When did J’s Notes change its look?
Sometime over the weekend. This isn’t going to be the final design. I’ve been meaning to do an overhaul and this is just a temporary design to force me along because I’ll look at this and go, “damn, I really need to get on that” and come up with my sweet new look. Eventually.
This is part of the Ask J~ Stuff segment done some Wednesdays. Have a question? Go ask it here.
I will be blogging Election Day coverage all day today at Bearing Drift, either in new posts or by feeding the Open Thread. Please stop by and say hello and share your thoughts.
Tomorrow’s election day and not only does that mean a new leader of the free world come January but also FREE STUFF!
Chick-Fil-A will give you a sammich
Starbucks will give you coffee – And you don’t even have to vote!
Krispy Kreme will give you a donut
Ben and Jerry’s will give you free ice cream
Velocity Comics will give you 25% off your funny books
Books-A-Million will give you more coffee
Feathernesters will give you free desert with any food purchase
I’ll add more as I find them. Feel free to leave your finds in the comments and be sure to check out Bearing Drift’s election day coverage!
While I think the story of Obama’s contribution system being less than secure is a very valid one, I don’t think a bunch of Republican’s giving Obama money under false names is particularly good for a number of reasons. One, you’re giving him money during the homestretch, kudos. Two, aren’t you committing some form of fraud yourself by falsifying the information on these contributions?
So I helped liveblog tonight’s Mayoral Forum with RVANews and it was a good time. Except that I had the screwup of the evening.
In answer to a question on health care, Dwight Jones asserted that he was the only candidate that mentioned the issue on his website. Being on a computer I figured I’d check the claim for accuracy. The man was right, not a mention on any other candidate’s website. Good for him.
While digging up this tidbit I figured, hell, might as well briefly rate the candidates’ websites based on strength of design since that’s my bag. So I start checking out their sites, Jones first, Pantele second, WIlliams, then last but not least Robert Grey.
When you visit Mr. Grey’s website he has a video that starts playing right away. And I didn’t have my volume turned down.
The room heard Mr. Grey greet me for visiting his website.
You’re welcome for that small bit of free advertising, Mr. Grey.
That said, the candidate websites by awesomeness of design of the index page in my modest opinion:
http://www.billpanteleformayor.com/ – While I don’t care for the brick background, everything’s above the fold and neatly laid out. You have a video (which doesn’t start right away, thank you, Mr. Pantele) and the big ol’ no-nonsense buttons. Crisp, does what an index page should, good stuff. Below the fold I could do without the empty blue on the right (sky blue on brick?) but above the fold, solid.
http://www.robertgreyformayor.com/ – I guess I can forgive the video starting right away (though that ranks up there with midi files playing the moment I hit a page, if I want to see/hear something I’ll hit play), but Grey’s site is clean. A little too blog layout for my liking and the “contribute” and “volunteer” buttons are too tucked away to really be effective. Too much space is given to the banner and there’s a lot of white space where you really don’t need it. Aside from that, the index page is brief and fairly tight, you want more you can find it and click on it but you get a straight up delivery off the bat. He doesn’t overdo it with info and that’s good.
http://dwightjonesformayor.com/ – I like the “join”, “stay informed” and “contribute” buttons and how they sit. But there’s too much blank around everything and the space with his face and the city scape is a prime location for a video or blurb about how he is. Links at the way top don’t fit the design, the links in the banner are too small and easily overlooked.
http://lawrencewilliamsformayor.com/ – A straight forward HTML website that looks designed either by template or WYSIWYG editor and it hasn’t been updated since July 4th. While it may give all the info, there’s nothing to catch you and my first thought is that it’s a placeholder site or under construction.
That’s the quick and dirty. Check them out for yourself. And have the volume down for Grey’s site.
It may sound like a bad coming of age novel (it is) but it’s really about Richmond’s upcoming mayor’s election on week from Tuesday, RVANews’s coverage of forums leading up to debate, and how yours truly will be helping with said coverage Tuesday night, October 28th. Yes, I’m gonna be a livebloggin’ fiend.
Check out RVANews’s previous coverage here and keep an eye on RVANews starting around 6 pm for live coverage of Style Weekly’s final final Mayoral Forum that’ll pit Jones vs. Grey vs. Pantelee vs. Williams (he’s still in it, right?) in an all out brawl. Will Goldman show up to help out Jones? Will Wilder suddenly announce that he’s going to run again and throw the whole thing into chaos with seven days to go? Will the “Gang of 26″ start a coup and just take over everything? Will there be nachos?
Tune in tomorrow and find out.
In the meantime, a recent Mason-Dixon poll shows the race close between Jones (32%) and Pantele (30%) with Grey (13%) and Williams (2%) far behind. How those numbers looked before Goldman pulled out is anyone’s guess (my guess is not pretty for anyone but Pantele) and with 23% undecided it’s still completely up in the air.
