- Archives - 11/01/2001 - 12/01/2001 12/01/2001 - 01/01/2002 01/01/2002 - 02/01/2002 02/01/2002 - 03/01/2002 03/01/2002 - 04/01/2002 04/01/2002 - 05/01/2002 05/01/2002 - 06/01/2002 06/01/2002 - 07/01/2002 07/01/2002 - 08/01/2002 08/01/2002 - 09/01/2002 09/01/2002 - 10/01/2002 10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002 11/01/2002 - 12/01/2002 12/01/2002 - 01/01/2003 01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003 03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 04/01/2003 - 05/01/2003 05/01/2003 - 06/01/2003 06/01/2003 - 07/01/2003 07/01/2003 - 08/01/2003 08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003 09/01/2003 - 10/01/2003 10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003 11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004 03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006 04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006 05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006 11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007 01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007 02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007 04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007 05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007 06/01/2007 - 07/01/2007 07/01/2007 - 08/01/2007 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007 12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008 01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008 04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008 06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008 09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008 11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008
RSS feed

To talk back:
Send email to my first name at my last name dot com
-Keith Pelczarski

Random Nuttiness
Why go nutty?
Recalling London
Drink me
RageBoy Speaks!
More equal
Wonder Woman
Raging King, Fear Driver
31 Flavors
Refreshing?
On the edge?
Good Morning, Sunshine

Where is that post?

Go Nutty WWW

Interesting Voices
Randy Cassingham
Jonathan Coulton
Kevin Fox
Vince Hanks
Mark Hurst
Jason Kottke
Jeffrey Martian
Kerah Pelczarski
Max Pelczarski
Dave Pell
RageBoy
ResearchBuzz
Doc Searls
Tracy Sigler
Oliver Thylmann

Sites of Note
All Music Guide
Boing Boing
Financial Engines
The Fray
Google
Google News
How Stuff Works
Internet Movie Database
Memepool
Metacritic
The Motley Fool
Netflix
The Onion
Slashdot (/.)

Yes, we can!

It's official. Barack Obama is the President-Elect of the United States of America. The electoral results weren't even close, with Obama winning more than twice the electoral votes garnered by McCain. The collective optimism for the future is palpable, and it feels great after all these years of dread under Bush/Cheney. Have a great night, and a better tomorrow.

:: Keith 22:26 [link] :: 0 comments ::

Everybody Loves Obama

Colin Powell, a Republican and former Secretary of State in the Bush administration, endorsed Barack Obama for president today on Meet the Press:



The best part of the endorsement starts at the 4:27 mark in the video above, where Powell takes his own party leaders to task for all of their fear mongering about Obama being Muslim. Powell makes the points that 1) Obama is actually Christian, and 2) even if he were Muslim, so what? This is America, and freedom of religion is part of the philosophical bedrock upon which this great nation was built. Religious freedom does not only mean that you have the freedom to pick which form of Christianity you believe, it also means that you can worship Allah or Zeus or even (gasp!) no God at all. Sadly, intolerant, overly zealous members of a number of religions both in America and abroad are giving religion in general a bad name. But I digress....

Colin Powell isn't the only one endorsing Barack Obama for President these days. Obama leads McCain 105-33 in newspaper endorsements. Lest you believe the "liberal elite media bias" it should be noted that Kerry and Bush had basically a dead heat in endorsements 213-205. Obama has been endorsed not only by traditionally Democratic papers, but also many that have historically leaned Republican.

And it's not just Americans who love Obama. The Economist is running a global online poll asking people all over the world who they favor for the next President of the United States. They are tabulating the results as a global electoral map, weighting the results of each country based on their population. As of this writing, Obama is leading McCain by a staggering 8,906 to 38. McCain is only carrying four countries in the poll: Cuba, Moldova, Macedonia, and Georgia. Granted, the Economist's editorial stance is classically liberal, but only four countries for McCain? Ouch.

Who else likes Obama?

• American voters responding to polls like Obama.
  
• The New Yorker loves Obama, and they put together a very eloquent endorsement.
  
• Peter Norvig likes Obama, and he's put together the highly recommended Presidential Election 2008 FAQ. (As the creator of the Gettysburg Address PowerPoint, I'd say that Peter knows a thing or two about matters presidential.)
  
• Best of all, the stock market loves Democratic Presidents.

