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| Iran to world: "Now don't forget about the 17 point spread."
Oopsie! Apparently Europe didn't notice that Iran had their fingers crossed during negotiations. In other news, Iran will decide who to nuke first by pulling the petals off of a daisy and/or a springtide game of 'duck, duck, nuke'. ***** |
| Patterico's Pontifications: New York Times Editors Regurgitate Democrat Talking Points -- Without Even Checking Them Out First
Hell, I'll concede that Fox News Channel leans right. But when everyone else in the MSM goes to the left, including the DNC megaphone New York Times, that still isnt' "balanced." Excellent fisking... ***** |
| � UniquePeek.com - Come Closer And Get One
Animated hilarity. NSFW and very violent. You'll love it! ***** |
| Piston Fan's Criminal Past - November 23, 2004
If this criminal, woman-beating, parole violating, dick hadn't thrown his beer at Ron Artest, we wouldn't be snowed under article after article about how society is to blame, what is sacred anymore, everyone is racist bullshit for the past week. This guy needs some more time served. He's made sports news impossible to watch and for that he needs solitary confinement... with only back issues of O magazine to read. Bastard. ***** |
| What Did We Really Find in Fallujah?
This has nothing to do with the Marine shooting incident so it probably won't be widely reported on by the MSM. View the entire slide show. ***** |
| Yahoo! News - UN: 150 Sex Abuse Charges in Congo Peacekeeping
Kofi takes action: "This is a shameful thing for the United Nations to have to say, and I am absolutely outraged by it," he said while in Tanzania where Guehenno briefed him.No word yet on how outraged he is in regards to the Oil-for-Vetoes shitstorm [extensively covered in link]. ***** |
| Buenos dias, Prime Ministers.
Not as funny as the one with Pooty Poot but silly nonetheless. ***** Update: Bingo. Ponchos for everyone! |
| Yahoo! News - Maths whiz sets record for mental calculation
The 13th root of a 100-digit number... in your noggin'. Go. Girt Mitring, a 38-year old computer scientist, was faster working out the answer than several onlookers using calculators at an event in the western town of Geese sponsored by the Museum of Mathematics.Probably a safe bet that Girt isn't a regular poster at the democratic underground. ***** |
| HughHewitt.com
Fourth paragraph: One of America's great writers about sports, John Feinstein, has a fine essay on the NBA mess. And people defending the players --many talking heads on sports shows last night-- are embarrassing themselves. But, really, what is there to say? An increasingly thuggish game in an increasingly thuggish sports culture went where it was inevitably going to go, and now from the Commissioner on down there are false cries of alarm. I don't care. Genuine heroes are fighting genuine battles and are dying as we debate pseudo-penalties for multi-millionaires. In World War 2 some of these guys would have enlisted and some would have been drafted. I have the SI cover of Pat Tillman on the shelf in my studio, and I measure all sports story against that incredible man. Maybe if all sports arena's displayed a large poster of Pat Tillman in their rafters or in the locker rooms of places like Clemson and South Carolina until the war had ended we'd see less of the stupid antics of the self-obsessed. [emphasis mine]Damn right. ***** |
| Yahoo! News - Boy Scouts Reassured on Military Links
The ACLU is getting rebuffed with a resolution in both the Senate and House urging the DOD to continue supporting the Boy Scouts. Nelson has introduced a resolution urging the Defense Department to continue supporting the Boy Scouts, including spending for national and world jamborees. A similar measure is in the House.And the bitch slap follows: "We're not going to let well-intentioned people... take something that is so fundamental from our operation as a society and rip that apart," Nelson said.***** |
| Yahoo! News - World Photos - AP
LOL is a tired internet term but a good topic to have on file here at File it under: This picture, honest to goodness, made me laugh... out loud. Alone. Enjoy! ***** |
| WiredCrusader's Blog
I asked in the comments section why nothing could be found of this after googling it. And I'm talking about AP/Reuters/MSM references. Maybe the story is too new? Maybe it's unconfirmed? Maybe it's France? Maybe because it isn't Iraq? The clock is ticking... ***** |
| Wired News French Jews Blast Paris for Allowing Hizbollah TV
The next-to-last sentence says is all... "The United States and Britain classify Hizbollah, supported by Syria and Iran, as a terrorist group but France does not."France couldn't be more overt in their attempts to keep the fringe groups of their 5,000,000 Muslims content in hopes of avoiding what happened in Madrid, Spain, The Netherlands and in NYC back in 2001. This "plan" will fail. ***** Labels: terrorism |
| Eb'body loves dem griddle cakes, suh!
