May 2013
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I.R.S.'s Lerner: We Lied about Targeting Tea Party...
2012: “We’re not targeting conservative groups!”
2013: “Sorry we targeted conservative groups.”
These people are the scum of the earth and the enemies of freedom.
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Internet Strengthens Institution of Marriage →
Is there anything it can’t do?
New research that says thanks to the Internet, marriage rates among young people, which have been declining for years, are 15% to 30% higher than they would be without the Web.
April 2013
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The Corporate Lobbying Proxy War →
An excellent WSJ editorial tackles the astroturf campaign to use the Securities and Exchange Commission to order DISCLOSE Act-like regulations by fiat, even though shareholders routinely and summarily reject these types of initiatives in the normal course of proxy voting and corporate governance:
If the targeted companies won’t roll over, the liberal and union fall back is to browbeat the...
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Boston Athletic Association Releases Memo on...
This arrived in my inbox earlier via my brother Morgan, who ran the marathon on Monday. There’s some helpful/useful information here:
DEAR RUNNER AND VOLUNTEERS
We are all overwhelmed by the horrific and tragic events at the Boston Marathon last Monday.
Events of mass violence can trigger overwhelming feelings of anxiety, anger or fear. United States Public Health Service, Mental...
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I Can't Believe Someone Wanted to Kill My Family
I am incredibly moved by the outpouring of support from friends and other family members who watched as the Boston Marathon bombing story unfolded, knowing my family and I were there to see my brother Morgan race his third Boston Marathon (and post a personal record for the course of 2:46:55!). I am also incredibly moved by the outpouring of kindness from strangers, both on the ground in Boston...
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When there's an all-staff email at work saying...
whatshouldwecallme:
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Information about My CampaignTech 2013 Panel Next...
I have apparently fooled the right people into thinking I have something valuable to say about messaging and content, and they have in turn invited me to speak at Campaigns & Elections’s 2013 CampaignTech conference in DC next week. I’ll be speaking at 2:00 p.m. Eastern next Friday, April 19. Here’s a little information about my panel:
CONTENT IS KING
Are you creating the...
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Umbrella Corporation Umbrella
I see what they did there:
Why didn’t I think of that?!
(Hat tip: Mental Floss)
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When Tourist Season in DC Arrives
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A Better Alternative to the Militarization of Our...
Good news out of New Haven:
Police hostage negotiators threatened to unleash the canine units, but the dogs weren’t available.
So they had officers pretend to bark like dogs and it worked.
The two men walked outside and were arrested on the spot.
Not every situation requires a flak jacket, tear gas, or a no-knock raid … and yet police forces routinely insist on it. Imagine how...
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March 2013
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: Better than E-mail →
A friend has been working on a really cool project….
For some time now, I have been working with my friend Francis Cianfrocca to build a communcation and networking alternative to e-mail. E-mail has its uses and advantages, but there are things that it simply does not do well, like maintaining user security for instance.
We have been working on a project called Symposium, which we are...
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Patrick Ruffini: Know Thy Enemy: Organizing for... →
patrickruffini:
Republicans made important strides this week to face up to the digital chasm they face with the Obama organization. As they do, they would do well to pay attention to these job listings for Organizing for Action that were just forwarded to me.
Job listings are the first thing that tipped me off…
Yep.
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Incredibly Cool "Superman: Man of Steel" Elevator...
Source.
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Humorless German Cops Ticket a Snow Sculpture of a...
Unfortunately, you just can’t make this stuff up.
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New @GameofThrones Season 3 Trailer Has Arrived!
Is it just me, or does the musical score playing behind this trailer nearly identically reminiscent to Daft Punk’s score in TRON: Legacy?
“Can’t get paid in a earth this big? You worthless, kid.”
– Cam’ron - More Reasons (via rapperzoninstagram)
Booyah.
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Trying to pay off student loans...
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I know that feel, bro.
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Libby Jacobson [dot] com: How exactly did Twitter... →
libbyjacobson:
Google is killing its Reader product this summer.
I’ve been using Google Reader daily since 2006, and it’s been an important tool in my career so far. What’s really bugging me the most though, is this idea that Twitter and social media have killed RSS. While I’m sure this is true for large…
Among other things, I’m with Libby on this. The idea that Twitter does or...
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Playful "Apocalypse Now" Spoof Trailer Announces...
List of cities and dates here. Looks like they’ll be playing close to DC, close to my birthday again his year. *cough* *cough* Columbia, MD on July 13-14 *cough* *cough*
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My Mother Should Not Watch This Video
An Australian outback survivalist catches rabbits with his bare hands by first catching some of the most venomous snakes in the world with his bare hands, and then dropping them down rabbit holes.
Whoa.
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How I feel about Season 5 of Breaking Bad...
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