And as if it wasn't already painfully obvious, Barack Obama receives the highly coveted GoNutty.com endorsement. Regardless of who you love in this year's election, be sure to get out there and vote!

:: Keith 23:11 [link] :: 0 comments ::

Stop the ride, I want to get off

Here's the roller coaster that we're currently riding:
U.S. Home Prices Adjusted for Inflation 1890-2007



um... whee? Here's how the stock market roller coaster compares to past bear markets.

We've been hearing an awful lot about the bursting sub-prime mortgage bubble and the accompanying worldwide financial fallout. I imagine that by this point you either know a lot about what's going on, or have your head well buried in the sand, but in case you'd like to learn more, I'd recommend The Money Meltdown as a great source for background and news.

If you're like me, though, you'd probably rather watch another video. Here's a great one about the fundamental nature of lending and currency creation entitled Money as Debt:



This American Life on NPR connects the dots on the credit crisis with an interesting piece called "The Giant Pool of Money."

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go find a hole in the sand.

:: Keith 22:49 [link] :: 0 comments ::

Buy My Shitpile!

Now that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have converted to commercial banks, they stand to receive a lot of the proposed aid from former Goldman chairman and current U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

Would you like to belly up to the government trough, too? Now you can at BuyMyShitpile.com! I've already thrown some old vinyl LPs on the pile, like this copy of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".

Now I'll just sit back and wait for the guvmint to bail me out!

:: Keith 21:28 [link] :: 0 comments ::

Are you registered to vote?

Vote for change.

:: Keith 21:35 [link] :: 0 comments ::

The Hodg-man warns us about the mole men

:: Keith 21:11 [link] :: 0 comments ::

Your Momma for President

:: Keith 22:14 [link] :: 0 comments ::

- Archives - 11/01/2001 - 12/01/2001 12/01/2001 - 01/01/2002 01/01/2002 - 02/01/2002 02/01/2002 - 03/01/2002 03/01/2002 - 04/01/2002 04/01/2002 - 05/01/2002 05/01/2002 - 06/01/2002 06/01/2002 - 07/01/2002 07/01/2002 - 08/01/2002 08/01/2002 - 09/01/2002 09/01/2002 - 10/01/2002 10/01/2002 - 11/01/2002 11/01/2002 - 12/01/2002 12/01/2002 - 01/01/2003 01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 02/01/2003 - 03/01/2003 03/01/2003 - 04/01/2003 04/01/2003 - 05/01/2003 05/01/2003 - 06/01/2003 06/01/2003 - 07/01/2003 07/01/2003 - 08/01/2003 08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003 09/01/2003 - 10/01/2003 10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003 11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003 12/01/2003 - 01/01/2004 01/01/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 03/01/2004 03/01/2004 - 04/01/2004 05/01/2004 - 06/01/2004 07/01/2004 - 08/01/2004 08/01/2004 - 09/01/2004 09/01/2004 - 10/01/2004 11/01/2004 - 12/01/2004 12/01/2004 - 01/01/2005 01/01/2005 - 02/01/2005 02/01/2005 - 03/01/2005 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005 04/01/2005 - 05/01/2005 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005 10/01/2005 - 11/01/2005 12/01/2005 - 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 - 02/01/2006 02/01/2006 - 03/01/2006 03/01/2006 - 04/01/2006 04/01/2006 - 05/01/2006 05/01/2006 - 06/01/2006 06/01/2006 - 07/01/2006 07/01/2006 - 08/01/2006 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006 09/01/2006 - 10/01/2006 10/01/2006 - 11/01/2006 11/01/2006 - 12/01/2006 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007 01/01/2007 - 02/01/2007 02/01/2007 - 03/01/2007 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007 04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007 05/01/2007 - 06/01/2007 06/01/2007 - 07/01/2007 07/01/2007 - 08/01/2007 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 09/01/2007 - 10/01/2007 10/01/2007 - 11/01/2007 11/01/2007 - 12/01/2007 12/01/2007 - 01/01/2008 01/01/2008 - 02/01/2008 02/01/2008 - 03/01/2008 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008 04/01/2008 - 05/01/2008 05/01/2008 - 06/01/2008 06/01/2008 - 07/01/2008 08/01/2008 - 09/01/2008 09/01/2008 - 10/01/2008 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008 11/01/2008 - 12/01/2008