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(Gradual) Change We Can Believe In

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The Mormons Baptized Obama’s Mom

In 2008, the Mormon Church baptized President Obama’s mother posthumously. Which didn’t surprise me much. But apparently the baptism was against the Mormon religious code because the dead are only supposed to be baptized when a living, Mormon relative submits them for it. And here I thought they were just baptizing the entire human race [...]
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VP and POTUS holding hands

Always fun: The White House Flickr stream. Here’s a picture of the President and Vice President holding hands.
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Obama learns from a Bush success

An interesting observation in David Broder’s column about Obama’s first 100 days. Whatever else you may say about Bush, he knew how to manage his schedule, and that’s one of the fundamental challenges of the Presidency. Obama inherited a much-improved scheduling system from the first MBA president, George W. Bush, with an electronic calendar, stretching from [...]
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Shepard Fairey on the HOPE Poster Controversy

Shepard Fairey has written a piece discussing the controversy surrounding his use of an AP photo as a reference for his iconic HOPE poster of Obama. He makes all the expected (and I think highly valid) arguments for why he didn’t need to ask permission to use the photo, why he doesn’t owe AP or [...]
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Bad Paintings of Barack Obama

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Obama vs. Jindal: Round One

Wonkette puts it well: The election starts now. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will deliver the Republican response to Obama’s upcoming speech to both houses of congress. (A semi-State of the Union.)
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Iran, Negotiations, and Preconditions

Iran has responded to President-elect Obama’s willingness to negotiate without preconditions by adding preconditions to any potential negotiations. In recent interviews, advisers to Ahmadinejad said the new U.S. administration would have to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq, show respect for Iran's system of rule by a supreme religious leader, and withdraw its objections to Iran's [...]
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Presidents (And Near-Presidents) Have Unoriginal Names

Barack Obama and Joe Biden were both named after their fathers. John McCain was named after his father (who was named after his own father). George Bush was (obviously) named after his father. Even Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III.
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This. Fucking. Election.

This fucking election is almost over.
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