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Hee! I’m mentioned in Wikipedia!
(For that same Shai Hulud remix of course that lead to Ego Boost #1)
OK, well they misspelled my name, so I’m going to fix that. Still a fun thing to find.

Now we’re seeing reports (which basically serve to acknowledge the obviously likely) that Gravel joined the LP specifically to seek its presidential nomination. And though I haven’t found an authoritative source, several posts have mentioned that he intends to also seek the Green nomination, to run a fusion campaign.
Maybe he got the idea reading me? [...]

Ha. I mostly kid, but it does seem that Mike Gravel has joined the Libertarian Party — and predictably, the comments section is already lit with cries of “Oh noes! He’s no libertarian!”.
Well if Ron Paul and Bob Barr are libertarians, then I’d tend to agree. Gravel is too good for them.
But then, perhaps [...]

I tickles me (to borrow a phrase from our dear Aunt B) that in my anally alphabetized CD collection, the newly acquired See You In Hell by Grim Reaper sits right next the Best of Hall & Oates.
In related news, as I searched for links, tipsy typing revealed to me the awesomeness that would be [...]

Interesting. I don’t know how much credence to give it, but this isn’t the first place I’ve read theories that Eliot Spitzer was taken down to keep him from standing in the way of the subprime bailout scam.
Related: I’m sure I’m not the first to make the connection, but it just occurred to me, isn’t [...]

During the last year, I have shared with you my vision and hopes for this nation as we look to repair the damage of the last seven years. And you have shared your support, your ideas and your encouragement to my campaign. We have been through a lot together and that is why [...]

But by all means, lets keep talking about whose pastor said what.

Even while agreeing that better teacher pay is most likely also in order, I must respectfully disagree with S-Town Mike’s reactionary recoil against a community land trust for low income workers in St. Tammany.
Land trusts are imperfect, and certainly may be misconceived or mishandled, but done properly they can be a transitional step towards diminishing [...]

I’m perhaps a bit late to the party, but I finally got to see The Speech.
Just, Damn. Brilliant in its honesty, fantastic for its integrity, unbelievable in its authenticity. I think, as he often does, Jon Stewart said it best — “and so, on a Tuesday at 11 a.m., a Presidential candidate actually spoke [...]

After some weeks of rumours and speculation, it seems that libertarian author and activist Mary J. Ruwart is officially in the running for the LP presidential nod. Ruwart is most well known as the author of Healing Our World, considered by many to be among the best primers on libertarian thought written for a broader [...]