Monthly Archives: November 2008

Nate Silver: Franken Will Win By 27 Votes

As mentioned earler baseball-stat nerd Nate Silver, who has become the nation’s most accurate election prognosticator. Two weeks ago he blogged an intriguing numerical breakdown of Al Franken’s odds of beating Norm Coleman in Minnesota’s ongoing U.S. Senate recount. That … Continue reading

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Mitch Mitchell Dies

Mitch Mitchell, the fabulous drummer with the Jimi Hendrix experience, has reportedly died at age 61. Not much to say, beyond “bummer,” about the death of the only musician to remain at Hendrix’s side throughout the duration of the superstar … Continue reading

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Nate Silver: Franken’s Recount Odds at 44%

Nate Silver, the baseball-stat nerd who has become the nation’s most accurate election prognosticator, has an intriguing numerical breakdown of Al Franken’s odds of overcoming his tiny deficit in the disputed U.S. Senate race against Norm Coleman. You need to … Continue reading

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Electoral College Count: N.C. Goes for Obama

Now, two days after the fact of this mind-blowing election, I can’t shake the feeling that somehow I’ve been startled awake, and that somehow I’m back in a familiar reality, awakened from a bad eight-year dream–and living once again in the United States.
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Brain activity

Sez the Great LaFontaine… “There’s some great stuff coming out from conservative thinkers basically saying that this last year, the Republican Party declared itself hostile to anyone with more brain activity than [Terry] Schiavo.”

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