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The real reason I voted? Free coffee and ice cream. Starbucks was giving away a small cup of coffee or tea, and Ben & Jerry’s one free scoop of ice cream in a cone. They let you pick your flavor of ice cream instead of just boring vanilla.

The Ben & Jerry’s was slammed but there was no line at Starbucks. Free stuff is awesome.

It’s not enough that Obama is advertising in your video games, now you can PLAY as him.  Developer Pandemic will soon offer Obama and Palin characters as downloadable content in Mercenaries 2.  Check out this video it’s awesomely hilarious:

The developer is not able to include a McCain character at this time due to the fact that his only ability is crashing planes. I’m Barack Obama and I approve this missile.

Update: YES THIS IS REAL. Mercenaries 2 is a real game, it is actually this ridiculous with the tank and helichopter hijacking.

Happy Halloween! Here is a scary video for you to enjoy:

Isn’t that crazy how they sync up with themselves so well? I guess they feel safe with their memorized lines, they don’t want something like this to happen:

[Via The Onion]

Barack Obama’s ubiquitous advertising on TV, the internet, print, and on the ground is not enough. Obama is also showing up IN YOUR VIDEO GAMES! “Hey!”, says Obama as you drive by at 247 MPH, “Why not take a break from virtually driving your car in a reckless manner and vote for change?”

[via The New York Times]

Here is a great article that compares Obama and McCain’s web presence.

I spent some time this morning examining the technology policies of Barack Obama and John McCain. Policies aside, I was immediately struck by the differences between their web sites. So what do the two sites say about the candidates?

Two Different Platforms
The candidates’ platforms could not be more different: JohnMcCain(.com) relies on corporate backing for his web site, which runs on Microsoft Internet Information Server and uses ASP. Barack Obama, in contrast, relies on widespread contributions from the community, in the form of open-source web technologies (PHP and Apache).

Check out the new arrivals at Barnes and Nobles, two fine selections from The Conservative Book Club.

These books could be yours for $53.90. Or for what they are actually worth, $1 each on The Conservative Book Club website.