New York, 28 Oct 08, 1:10am
In a store window on Broadway near 11th Avenue.
-
Pages
-
Categories
-
Archives
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Obama is a dummy
October 28, 2008 – 4:09 pm
Paul Keating, dead in New York
October 28, 2008 – 4:05 pm
New York, 28 Oct 08, 12:49am
John Howard was in Washington D.C. when Paul Keating died heroically in New York on September 11, 2001.
See nine names down.
The legend at top reads: On September 11, 2001, the following firefighters from Engine 24 Ladder 5 and Battalion 2 of the New York City Fire Department lost their lives [...]
Campaign trail video wrap
October 28, 2008 – 3:16 pm
Our daily round-up of the best video clips from the campaign trail and beyond.
Our first clip comes from Sarah Palin’s rally in Iowa, where a sharp Youtuber caught an unfortunate crowd interjection:
Barack Obama’s ‘closing argument’ speech:
Paris Hilton makes her own tilt for the presidency:
Obama supporters update the ‘Wassup’ ad for 2008:
Harry Shearer presents the election’s final silent [...]
Andrew Sullivan’s War against the Conservatives
October 28, 2008 – 11:32 am
NYC, 27 Oct 08, 8:30pm:
Andrew Sullivan, one-time wunderkind of the conservative movement and prodigy editor of The New Republic years ago has reinvented himself as the premier solo political blogger in the US; his blog has attracted over 140 million hits this year. (One could think of his progress as akin to Robert Manne’s evolution.) [...]
Refried CalCon at LAX
October 27, 2008 – 10:35 pm
LA International Airport, Mon 26 Oct 08:
Three hours in-transit dead time in LAX delivers Californian Consciousness in the raw, or perhaps I should say more like a refried mess of beans (to evoke LA’s Humphrey Bogart in another airporty scene). This comprehensively dreary and dilapidated space is a melting pot turned down to a long, [...]
Campaign trail video wrap
October 27, 2008 – 2:44 pm
Our daily round-up of the best video clips from the campaign trail and beyond.
First up, John McCain appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he struggled to remember his own Secretary of State endorsements:
Adorable 5th-grader Damon Weaver interviews Joe Biden in Florida:
Will Ferrel appeared as George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live, giving McCain the “super [...]
Election results un-masked
October 27, 2008 – 10:38 am
Sales of Halloween masks have successfully predicted the last three presidential elections, according to Mother Jones, and Obama masks are currently leading the charge, with 66 per cent of national sales in the US – although Sarah Palin masks have been out-selling Joe Biden’s by three to one.
Bush outsold Kerry two to one in 2004, Gore sold [...]
The end has begun: “I was shocked…I’ve found a flaw”
October 24, 2008 – 1:28 pm
The US conservative project has it that the government is the problem, not the solution. Let a hundred flowers bloom, just make sure they’re from private greeneries.
But news from Washington DC yesterday suggests that the end may have begun for the great free market era. And it has been rung in by one of its [...]
Campaign trail video wrap
October 24, 2008 – 12:30 pm
Our daily wrap of the best videos from the US presidential election campaign.
First up is Obama’s speech in Virginia, which The Atlantic believes encapsulates the reasons he is currently leading the charge for the White House:
More Obama, as he talks to CBS about his sick grandma:
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart discusses Sarah Palin’s $150,000 spending spree:
The [...]
Campaign trail video wrap
October 23, 2008 – 4:14 pm
Our daily wrap of the best videos from the US presidential election campaign.
First up, Sarah Palin spoke to CNN about her plans for America:
Ellen DeGeneres sends a message to Sarah Palin about gay marriage:
Someone has put together this crafty video of McCain and Obama having a dance battle:
And Stephen Colbert gives his “word” on the [...]
Copyright © 2008 Private Media Pty Ltd, Publishers of Crikey.com.au. All Rights Reserved.
Independent news, blogs and commentary on politics, media and business.
Editor: Jonathan Green.
Publishers: Eric Beecher, Diana Gribble.
Level 7, 22 William St, Melbourne, 3000. Ph: 1800 985 502 Fax: (03) 8623 9975