Tag Archives: politics

Oh. Really? It didn’t work out?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7939303.stm
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Additional elections stuff. You might be able to vote in this one…

OUSU elections. They’re totally happening (despite what you may have heard…) If you’re a matriculated member of Oxford University head over to www.mi-vote.com and have your say in who will represent you in the next academic year. If you think OUSU’s great you’ll probably be voting anyway; if you hate it this is your chance [...]

Euphoria.

The election’s in the books. And in case you hadn’t heard – the good guys won! Last night was truly epic, history in the making; my generation has just experienced its defining moment, and damn it feels good.
In other news, I kinda rock at political punditry. For the record, here are the battlegrounds I was [...]

Wow. I have a blog. Who knew?

It turns out that having a job seriously retards one’s ability to blog. Well, if the ‘one’ in question is me: CB seems to do all right for herself.
So yes, I have a job now – back at OUSU (please reserve any ‘Peter Mandelson’ comparisons – they’re not topical anymore). It’s basically a lot of [...]

The pinch gets felt at Gawker towers…

Just had a wander over to Gawker and was sad to see this:
Yes, it’s true: Gawker’s sibling sites are laying off 19 people. This site is one of those that will be expanding. The internal memo is after the jump. Gabriel Snyder of W magazine will indeed be replacing me as managing editor and we [...]

The veep debate…

I’ve done a lot of Palin bashing since she was tapped for the ticket. I was convinced that she was completely out of her depth and that, in desperation at her situation, she resorted to lying, hiding and firing out sound-bites.
All of which will make this seem a little odd: watching the debate last night [...]

Oh my God Palin is so utterly, utterly rubbish. Also, I hate viruses.

I’m really enjoying Election ‘08; every day I wake up and the race for the White House has given me another gem.
Watch this.
I don’t know about anyone else, but this is how that particular interview looks to me:
Little Sarah Palin was playing ball with some friends last week, having a real fun time too. And [...]

When satire goes wrong…

I’ve just come across satirical blog http://liberalsmustdie.com. Normally I’m all about the trolling and baiting right-wing nutjobs, but this just isn’t working for me.
For starters, it’s not actually that funny. At least not by the time you’ve read the exact same jokes in three consecutive posts. Rednecks are big fans of God, you say? Some [...]

Biden to stand down, you say?

Just seen this: http://roissy.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/biden-will-step-down/
Comedy.

Haunted, and other stuff.

Most of this week has been taken up with worrying about things that I can’t change. Specifically: McCain ahead in the polls by about 3 points (yes, I realise that polls bounce up and down after veep picks and conventions; yes, I know that this can largely be attributed to Palin ‘bringing home the base’; absolutely, [...]