dan collier

The Daily Show has been perhaps funnier than ever during the recent political conventions. And happily for everyone that does not get The Comedy Channel or missed the original broadcasts, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are both streaming extremely high-quality video of full episodes online. This week’s shows from the Republican National Convention have been great.

Some of the best news analysis I’ve seen in years was Jon Stewart’s “reporting” on statements made by Karl Rove, Bill O’Reilly, Dick Morris and others before and after John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin for vice president. Here is the clip:

politics posted by: dan  @  06 Sep 2008 4:21 | Comments (0)

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The video gets funnier as it goes along.

art & politics posted by: dan  @  27 Jun 2007 10:08 | Comments (0)

Love and the Internets - A comic titled “Fixed Width” on xkcd. One of many cute drawings.

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“Welcome to Palestine” - This article by Robert Fisk is about both about the coup in Gaza and Middle East politics in general. The author is a 25-year resident of Beirut and widely respected Middle East reporter. This view is mainstream among Europeans, so it is remarkable that such a reasonable argument is almost never put forward in the US popular media.

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We Feel Fine - This site is hard to categorize. Part blog aggregator, part internet visualization, part peep-hole.

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Top Ten Chinese Thinkers - A tongue-in-cheek review of Chinese thinkers on the blog of a dead warlord plotting his future revolution.
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foreign affairs & links posted by: dan  @  16 Jun 2007 15:52 | Comments (0)

Beautiful landscape photography - Ladislav Kamarad has captured some amazing photos. And he is publishing high-quality images online, something too many photographers seem to be afraid of doing. There are lots to choose from, but this is my favorite.

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Honk if you’re married and can’t cope with anger - Some classic Dave Barry recently republished online by The Miami Herald. During my final week with a company during late 2000, I read every Dave Barry article the Miami Herald had online. Now they are republishing material from before they had a website.

links & photos posted by: dan  @  12 Jun 2007 5:10 | Comments (0)

7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Old but good.

links posted by: dan  @  30 Mar 2007 14:08 | Comments (0)