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Good for her
Have you heard of Tim Mahoney? He's the Democrat Congressman who replaced Tom Foley, the Republican Congressman who sent inappropriate text messages to male Congressional Pages (if he did more than that, I don't know about it ( Read more... ) -
Too bad this didn't come up during the debates
I wonder why this hasn't gotten lots of coverage.
A bitterly cold Alaskan summer has had surprising results. For the first time in the area's recorded history, area glaciers have begun to expand, rather than shrink. Summer temperatures, which were some 3 degrees below average, allowed record levels of winter snow to remain much longer, leading to ( Read more... ) -
Does Pelosi hate Obama?
This is the second stupidest thing a politician said this weekendWe caught up with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at Georgetown's Café Milano Friday night and she didn't pull any punches.
"100% Barack Obama is going to win!" she told Yeas & Nays. "He's going to be our next president and a great president at that. We're all excited to work with him."
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Palin delivers for SNL
Yesterday I noted that Palin was going to be on SNL last night, and predicted "SNL will get the best ratings they've gotten this decade ( Read more... ) -
Palin on SNL tonight
According to the Huffington Post, Sarah Palin will be on SNL tonight. My prediction: SNL will get the best ratings they've gotten this decade.
Neilson reported these numbers for viewership of the debates:
Debate
Viewership
Presidential Debate, Friday 9/26
52 Million People
Presidential Debate, Tuesday 10/7
63 Million ( Read more... ) -
Why "Joe the Plumber" matters
I've been watching this "Joe the Plumber" thing with a good deal of amusement. Because, on one level, it's amazingly stupid, and the idea that it could have a major effect on the US Presidential election is, frankly, nuts ( Read more... ) -
Important News From The Onion
Report: 60 Million People You'd Never Talk To Voting For Other Guy
BOSTON-According to an eye-opening report released Tuesday, 60 million people whom you would never talk to, would never be in a position to talk to, and wouldn't even be able to talk to if you tried will be voting for the other candidate in this year's presidential election, and ( Read more... ) -
Holy Sh!t
According to Nielson, 70 million people watched Palin and Biden debate Thursday night.
In 2004, 120 million people voted in the Presidential election, the most ever. So roughly 60% of the people who will vote this year watched the Vice Presidential debate ( Read more... ) -
Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback
This is really interesting researchEight-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds and adults. Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback ('Well done!'), whereas negative feedback ('Got it wrong this time') scarcely causes any alarm bells to ring. Twelve-year-olds are better able to process ( Read more... ) -
Finally
Well, I've finally posted all of my DragonCon Photos.