Nate Silver Just Changed Missouri to BLUE; 60% Chance of Kander Win
Nate Silver at 538.com has just changed the Missouri Senate race to BLUE, giving Jason Kander a 60.1% chance of defeating incumbent, Roy Blunt.Chance of winning Senate seat:Jason Kander — 60.1%Roy...
View ArticlePaul Krugman's tweet storm on the campaign
only 7 tweets.He makes the case for why Clinton was the best candidate to take on Trump xSome advance thoughts on post-election punditry: it's already obvious that pundits will dismiss HRC's...
View ArticleDoes GOP Want to Win – Or Just Blow the Whole Place Up?
Twenty-five years ago, as the Gulf War was winding down, Saddam Hussein had his troops place explosives at the sites of over 600 Kuwaiti oil fields. Knowing that he had already lost the war, his goal...
View ArticleEcuador Cut Off Assange's Internet
So some noise was made overnight about poor Julian Assange not having access to the internet as he hides in an Ecuadorian embassy in London. Much speculation that US covert ops or some other nefarious...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 10.19.16: Debate prep, Tim, Bill, Bernie, GOTV-GOTV-GOTV
*** SUPPORT HILLARY CLINTON ***Donate Today! (Not too late to be useful)Volunteer! This is the final stretch of the campaign, which sometimes feels like the final week of pregnancy when it’s...
View Article"Seriously, f*ck off Donald"
In this unrelentingly infuriating/grim election cycle, it felt so good to laugh at Kathy Griffin’s takedown of Donald Trump. Whether you like Griffin or not, hopefully you will enjoy her parody of...
View ArticleMan gets 60 days for repeatedly raping young girl—judge's reason is...
This one is hard to read and write. And like many, I’m taken with disbelief.A 40-year-old Glasgow, Montana man named Martin Blake was charged with three counts of rape and incest, admitted it, was...
View ArticleNew Eichenwald piece at Newsweek on Donald Trump
WARNING — there is a possibly NSFW photo of Melania if you follow the link to the article Newsweek. I was asked to put this notice here.It is titled A People’s History of Donald Trump's Business Busts...
View ArticleClosing arguments of the Malheur Snack Commandos
So the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was apparently about wise use rather than some wacky Mormon land legacy and quasi-mad regional sovereignty secession deploying firearms and...
View ArticleObama Just Guaranteed a Great Fireworks Show Tomorrow Night
Minutes ago, at his joint press appearance with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, President Obama was asked about Himself’s claims of election rigging.Those who fear Twitter and spittle storms are...
View ArticleHow Hillary Can SHOCK the debate with response to Benghazi Mother Patricia Smith
The cynical, exploitative ploy by the Trump campaign to use Patricia Smith and her mourning as a political prop is disgusting, and clearly designed to get under Hillary Clinton’s skin. How should she...
View ArticleBloomberg Poll - Clinton up by 9 and gaining key groups (with poll) [Update -...
Bloomberg has Clinton up by 9 — and gaining in some key groups:“This poll shows movement toward Clinton with all the right groups it takes to win—including men and those without a college degree,” said...
View ArticleDonald Trump's campaign in two words a picture.
Examining a 75 year old farmer, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Donald Trump and his role as the GOP Nominee for President. The farmer said, "...
View ArticleOh boy they're desperate
Don’t you love it when you’re driving in your car or doing something random and listening to the radio, this time for me it was NPR, and one of the many pundits out there is talking, and you find...
View ArticleSteve Schmidt: This is dark stuff
One of the only good things to come out of the media this election is the sifting of pundits. Steve Schmidt sorted himself to the top tonight. On The 11th Hour With Brian Williams, he explained how...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Mary Beth Stanley, 1968 - 2016: "Think of Me"
Her name was Mary Beth Stanley.I am her father, and she was the older of my two daughters. Please remember her.No child was ever wanted more. I was reluctant to have another kid, because money was...
View ArticleBoy asks his mother to pack two lunches for fellow student not eating at...
An Albuquerque, New Mexico mother posted a Facebook Live video on her very active Facebook account. In it she told an emotional story of packing an extra lunch for her eighth grade son. She had been...
View ArticlePresident Jimmy Carter releases a must-read statement on the 'Integrity of...
President Jimmy Carter has released a statement through The Carter Center, which provides "impartial, credible election observers" to monitor elections around the world. In short, the claims of Donald...
View ArticleThe debate - my response/reaction
We had planned to watch at home, but at 6:30 there was a major power outage knocking out 7,000 customers, including us. So instead we headed to the National Democratic Club. It was more than half...
View Article"Such A Nasty Woman" The Final Nail in Trump's Coffin
Did anyone else hear that? I'm a guy but it hits me personally. I can only imagine how a woman feels to hear those words uttered live on national television towards someone who is on the brink of...
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