Super Happy Insomnia Linkdump.
* Here come your Simpsons stamps.
* Thomas Lennon says The State DVD is finally coming out this July. Meanwhile, State alums Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter have a new show and a new blog.
* Only 53% of Americans think capitalism is better than socialism. What happens when we cross 50%? Does it mean over-educated literary theory PhDs suddenly get to be in charge? I certainly hope it means that.
* The dark side of Dubai. Ugly, ugly stuff.
* On the neuropsychology of zombies. Via Pharyngula.
* A good post I forgot to link to a few days ago from FiveThirtyEight.com: Nate Silver predicts when various states will legalize gay marriage. My expectation is that a federal court ruling will make gay marriage a nationwide reality via the full faith and credit clause long before Mississippi—a state sweltering with the heat of injustice—gets its chance in 2024.
* And Part 4 of Matt Zoller Seitz's Wes Anderson documentary is up. This part's on J.D. Salinger.
Friday, April 10, 2009
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Labels: blogs, capitalism, Dubai, film, gay rights, J.D. Salinger, marriage equality, Mississippi, Nate Silver, neuroscience, over-educated literary theory PhDs, polls, socialism, stamps, the Constitution, the courts, The Simpsons, The State, Wes Anderson, zombies
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Actually existing voter fraud: following up on the Michigan outrage from earlier today, a MetaFilter thread collects vote-suppression stories from across the nation:
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Virginia
Greg Palast has more. More and more I think we need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st Century—attacking the right to vote, increasingly the national policy of the Republican party, is the deepest, darkest betrayal possible in a democracy. The games have to stop. Elections must be fair.
And good for Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner for taking a stand on it.
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Labels: democracy, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Republicans, Virginia, voter suppression, voting, Wisconsin