Someone just walked in singing “The Age of Aquarius.” Funny thing is, Kitty’s hippie employer told her today that the stars are in the same alignment they were in when the constitution was written. Hmmm… That was certainly a historic moment in time. Well I don’t believe in the stars, but today, I sure as […]
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Virginia Still In Play
This is one helluva close race. It’s strange that such a red state is still in play. If you break it down county by county, you’d think it was over. But with 73% of the precincts counted in Virginia, Real Clear Politics still has the state at 50/50. Way too close to call. But if […]
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Time for a New Deal!
Well, this party is going off the hook right now and I’ve finally cracked my bottle of New Deal vodka. It seems rather appropriate for some reason. New Deal. Yep. That sounds just about right. Right now my New Deal is mixed with some OJ. Symbolism? I don’t know… I think it’s even Florida OJ. […]
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Way to go OHIO!
Ohio has been called for Obama! My wife, Kitty, is from Ohio. I knew I liked her people. I can’t wait to go back for a family reunion and give them all a big wet sloopy kiss!
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Social Studies Teacher Calls It For Obama
At the party I’m at in SW Portland, one of the party members, a teacher at Riverdale (K-8), just received a call from her colleague, a social studies teacher. He has called the race for Obama. You know what they say… as go the social studies teachers, so goes the nation! BTW, other party participants […]
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The State of Mind Ticker and Early Leads
NYTimes.com not only has some amazing bloggers keeping an eye on the network coverage–a recent posting quotes Dan Rather, telling his staff “It’s very important not to have a mental mindset that this is a big night for Barack Obama.”–but they also have a pretty fucking cool state-of-mind-ticker-thingy. The way it works: you type in […]
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Beware The Exit Poll
The first polls are closing within minutes and we will be inundated with exit poll information. These running tally’s are what make the national election the equivalent of Superbowl Sunday for political junkies. But here’s some advice from Pollster.com blogger, Mark Blumenthal: Everyone wants to know as much as possible about the outcome of this […]
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Richard Pryor Was The First Black President
“Huey Newton is best qualified, he knows the ins and outs of the FBI and he would be an excellent director”
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Election SNAFU’s So Far
Let’s start with the fact that when Starbucks offered to give away free coffee to anyone who said they voted today, they were in violation of federal election law. Apparently you cannot give away any sort of freebies to entice people to register to vote or to actually vote. To fix the problem, Starbucks decided […]
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Faster Than A Speeding Campaign Ad
To call Obama’s campaign “nimble” is an understatement. Just days after Cheney endorses McCain, they’re rolling the following ad: ooOOOooo, congratulations McCain…
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Closing: Genoa
The venerated Italian eatery on SE Belmont will be closing its doors on Nov. 22nd. Karen Brooks of the Oregonian reports that owner, Kerry DuBuse, has decided that they cannot survive the economic downturn: “I’ve seen serious recessions over the decades at Genoa,” DuBuse told The Oregonian, “but nothing to compare to the economic meltdown […]
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Eat Your Vote
Because participating in democracy leads to the same kind of hunger that one experiences after gymnastic sex or smoking a whole bunch of marijuana (or both), a couple national chains are offering voters free comestibles and hot liquids on election day. So if you wanna get some free stuff for doing what you should be […]