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TOP 5 REASONS OBAMA SUPPORTERS SHOULDN’T REST EASY

TOP 5 REASONS OBAMA SUPPORTERS SHOULDN’T REST EASY  1. The polls may be wrong. This is an unprecedented election. No one knows how racism may affect what voters tell pollsters—or what they do in the voting booth. And the polls are narrowing anyway. In the last few days, John McCain has gained ground in most national […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-17

UNLIMITED / CMU Daily 15.10.08 (tags: aptbs uk) Alex V. Cook: [The Record Crate] Talking Demonic and Burying Strangers Among the list of shows that one of us should go see is the Thursday appearance by A Place to Bury Strangers, a Brooklyn power trio that mines the feedback throb of shoegaze bands of yore […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-16

True Love Waits – A Place To Bury Strangers – A Place To Bury… Loud feedback can be really annoying, but not when it comes to A Place To Bury Strangers. This band is so loud that they were described as “the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you’ll ever hear” by The Washington Post. (tags: […]

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Turing Test News & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-15

Turing Test News Elbot – Artificial Intelligence? NewsFactor Network | Elbot Wins Competition for Human-Like Computers Meet Elbot, Loebner Prize Turing Test contest winner – transcript and photos | 14 Oct 2008 | ComputerWeekly.com German chatbot almost passes the Turing Test – Machinist – Salon.com A Place to Bury Strangers musicacious: A Place To Bury […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-14

Amateur Chemist: A Place To Bury Strangers at the Troubadour An intoxicating tremolo swirl of feedback launched “To Fix The Gash In Your Head” as the song was attacked with a punk like ferocity. The bass and drums are loud but Oliver’s guitar slices through the mix as his vocals are purposely mixed slightly low […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-10

Taco Bell Names 100 ‘Feed the Beat’ Finalists – ARTISTdirect News Taco Bell announced the 100 finalists of its “Feed the Beat” promotion today, including Cobra Starship, A Place to Bury Strangers, Demon Hunter,Underoath, Murder by Death, Thursday, and Shadows Fall. (tags: aptbs tacobell) A Place to Bury Strangers @ Larimer Lounge : Reverb Ackermann […]

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Pumping Lenma & Ajax links for 2008-10-09

The Pumping Lemma discussion of pumping lemma. Includes a poem (tags: Language grammar regular pumping lemma) 20 Excellent AJAX Effects You Should Know There are a few special techniques or effects that can spice up just about any web page. These are the top 20 Ajax effects that every web developer should know. They’re essential […]

“I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

Thomas L. Friedman uses that quote from Oliver Wendell Holms in his collumn today, “Palin’s Kind of Patriotism,” in which he points out how selfish and wrong-headed her quote abotu paying taxs was during her ‘debate’ with Joe Biden. It is, to me, so infuriating to see her take such an attitude with serious issues. […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-10-08

Exclaim News: A Place To Bury Strangers’ Van Goes Up in Flames, Cancel Show There’s bad news from A Place to Bury Strangers today — their tour’s gone up in smoke, literally. (tags: aptbs)

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Calling McCain a Liar

Again, we can hear McCain whining. He said Obama has called me a liar, in a speech today. Why not?  McCain’s lies are nothign new, see my post “McCain’s Lies“, and read the article in the NY Times that addresses McCain’s fabrications, “http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/drilling-down-on-the-facts-in-mccains-speech/.” Both McCain and Palinn fill the air with their lies. What a […]

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