I saw a Grey ad on TV Saturday night right after the Virginia Tech/Florida State game which was a fluke because I never watch TV, but I’m not sure if anyone else is getting on the teevee. All of the top three candidates are sitting on a good chunck of change going into the final week so expect an all out blitz to aim for that 23% who are still trying to figure out who to vote for.
Bill Clinton’s coming to VCU for the Obama campaign this Sunday:
This Sunday, October 12th, please join President Bill Clinton for a rally in Richmond, where he will talk about Barack’s vision for creating the kind of change we need.
Change We Need Rally
with President Bill ClintonVirginia Commonwealth University
University Student Commons
Commons Plaza
907 Floyd Ave.
Richmond, VASunday, October 12th
Gates Open: 8:00 p.m.
Program Begins: 9:30 p.m.This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; however an RSVP is strongly encouraged. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
For security reasons, do not bring bags. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners allowed.
To summarize: If you’re a member of the Christian Coalition, NRA, pro-life, or home schooled, you’re not Mark Warner’s idea of an American. Have fun, foreigners!
While this is indeed tragic, I don’t know if the Obama shirt was really the reason this happened:
Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend ‘Believe’.
The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting ‘I f***ing hate n*****s’ and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him.
The man then left the shop but when Mr Egwuatu re-emerged, the attacker was waiting for him in broad daylight with a threatening-looking dog and holding a gun behind his back.
Realising what had sparked the increasingly violent assault, the terrified Mr Egwuatu zipped up his jacket to cover the image of Mr Obama and walked to his car.
But the shaven-headed man, who was white, followed Mr Egwuatu and after pulling open the passenger door pointed the gun at him.
After pleading with the man to leave him alone, the married former street warden put the keys in the ignition and turned the engine on.
The attacker then fired the gas-powered ball-bearing pistol three times, hitting the civil servant in the face, hand and shoulder.
This is terrible and, yes, clearly an act of racism as shown by the attacker’s rant. Mr. Egwuatu himself is black, but we’re supposed to believe that if this man were wearing any other shirt the racist attacker would have not said a word. Might have even been pals were he wearing a McCain or Palin shirt.
Oh, and this happened in London. England.
Some on the left will ask you to believe that this is a result of “codewords” from the McCain camp that is inciting global racism. But a more reasonable approach may be that, hey, THE SHOOTER WAS CRAZY and perhaps the shirt was moot.
Many are saying the race card has come out often in this race and they’re right. It has, and way too often. But usually by Obama supporters trying to demogauge any words or actions from the opposition.
When a man gets berated and shot merely because of the color of his skin, yes, that’s racism and horrible. That people are still out there who would do such a thing is an abomination. But to imply a grander sceme to it and attempt to tie it to something entirely unassociated is to overplay the race card and cheapen what really happened in an attempt to score political points.
From my inbox:
Join Governor Sarah Palin at a campaign rally Monday, October 13th at the Arthur Ashe Center.
Tickets are available online or by visiting one of the designated Virginia Victory offices between 9:00am and 9:00 p.m. EDT.
Please see below for ticket distribution locations.
The Arthur Ashe Center is located at:
3017 North Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23230Doors will open at 11:00am.
If you have any questions please email: richmondrally@johnmccain.com
Click here to RSVP and print your ticket onlinePlease wear something red to remind everyone to keep Virginia Red this November!
Governor Palin Rally Ticket Distribution Sites
Richmond Regional Victory Headquarters
2819 N. Parham Road, Suite 210
Richmond, VA 23294
804-248-6981Chesterfield Victory Headquarters
9507 Hull Road
Richmond, VA 23236
804-365-4970Hanover County Victory Headquarters
9502 Chamberlayne Road, Suite 12
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
202-641-6753Fredericksburg Regional Victory Headquarters
150 Riverside Parkway, Suite 213
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
540-479-1888Harrisonburg Regional Victory Headquarters
182 Neff Avenue, Suites 13 and 14
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
202-236-7924Charlottesville Victory Center
455 Albemarle Square
Charlottesville, VA 22901
434-973-5499Roanoke Regional Victory Headquarters
3904 Franklin Road SW, Suite E
Roanoke, VA 24104
540-725-7445Montgomery County Victory Center
302 A North Main Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540-577-4335Washington County Victory Center
903 East Main Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
276-623-8244
The Obama ’08 iPhone application is a brilliant piece of outreach. It sorts your contacts by state (labeling who they’re voting for), gives you events, talking points on the issues and more. Just a one stop shop for converting your friends to Obamism.
There’s an open thread at Bearing Drift concerning media bias in this year’s election. Please feel free to head on over and share your thoughts.
Bill Taggert puts it well when speaking about Obama “Truth Squad Regulators For TRUTH!” in Missouri:
A famous man once said:
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
That man was John F. Kennedy.
As much as people across the political spectrum want to speak about rights being squashed over the last eight years, how on earth can anyone excuse First Amendment violations such as creating a policing squad to halt “untruthiness” with legal threats from state officials? This is frightening…
