Monthly Archives: September 2008

I feel safer already

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Doc Searls

FakeSarahPalin.

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Best-of-greed

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Doc Searls

I just like that headline and wanted to write it down while it’s still in my front-of-mind. Feel free to re-use it.

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#polylanguagization

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Doc Searls

The #4 item on Twitter (behind Bailout, McCain and iPhone) is Selamat Hari Raya. #5 is #atlgas, for gas in Atlanta.

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The 2012 campaign

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Doc Searls

Got an email from my sister Jan the other day. She’s a Navy veteran who knew McCain, along with other notables. She’s also quite astute about politics, and follows it more closely than I do. I asked her if it’s … Continue reading →

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Quote du jour

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Doc Searls

Shel Israel: I think that www.whitehouse.gov should just show the Fail Whale from now through the next inauguration.

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Bail Off

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Doc Searls

The bailout was shot down in the house. Redraw your own conclusions. Mine is that it’s a Bad Thing.

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Upsiding

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Doc Searls

Eric Norlin points (via Howard Linzon) to this piece by Andy Kessler. Eric’s summary: Smile. Think abundance, not scarcity. Get optimistic. I’m an born optimist, so this has an appeal.

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Saint Paul Newman

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Doc Searls

Great remembrance of Paul Newman by Manohla Dargis in the NY Times. (I’d like to beg forgiveness for the annoying login required by the Times, but I won’t. It’s just plain wrong for the Times to retain that friction after … Continue reading →

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Thoughts atop the cliff

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Doc Searls

In his comment here, Mike Warot encourages me — and the rest of us — to watch this video by Karl Denninger, whose blog is here. I did. It’s good. But I’m not sure Denninger is right. Or all-right, let’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Business, Future, Ideas, infrastructure, Life, News, Past, Politics, problems, Travel, VRM | 13 Comments

Fewer degrees of separation

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Doc Searls

Stephen Lewis latest, New York Women: Self-Vetting, My Aunt Estelle, and Haikus for Sale, visits the locus and origins of his firmly grounded sensibilities — for example, our distinctly New York senses of humor and our mutual stubbornly-held convictions that … Continue reading →

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