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:15:15 GMT

Obviously, visuals can be highly damaging to a candidate, such as the mild images of Hillary at the Tuzla airport after she spoke of being greeted by gunfire. However, we don't often break down why. In this case: 1. The latter shot evokes the image of the threatened young children asleep in Clinton's 3AM "Who Can You Rely On?" ad. What the Tuzla imbroglio does is to raise the question whether Hillary -- upon receipt of that 3 AM call -- wouldn't have trouble accurately interpreting the level of danger to these young innocents. 2. These pictures uncover something of a paranoid streak. The "dramatically non-threatening" scenes undermine the argument Hillary makes that she is constantly under (political) enemy attack. 3. Whereas Chelsea has emerged this year in the role of Hillary's soul-sister, as well as someone who reinforces and insulates the campaign on the gender front, these visuals also call Chelsea's integrity into question, and make her seem more like a political prop. 4. Hillary's over-dramatization of danger in a conflict setting can't help but bring to mind her validation of George Bush's over-dramatization of the threat of Iraqi WMD, and her consequent support of the Iraq war resolution. 5. The Tuzla images start to unwind a great deal of campaign work designed to frame Hillary as the more experienced candidate. In a curious line in the original CBS report in '96, reporter Cheryl Atkinson says: "Mrs. Clinton ... is well aware that she risks looking like she is trying to do the President's job." In the present context, these photos reinforce Clinton as the ambitious former first lady far more than potential Commander-in-Chief. Embellished Memory (Newsweek) CBS Exposes Hillary Clinton Bosnia Trip (CBS via YouTube) 1996 Clinton Bosnia Trip (CBS News via YouTube) (images: CBS. March 25, 1996. via YouTube)

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Source : The Huffington Post
Discovery Date : 25/03/2008 03:15
Number of articles : 139

Greg Saunders: Hillary's Diversionary Tactic Is Feeding The GOP Noise Machine

The Huffington Post — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:21:14 GMT

Apparently being caught lying on your resume brings out the venomous side in Sen. Clinton. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview today with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor made. "He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." . . . The Clinton campaign had refrained from getting involved in the Wright controversy, but Clinton herself, responding to a question this morning, denounced what she said was "hate speech." The problem for Hillary is that this plays into the larger metanarrative about her campaign, that she'll do or say anything to get elected. She's smart enough to realize that dragging the Rev. Wright matter back into the news makes her look petty and despicable, but in the end it's probably the best option she has for two reasons. For one, slinging mud out of sheer desperation reinforces a negative perception, but it's a more favorable one than the emerging storyline that she's a chronic liar whose falsehoods cut to the very notion of her campaign strategy that she's more "experienced" (Never mind the fact that were she to be judged by her own definition of "experience", she'll lose to John McCain in November). Moreover, for a lot of Clinton's supporters, her willingness to engage in character assassination is considered an asset in November. For Obama supporters, this makes her look like an asshole, but Clinton's base (the "fight fire with fire" wing of the DNC) will see this as another example of her being "tough". Of course, the other upside for Clinton is that in distracting attention away from embarrassing news, she refocuses attention on the emerging right-wing meta-narrative that Barack Obama is unpatriotic. This has been the thread that unites many of the right-wing smears against Obama, from the "lapel pin" fla

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Source : The Huffington Post
Discovery Date : 18/03/2008 18:21
Number of articles : 230

Obama Appears To Call Reporter "Sweetie"

Marc Ambinder — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:15:31 GMT

An unusual video clip from Sen. Barack Obama's tour of the Chrysler Stamping Plant in Sterling Heights, MI today. A reporter tries to question Obama about helping automakers. "Hold on one second there, sweetie ," he says. The reporter's tag line: "This sweetie never did get an answer to that question."

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Source : Marc Ambinder
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 22:15
Number of articles : 31

Billy O'Reilly meltdown dance mix video

Boing Boing — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:15:58 GMT

Here's a great dance mix version of the Bill O'Reilly freak-out video that made the rounds this week. Language is salty. (via For Your Entertainment)...

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Source : Boing Boing
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 22:15
Number of articles : 23

An Obama hotbed, very close to Israel

Power Line — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:16:08 GMT

Al Jazeera reports on one precinct that can safely be chalked up to Barack Obama. Hint: It's in close proximity to the state of Israel. Al Jazeera apparently hasn't gotten the memo that this kind of report has been ruled off-limits in the United States.

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Source : Power Line
Discovery Date : 01/04/2008 06:16
Number of articles : 24

Flight of the Conchords Skate Into Ladies' Hearts

Listening Post — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:16:08 GMT

New Zealand's rap-funk-comedy folk duo Flight of the Conchords do a lot of fretting over the womenfolk on their HBO series, but watching this video (right) it seems as though if they strutted their roller-skating skills more they'd have more...

