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3 Things, books, games, politics
Three Things That Realigned My Electoral Demographics Last Week
1. XCOM Enemy Unknown This game dug it’s hooks into me in a way that few games in recent memory have. I’m talking “stay up until 5:00 am because I need to play just one more mission and then I’m back at base and maybe I should just finish researching that one weapon tech, but [...]
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games, movies, politics
Three Things That Rocked Me Like A Hurricane Last Week
The Social Network. I am an unabashed fan of Aaron Sorkin, from the heights rapid-fire walking and talking he reached with The West Wing to the swiftly forgotten self-aggrandizement of Studio 60 One the Sunset Strip, I have enjoyed them all. I’m also partial to David Fincher. Trent Reznor’s instrumental work basically got me through [...]
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media, politics
Shrill
I like politics. I hate punditry. I’m interested in the way public policy is conceived, debated, and implemented. The ins and outs of political sausage-making fascinate me. Theoretically, at least. In practice, the problem is that the only way to keep up with the K Street wheeling and dealing of our elected representatives is to [...]
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politics
Brand New Day
On my way to school this morning I passed a crowd gathered in the Civic Center park to watch President Obama’s inauguration. Hundreds of people huddled close leaving no gaps in the crowd. They all faced the giant screens set up in the center of the field to broadcast the swearing in of our nation’s [...]
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politics
Thank You, America.
11.05.08 | Permalink | 6 CommentsAnd I am grateful there were no (major) shenanigans in Florida, for once. Now let’s get to work.
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movies, politics
A Documentarian In Search of a Terrorist Mastermind (and a Thesis Statement)
Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? is Morgan Spurlock’s follow up to Supersize Me. It first came out back in April, and I meant to see it at the time but I think I was too busy shaking with pre-exam anxiety to get out to the theaters. It just opened here in Australia, [...]
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