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Sifters,

The election is over. Obama is the president. Can we stop using this channel?

I just figured we could nail down the names of some much needed channels. I think it would be interesting if we all named our wants. Everyone is so different and we all post diverse stuff.

What have you noticed missing?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/191393

"In his twice-a-week column and his blog, Conscience of a Liberal, he criticizes the Obamaites for trying to prop up a financial system that he regards as essentially a dead man walking. In conversation, he portrays Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and other top officials as, in effect, tools of Wall Street (a ridiculous charge, say Geithner defenders). These men and women have "no venality," Krugman hastened to say in an interview with NEWSWEEK. But they are suffering from "osmosis," from simply spending too much time around investment bankers and the like. In his Times column the day Geithner announced the details of the administration's bank-rescue plan, Krugman described his "despair" that Obama "has apparently settled on a financial plan that, in essence, assumes that banks are fundamentally sound and that bankers know what they're doing. It's as if the president were determined to confirm the growing perception that he and his economic team are out of touch, that their economic vision is clouded by excessively close ties to Wall Street."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/doj_supports_riaa/

"Barack Obama's Department of Justice (DOJ) has sided with the Recording Industry Ass. of America (RIAA) in its lawsuit against a Massachusetts man accused of illegally downloading seven songs."

http://www.osnews.com/story/21190/Obama_s_DOJ_Sides_with_RIAA

"This case needs a little history lesson, and El Reg thoughtfully provides us with one. In 2003, Tannenbaum (then 16) received a letter which accused him of downloading 7 songs from a P2P network, and the option to avoid further problems by paying a fine of USD 3500. Tenebaum made a counteroffer of 500 USD, but was denied. Nothing happened until 2007, when several recording companies took him to court, where Tenenbaum offered USD 5000 - the RIAA demanded 10500. No agreement was reached.

The case was never settled, and it still ongoing. Tenebaum is now a Physics grad student at Boston University, and is represented by law students from Harvard Law, mentored by Professor Charles Nesson. This is where things get complicated: the law students are not arguing against copyright, nor that Tenebaum has not violated it - they are arguing against what they call unconstitutionally heavy-handed damages that come from the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999, which states that for each willful act of copyright violation, damages of up to USD 150000 can be awarded.

Obama's DOJ has now sided unqeustionably with the RIAA. The DOJ's task is to weigh in on constitutional questions, and it has rejected all of the defendant's claims. The law students argue that the RIAA is acting as a civil enforcement entity, denying citizens of their right of due process. They argue that the RIAA should act like the private party that it is. The DOJ disagrees."

http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2009/02/06/riaa_takes_over_doj.php

"The new Obama administration is shaping up to be a disaster for Copyfighters everywhere. In particular the new Department of Justice is stacked with lawyers who've been on the wrong side of copyright and intellectual property lawsuits for the last eight years. "

This article about Obama's culinary tastes is hilarious.

"This month, Ben & Jerry's renamed its pints of butter pecan ice cream to the more timely "Yes Pecan," donating funds to an educational organization."
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"Early last year, when the Obamas said pizza from Italian Fiesta Pizzeria in Chicago was their favourite, co-owner Patti Harris-Tubbs says people called her up to say, "I'll have whatever Obama likes." But Ms. Harris-Tubbs isn't sure which pie that is."


It goes on to talk about how to celebrate his inaugration with food, which sounded sort of odd.

It doesn't disappoint.

http://www.buffalobeast.com/134/50mostloathsome2008.html

Guaranteed to infuriate you, no matter what political viewpoint you adhere to.

Democrats now have large majorities in both the House and the Senate. They have a Democratic President (I might've mentioned his name once or twice before) that will be sworn in two weeks later. A major victory in my book.

But now, with the 2008 elections now over, the real battles will begin.

Here are the ones I foresee, in the order I think they'll be tackled, not their importance:
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I think that the words they chose are hilariously tragic.

They paint a picture, I think..



and the number one word of 2008:



source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/08words.htm

I propose that we make a simple change to fix the awkwardness associated with the sudden sharp downturn in *election08 invocations and inevitable collapse to zero: change the channel to *elections and it is set forever.

...and it's this: Obama was elected Jesus on November 4.¹ Yeah, that's right: JESUS. So unless you wish to incur the wrath of the newly elected Almighty, I suggest you first ingest a nice big cup of shut-the-fuck-up.

Cry, piss, and moan all you want, and the result will still be the same: The President-elect of the most powerful nation on Earth is a dude with an African name, whose parentage consists of a Kenyan man and a white American woman. So either deal with it, or move further south. Of course moving further south would place you in the Gulf of Mexico. That's fine.
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1. Fafblog is where I shamelessly stole Balloon Jesus, many moons ago.

Something to keep you busy until January 20... Super Obama World

http://digg.com/people/Saddest_picture_you_ll_see_all_day

‽ Realizing the hard fight ahead and knowing that it may be all for naught.

http://www.campaignforliberty.org/

http://digg.com/pets_animals/The_Saddest_Picture_You_ll_Ever_See_PIC

[not photoshopped]

Even 2 DFTs couldn't get more Election08 votes than NetRunner.

From http://www.kcra.com/politics/17907210/detail.html



SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- James Eslick and Jake Rowe tried to get married Wednesday morning in Sacramento, but they were turned away by county officials in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.

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The petition charges that Proposition 8 is invalid because the initiative process was improperly used in an attempt to undo the constitution's core commitment to equality for everyone by eliminating a fundamental right from just one group – lesbian and gay Californians. Proposition 8 also improperly attempts to prevent the courts from exercising their essential constitutional role of protecting the equal protection rights of minorities. According to the California Constitution, such radical changes to the organizing principles of state government cannot be made by simple majority vote through the initiative process, but instead must, at a minimum, go through the state legislature first.

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Check out SUSA's poll in November 2006 about a hypothetical matchup between Obama and McCain:

http://www.surveyusa.com/index.php/2008/11/03/mccain-510-electoral-votes-obama-28-how-the-map-looked-exactly-2-years-ago/

How things have changed...

Despite their refusal to allow me to bring in my giant novelty coin (probably a good call on their part) I now can point to the sticker on my chest like Leonard at the end of Memento. Give me my coffee.

Of course somehow I ended up at work early despite being able to take time off, stupid no traffic where are you every other day.

Anyways I thought everyone could sound off here and let themselves be heard that they too have added to their sticker collection. (mine stands at one)

If you do, you can see the Poll Dancers!

About a week ago I wrote a guide for what to look for on election night.

Not surprisingly, several other people wrote some too:

Daily Kos
Huffington Post
And fivethirtyeight.com's Nate Silver wrote one in Newsweek.

Bonus link: http://thisfuckingelection.com/