Archive for the 'America' Category

The Biggest Public Relations Disaster In Human History

« 28 October 2004 | 12:41 | America, politics | No Comments »

Could this be true?
Not to get all political on you, but really: The speed with which the US lost global goodwill and sympathy from 9/11 to the present day may be unparalleled in human history. Nobody has lost that much goodwill so quickly before.
From The Ludologist. Good comments follow too.

Californyork

« 27 October 2004 | 12:00 | America, diary, politics | No Comments »

Why California should divorce the U.S.

Green Manhattan

« 19 October 2004 | 16:28 | America | No Comments »

Fascinating article by David Owen in the October 18th issue of The New Yorker, who argues that Manhattan is by far more environmentally friendly than the rest of America.
The true challenge is how to make other settled places more like Manhattan
A dense population – whose sprawl is contained by being on an island – is [...]

Stiglitz on Bush

« 7 October 2004 | 13:26 | America, biznomics, politics | No Comments »

Nobel prize winning economist Stiglitz, declares Bush is “dead wrong”.

Betavote

« 21 September 2004 | 17:04 | America, politics | No Comments »

Betavote. Amazing how polar the international community views are compared to the U.S.’s own. Very interesting.

Batman protests

« 14 September 2004 | 11:34 | America, humour, politics | No Comments »

Batman protests.
Dude – wrong city!

Quiznos Ain’t Snortin’ No More

« 30 August 2004 | 2:24 | America, diary, food | No Comments »

Way to go Quiznos!. I’ve never done the “ultimate taste test”, but I tend to favor Pepsi. This decision can only mean better tasting sandwiches :)

Playing Unfair

« 11 August 2004 | 13:02 | America, humour, politics | 2 Comments »

Seems the incumbent’s history of picking fights started back in college. Wow, he really is an asshole.

Information Access

« 10 August 2004 | 13:06 | America, Internet, politics | No Comments »

is key to winning in all kinds of ways. Such as Overseas Vote. The iCal support is a very nice touch.

DNC speeches

« 29 July 2004 | 1:44 | America, media, politics | No Comments »

These.
Speeches.
Are.
Amazing.
Even better if you can watch them.