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I am shocked… SHOCKED about the recent revelation that Obama has not authored any of his 418 tweets posted to his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Doesn’t he have a free second between ruling the free world and meeting with world leaders to fill us in about… oh I don’t know… what he’s eating for lunch, maybe?

While in China, Obama was quoted as saying “I have never used Twitter but I’m an advocate of technology and not restricting internet access.” Right, right, net neutrality, blah blah. But you’ve NEVER USED TWITTER?! And I voted for this guy?

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During Obama’s months of campaigning for the presidency of the United States, he spoke of change. Change we can believe in. I say, the last thing we need is more change. I have way too much spare change as it is.

The Obama Bank provides a place to keep all of your spare change. Finally, spare change you can believe in.

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Overlord Obama has officially announced our new commander-in-geek. Vivek Kundra was proclaimed our new president of everything cool and internet-y (along with the FCC head), or the U.S. government’s Chief Information Officer if you want to get “technical” about it. See what I did there? That’s called a “pun.”

Kundra has been known to encourage open sourcing and accessible coding, as well as documenting the governments doings on the interwebz. You know, that whole “transparency” thing we’ve forgotten about in the last, oh, decade or so, give or take two years.

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Yesterday morning, the Fox News Twitter account posted breaking news that Bill O Riley is gay. To me this is no new news at all but to everyone else this comes as a complete surprise. It turns out that several celebrities have had their Twitter accounts hijacked, accompanied of course by phony posts desecrating their “good” name.

Among the victims includes Britney Spears posting about the size of her vagina, Rick Sanchez posting about how high he is on crack and President elect Barack Obama offering free gas money for opinionated feedback. Serves those suckers right for not using Tumblr instead!

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Yes, I’m playing this game right now and yes, it rules. It’s the best of both worlds. You get all of the goodness of a classic Nintendo game, without the Nintendo. At the same time, you take on the role of our future president, Barack Obama, as he stomps any conservative daring enough to stand in his way.

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Finally, a reason to give Mercenaries 2 some play time. The most mediocre game, ever, gets a spice of color and “maverickism,” with the ability to take both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama into the field of battle. Hijack tanks, blow up choppers and even slaughter civilians as your favorite Democratic or Republican presidential candidate.

Palin’s facial expressions denote a certain satisfaction when shooting guard dogs, while Barack Obama retains that smug look and calmness while carjacking a military vehicle. I wish a Joe Biden skin was available for download. He’s a bad ass politician I can support!

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Barack Obama is taking his campaign to the virtual space that is gaming in an attempt to appeal to gamers everywhere. The Obama campaign has purchased space in Madden NFL ‘09 and nine other titles from Electronic Arts. Only ten states will be able to see the ads (once updated through Xbox’s Internet service): Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin, which all happen to be swing states.The ads will be running until November 3rd.

Apparently, there aren’t enough advertisements being raped into the eyes of gamers everywhere. So, where’s McCain? I heard through the grapevine that he’ll be throwing his face in all of the games Obama hasn’t, which only leaves the lame leftovers no one will buy. Just don’t quote me on that.

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Supporting the Obama campaign can be tiring, unless you build your own stool out of the handlebars from your bike. Then of course, you’d ride your bike with no handlebars.

Spotted on Make, Flickr user Xnedski found this Obama supporter carrying bike handlebars. As you can see, this man carries his handlebar stool everywhere. It beats wearing a garbage bag for a seat.

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I love the mean, snarl-toothed looks these gargoyles have. Whether you hate Obama or McCain, your political adversaries will be sure to get hot-headed when they see one sitting on your desk. At $25 each or $40 for both, these make a great gift for anyone remotely interested into politics or Satan. I still have one question, though: Where’s Bush?

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Depending on your political affiliation, this site is now offering the three major contenders as downloadable and printable finger puppets. But really, shouldn’t it be the other way around? Shouldn’t they have finger puppets of us?

Whether you are a McCain man, a Clintonite, or an Obama brotha, you can print out all three of the finger puppets and hold your very own debate. And sorry boys, the Clinton figure isn’t anatomically correct. (more…)