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Jan 21

Front pages from around the world on Inauguration Day. Click here

Nov 9

50 facts you might not know about Obama

• He has read every Harry Potter book.

• El puede hablar Español

• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn’t. Tsk tsk

• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia.

• Among his fave TV shows is The Wire. Oh hell yeah!

• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN. Heartbreaking

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Nov 7

Obama on Election Night

(Photos by David Katz, Obama’s photographer)

Nov 6

Hyper local coverage?

While Barack Obama’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election was the lead story in newspapers worldwide, one of our dailies — The Rockdale Citizen — relegated coverage of the Democrat’s historic win beneath stories about a Rottweiler attack and the local sheriff’s successful reelection bid.

You gotta love Georgia.

Here are six other newspapers nationwide that also buried the story. Here »

Nov 5

President: Now Available in Black

I wanted a T-shirt that said that, so I went ahead and made one up

Oct 31

A Ticket We Can All Get Behind

Oct 28

That’s How They Spell It in Real America

From a McCain press logistics summary:

Thursday, October 23, 2008

ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA

Event: John McCain Participates in “Joe the Plummer” Tour Rally

Location: All Star Building Materials, Inc.
1361 North Highway U.S. 1
Ormond Beach, FL 32174

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008

I had no idea John McCain was a Modest Mouse fan.

Oct 27

'Obama Wins!,' newspaper declares

The New Mexico Sun News is a bi-monthly newspaper and its Oct 26-Nov 8 issue had to hit the streets, and the newsstands, before the election. So the editors decided to make a leap of faith and declare Democrat Barack Obama the winner.

Oct 23

Seems like whichever method you use to predict who wins the election, Obama comes out on top!

In this exercrise:

Obama was touched 111 times
McCain was touched 14 times

This kid’s going to hoard quite an intense candy stash with his awesome trick-or-treat gimmick

Oct 22

‘Yo Mama’ political fights on Twitter

There is an epic presidential election themed Yo Mamma Fight going down on Twitter right now. The super duper momma-lode is between Fernando Rizo and Lore Sjöberg. A sampling:

# yo mama so fat, she thinks the G8 is a Value Meal.

# Yo mama so fat, the only Supreme Court verdict she wants to overturn is HomeTown Buffet v. Yo Mama.

# Yo mama so fat, she thinks sub-prime is a steak cut.

# Yo mama so fat, McCain refers to her as “Those Ones.”

# Your mama so fat, when they asked which menus she reads, she said “You know, all of ‘em.”

# you moms so fat ACORN registered her to vote *three* times.

10 Zaniest Political Ads Ever

Why my 5-year-old plans to vote for Obama in her kindergarten class’ mock elections:

“He looks cool on a unicorn”

Oct 21

Build your own Obama paperdoll

Cartoonist Matt “Mad” Hawkins created this cute Obama paperdoll, and provides a template for you to create your own.

(via thedailywhat)

Joe Six Pack vs. Joe the Plumber: Fight to the finish