Pinboard: bookmarks for sstrudeau tagged 'politics'

My home county might finally get county executive comparable to Oakland (L Brooks Paterson) and Wayne counties (prev. McNmara, now Ficano). Wonder if they can get somebody who actually wants to do the right thing for the region...

politics michigan detroit macomb county local executive
may 2008 by sstrudeau

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Meet Hillary Nixon (Metro Times Detroit)

didn't think I could like Hillary less ... and now I do.

michigan politics hillary clinton
march 2008 by sstrudeau

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Gothamist: Vallone Says "No" to Stunts

Vallone is the biggest killjoy ever. No grafitti, no dogs off leash, no stunts! I should move to his district just to run against him...

queens newyork stunts vallone citycouncil politics
march 2008 by sstrudeau

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My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables) - New York Times

More bullshit caused by commodity crop subsidy policy "[C]onsumers who would like to be able to buy local fruits and vegetables not just at farmers' markets, but also in the produce aisle of their supermarket, will be dismayed to learn that the federal go

food subsidy corn soy commidity local policy subsidies politics agriculture
march 2008 by sstrudeau

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YES WE CAN HAS

the only thing funny about this web site is the URL

lolcats politics obama clinton humor
february 2008 by sstrudeau

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Nader to Run Again - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

The frustrating thing about Nader is, on the biggest issues, he's pretty much right on; but this tactic of running for President; not sure that's working for you, Ralph...

politics nader campaign 2008 presidential
february 2008 by sstrudeau

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The Bradley effect (Metro Times Detroit)

"Welcome back from the dead, Tom Bradley."

obama politics race bradleyeffect
january 2008 by sstrudeau

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Analysis: Why the "Hillary hacked NH?" story is important (Updated)

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voting fraud electronic election USA politics primary clinton hillary NH
january 2008 by sstrudeau

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Jack Lessenberry Essays and Interviews: Essay: Primary Matters - 1/9/08

"... the Bradley effect ... refers to the tendency of white voters to tell pollsters, tell their families, even tell themselves that they are going to vote for a black candidate. But when they get in the booth, they just don’t do it."

politics race racism obama bradley effect voting
january 2008 by sstrudeau

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
map oil politics global visualization via:kottke
december 2007 by sstrudeau

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Mailer for Mayor (In Memorium) (Frumination)

Nice scan of a Norman Mailer for Mayor poster

poster nyc newyork design via:kottke normanmailer politics map
november 2007 by sstrudeau

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Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos - The New York Times > Opinion > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 15

short comic about presidential campaign sign design

via:boingboing campaign politics sign design graphic presidential
november 2007 by sstrudeau

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Half of the NYU students polled for an NYU journalism class... (kottke.org)

I'd take $1million to give up my right to vote too, but only if I was convinced nobody (or very few) others would get a similar deal -- otherwise, inflation would make it much less attractive and well, democracy is important even if I couldn't vote...

money politics rights voting vote suffrage
november 2007 by sstrudeau

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Return of the rentier city - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog

Krugman posts about how cities like London and New York are becoming "rentier" cities -- places where the rich live off of income generated elsewhere

krugman urban economics politics neofeudalism cities newyork nyc
october 2007 by sstrudeau

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firemarysuecoleman.com

Heh.

via:bkerr politics umich
september 2007 by sstrudeau

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Boing Boing: Essay: The Conspiracy Boom, by Jay Kinney

Great commentary on conspiracy theory in American culture

conspiracy theory politics america american culture
august 2007 by sstrudeau

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American Red Groups

They have a particularly good, short description of the Revolutionary Workers League and Solidariity.

politics red communist socialist USA groups directory listing via:nwoomer
may 2007 by sstrudeau

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Brooklyn Community Board 8

Prospect Heights, Crown Heights and Weeksville

brooklyn community local politics prospectheights board communityboard
february 2007 by sstrudeau

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Santorum conceded
photo politics via:revgeorge
november 2006 by sstrudeau

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detroitblog

Best Devil's Night description ever: "[a] sort of grass-roots urban renewal in which empty structures were made to go away through the persistent application of fire."

devilsnight detroit urbanrenewal quote fire arson halloween michigan politics urban
november 2006 by sstrudeau

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theballot.org

check out voter guides or make your own. Cool!

via:revgeorge politics technology map ballot voterguide socialsoftware organizing cool
october 2006 by sstrudeau

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Machination.org: "Tentative Platform"

