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Sarah Explains It All for You

October 31, 2008 by Jan Herman

As mentioned here at the beginning of the week, “there must be millions of cleverly individualized videos like this one circulating now.” But whether it’s the “novelty of personalization” achieved through “multiple layers of Flash animation” or the “third order of simulacra,” PalTalk got there first with its faux presidential candidate Sarah Wheaton. Watch the […]

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By the Numbers

October 28, 2008 by Jan Herman

Look at what the wind blew in … a news story about the arrest of a couple of neo-Nazi creeps who “talked of ‘killing 88 people and beheading 14 African-Americans,” and topping that off with a drive-by of Barack Obama. From the NY Times: The two men each had “very strong views” about Aryan white […]

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Yeah, It’s All My Fault

October 26, 2008 by Jan Herman

I know because I saw it on my video screen: There must be millions of cleverly individualized videos like this one circulating now. In other words, “all reality is an imitation,” as a friend of mine, Bill Osborne, says. He cites Baudrillard. Third Order of Simulacra: The present age — dominated by simulations, things that have […]

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Our Democracy at Work

October 24, 2008 by Jan Herman

Here in New York, the City Council backed Bloomberg’s bid to run again. The logic went like this: It would have been undemocratic to deprive voters of the chance to elect the mayor to a third term, despite the fact that voters had twice approved a two-term limit for elected officials. So the City Council […]

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You’ll Laugh. You’ll Cry. You’ll Throw Up.

October 17, 2008 by Jan Herman

Can’t stomach the political campaign? The media spin? Neither can The Onion. Have a look: Gunman Kills 15 Potential Voters In Crucial Swing State Tip of the hat to a gimlet-eyed Straight Up staffer who sent it in. emailFacebookTwitterReddit

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The Monkey Wrench Debate

October 16, 2008 by Jan Herman

Quick take on who won, besides Joe the Plumber. CNN poll: Debate watchers say Obama wins. Time magazine: McCain Threw the Sink — and Plumber — But Obama Doesn’t Falter. CBS poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Final Debate. So anyone who believes the kind of horseshit being dished up by George Stephanopoulos that the […]

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Not the Sharpest Guy in the Room

October 8, 2008 by Jan Herman

I mean McCain of course. Seems to me that Andrew Sullivan, live-blogging last night’s Nashville encounter between Obama and the overheated Gasbag, got it just about right: 9.51 pm. Why is McCain wandering around the stage .?. It’s weird. He looks like an old man pacing aimlessly. 10.33 pm. This was, I think, a mauling: […]

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The Sharpest Guy in the Room

October 6, 2008 by Jan Herman

It’s no surprise that Ralph Nader makes more sense than anyone else in politics. What’s surprising is that, at 74, he is as smart and as principled as ever. Watch the video. It was recorded last week in San Francisco at The Commonwealth Club of California and runs a little more than an hour. Skip […]

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