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As you, web-savvy reader, likely already know (and are actively precipitating by getting your information from this blog), the nation’s major newspapers are dying. Several paper-owning conglomerates have filed for bankruptcy, many smaller companies are losing money every day, and The New York Times took out a loan on its own building.
In several cities near [...]

By now we’ve all see the Obamaguration satellite pictures, which brought home once again the tremendous power of the space-bird’s eye view. Of course, there are also the various creepy government surveillance possibilities of satellite imagery, but we feel those have been adequately explored in several Hollywood blockbusters. No, for us satellite images are simply [...]

Amid the flury of Obamaguration-related posts, we came across a terrific entry from Gawker detailing the small yet rich body of related craigslist postings by people hoping, very naturally, to combine political and sexual bliss. With all the revelers flocking to D.C. – some of whom are planning an Orgy for Obama apparently – it’s [...]

It’s inauguration day, the second sort-of holiday in a row for many Americans, and as with every festive occasion in our great land, it’s a perfect occasion to peddle completely useless gifts. Over the last few days we’ve witnessed a veritable internet groundswell of items about Barack Obama memorabilia (hereafter “Obamarabilia” for short). In a [...]

How poetic, isn’t it, that the U.S.’s first African-American president should be sworn in before one of D.C.’s largest crowds ever the day after we celebrate another African-American who participated in an iconic national mall event? Yes, today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we were told is “not a day off, but a [...]

As we overdose on inauguration coverage today and tomorrow, we’ll be seeing so many American flags that by Wednesday we’ll think every blank surface is covered in stars and stripes. To complement the plethora of flags in today’s news coverage, we’ve been seeing a lot of a fictional flag being waved lately. All the commercials [...]