In case anyone was wondering where my AIM name comes from, Hunter S. Thompson's political platform, item 1: "Sod the streets at once. Rip up all the streets with jack hammers and use the junk asphalt (after melting) to create a huge parking lot and auto-s

aim im screenname sodthestreets transportation planning politics sheriff huntersthompson platform funny campaign
october 2006 by sstrudeau

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Republicans for Granholm

... as the far-right evangelical fundies continue to drive a stake between the old school GOP centrist and themselves...

via:revgeorge politics michigan granholm republicans center centrist
october 2006 by sstrudeau

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The Public Whip — Counting votes on your behalf

Cool site mining data about votes in the UK parliament

idea technology data mining analysis statistics politics civic cool web2.0 web vote democracy internet government participation reference
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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MySpace Launches Voter-Registration Plan - washingtonpost.com

MySpace is ... giving members tools such as a "I Registered To Vote On MySpace" badge to place on their personal profile pages.

politics technology socialsoftware myspace voterregistration registration voter vote voting
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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The Democratic Party | PartyBuilder | Party Builder

The Democrats' answer to MyGOP... haven't really looked at it yet

politics technology democrats tool site socialsoftware
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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EchoDitto Blog | EchoDitto

A thread in which I am accused of being a troll in the pay of the GOP. Awesome! (not really). EchoDitto pushes out CEO after he expresses personal support of McCain.

politics technology witchhunt ideology mccain echoditto consulting
september 2006 by sstrudeau

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Eyebeam reBlog: Sunlight labs launches Popup Politician

Reminds me of my never-executed plans to do some pop-up CSPAN and pop-up City Council videos a la VH1's pop-up videos

popup idea politics technology funny cool advocacy
july 2006 by sstrudeau

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Mobile Voter - voter registration and voter mobilization (GOTV) by text-messaging (SMS)
voter vote registration elections politics technology sms text
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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USATODAY.com - Blogs, podcasts, videos, Internet whiz kids help politicians brave new world
politics technology blogs podcasts
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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Network-Centric Advocacy: Congresspedia - SourceWatch
technology politics nptech congress wiki reference
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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Gale Brewer: New York City Councilmember

I like that Councilmember Brewer is blogging. I wish it was a more compelling blog. Flickr stream is a great idea; they should stick that in a badge on the blog.

blog nyc council brewer politics technology
may 2006 by sstrudeau

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ShelleyTheRepublican.com: Linux: A European threat to our computers (by Tristan)

I want to believe this is a joke, but I'm pretty sure it's just pure ignorance. If it's a joke, it's hilarious. If it's not; it's frightening, but still hilarious

dumb funny linux politics technology scary opensource
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Metavid

This project records the house & senate cable broadcasts, OCR's the closed-captioning text and encodes it with open codecs into a standard format for reuse. This is basically a souped up version of what I envisioned for Ann Arbor local politics meetings

video politics technology nptech congress senate cspan media
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Save the Internet :
politics activism internet via:gregoryheller
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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How to avoid office politics » Slacker Manager
work office politics tips
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Back To The Woom: Listen up lefties: empowering immigrants = empowering workers

"What we're witnessing is nothing less than a major part of the "working poor" organizing and becoming conscious of their shared interests -- it ought to be enough to send every leftist into a Tom Cruise-esque couch-jumping frenzy. This is why it's so cur

politics immigration strike protest
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Chris Baggott's Email Marketing Best Practices: Politics & Email

Good tips for how and how not to use an email marketing for pols. No comment on how well NY democratic senators do...

email politics technology nptech marketing
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Many Senators Developing Simple Tools For Governing | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
politics funny humor senate
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Urban Elephants | What's Right in New York. ( New York Republican Community )

Republicans are using drupal in NYC

blog nyc politics republicans drupal
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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YouTube - Bush Was Right
politics music video scary bush
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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W Ketchup™

Silly 2004 phenomenon; because Kerry's wife owns a small share in Heinz. "One Flavor: American" Appropriate accompaniment to Freedom Fries.

politics funny food
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Peter Levine: the world of DailyKos
blogs politics technology web strategy message via:robg3 toread
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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Tymoshenko's symbology

Yulia Tymoshenko, Orange Party rep, ads in Ukraine. This is the hottest political candidate design I've ever seen, and I'm not just talking about Yulia...

political politics design candidate Ukraine
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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LXer: Why I Stopped Promoting Linux in Government

