Author: jon
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The day after: narrative through the lens of strategy
original essay March 5, 2008 see the comments for updates Back on February 7, Catherine Dodge and Alex Tanzi of Bloomberg News broke a story on an Obama campaign spreadsheet, “inadvertently” released by the campaign, with their projections (or maybe predictions) of delegates. Ben Smith on Politico has a nice screenshot, and even better a…
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Microsoft/Yahoo! roundup
Note: this thread summarizes what others are thinking, and my reactions. My opinion on the potential acquisition is here — and along with many others’, on MiniMSFT. Andy Borowitz has the biggest news: Obama to buy Yahoo! Other than that … Microsoft has been fined a record €899 million ($1.4 billion) for defying the EU’s…
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Yahoo!!!! (was Yahoo!?!?!): Why, after further reflection, I think Microsoft’s offer for Yahoo! is a brilliant strategic move
Plunking down $44.6 billion, or whatever the number turns out to be, for “change” and “social software” sends a huge message — although bizarrely enough a lot of Microsoft employees, on MiniMSFT and internal email discussion lists like Litebulb, have managed not to hear it. It’s been several weeks since Microsoft’s unsolicited offer for Yahoo.…
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Dept. Of Homeland Security: ‘Has Anybody Seen A Blue Folder?’
WASHINGTON—In an emergency press conference held this morning, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff urged the American public to be on the lookout for a folder that was misplaced sometime in the last 24 hours, most likely in the DHS offices, but also possibly anywhere else…. “I can assure everyone that the assistant secretary…
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Senate surveillance (FISA) roll calls
There were two major votes on the ‘Protect’ America Act (FISA) surveillance bill in the Senate today. Civil liberties lost both times. The fight now moves to the House. A 15-day extension is possible. mcjoan has more on Kos.
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“Double Bubble Trouble”: Massive voter disenfranchisement in California — and Washington?
The LA Registrar of Voters says it may not be possible to determine voter intent! Please sign Courage Campaign’s “Count every vote” petition asking for a full recount! 25,000 signatures so far; latest update and some discussion about “intent” on Courage Campaign’s page here. PeteTV has a video and transcript at So this is what…
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Choosing hope over fear: Obama ’08
A lot of people have written great posts on why they support Barack Obama and his campaign; so I’ll keep it quick, and link out to others who have taken the time to give more details and say things better. A lot of people say “they’re no different on the issues”. I disagree. There are…
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The Super Tuesday thread!
To avoid overflowing the blog, I’ll use this thread to collect various snippets about Super Tuesday. Stories and threads elsewhere: Twitter: supertuesday, Politweets, very cool Google maps mashup, Tag clouds for liberal and conservative blogs, from Virtual Vantage point. Live coverage of Super Tuesday, the feeling on the ground and letters to friends and family…
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Edmund Clarke wins Turing Award!
Wow, the guy I took compilers from as an undergraduate has just won the Turing Award for his work in model checking. How cool is that?