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Best Songs of 2008

Sean — 2008-12-12T11:55:15-05:00

Every year I return to Sillytech to point people to my favourite tracks of the year. This year is no different.

The best 50 songs of 2008.

As always, I get carried away. You can also download zip files of the whole kit'n'caboodle. And see Dan's favourite albums, here.

Election Information

YvonTripper — 2008-11-28T15:33:47-05:00

Radio Free Quebec has prepared a series of advertisements by the political parties to inform you, the voter:

Parti quebecois:

ADQ/Equipe Mario Dumont:

Liberal Party of Quebec

Quebec solidaire

Green Party

Communist Party:

Marxist-Leninist Party

Time To Call It, Bryan

goodladd — 2008-11-03T09:23:24-05:00

So who's it going to be? Buster McMarxist or Methuselah Jones?

I am going to continue with my gloomy appraisal of how progressive US voters actually are, and say:

Obama 266
McCain 272

Which gives Obama most of the battleground states (including, very charitably I think, Nevada, Colorado, and Ohio), but leaves Pennsylvania and Florida swinging to McCain and pushing him over the edge.

To quote Sideshow Bob: "Your guilty conscience may move you to vote Democratic, but deep down you long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king."

McSneakypants

vinny9 — 2008-09-12T13:25:29-04:00

"About one-third of the absentee ballot applications received at the Hamilton County Board of Elections [in Ohio] have been ruled invalid because Republican Sen. John McCain�s presidential campaign printed a version of the form with an extra, unneeded box on it."

Awayyyy We Go!

vinny9 — 2008-09-05T10:35:40-04:00

Electoral vote polling

So, bj (or anyone else), whatcha say?

Obama: 385
McCain: 153

Overheard in Beijing

chrisdye — 2008-08-25T08:56:19-04:00

(Korean baseball fans, impromptu, to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb):
"Dongjoo, Dongjoo, Kim Dongjoo
Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah!
Dongjoo, Dongjoo Kim Dongjoo!
[Something in Korean] Kim Dongjoo!"
(upon which Kim Dongjoo knocks in the winning RBI to beat Japan in the semi-finals).

American twentysomethings, on trying to understand the nature of the Ippon in Judo:
"Oh, faceslam!... Faceslam is a thousand points!!!"

New Zealand field hockey fan, during a 5-minute video review:
"The Chinese built the Great Wall faster than this!"

New Zealand field hockey fan, on seeing an injured Spaniard on the field:
"Get up, this isn't soccer!"

Baseball announcer, having to introduce the Olympic mascots, which have no traits describable in the English language:
"It's Fuwa time!...Fuwa for you!"

P.S. We saw Jackie Chan! 20 feet away! Beat that for Chineseness, Chronomorph!