"I also think that anyone in America who believes our government cares about us lives in a dream world. I don't care if you're a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian or whatever. The people running for office are politicians. They don't listen and they don't

politics technology nptech government linux floss foss opensource
april 2006 by sstrudeau

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New York Politics | Room Eight
nyc ny politics blog
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Chevy Tahoe: The Apprentice ®

Chevy has a contest; submit an ad for the Tahoe; this one is hilarious ... "We make them bigger. And stupider. And you keep buying them. Assholes."

ad politics funny globalwarming spoof suv contest advocacy energy transit transportation
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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ActBlue - Sweep New York: Congressional Version

Campaign to sweep NY State congressional delegation of Republicans entirely...

ny nyc politics uscongress
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Wired News: Net: a Political Free-for-All

"The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the internet."

politics campaign finance campaignfinance internet blog political technology nptech
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Gentlemen, start your (search) engines | The Daily Gotham

includes links to Dem organizations in NYC

nyc democrats politics reference organization
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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The Oil Drum: New York City | Helping New Yorkers understand, prepare and adapt to the implications of Peak Oil
nyc blog energy peakoil politics
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Metroblogging Los Angeles: Largest Protest Ever in Los Angeles : Gran Marcha 2006

Sounds like between half to a one million people marched for immigrants rights in LA. Huge! Anglo bloggers get criticised for not showing up and posting live from the event... ?!

politics protest immigrant immigration rights march
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Atheists identified as America’s most distrusted minority, according to new U of M study : News Releases: UMNnews: U of M.

"university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society.” Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willi

atheism politics religion culture
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Rise in Online Fundraising Changed Face of Campaign Donors
politics technology fundraising money
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Bush Comedy

Bush impersonation at Jeff Foxworthy roast...

politics video humor funny bush impersonation
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Can Blogs Revolutionize Progressive Politics? -- In These Times
toread blogs politics technology
march 2006 by sstrudeau

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Ann Arbor Public Schools | Homepage

A spoof of the Ann Arbor Public Schools web site. Funny that nat'l satirircal tactics (e.g., whitehouse.org) is making its way to local politics.

spoof annarbor politics funny humor technology web
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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MichiganLiberal - SoapBlox MI
michigan blog politics liberal
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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TXP Magazine: Textpattern "supports" US Democrats

You hear a lot about Drupal/CivicSpace being used to build campaign sites. This is the first time I've seen TextPattern mentioned. Cool!

politics technology textpattern
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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Voter Activation Network

Vendor of an Advokit-like voter contact management type tool for running political campaigns; according to one report, users find it friendlier than Advokit and it excels in areas like PDA integration, but lacks some flexibility and power of Advokit

voterfile voter politics technology campaign advokit vendor proprietary
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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ActBlue - New York State Candidates

Clearinghouse listing of all seats up for election in NY

ny politics clearinghouse
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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we make money not art: McDonald's anti-advergame
game politics consumer advocacy education
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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bordergames
toread games politics
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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nospyfinalbig.mov (video/quicktime Object)

"Somebody's Watching Me"

funny video politics
february 2006 by sstrudeau

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OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues

summaries of where politicians stand on issues; graphs of public opinion on issues; plots politicians on the problematic but better than one-axis, two-axis (lef/right, libertarian/populist) map

politics politicians issues visualization
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Urban Oasis: City Council Drinking Game

If I still lived in Ann Arbor, I'm such a geek, I'd probably *host* this!

politics local funny annarbor
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Senate Democrats Unveil Health Care Responsibility Act Measure Would Protect Workers and Taxpayers | NY State Senate Democrats

A New York version of the "Walmart" bill; essentially a bill to push large, low-wage employers to cover health care costs of their workers who often will otherwise use MedicAid and cost the state $$$$

paterson pressrelease ny healthcare walmart bigbox politics
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Flickr: The Best $24.95 MoveOn Ever Spent | Personal Democracy Forum

Great post detailing MoveOn's use of Flickr

flickr socialsoftware moveon politics TIGCon2005
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Google Maps Mania: Canadian Election Google Maps Mashups

Google map displaying informal poll results for "ridings" in Canada (I assume a riding is some political area like a district?)

canada politics map googlemap mashup
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Rethinking Wargames
games activism politics
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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Social Design Notes: Up in Smoke

The smoking marine aka marlboro man, the soldier who's mug was plastered all over the media as a poster boy of the American military now suffers from PTSD.

politics media war soldier ptsd
january 2006 by sstrudeau

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