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Archive for April, 2008
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Monday, April 28th, 2008

When John Hawkins ran his first look at conservative women and dating, I sent a note asking if I had missed a memo and not realized it was sweeps week.  It was such an odd post that I assumed our sites were being judged on sex appeal that week.  The response he got was fascinating.  [...]

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    Bloggers, Craziness, Miscellany, Right Wing News, Society, The Internet | 2 Comments »

Monday, April 28th, 2008

During our trip to London a week ago, Micah Sifry and I were invited to sit in on a live webcast by Brian Paddick who is running for Mayor of London as a Liberal Democrat.  The Lib Dems, despite the name, are really not the equivalent of the progressives in this country.  That’s really the [...]

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    Candidates, Elections, Political Parties, Politics | No Comments »

Friday, April 25th, 2008

A bill on its way to the President’s desk will prevent employers and insurance companies from using genetic indicators in hiring or coverage.  The President is expected to sign it.
The legislation’s passage could make consumers and patients more willing to have their DNA tested for disease-indicators, which could swing the door wide-open for so-called personalized [...]

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    Craziness, Jobs, Society | No Comments »

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I’m heading to a lunch time meeting today and jumped in the back of a cab.  The driver of said cab is clearly agitated.  We begin chatting and he quickly explains the reason for his consternation.  It seems he’s the target of accusations of racial discrimination. 
While doing his rounds one afternoon, he passes a single black woman standing [...]

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    Craziness, Miscellany, Race, Society | 1 Comment »

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

I’ve spent most of the last 12 hours listening to various pundits predict this protracted Democrat campaign will weaken the eventual nominee in the fall.  Some sort of voter fatigue will befall the electorate who will then be less inclined to vote for the Democrats in November.  The Democrats, fractured by the race, will fail [...]

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    Barack Obama, Candidates, Democrats, Elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans | 6 Comments »

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