Category: Offbeat

The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/29/2012

Ahh, the weekend. Let's do it. Links We Like! JT at Money Mamba does an interesting exercise where he compares […]

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The Definitive Guide to Protest Voting

In the episode of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror VII, you can find one of the most poignant cultural references ever made by a cartoon:

Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They're nothing but hideous space reptiles!
Kodos:
It's true, we are aliens... but what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us!
Man1: He's right, this is a two-party system!
Man2:
Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate...
Kang:
Go ahead, throw your vote away!

Of course, Ross Perot is then show punching a hole in a "Perot '96" hat.

So, let's say that you aren't completely happy with either Democratic President Barack Obama or Republican Candidate Mitt Romney. What's a budding protester to do?

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/22/2012

Special thanks this week goes to blogress Andrea at So Over This for her assistance steering DQYDJ towards its new […]

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/15/2012

Remember my fantasy squad I posted about? 1-0, baby. So far, so good!

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/8/2012

DQYDJ's favorite links for the week.

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 9/1/2012

So I drafted in the only Fantasy Football league I'm participating in. It's a 10 man, and I was the guy who went with the MJD/Rashad Jennings handcuff (risk tolerance: extreme!). Anyone want to grade my draft for a 10 person league? (I've come in second two years in a row; be harsh!)

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 8/25/2012

Links of the week for the, uh, week that just ended!

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 8/18/2012

Welcome to another glorious Weekender with your leader PK!

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Who Won the 2012 London Olympics?

Sports are a funny thing, especially on an international stage. All sorts of sappy lines have been spilled about international sports - that they are a base of the global community, they foster goodwill between nations, they celebrate the world coming together. Let's cut to the chase - sports were originally a pretty solid tool to develop better, stronger, faster soldiers, at least before automation and weaponry closed the gap. Even look at the word which denotes a follower or supporter of a team - 'fan'. That word, of course, is short for 'fanatic', which describes excessive devotion to something - whether religion, politics, or yes... sports. Yes, if international sports is good for one thing - it's as a proxy for war. I'd much rather Ireland and Great Britain battled it out on a track than a battlefield. Same goes for China and the US, the ultimate rivalry of the last two games.

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The DQYDJ Weekender, 8/11/2012

Well, The Olympics are almost over and it's looking likely that the United States will take the overall medal count, and possibly the gold medal count too. There's nothing like a medal count victory on the world stage to get those patriotic fires burning...

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