White House Redux
01/29/2008
Storefront for Art and Architecture, an NYC-based nonprofit geared towards promoting innovative ideas in (yup, you guessed it) architecture, art and design, is currently taking "idea" entries for White House Redux, a contest it is holding for a brand new White House design. What should the most powerful house in the world look like these days? We're thinking Graceland ... Read More
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Presidential Paintball Is Sapping Our Productivity
01/24/2008
Wow. What a great way to waste time at work. Play as your favorite candidate in an attempt to paintball your political foes to an early election death. There's no Secret Service protection to worry about, Fred Thompson didn't make the cut and John Edwards tans seven days a week. Read More
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Senator On-Line: An Experiment in Aussie Politics
12/18/2007
The first truly democratic political party? A few months ago, a newly formed, bipartisan, Australian political party received official recognition from the Australian government. Senator On-Line, or SOL, offers a completely new model for the democratic process. When an SOL candidate is elected, a website will be created that will allow registered voters (from any part ... Read More
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Campaign Kung Fu
11/30/2007
As Vulture Droppings monitors the ongoing hostage situation at the Hillary '08 Rochester, NH campaign office, we couldn't help but wish that Mike Huckabee supporters Chuck Norris and Ric Flair were actually Hillary proponents and that they were on hand to dose out some tag team justice. We also wish Chuck Norris would stick to his Walker Texas Ranger denim duds instea ... Read More
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French Workforce Fried
11/19/2007
We really feel like crap. We've all been sitting around on this side of the pond lamenting that the fourth season of The Office has been cut short vis-a-vis the Writer's Guild of America strike. Meanwhile in the land of liberty, equality, and fraternity, a nationwide transit strike is dragging into it's sixth day; people can't get anywhere and French President Nicolas ... Read More
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Putin is the New Push-Pop
10/31/2007
America isn’t the only place where election fever has gripped the nation years early; the former Soviet Union, aka Mother Russia, has been wrestling with its own political conundrums leading up to their very own 2008 presidential elections. Will incumbent Vladimir Putinnany, despite statements to the contrary, defy his country’s constitution and get hisself a thir ... Read More
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