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Source : Listening Post
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 11:16
Number of articles : 11

Robert Creamer: A New Iconic Moment for Bush -- Giving Up Golf

The Huffington Post — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:16:18 GMT

The Bush Presidency can be viewed as America's eight year detour into a dark world, more reminiscent of the old movie "Road Warrior" than the American dream: a world of dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-fittest domestic policy and "have gun will travel" foreign policy. The signposts along that detour have been a series of iconic moments that will etch the Bush legacy indelibly into our memory. Who can forget Bush strutting across the carrier deck to deliver his "mission accomplished" speech five years ago; Bush's unforgettable "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" to the FEMA Director that presided over the Katrina catastrophe; or the pictures of tortured prisoners at Abu Ghraib? We all remember Bush's "negotiation" over oil prices with King Saud of Saudi Arabia. That's the one where Bush and Saud held hands. Then there was Bush's reassurance that the health care system was fine. "Every one in America has access to health care," he said, "Just go to an emergency room." Recently there have been Bush's repeated assurances that "the economy is good and strong." To me, one of the most amazing iconic images of the Bush presidency was the video clip made famous by the film "Fahrenheit 9/11" of the president exhorting all nations "to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers" and then telling the reporters with him to "watch this drive". Well yesterday, the President created another iconic memory of the Bush legacy: he revealed he gave up golf for the duration of the War in Iraq. . "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as - to be in solidarity as best as I can with them," he said. "And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal." According to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, Bush's War in Iraq will cost American tax payers $3 trillion. It has cost the lives of over 4,000 men and women and seriously injured almo

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Source : The Huffington Post
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 02:16
Number of articles : 9

You decide ...

Right Truth — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:17:52 GMT

Not sure what to file this video under -- politics, humor, ... you decide. Pastor Says Oprah, Obama, Jeremiah Wright Are ‘Trinity of Hell', Breitbart

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Source : Right Truth
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 20:17
Number of articles : 10

Gates demos Touch Wall at CEO Summit

MSDN Blogs — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:16:40 GMT

Initially it looked like the risky demo as Bill called it may not work but after a few touches, the wall came to life and Touch Wall was shown to 100 or so CEO’s at the 2008 CEO Summit . TechCrunch has more on this . Michael Arrington answers what I think is going to be the most obvious question: TouchWall and Plex are superficially similar to Microsoft Surface , a multi-touch table computer that was introduced in 2007 and which recently became commercially available in select AT&T stores. In a demo yesterday, though, Microsoft Office Labs GM Chris Pratley and Director of Envisioning Ian Sands said that the two products are completely different. Surface is a multi-touch and vision system that uses cameras to sense what is on the table, where it is and what it is doing. It can determine, for example, if a cell phone is on the table and then interact with the phone in a variety of ways, such as pulling photos off of it (see video here ). TouchWall is a fundamentally simpler mechanical system, and is also significantly cheaper to produce. While Surface retails at around $10,000, the hardware to “turn almost anything into a multi-touch interface” for TouchWall is just “hundreds of dollars” says Sands.

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Source : MSDN Blogs
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 18:16
Number of articles : 9

RNC's Web Ad: "2013"

Marc Ambinder — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:17:28 GMT

Re: McCain World, circa 2013. Personally, I like the graphics.

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Source : Marc Ambinder
Discovery Date : 15/05/2008 17:17
Number of articles : 9

Surprise! Student Superdelegates Endorse Obama via YouTube

Threat Level — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:15:32 GMT

College democrat representatives Lauren Wolfe and Awais Khaleel endorsed Barack Obama on Tuesday, using YouTube to unveil their preference. "As superdelegates who represent college students, we support senator Barack Obama," Wolfe says in the video. "Even though we heard responses in support of both senator...

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Source : Threat Level
Discovery Date : 14/05/2008 12:15
Number of articles : 9

Video: John Edwards' Full Remarks from Grand Rapids, MI

Obama HQ — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:15:22 GMT

Here's the full video of John Edwards remarks tonight in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he formally endorsed Barack Obama for President: Senator Edwards ran a strong, principled campaign for president, focusing on universal health care, bringing our troops home from Iraq, and eliminating poverty in America. And he ran in a way that reflected a conviction that we need to fundamentally change politics. Like our campaign, Senator Edwards' campaign never accepted donations from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs. Right now, you can welcome John Edwards to this campaign by making a donation and sharing with him your message of support .

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Source : Obama HQ
Discovery Date : 15/05/2008 04:15
Number of articles : 9

Watch Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz Kiss

Usmagazine — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:15:51 GMT

The actresses make out in Woody Allen 's Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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Source : Usmagazine
Discovery Date : 13/05/2008 19:15
Number of articles : 13

'Obamacan' Wins MoveOn.org TV Ad Contest

Threat Level — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:15:31 GMT

A panel of celebrity judges has chosen a spot featuring a long-time Republican air force veteran who supports Barack Obama as the winning entry in MoveOn.org's "Obama in 30 Seconds" television ad contest. One of the ad's most obvious ploys is its projection of Obama...

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Source : Threat Level
Discovery Date : 12/05/2008 17:15
Number of articles : 28

Darth Vader, blues harmonicist

Boing Boing — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:43:11 GMT

Darth Vader Feels Blue, a short video by youtuber Billyfaithfull, gets really funny (and funky!) around the 30 second mark. Who knew that Vader was such a master of the blues harp? Link (via Kottke)...

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Source : Boing Boing
Discovery Date : 21/09/2007 17:43
Number of articles : 13