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This short trailer for the upcoming Pangea Day on May 10th, blew me away...

When Perception Is Reality

From Today's New York Times:

"On at least three occasions, in responding to accusations that the city failed to adequately protect the health of workers in the wreckage, (Giuliani) has boasted that he faced comparable risks himself. In one appearance he declared that he had been in the ruins “as often, if not more” than the cleanup workers who logged hundreds of hours in the smoldering pile.

Another time he brushed aside safety claims by asserting that his long hours at the site had left him susceptible to “every health consequence that people have suffered.”

So, how much time did Mayor Giuliani spend at ground zero?

A complete record of Mr. Giuliani’s exposure to the site is not available for the chaotic six days after the attack, when he was a frequent visitor. But an exhaustively detailed account from his mayoral archive, revised after the events to account for last-minute changes on scheduled stops, does exist for the period of Sept. 17 to Dec. 16, 2001. It shows he was there for a total of 29 hours in those three months, often for short periods or to visit locations adjacent to the rubble. In that same period, many rescue and recovery workers put in daily 12-hour shifts.

Hillary Clinton's Sopranos Spoof

If viral marketing is about successfully tapping into the zeitgeist of popular culture, then Hillary Clinton has quickly mastered the art with this terrific spoof of the much talked about final scene of The Sopranos. 

New Bookmarks: techPresident.com

Anticipating that the 2008 election will largely be determined by how effectively each candidate leverages the Internet, Andrew Rasiej and Micah Sifry have assembled an amazing group of people to participate in techPresident, a terrific group blog that provides daily, ongoing coverage and analysis on how the web is affecting the presidential campaign. 

The intersection of the web and politics is fascinating and fast moving space and, knowing Andrew, techPresident.com will surely to be the definitive resource on the subject.