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Archive for October, 2008

Ondar: Tuvan Throat-singing/rap

Thus spake Evil Overload
October 28, 2008 at 8:25 am

Reposted from Boingboing, just cuz:

Wondering about Tuva? Here’s the Google Maps perspective, centered on the Tuvan capital city of Kyzyl.

Anyone know if that singing is linguistic, or just musical? In either case: Woah!

Obama on Redistribution of Wealth and Economic Justice

Thus spake Evil Overload
October 27, 2008 at 10:31 am

Biden Angered by “Hostile” interviewer

Thus spake Evil Overload
October 26, 2008 at 6:25 am

Interviewer asks Joe Biden tough questions about Marxism, Biden gets irritable:

The Obama campaign later sent this message to the station in response to their unfair and un-journalistic hostility:

‘”This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election,” wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.’

Read about it here.

And ask yourself:  Was this interview more or less hostile than the Palin interviews?

The Financial Crisis: Why It Happened

Thus spake Evil Overload
October 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm

It’s 11 minutes long and it’s pro-McCain, but it’s entertaining, it was already banned once, and it explains the problem fully and backs it up with facts: