I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
U.S. Election - half-assed liveblog
November 4, 2008
6:30 PM — some dude was getting interviewed on the CBC, telling the reporter about how the “last 8 years” have been the longest of his life. He was getting all weepy about the idea that some change might finally be in sight.
Somebody needs a life. Check that: somebody needs more to his life than who is in office.
6:45 PM — Grace has, of course, been taking care of Ella all day, and so made a point of taking a survey of all the various news channels: she’s all but disgusted at the pro-Obama slant in the coverage.
7:00 PM — Turning the channel away from election coverage; we’re getting too infuriated at the bias.
7:15 PM — And it’s my turn to hold the baby, while Momma finishes her dinner.
7:30 PM — Ohio for Obama? That’s what the CBC just said. I call shennanigans, personally. Other results have flipped toward McCain as we’ve been watching…so we’ll see.
7:45 PM — Peter Mansbridge is certainly no stranger to fawning over Obama, praising his rhetorical abilities. To which I say: it’s not the man, it’s the Teleprompter.
Still, I see that Ace’s and Hillbuzz’s predictions were essentially correct: the media is going all out to call states for Obama at the first possibility. The CBC is showing McCain at 90 and Obama at 200, but there’s no way those numbers are anywhere in the vicinity of finalized as yet.
We’re gonna turn off the TV for a bit; there’s too much American…sensory overload…on the television at the moment, and all of it for Obama. I’m gonna go grab some dinner myself, I think.
7:54 PM — Beef stew is good.
8:57 PM — We’ve switched to Star Trek.
9:16 PM — Well, it seems that the hype and change won the day. Barack Hussein Obama has gone on to defeat John McCain in the election. Star Trek had a better ending, I have to say.
It will be an interesting four years, and I mean that in the most Chinese sense possible.
So, what can Americans look forward to? I mean, besides partial-birth abortion becoming legal again, higher taxes, “redistribution of wealth” socialism, and assorted other treats? William Ayers as Secretary of State?
8:47 AM — well, it’s all historic and such, first black (half-black, whatever) President and all. I’m not sure the Obama presidency will be marked by much else than that particular distinction, and I wonder if perhaps this election result won’t steer the approval ratings for the presidential office in the same direction that the Democrat majority in the House has taken that legislative body’s approval rating.
Apropos of Kathy’s rant on the subject, I think it’s worth observing that in this election, that old maxim was once again proven true: if a conservative candidate starts trending left, he loses. McCain talked a fairly liberal game on a lot of issues, and his attempt to appeal to the immigrant vote — especially with concessions on illegal immigration — cost him in the end: Latinos voted for Obama. And so did the more progressive swing voters.
The shape of things to come will be…yes, interesting (in the Chinese sense) is by far the best term for it. Abortion rights will be vastly expanded, infants born alive after a botched abortion will be stripped of their legal protection, taxes will rise, and state-mandated “wealth redistribution” may well become the norm for American taxpayers and businesspeople.
Still, one interesting positive has emerged from all of this: Canada is now the conservative country on this continent. How’s that for odd?
Update: Welcome, Steynians!
