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What is “blood libel”?

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Sarah Palin today referred to media mentions tying the gun-sights and violent rhetoric used by her PAC to the horrific recent events in Tucson, Arizona, as “blood libel.” I didn’t know what “blood libel” meant, but I had a feeling there was something way off in her comments when I started to see shocked responses [...]

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Sarah Palin vs. Ron Paul 2012?

Monday, February 8, 2010

Sarah Palin, despite her derision of the “lamestream” media, is something of a media darling, with journalists forever discussing her future in politics and a possible 2012 presidential bid. But, would it surprise you to hear that for the last 30 days, “paul 2012″ and “ron paul 2012″ have had a larger number of Google [...]

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How Seriously do we Take Sarah Palin?

Friday, August 21, 2009

Just how seriously are people taking Sarah Palin – as viewed through the lens of Google Search Suggestions? Here are the suggestions for “barack obama”: And here are the suggetions for “hillary clinton”: And here are the suggestions for “sarah palin” : Knowing that search suggestions are based on the most popular searches over time, [...]

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Google Zeitgeist 2008

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Google posted its official Zeitgeist 2008, including a mini-analysis of 2008 Google searches in the political arena. Granted it must be overwhelming to sift through billions of searches and try to find meaning, but I find the Zeitgeist pages about as dull as a box of rocks.  How about zesting it up with some more [...]

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