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We expect this kind of shit in Arizona or Florida, but seriously? Come on.

And this honorable tactic:

Perhaps more powerfully, the Proposition 8 campaign also seized on the issue of education, arguing in a series of advertisements and mailers that children would be subjected to a pro-gay curriculum if the measure was not approved.

“Mom, guess what I learned in school today?” a little girl said in one spot. “I learned how a prince married a prince.”

As the girl’s mother made a horrified face, a voice-over said: “Think it can’t happen? It’s already happened. . . . Teaching about gay marriage will happen unless we pass Proposition 8.”

Many voters said they had been swayed by that message.

Look how far we’ve come!

SoundCloud seems pretty cool, kind of like Flickr for music. And like Flickr, it’s totally crippled if you aren’t willing to shell out some cash. Unfortunately, 59 euros a month for unlimited tracks doesn’t really sound like a bargain to me. Nice widget though.

Guilt by association: We Run The Game is running on some gallery software I wrote. The goal (and I guess there’s a pattern forming here) was extreme simplicity and speed.

In a further effort to take control of search results for my name, I’ve got joeynelson.net up and running as kind of a centralized “Hey, here’s who I am and here’s all my stuff” type site.

It’s not that exciting, but if you’re looking for the real Joey Nelson (not the Batman Forever stuntman or the guy who borrows money from people in Tulsa and doesn’t pay them back), look no further!

Senator Bernie Sanders:

For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford—that the government providing healthcare to all people is just unimaginable; it can’t be done. We don’t have the money to rebuild our infrastructure. We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street.