This will just have to do…
• OBAMA WEB SITE READY Obama’s transition team is ready to go with Change.gov, a Web site explaining the president-elect’s agenda and offering information about the inauguration and even how to apply for jobs with the new administration. Wow. Transparency. What a concept.
Check out change.gov, the incoming administration’s new Web site.
• iPHONE WINS! The iPhone beat Blackberry in J.D. Power & Associates survey of business users. They preferred the iPhone’s ease of use, design and features. Apple’s smartphone led sales in that category last quarter; Blackberry plans new models to fight back.
• SARAH AIN’T SO SMART After the election McCain campaign staff reveals how woefully unprepared Sarah Palin was to be vice president. Cases in point: She thought Africa was a country not a continent; she couldn’t name the three countries that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement. Hint: They’re the countries in North America.
• DO THEY GRADE ON A CURVE? Twitter Grader compares your Twitterificness with other users. Earlier today, my score was 55 out of 100. Now it’s up to 60. I plan on getting better and the badge below is updated in real time.
• KUDOS TO SOUTH PARK for turning around a new episode that featured the election results within 24 hours of Election Day.
• OBAMA SPAM It’s a good thing I (a) tend to ignore spam, even when I’ve signed up for it from the Obama campaign, and (2) have a Mac. Why? Because evildoers took advantage of all the viral Obama victory speech videos floating around the intarwebs to attach malware to emails with subject lines like Obama win preferred in world poll and return addresses like news@president.com.
• GUN NUTS GO NUTS over what they believe is inevitable new gun controls from the Obama administration. The New York Times reports gun sales surge on buyers’ concerns.
• OTHER SHOPPERS, NOT SO MUCH Double-digit sales declines last month don’t augur well for the holiday season as the recession well and truly sets in. Retailing analyst John Morris told the Times, “You walk the mall and consumers look like zombies. They’re there in person, but not in spirit.”
• PROP. 8 WORSE FOR ECONOMY THAN RECESSION The gays’ über-fabulous weddings are over in California, leading those in the marriage business to worry about the economic impact of embedding discrimination in the state’s constitution.
• INSIDE THE TENT PISSING OUT That’s my vote on what to do with turncoat Joe Lieberman. The recovering Democrat who nearly (some say should’ve) became McCain’s running mate is not high on his former party’s popularity polls. Even so, with a sub-cloture majority in the Senate, the Dems should keep him on their side (Lieberman had been caucusing with his former party even though he’s officially an independent). Think of it like Reconstruction.
• OK FOR TROOPS TO FIGHT FOR FREEDOM BUT not exercise it. The Pentagon restrained Stars & Stripes (an independent newspaper) from reporting on troops’ public reactions to the election.
