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Prop. 8 – The Musical

I can’t stop watching this. Gotta love Jack Black as the most candid Jesus I’ve ever seen. And Neil Patrick Harris can effing sing.
VIDEO Prop. 8 – The Musical

Ron Paul on Meet the Press

Tim Russert is breaking Ron Paul’s balls the whole time yet Ron does a pretty good job of keeping his cool. I’d like to see an interview like this conducted over correspondence where each side has more time to consider and prepare their responses.

Too Darn Hot

No, it’s not your imagination, or latent global warming anxiety/guilt. OK maybe a little of the latter, but it is damn hot outside — at least here in the Southeastern US. With heat indexes in excess of 110 degrees Fahrenheit it’s important to keep cool.

Global Politics in 30 Seconds

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Two Centuries of Residential Growth in Seconds

Trulia Hindsight takes property construction data and animates the growth of streets, neighborhoods and cities in the US over the last couple centuries.

Predictions from 1900

“These prophecies will seem strange, almost impossible. Yet, they have come from the most learned and conservative minds in America. To the wisest and most careful men in our greatest institutions of science and learning I have gone, asking each in his turn to forecast for me what, in his opinion, will have been wrought in his own field of investigation before the dawn of 2001 – a century from now. These opinions I have carefully transcribed.”

Singled Out

A National Geographic study reveals the distribution of single men and women around the country. Blue and red represent an excess of single men and women respectively. It’s middle school all over again — the boys grouping up on one side of the continent and the girls on the other.

Vote/Watch Super Bowl Ads at YouTube

Best presentation of Super Bowl ads online yet.

Jon Edwards Announces Run for President on YouTube

Distilled Presidential Speeches

A shining example of a well-served tag cloud: the complete text of major US presidential speeches since the founding of our country, analyzed for word frequency and presented chronologically showing popular terms and concerns throughout history.

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Justin Ruckman