September 2008
27 posts
What you could do with $700,000,000,000
dihard:
Give every person in the US $2,300 or give every household $6,200.
Pay the income taxes of every American who makes $500,000 or less a year.
Fully fund the Defense, Treasure, Education, State Veterans Affairs and Interior departments next year, as well as NASA.
Buy gasoline for every car int he US for 16 months.
Buy every NFL, NBA, and MLB team and build each one a new stadium - and...
The new trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin... →
This movie looks so intriguing.
Election 2008 - powered by Twitter →
A very interesting, slightly hypnotic constant refresh of tweets from people about the election.
Edwin Baptiste from Morgan State makes a... →
Rivals any catch I’ve ever seen in the NFL.
Slow motion video of people getting punched in the... →
Pretty wild. (Via)
Reverie →
Vincent Laforet’s short film shot on a preproduction Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The focus control and low light performance is remarkable. (Via)
A Contrast: Barack Obama vs. John McCain →
It is stunning to me how anyone would vote for John McCain. Bob from No Traces has collected a good amount of evidence that McCain is just really old and kooky, and would make for a terrible president.
LeBron James is beaten in a game of horse. →
The guy who beat him had some pretty cool trick shots. (Via)
456 reasons to say thank you to Red Sox fans →
I went to my fair share of these.
(Via pile)
AIG. Now that you own it, learn about it! →
A concise answer to why the US Gorvernment is going to loan $85 billion in taxpayer money to AIG to save it from going bankrupt.
Obama v. McCain on the economy →
Two ads by the candidates discussing the turmoil in the financial markets. The tone and style of both are remarkably different, but I’m not sure why Obama’s ad is two minutes long while McCain’s is only 30 seconds. If the ads are legitimately comparable — that is, if Obama bought two minutes of ad space versus McCain’s 30 seconds — then there is no comparison....
Adviser says McCain helped create the BlackBerry →
I wonder if RIM knows about McCain’s contribution?
David Foster Wallace -- In memoriam. →
A .pdf of every published piece of writing by DFW in Harper’s Magazine. I was always a bit intimidated by his magnum opus, Infinite Jest, but his shorter writings were a real pleasure to read.
Matt Damon REALLY dislikes Sarah Palin. →
Chad Johnson has legally changed his name to... →
Ridiculous. (Via)
Before I Die I want to... →
A collection of Polaroid portraits with the last requests of the subjects written on them. Really fascinating. (Via)
Things said by republicans vs. the truth. →
A line by line dissection of things said by Sarah Palin and John McCain, among others.
Shadows - Midnight Juggernauts
