Long before 2006 you could probably make a convincing argument that the music video has outlived its purpose; however, musicblogger docopenhagen's list of the
top 50 music videos of 2006 has some excellent inclusions, and hopefully something for even the most jaded viewer.
My threefavorites.
posted by jonson
on Dec 7, 2006 -
19 comments
Today's Election Day in the United States. Political Wire provides a
list of all poll closing times.(The first closings will be at 6:00 PM EST)
CNN and
Fox News both have up their websites where you can start tracking all state and localized races as results come in. Exit polls are being conducted, but have been
quarantined until polls close. And if you want to put any money on this,
you're short on time. Good luck following the winners both in your state and on
MetaFilter.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Nov 7, 2006 -
969 comments
Abu Gharib? Feh. The newest Dark Side: telemarketing abuse. The National Republican Congressional Committee has launched a $2.1 million campaign calling individuals, including those on the Federal Do-Not-Call Registry, with automated telephone messages scripted to sound as if they are coming from the Democratic candidate up for election, in the hopes of driving away support come Tuesday's elections. "Hello. I'm calling with information about
[Democratic candidate]," the recording begins, and then pauses for the traditional hang-up. If the recipient does indeed hang up, they then receive repeated phone calls back. This manner of scripting violates
47 CFR 64.1200(b)(1), which requires that "the identity of the business, individual, or other entity that is responsible for initiating the call" be "state[d] clearly" "at the beginning of the message." The New Hampshire Attorney General
got them to stop calling those on the Do-Not-Call Registry, at least. (In their best interests, perhaps, due to
the $5,000 fine per call potentially racking up hefty fines.) This is going on at the very least in the
Pennsylvania 6th, the Connecticut 4th, the North Carolina 11th,, the New Hampshire 2nd, and nationwide.
posted by WCityMike
on Nov 5, 2006 -
142 comments
Some of you may have seen the feature film
Brick; I thought it one of the best of the year and among the better debuts I've seen in a long time. Writer-Director Rian Johnson
offers up the shooting script and original novella for free on his site. Fun for fans of noir, high school flicks, or MeFites gaggle of screenwriters.
posted by dobbs
on Oct 2, 2006 -
29 comments
Band of Brothers is an organization of
Democratic veterans running for U.S. Congress. Maybe you'll hear about their DC rally today on the
news (but don't hold your breath). Currently,
vets in the Senate are about evenly split among the GOP and Dems, but Republican vets are the majority in the
House. This is likely to change if the Democrats take control of Congress in this year's elections, in which the Iraq War will be a primary issue. Has a
White House full of
chickenhawks destroyed the GOP claim as the military party?
posted by If I Had An Anus
on Feb 8, 2006 -
41 comments
