[dpritchett]

Yep, this page handled entirely client-side, with some analytics JS on top for good measure:

    setInterval(
      function() {
        $.getJSON(
          "https://graph.facebook.com/mittromney",
          function(results) {
            console.log("Mitt Romney Like Count: " + results.likes)})},
      5000)

Edit: Love the idea, glad the page is out there! Great conversation starter.

[bashzor]

Haven't tried it, but isn't that blocked by Javascript's cross-domain protection?

[woutervdb]

jQuery fixes that.