A broad coalition of Silicon Valley tech companies have formed “Silicon Valley Leaders Says No On Proposition 8” and will publish a full-page ad in tomorrow’s San Jose Mercury-News urging opposition to Prop 8. The honorary co-chairs of “Silicon Valley Leaders Say NO on Proposition 8″ include: Brin; Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit; David Filo, Founder, Yahoo; Chuck Geschke, Founder and …

Last night’s cyber-attack on No On 8’s site is continuing. The denial-of-service (DoS) attack on NoOnProp8.com that started last night continues. When you attempt to go to the URL, it either will time out or, perhaps, eventually load after a long delay. How does this happen? In one common DoS scenario, it would be this: Botnets of infected Windows computers …

If the election has you stressed, Shelley suggests kicking back in a big ol’ pile of laundry at the bottom of the closet.

Funny, funny, funny. As a native Tarheel, I endorse this clip.

Without any accompanying commentary or fanfare, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has released a position paper on all of that state’s referenda. He’s for high-speed rail. He’s for for children’s health care. Oh, and by the way, he’s against Prop 8.

“There was another time in history when people, when the bell tolled. And the question was whether or not they were going to hear it. The time was during Nazi Germany with Adolf Hitler. You see he brought crowds of clergy together to assure them that he was going to look after the church. “And one of the members, bold …

The interwebs are buzzing over whether Margaret and Helen, the hilarious pro-Obama blog purportedly written by two 80-something women, is real or not. No conclusions yet, but check out this post from one of the authors, Helen Philpot. I am surprised that some of you are up in arms about my calling Sarah Palin a bitch, or John McCain an …

The No On 8 and Say No 2 sites were the apparent victims of a cyber attack last night. Via press release: Today the NO on Prop 8 campaign’s Web site was the victim of what appears to be a coordinated attack designed to bring the system down. According to http://www.responsetrack.net/lnk/calitics/1855212/?14LGF0093D5/ , the denial-of-service attack (DoS) on the NO on …

If Obama wins, these people will completely lose the tiny remaining shreds of their shriveled flaccid brains.

The British government has announced new rules that will bar those spreading “extremism, hatred, and violence” from entering the UK, including religious leaders and musicians who preach hatred against homosexuals. The new measures include a “name and shame” tactic of sharing the list of those banned with other countries. Under the new system, any foreign citizen whose arrival here is …

Yesterday Sarah Palin shocked her own handlers when she said that she was already thinking about her 2012 campaign. CNN’s Dana Bash told cohort Wolf Blitzer that a senior McCain advisor was rendered “speechless” by Palin’s comment. “There was a long pause, and then I just heard a ‘Huh.’ on the other end of the phone. I mean, this is …

The Los Angeles Dodger’s second baseman, Jeff Kent, has donated $15K to Yes On 8. Jeff Kent, 40, who played second base for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season, has stepped into the emotional world of same-sex marriage, giving $15,000 to backers of the California proposition on Tuesday’s ballot that would ban it. In a disclosure filed with the California …

Carol Anne Burger, 57, an openly lesbian columnist for the Huffington Post, murdered her ex-partner by stabbing her 222 times with a screwdriver and then committed suicide by shooting herself in the head on Friday. The murder occurred two days earlier and it was initially presumed that had Burger killed herself out of sorrow, but yesterday Florida police concluded that …

Reportedly, internal polling at Equality California shows Prop 8 at a dead heat right now. But this just in from executive director Geoff Kors: On Tuesday, the other side reported donations of $2.2 million, dwarfing the $255,650 we reported, and called on their donors to contribute another $3 million. With this enormous sum of money they are buying every available …

How has the economic crisis affected you personally? Is your job or business in danger? Have you put off buying a car, a house, or taking a vacation?

Here’s tonight’s 30-minute infomercial from Obama. Slick, smooth, but no new ground was broken.

Christianists love money as much as Jeebus, so much so that some of them gathered at the Wall Street bull statue today at the behest of Prosperity Gospeletta, aka Cindy Jacobs. Cindy is calling for a Day of Prayer for the World’s Economies on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. They are calling for prayer for the stock markets, banks, and financial …

Via press release: In a first for an American political campaign, the NO on Prop 8 campaign will pay to air two spots that were originally produced and uploaded to YouTube by supporters completely independent of the campaign. “We have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of talent and creativity that has just exploded on the Internet,” said Patrick Guerriero, NO …

After the Los Angeles Times refused to release a copy of a tape it claims to have of Barack Obama appearing at a 2003 dinner with Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi, wingnut zillionaire Aston Grimaldi has offered $150,000 to anybody who gives him the tape. John McCain and Sarah Palin are blasting the Times for withholding the tape. “Apparently this is …

From Huffington Post: Falling behind in her reelection race, Sen. Elizabeth Dole has uncorked one hell of a charge: The Democrat running against me is godless. Dole’s 30-second ad, which is running on television in North Carolina but has not (understandably) been promoted by the GOP, uses a September fundraiser co-hosted by 40 people, including a representative of the Godless …