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I waited a long time to see this. Update: I also apparently can’t spell. :(

The Inauguration of President Barack Obama – The Big Picture – Boston.com.

Obama: The College Years – Photo Essays – TIME.

Paul Jenkins with a a reasonable take on Rick Warren speaking at the Obama inauguration:

Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is, if possible, even worse. He shrinks Warren’s grotesque comparisons down to a “disagreement,” as if we were talking about ethanol subsidies. But we are not. In fact, we are not even talking about marriage rights, we are talking about demonizing an entire group of Americans for the purpose of religious indoctrination, political gain and financial profit. Or doing so out of sheer hatred and idiocy. Or both.

via I am Matt Thomas » Regarding Rick Warren.

via chartjunk » Blog Archive » Tax Plans (that’s one for you, nineteen for me).

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted…. If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself. [...]

McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate. He not only risks the wrath of the GOP’s unforgiving base, but he invites others to second-guess his executive decision-making ability. Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.

Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.

Do it for your country.

via The Washington Monthly.

David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.

Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, “Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?”

Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, “You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t smell right. This isn’t the way a tested hero behaves.” And he joked: “I think someone’s putting something in his metamucil.”

“He can’t run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?”

“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”

via DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005®.

In the bank, I see a chart (that doesn’t take inflation into account) with a title that reads “What are you going to believe? Today’s news, or 82 years of performance.” It’s got a nice graph of the stock market going up, up up. “Next.” I walk forward, close my eyes, breath deep, and hand over my paycheck. For some reason, I’m thinking today’s news may be a solid bet.

Update: Video works now.

• “How Star Wars Changed the World,” A map of Star Wars and its affects on the world.
• An amazing audio-article from the New Yorker on auto-tune.
• via BJ’s thoughts, it seems Record-Rama was purchased for $3,000,000 after all.
• McCain’s voicemail to Palin. (Don’t dress too sluty.)
  
• Not sure who this was from: The Enron Document Explorer.
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  I spent most of my time in Shiga prefecture when I stayed in Japan.via Coudal

• Paris Hilton Porn-rescramble:
  

via Jonnodotcom on Flickr via Coudal

• I’m now on a plane headed for the pacific rim. You will not see me or hear from me for 6 days.
• Dean blogs!
• Stefan Sagmeister is my hero. His TED talk was great. His book “Things I have learned in my so far,” is amazing. Here’s an article about him.
• I got married. It was the happiest day of my life. Pictures are forthcoming.
• I got a new job. I’m extremely honored. I’ll explain more, when I’m not busy sipping coconut juice and eating fresh pineapple while the natives give me hot stone massages.
• Draplin vs. USA I can’t explain how close I feel to these words. I mutter this stuff every day.

Told from inside the presidency, ABC News Nightline and PBS’s Frontline present the first look at the clinton era.

[via Scott Kidder]

McCain said what? [via gawker]

• A is for Atheist.

  The OUT Campaign allows individuals to let others know they are not alone. It can also be a nice way of opening a conversation and help to demolish the negative stereotypes of atheists. Let the world know that we are not about to go away and that we are not going to allow those that would condemn us to push us into the shadows.

• A collection of Madonna photos from Vanity Fair.
• Why I won’t vote for hillary. Among other things.
• For some reason, the idea of another SPEED movie just doesn’t get old. Ha! [via Joshua Blankenship]
• Rob Wychert is venturing out across america in a kick ass Corolla. His site for the journey, just flaunts brilliance. I love it.
• Why is it, I have no problem with the Miley Cyrus pictures, except for the fact that Billy Ray, who if you don’t remember wrote “Achy Breaky Heart”, is in them.