I’m not a hipster
But you might be.

I love this:
http://action.thisisreality.org/page/s/coenbrothers

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So, Fed Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke talked about when the recession might end today. But apparently, he told people in the UK something different than those of us here in the US.
Headline on BBC: US recession ‘may last into 2010′
Headline on Yahoo.com: Stocks up on Bernanke’s report that recession might end in ‘09
The second [...]

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Now that Obama is our president, I’ll have to find something else to obsessively follow. The Onion captured this post-election crisis very well. I loved their take on the aftermath, because it’s kinda true — I read nothing but The Huffington Post during the last two months, told at least five campaign-related stories a day [...]

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I spent last weekend in NYC getting my fix of tango and politics and visiting my friend Laura. Highlights:

The cabbie bringing up politics to me (unprovoked!): “I can’t believe McCain chose that woman. What was he thinking?!”
An ad for storage space that read, “What’s more limited? Your closet or her experience?”
Heading out for breakfast and [...]

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This handy little Palin debate flow chart is the best analysis of Palin’s responses in last night’s debate that I’ve seen yet.
I also think I’m going to start incorporating the WINK into my daily conversations. If only I had done it earlier that evening when I did an interview for a local TV station from [...]

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This comes from a fascinating bbc.com article today about how the U.S. financial woes are perceived abroad:
The political philosopher John Gray, who recently retired as a professor at the London School of Economics, wrote in the London paper The Observer: “Here is a historic geopolitical shift, in which the balance of power in the [...]

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And it just keeps getting better:
Couric asked Palin what newspapers and magazines she read regularly before becoming McCain’s running mate “to stay informed and to understand the world.”
Here is her response, according to a transcript provided by CBS:
Palin: I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media.
Couric: What, [...]

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The best news of the last two weeks by far has been Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric.
I actually saw the SNL take on the Palin-Couric interview first. Then I watched the real thing, and it was pretty shocking — the SNL skit actually didn’t make too much up, just exaggerated. Both are worth watching.
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On my way East, I passed through the Minneapolis airport and was snapped out of my progressive Portland bubble when I spotted not one, but two terrifying sites: a Fox News store and a McCain kiosk, filled with McCain wear and trinkets. The Republican convention had just ended here a day before.
As I walked down [...]

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