By Kim on October 4, 2008
Jennifer Schuessler at the New York Times has been boosting the “turn the Veep debate into a poetry slam” movement. Two poems selected from her Paper Cuts blog post: Haiku’s not the form For Senator Joe Biden Because the last [...]
Posted in Culture, Foreign Elections, Language, Levity, Media, Politics, USA | Tagged american election 2008, comic verse, haiku, Joe Biden, light verse, palindrome, poetry, poetry slam, political debates, political verse, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Veep debate, vice presidential debate, Writings |
By Kim on October 3, 2008
As everyone probably knows, the Veep debate will be televised live at 11am AEST on both ABC1 and SBS (which also has live streaming online if you’re not near a tv). Any links to liveblogging of the debate appreciated. Context [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Media, USA | Tagged american election 2008, debate liveblogging, Joe Biden, political debates, sarah palin, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Veep debate, vice presidential debate |
By Kim on September 25, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bishop_1104_narrowweb__300x3642.jpg" align=left Andrew Norton argues that the controversy over Julie Bishop’s lifting of a form of words from the Wall Street Journal is irrelevant, and tries to excuse it by arguing that politicians recite speeches written by departmental or [...]
Posted in Disasters, Media, Politics | Tagged Joe Biden, Julie Bishop, Liberal Party, plagiarism, shadow treasurer, Wall Street Journal, Wayne Swan |
By Kim on August 23, 2008
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/joebidenlrg.jpg" align=left Looks like Senator Joe Biden of Delaware will be Obama’s pick for Vice-President. The selection of the long serving Senator – who’s been a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the past himself – will be seen [...]
Posted in Foreign Elections, USA | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Bill Clinton, Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Joseph Biden, Kathleen Sibelius, Tim Kaine, USA Election 2008, Vice Presidential nomination, Vice Presidential selection, VP |
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