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The Power Gap.

Good thinking by the British think-tank, Demo and good animation by Airside.

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infographic, politics, power, video, visualization

Nice analogy…

The Republicans are like an arsonist who complains that the fire department is wasting water.

›› Paul Begala, a Democrat (of course!)

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america, analogy, democrat, english, Language, politics, republican

Possibly the best Obama cartoon yet.

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bailout, barack obama, cartoon, economy, editorial, illustration, politics, president, terrence nowicki jr

Dubyah’s flailing logic…

I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system to make sure the economy doesn’t collapse.

›› Outgoing US President George Bush making little sense (as usual)

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crisis, economy, finance, george w bush, idiot, politics, recession

Yes, they did: Obama elected President.

What a historic moment: Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. His margin of victory will probably be absolutely stunning — as I write this, he is routing McCain 338-15 in the electoral vote count. While his election to the highest office might be a national catharsis of a failed Bush administration, it is just awesome that Americans voted for someone based on perceived ability and not on the colour of his skin. The real work, though, begins when his terms starts in January 2009; the huge international goodwill towards Obama will surely help America.

Oh yeah, I am so going to buy this poster as a memento. As do a lot of people outside the US, I too feel some strange excitement about what seems to be an upcoming new world order.

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2008, barack obama, history, politics, president, usa

Monday, 27th October 2008

Wassup? Change.

These are the same guys who were from that Budweiser television commercial eight years ago. Brilliant!

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america, barack obama, marketing, politics, us elections

Tuesday, 14th October 2008

Barack Obama is an iPhone…

…and John McCain is a courier pigeon.

See more of this ‘Candidate = ‘ in this Flickr set. It’s all pretty funny (I am still laughing at the ‘McCain = Courier Pigeon’), but it is a bit disturbing when people start using material things to identify with people.

[Via Wired]

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brand, consumer, funny, iphone, politics, us elections

Thursday, 9th October 2008

A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century.

JULY 11, 2039: Bill Clinton, ninety-two, dies on the same day Chinese Democracy II is released.

›› Chuck Klosterman looks to the future on Esquire.com

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culture, future, parody, politics, writing

Monday, 6th October 2008

The Prez Dispenser.

Funny t-shirt from Eric Rewitzer, thought I think it might have looked better on a lighter, less muddy coloured t-shirt.

And speaking of Obama, it’s good to see him robustly elbowing back the Republican smear campaign.

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barack obama, campaign, politics, president, t-shirt, us elections

Monday, 6th October 2008

The hidden costs of war.

Nice typographic/infographic video from Athletics and Good Magazine, but honestly, it’s not the most ground breaking motion graphics we have seen, is it?

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debt, economy, infographic, politics, typography, video, visualization, war

Friday, 3rd October 2008

On the Vice-Presidential debate…

I always wondered what a wolverine would sound like chewing through plywood. Now I know: like Sarah Palin “debating” Joe Biden.

›› Howard Fineman from Newsweek.com

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analogy, politics, us elections, vice president

Sunday, 21st September 2008

Poster designs for Obama.

The Design Observer asked ‘what would you do with the domain name designersforobama.org’ and Aaron Perry-Zucker answered with a Threadless-style Obama poster/visual communications site.

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barack obama, community, designer, politics, poster, us elections

Saturday, 9th August 2008

50 BustedTees at $9.99 each.

Jump into the sale while it’s still on.

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elderly, funny, geriatric, john mccain, politics, usa

Wednesday, 11th June 2008

Vote for nobody.

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Art, george bush, graffiti, nobody, philosophy, politics, republican, truth

Tuesday, 15th January 2008

Information-gathering tool.

‘Share’ is Facebookspeak for ‘advertise’. Sign up to Facebook and you become a free walking, talking advert for Blockbuster or Coke, extolling the virtues of these brands to your friends. We are seeing the commodification of human relationships, the extraction of capitalistic value from friendships.

›› A fierce, detailed attack on Facebook on the Guardian