Quick Hits — November 25, 2009

A few stories to be thankful for:

• Where Obama is Losing Support. Turns out, crossover Republicans are souring on him, not independents.
• The Perils of Texting (oopsie!)
• Online Advertising In The U.S Begins To Stabilize.
• White House video team readies Thanksgiving turkey-pardoning spoof.
• Google’s Michelle Obama fail: The first lady gets an unflattering online makeover.
• Why reconciliation might not save the public option (or, bloggers attempt to run the Senate w/o understanding the rules).
• Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute . C.f. Climategate!, Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics, Explaining ClimateGate: A history of distrust and Browner Shrugs Off Hot Debate on Climate Change Emails.
• EPA tells workers to tone down YouTube clip about climate bill. C.f. Dark messages of climate change ads around the world.
• How Alan Rosenblatt saved the Daily Show.
• Let’s go on a friendly ChurchOuting! Oh, wait…
• BlogTalk: Taking Sides on Afghanistan.
• Mention Palin, get a traffic boost. C.f. DNC raised $11 million in October — and is raising more off Sarah Palin.
• Conspiracy website WND teams up with House Republicans at the Capitol. C.f. Socialized medicine intrudes on the march against Obamacare.
• Iraqi Government on YouTube.
• Russian policemen turn to YouTube.
• A Web of Lone Wolves: Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth.
• Obama Runs into the Great Blogger Wall of China.
• China proves to be an aggressive foe in cyberspace.
• 84,448 Fans and Counting. Lessons from a Heritage Foundation online campaign.
• Apocalypse Then: Was Y2K a Waste?
• Twitter: Time’s ‘Person’ of the Year?
• What’s the future of online advocacy?
• Idea – #FollowFriday for #HashTags > #HashTagTues.
• The dizzying ambition of Wolfram Alpha.
• At 15, Salon.com Tries Once Again to Reinvent Itself.
• Patrick Ruffini sees Cuomo Google Ads.
• No Energy Tax site misleading?
• Gene change in cannibals reveals evolution in action.
• Communicating with ‘A Woman’s Nation.’
• Stuff white people tweet.
• Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos.
• A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad.
• Sideswiped by scandal, trapped by the past. A blogger tries to reinvent.
• Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s Web site can’t make up its mind about the public option.
• Sudan Ads Target Obama’s Circle.
• GOP leads new media charge. Really?
• McDonnell Online Strategy: People Matter.
• Lewis 4 Labour: Reviewing a Welsh politico’s web presence.
• Examples of Bias in Conservapedia’s Examples of Bias in Wikipedia.
• Ten Reasons Why Using Twitter Will Boost Your Happiness.
• Points-Based Rewards Drive Donor Engagement.
• Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009. C.f. The Right Way to use Social Media for Fundraising: Wildlife Direct.
• Video: non-profits turning to social media during recession.
• Is This New YouTube Tool an Advocacy Dream?
• The Problem with Retweets.
• How Important are Bloggers to Online Campaigns?
• Weekends and Afternoons Show the Highest Twitter CTRs.
• Twitter is 80% “Meformers” and 20% Informers.
• Multi-Channel Fundraising: Strategies and Tools to Engage Donors through Integrated Campaigns.
• (A) Winning (Campaign) Widget.
• YouTube’s role in citizen journalism.
• Look familiar? Old campaign tool, new advocacy purpose. Repurposing an Obama peer-to-peer application.
• 10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don’t.
• The 9 Most Racist Disney Characters.
• Best Music Video Ever: The Muppets Do “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
• And finally: Man tied lizards to chest at airport (thanks Burt!).

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– cpd