Politics
gregladen | October 23, 2008A brand new Rasmussen poll places Franken in a very slight, and statistically insignificant lead over Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race. The good news is that of the last five or so polls, over the last few weeks, all but one has put Franken ahead, but never by a statistically significant amount.
This latest poll places Franken at 41% and Coleman at 37%.
In the Minnesota Third District, Veteran Marine and Democratic Candidate Ashwin Madia was shown to be pulling ahead of Republican Erik Paulsen near the beginning of the month, but again the lead is not statistically significant. That…
pharyngula | October 23, 2008Oooh, this has got to sting. The NRCC has pulled all of its advertising budget from the Michele Bachmann campaign. I'm shocked that even Republicans have limits to what they will support.
gregladen | October 23, 2008The Republican Party has assumed that Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann would retain her seat in the upcoming election, but because of recent events it is now quite possible that she will not. As a result, the Republican Party has changed its tactics in Minnesota. Yesterday we heard that the RNCC is pulling out of the Bachmann race altogether. Today, literally moments ago, I have received word that the Republicans are putting major resources behind Ashwin Madia's opponent, Erik Paulsen.
All the available data suggests that the Madia-Paulsen race is neck and neck, with neither…
gregladen | October 23, 2008
Focusing on the Bill of Rights and the Baby Polar Bears. Like a laser beam.
pharyngula | October 23, 2008We were just talking about Al, and now I learn that he'll be making a campaign stop on my campus on Monday, 27 October, at 10:30am in Oyate Hall in the student center. I don't even have classes at that time, so I'll be able to stop by and join the cheering crowds — if you're somewhere nearby, come on around.
gregladen | October 23, 2008I honestly can't remember if I've blogged this already, but just in case: Click here, then click on EVERYTHING in the picture. In some cases, click more than once. Save the door over on the left for last, and click on it many times. REVISED: Don't touch the red phone until the VERY VERY end.
START HERE
Hat Tip: Stephanie H.
grrlscientist | October 23, 2008tags: politics, humor, satire, why did the chicken cross the road
A friend set this to me, asking me if he was the last person to read this important philosophical essay. Well, apparently not, because I have never read this, either. But I found it amusing anyway.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
SARAH PALIN:…
pharyngula | October 23, 2008Someone has been targeting politician's homes for vandalism: it includes both Democrats and Republicans, including Michele Bachmann and Norm Coleman and John Kline and Amy Klobuchar. Despite their different political affiliations, all of the spray painted messages on the homes have the same message: they call them "traitor" or "scum", demand resignation, and reference the same bible verse. So all we know at this point is that they have one deranged source, and whoever it is is almost certainly not an atheist. The verse in question is Psalm 2, which is typical biblical noise about demanding…
gregladen | October 23, 2008It is actually pretty hard to find a story of people vandalizing McCain signs. In one of the few cases I have seen of anti-McCain vandalism, there is strong evidence that it was self inflicted by a crazy Republican who wanted to make it look like his house had been hit by Democrats. Meanwhile, the Pandora's Box opened by McCain and Palin continues to pour out the kind of yahooistic trash that has been in charge of this country for too long.
Here is a small sampling of the news interspersed with a few videos.
North Fort Myers vandals destroy Obama sign
Vandals stole into the yard of a…
gregladen | October 23, 2008My worst nightmare:
[below the fold because the video starts right away]
Don't let this happen to YOU.
Go here, click things, do stuff.
clock | October 22, 2008Under the fold, as it is a LOT of links....
I am the angry left:
It is a matter of survival of our way of life, of our basic values, of our democratic system, not to mention several important elements of that system such as education, affordable health care, social security, and a reasonable degree of peace among nations.
Getting Off Our Asses:
I don't believe in a shoe-in. I know better now. They cheat, they lie, they fix elections, they want to remain the select privileged while we get foreclosed on, our health insurance becomes unaffordable, and our young people die in a winless, needless…
gregladen | October 22, 2008Check it out:
I don't believe in a shoe-in. I know better now. They cheat, they lie, they fix elections, they want to remain the select privileged while we get foreclosed on, our health insurance becomes unaffordable, and our young people die in a winless, needless war, and they will do ANYTHING to make sure it happens. I grew up in a small town so I guess that makes me a "real" American. Oh, wait, I live in the city now, and disagree with you, so I guess not.
Read the rest here
clock | October 22, 2008
...and Natalie Portman Wants You to Have "The Talk":
In a sense, this is also one of the videos of scientists endorsing Obama.
gregladen | October 22, 2008The homes of Senator Amy Klobuchar , Senator Norm Coleman, U.S. Representatives Kieth Ellison, John Kline, Michelle Bachmann and Jim Ramstad were hit with spRay paint graffiti last night. Phrases, written in partial LOL cat langauge and a biblical reference were written mainly on garages (but Ellison's home was directly painted on). The verbiage included such things as:
U R A CRIMINAL RESIGN OR ELSE! PSALM 2" and the word "SCUM"
The graffiti at Ellison's home read: "Traitor. Resign now. Psalm 2"
For those of you not familiar with the zone, Klobuchar and Ellison are Democrats; Coleman,…
revere | October 22, 2008I confess that I am a political news junkie. In the 2004 election my main source of information were blogs (DailyKos, MyDD and Eschaton were my mainstays, with lots of others being hit on a regular basis). I still read them (I've added OpenLeft, AmericaBlog and ThinkProgress to the must read list, hitting lots of others almost as often), but unlike 2004 Mrs.R. and I also watch cable news, usually MSNBC's 7 pm to 10 pm line-up. It's mainly entertainment value. We don't learn much we didn't already know. It's sort of like the old days when the family gathered around the TV set each night,…