tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57643962007-08-23T16:37:14.745-04:00mattdanaBlogger816125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-40553879264726798612007-08-23T16:35:00.001-04:002007-08-23T16:37:14.783-04:00

I'm now running a fantasy football blog with my college buddy Brandon Marshall. It's here: The Fantasy Football Geek Blog.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-90326378661897374622007-01-10T12:56:00.001-05:002007-01-10T12:56:46.053-05:00

http://thereplacements.blogspot.com/2005/06/man-from-moon.html

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-26131668354245627792006-11-28T16:44:00.000-05:002006-11-28T16:46:15.220-05:00

I'm tired of this blog. It's been fun. I've got a new idea, though.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-10562672719478173272006-11-16T15:01:00.001-05:002006-11-16T15:01:53.801-05:00

...is that this is a real web site.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1163107690719530252006-11-09T16:27:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:25.846-05:00

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1163013118458537342006-11-08T14:11:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:25.454-05:00

That is all.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162937506896609662006-11-07T17:10:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:25.129-05:00

We've graduated from dirty deeds. I'm trying to keep a sense of humor about this, mostly because it's bad to punch holes in walls at work. California voters have been flooded with deceptive, official-looking voter guides in the weeks running up to today's election. Mailings titled "Voter Information for Democrats" and "Senior Citizen Voter Information" resemble voter guides put out by the

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162936796344284092006-11-07T16:59:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:14.138-05:00

I say we don't just vote the Republicans out, we also have them spayed and neutered.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162915613187021562006-11-07T11:06:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:13.722-05:00

From here: Voting appears to be very popular in Daggett County, Utah. Daggett County has registered 947 voters for Tuesday's election. According to the most recent Census figures, that's four more than the county's population in 2005. A spokesman for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says complaints of vote-stuffing in the county are being investigated. Democrats suspect County Clerk Vickie

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162909744230116522006-11-07T09:28:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:13.343-05:00

From here: Sources in Bergen County are reporting that an autodial robocall is being made that starts out sounding like a positive Bob Menendez message. If you hang up, it repeatedly calls you back. If you listen all the way to the end, it finishes by saying that Menendez is an embezzler and under criminal investigation. This is a voter suppression tactic being used nationwide by the GOP.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162909418974191792006-11-07T09:15:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:12.947-05:00

Done dirt cheap! Dirrrrty deeeds and der dun dirt cheap. These are all coming from the Republican side; I haven't heard anything about misconduct by the Dems yet. Tim Daly from Clarendon got a call saying that if he votes Tuesday, he will be arrested. A recording of his voicemail can be found online at: www.webbforsenate.com/media/phone_message.wav The transcript from his voicemail reads: "

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162830094221804482006-11-06T11:10:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:12.422-05:00

You know how your dog never wants its squeaky toy until you pretend to be interested in it? Then as soon as you drop it, the dog could care less? That's why the Democrats are going to win huge tomorrow. I think voter apathy is mostly due to the fact that voting always seemed to be a God-given right in this country - of course your vote will count! But with all the fears about vote fraud,

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162526196961257242006-11-02T22:51:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:11.996-05:00

Just watched this documentary's premiere on HBO. It left me completely fuming. There's no way to watch it and come away anything but convinced that our election system at the very least is highly vulnerable to fraud, and in all likelihood has already been significantly affected by it. The longer this goes on, the less we will be able to do about it. But what can we do right now? Anything? How

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162497397802398082006-11-02T14:56:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:11.620-05:00

I was just starting to not hate you.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162405873844283662006-11-01T13:29:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:11.225-05:00

Just stumbled across a great video put together by the ACLU. Covers what your legal rights are in common encounters with the police (traffic stops, etc.), and how you should handle those situations to best avoid getting in trouble.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1162302135503969842006-10-31T08:39:00.000-05:002006-11-13T10:15:10.768-05:00

I hate the whole "oh of COURSE that would happen right before an election" argument. It gets used on everything. But this smells a little bad to me. It seems to me like diplomatic agreements like this one are easy to time so they have maximum effect - say, a week before an election. Don't be surprised if this "breakthrough" falls apart right after the election. N. Korea agrees to return to

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161979454056039072006-10-27T16:03:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:10.353-05:00

What an intelligent, reasoned argument. I've never heard it put better by anyone. How any human being could listen to him talk about this issue and not come out convinced he's right is beyond me. What seems to get lost on people is the fact that the embryos used for embryonic stem cell research are going to be destroyed either way, whether they're used for research or not. They're originally

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161953517479803932006-10-27T08:49:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:09.932-05:00

When they're desperate, apparently. Here are some ads currently being run by Republicans in a last-second bid to save themselves. (From here) In New York, the NRCC ran an ad accusing Democratic House candidate Michael A. Arcuri, a district attorney, of using taxpayer dollars for phone sex. "Hi, sexy," a dancing woman purrs. "You've reached the live, one-on-one fantasy line." It turns out that

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161889270797206802006-10-26T14:59:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:09.567-05:00

The New York Times has a really cool election guide on its web site, that lets you track the polls and standings in the races across the country. I was hoping someone would put something like this out there.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161870712878402552006-10-26T09:49:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:09.054-05:00

You keep coming out with games that I feel morally obligated by my childhood to spend the ten bucks to download.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161351635562358332006-10-20T09:40:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:08.710-05:00

...I don't know what is. Top US general says Rumsfeld is inspired by God - Yahoo! News: The top US general defended the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying it is inspired by God. 'He leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our country,' said Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Apparently the good Lord is a big fan of torture,

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161266235147211142006-10-19T09:57:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:08.284-05:00

Stingray leaps into boat, stabs man in chest - CNN.com: A leaping stingray stabbed an 81-year-old Florida boater in the chest, authorities said Wednesday, leaving its poisonous stinger lodged close to his heart in an incident recalling the one that killed Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin last month.The stingray revolution has begun.

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161116330504943302006-10-17T16:18:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:07.859-05:00

...for what Fox News will be talking about nonstop from now until the election: Second U.S. lawmaker faces misconduct allegations - Yahoo! News: A U.S. congressional board which oversees a Capitol Hill internship program rocked by a sex scandal, discussed allegations on Monday involving a second lawmaker, said Rep. Dale Kildee (news, bio, voting record), a Michigan Democrat.Not that it even

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1161094818191470682006-10-17T10:20:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:07.463-05:00

Searches Carried Out in Influence Inquiry - New York Times: Federal agents executed search warrants on Monday at the homes of Representative Curt Weldon’s daughter and a longtime political associate in an investigation into whether Mr. Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican, improperly aided their efforts to obtain lobbying and public relations contracts, law enforcement officials said.Santorum's

mattdanatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764396.post-1160771456954344172006-10-13T16:27:00.000-04:002006-11-13T10:15:06.933-05:00

I don't know how this kid can just sit there and watch this robot manipulate a Rubick's Cube with its evil, pointy appendages. I heard they tried to put a nice-looking head on this robot, and it twisted and mutilated it into the no-bullshit visage it now possesses. If this robot shows up at your doorstep, don't bother defending yourself. You will be changed. Made right.

mattdana