Obama wins election of the nerds

Obama wins the nerdiest election ever By Spencer Ackerman, wired.co.uk Politics Con­grat­u­la­tions, Barack Obama: you have pre­vailed in the nerdi­est elec­tion in the his­to­ry of the Amer­i­can Repub­lic. If 2008 was about hope and change, 2012 was about data and memes. The unem­ploy­ment rate. The effec­tive … http://flpbd.it/i8Wy9 Related articles Despite "Jedi" flap, Obama still … Continue reading Obama wins election of the nerds

Mitt Romney Facebook page loses fans

(via Mitt Romney’s Facebook page is losing fans by the minute.) Related articles If Mitt Romney hadn't been secretly filmed with his "47%" comment and won the presidency, we'd already be in WW3 by now. (alterman47.org) Mitt Romney Announce Plans to Run for Pope (godshmod.wordpress.com) Romney Called Tesla a "Loser" In the 2012 Presidential Debates. … Continue reading Mitt Romney Facebook page loses fans

Charles Darwin gets 4000 write-in votes against Rep. Paul Broun in Georgia election

upi.com Remem­ber Rep. Paul Broun, the Geor­gia Repub­li­can whose speech decry­ing evo­lu­tion and the Big Bang The­o­ry (the sci­ence, not the hit TV show) as lies “from the pit of hell”? At least a few Geor­gia vot­ers did: at least 4,000 of them wro… http://flpbd.it/43sDn Charles Darwin gets 4000 write-in votes against Rep. Paul Broun … Continue reading Charles Darwin gets 4000 write-in votes against Rep. Paul Broun in Georgia election

How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder

  How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder With Clever Social Media     Gregory Ferenstein, techcrunch.com   Pres­i­dent Barack Obama man­aged to steal an impres­sive amount of Gov. Mitt Rom­ney’s press cov­er­age with a few, cheap social media tricks, includ­ing the most retweet­ed post of the con­ven­tion. In com­par­i­son to the Repub­li­can Nation­al…   http://flpbd.it/x1nqQContinue reading How Obama Stole Romney’s RNC Thunder