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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Oliver Burkeman

Thursday miscellany: Obama's evil hypnosis trickery

Obama
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"This document contains over 60 pages of evidence and analysis proving Barack Obama's use of a little-known and highly deceptive and manipulative form of 'hack' hypnosis on millions of unaware Americans... This unknown man is trying to gain control of the world's largest nuclear weapons arsenal by knowingly and intentionally using a form of hypnosis on America that is the most deceptive and manipulative form of communication known to man. We are being played like a violin." [astonishingly detailed and labour-intensive PDF file]

It's not just the Bradley Effect: various other "effects" to watch out for at the polls next Tuesday. [23/6]

How Simon Cowell restored the vitality to American democracy, and must therefore take the credit for the extraordinary commitment of The Young People this election to things like voting, and Barack Obama. [The New Republic]

Attack-fabricator Ashley Todd is to be released from jail after a week, in return for agreeing to undergo mental health treatment. [MSNBC]

The conservative student body at Texas A&M University stages an "anti-Obama egg throw", which seems slightly hostile, but everyone's very well-behaved. [Jerren Willis Photography]

Vote for John McCain -- it's what Martin Luther King would have wanted. Or something. [Talking Points Memo]

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