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Here are the results of the American election, as they come in. I hope that if you can vote, you did!

Here’s where you can watch the vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, for free online:

Joe Biden v Sarah Palin - VP debate - MSNBC

It’s such a shame that the expectations for Palin were (justifiably) so low…it’s been a good case of managing expectations by the Republicans to be able to put a positive spin on such a bad showing. I guess when you’ve had 8 years of a crazy monkey man with the intellect of a potato, anyone looks like a better choice…

Barack Obama and John McCain just finished their first presidential debate, from Mississippi University (Ole Miss). It was on a number of US channels, but if you’re in the UK you can still watch it for free, streaming online, right here!

Barack Obama v John McCain - First Presidential candidates debate on MSNBC

If MSNBC doesn’t work, check out CNN:

You decide who won! (I know…)

Michael Moore has decided to release his new documentary, Slacker Uprising, online and for free. Here’s how to watch ‘Slacker Uprising‘, online in the UK:

1) Torrent
- Install Utorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/download.php
- Download torrent file from here - http://www.mininova.org/tor/1834422
If you need a hand with Bittorent, check out this Bittorent beginners’ guide

2) Proxy to join official Torrent swarm (advanced)
- Go to http://www.zend2.com
- Paste the official torrent link into the box and click ‘Go’ - http://slackeruprising.com/download/SlackerUprising_640×360.avi.torrent

3) Rapidshare (advanced)
If you have a Rapidshare account, here are the links:
- Slacker Uprising - Part 1
- Slacker Uprising - Part 2
- Slacker Uprising - Part 3
- Slacker Uprising - Part 4
- Slacker Uprising - Part 5

4) Youtube
Watch it on Youtube! Annoyingly cut into chunks, but still….
- Slacker Uprising - Part 1
- Slacker Uprising - Part 2
- Slacker Uprising - Part 3
- Slacker Uprising - Part 4
- Slacker Uprising - Part 5
- Slacker Uprising - Part 6
- Slacker Uprising - Part 7
- Slacker Uprising - Part 8
- Slacker Uprising - Part 9
- Slacker Uprising - Part 10

5) Lycos cinema
I’ve never heard of this, but it seems to be some sort of multi-user video watching thingy…it works in the UK though!
- Lycos cinema - http://cinema.lycos.com/movies/slacker_uprising - Click ‘watch now’ on the right hand side

6) Usenet (advanced)
If you have Usenet access, here are the files:
- Slacker Uprising on Usenet - http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?p=6828456

7) Blip.tv
Watch the whole movie streaming for free through Blip.tv (in Quicktime format):
- Slacker Uprising streaming on Blip.tv in the UK - http://blip.tv/file/1289043/

You can also download this file (in .mp4 format) by copying the following address into the address bar (Firefox) and clicking ‘Save As…’: http://blip.tv/file/get/Jeremiahos-MichaelMooresSlackerUprising961.mp4 (Thanks to Kev!)

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As Michael Moore says himself:

Stream it, download it, burn it now. It’s the first time a major feature-length film is being released for free on the internet. You can be part of this historic moment by logging on now!

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I haven’t been very (read: at all) active on my website lately because I’ve been studying in the eveneings for a TEFL/TESOL certificate. Now I’ve got the bugger it means I am ‘qualified’ to teach Engrish as a foreign language. That’ll help in the winter, as I’m teaching English in Shanghai. The reason that I want to teach English to people who don’t have it as their first language is to rid the world of the word ’surge’ as an alternative to ‘rise’ or ‘increase’. Example:

West End reports summer sales boom despite credit crunch - “INTERNATIONAL high-rollers splashed their cash in the West End in a summer boom which defied the downturn hitting the rest of the UK…..The number of shoppers hitting central London surged by 2.5 per cent in ­August compared with the same month last year.”

2.5% isn’t even the sampling error in opinion polls. Go statistifick yourself.

Anywayyyyy:

WotLK release date: 11/13/08 - Awww hell

Church apologises to Charles Darwin - I too should apologise to the church for not realising that you weren’t joking all this time

Who are the British creationists? - NUTS

McCain v Obama - What they’ll do to your tax bill - INCOME=Over $2.9M MCCAIN’S TAXBILL= -$269,364 OBAMA’S TAXBILL = +$701,885

Computer Error Shows Why Houston Is The Worst Place in Earth - It’s cold in dem der hills