The Future is Coming

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March 4, 2010 at 2:44pm
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Scary stuff →

March 2, 2010 at 10:54am
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Wisdom of the Morning: Daniel Ellsberg on the Limits of Knowledge →

February 18, 2010 at 4:49pm
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Come to think of it...

There was no cross talk or conversation in any of the panels I saw, at all.

4:09pm
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Impeach Obama? For what?

Impeach Obama? For what?

4:09pm
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Racial undertones anyone?

Racial undertones anyone?

3:59pm
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It’s not quite clear to me why thus quote is damning

It’s not quite clear to me why thus quote is damning

3:55pm
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John Boehner has the scariest microexpressions

3:45pm
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Copycats

Copycats

3:43pm
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Another difference between progressive conferences and CPAC

Way more spokesmodels at CPAC.

3:18pm
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No comment yet at CPAC about the possible Tea Party Terrorism in Austin

Why am I not surprised that this particular airplane-flown-into-a-federal-building isn’t getting a lot of traction here?

2:22pm
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Mitt Romney is still smarmy and boring

Not that that’s news. Liz Cheney, on the other hand, is terrifying.

1:54pm
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Romney’s charicature of Obama: condescending, pedantic, aloof.

1:44pm
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Bigger applause for Scott Brown than for Romney, who Brown introduced.

1:42pm
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Progressive vs Conservative conferences

CPAC has way more plenary panels with the whole conference in one room. Very few breakout sessions. As you’d expect, it’s a bit whiter. But CPAC is actually younger than, say, Take Back America.

1:42pm
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The only way to make an impact in media is to be interesting. You can’t assume your readers have a moral responsibility to read what you say.

— Tucker Carlston paraphrase