Let the lefties run with this. Get that message out. At this pace they'll be buried under irrelevance by 2006. ***** |
| RealClearPolitics blog entry
I covered this, albiet more succinctly, here. Give it a read. There was a reason France and other weren't behind the liberation of Iraq. And we're learning more and more why each day. If I could join in on the "no confidence" vote against Kofi, I would. However, I can only cast a vote for my own "stonewall this, bitch" vote against Kofi. ***** Update: Surprise, surprise. |
| via Cold Fury
Yeeah.... Mmmkay. We're gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs into storage B. We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get. So if you could go ahead and pack up your stuff and move it down there, that would be terrific, OK? More: "Nobody bats a thousand -- not me, not anyone," said Rall. "Strong editorial cartoonists take risks. Sometimes they cross the line. Actions like the Post's encourage the kind of timidity that has blandified not just editorial cartoons, but newspaper content overall."Well, Teddy... when major league baseball players bat .003, such as yourself (metaphorically speaking) they're usually optioned down to single A ball... groundskeeping. So lets make sure that grass stays green and cut. ***** |
| American Soldier: Marines killing an INNOCENT Terrorist!
Language alert... but you can handle it. Via Blackfive.net. Other required links, too. ***** |
| INDC Journal
Bill has a good summation of Israel's response options/scenarios to a nuclear-persuing Iran. In regards to IZIR, the date is the restricting factor. Regardless, Iran doesn't seem to get it. ***** Labels: terrorism, terrorxchange |
| The Autorantic Virtual Moonbat... for your enjoyment/debating!
***** Update: Bingo. For other blogspot users, cut and paste Sean's html into your entry while in 'Edit HTML' mode, not 'Compose' mode. h/t myself |
| International Relations and Security Network ISN - Security Watch
I find these reports mildly amusing given France's inability to remove their lips from Arafat's dead and embalmed ass. French media reported on Wednesday that Israelis assisted the Ivory Coast army in its attacks on French military bases in the African nation in which nine French peacekeepers and one US aid worker were killed.Ah yes. The ol' French media buying the French more time. ***** |
| The Command Post - Global Recon - UN Members Accused of Supplying Arms to Sudan
... and get back with us in six months. Countries breaking the arms embargo are France, China, USSR, United Kingdom and United States among others.The following countries were specifically named: Russia, China, Belarus (planes and helicopters), China, France, Iran and Saudi Arabia (small arms, light weapons and ammo) - some with actual financial gains. Beyond that first general violation statement, the UK and US are not mentioned in other specific examples. ***** Labels: morons |
| Yahoo! News - NBC Says Marine Shot Dead Wounded Iraqi Prisoner
Originally posted 11/15/2004 9:01 PM Original title: File it under: Indifference I'm finding myself not really caring about this story. "But Hoodlumman, you effing Bushitler-loving-warmongering-child-killer-advocate, that U.S. soldier is just like the terrorists!" I'm aware you'd love to make that comparison, you leftist dolt. But until coalition forces start strafing hospitals, schools and bombing police stations, we're NOTHING like the terrorists. Maybe the soldier thought he was armed. Maybe he suspected the almost-dead terrorist had an IED close by. Who knows? I'll be satisfied with any results yielded by an investigation by the U.S. military. This will probably get huge press in the very-near future. Improvements in Iraq and Afghanistan will not. Now or ever. ***** Update: Bingo. Second to last paragraph... Tuesday Update: Marines Rally Around Soldier War is hell. You'd only expect their brothers-in-arms to pick up their fallen and war battered. There have also been several cases in which soldiers have been charged with wrongfully killing Iraqis during operations.I haven't heard specifics on this generalized statement. The article does rehash Abu Ghraib. NBC is being NBC. "Let's break this huge story of possible war crimes." Our media may be quietly approaching al Jazeera in Islamofascist recruiting power. Am I stretching? Who does this story benefit? Could NBC not have reported it to the U.S. military alone? Or would that have just lead to a military cover up? MSM: Mission Accomplished Wednesday Update: MSM: Mission Catastrophic Success Bill INDC: As a result, if the MSM decides to overzealously pursue this story, they will also continue to diminish themselves in the eyes of their audience, and alternative media sources will once again be on hand to grimly enable their departure from relevance.I have a decent amount of faith that the American public will see around the overblown hype and put it in context. But the most endangering side-effect is that because NBC didn't run this up a chain of command, the global press corps has it and that includes al Jazeera. They'll run this incident in a loop for 48 hours and just as our MSM, never report on the good news in Afghanistan or Iraq. And consider their target audience. ***** |
| BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Mosque set on fire in Netherlands
Time will tell if this is just one "case study" from backlash towards militant Islam. The Dutch are on the front lines as Europe observes how and how not to act/react. ***** Labels: islam |
| via Wizbang
Oddly enough, a recent poll has shown an improvement of 18% in the Vice President's job approval rating from women in red states and a 45% increase from women in blue states. ***** Update: The DMN is reporting Michael Moore has just submitted a job application to Halliburton. |
| Mandela
Big words from someone who's never had relatives blown to tiny pieces by "freedom fighters." ***** |
My thoughts on the official death of Arafat:
***** Update: :) Update 2: Who the hell is Jimmy Carter? |
| BBC NEWS Europe Dutch anti-terror raid nets two via Drudge
Seemingly overnight, Holland has turned into a hotspot for Islamofacism. There was nothing (that I noticed) coming out of Amsterdam at all on the subject of Muslim Facism until a few days past. Yet one week ago, the murder of a Dutch filmmaker has revealed the termites in the wood. From the article: This will be interpreted by many of the pacifist/PC crowd as overt anti-Muslim hate speech. It has come to this because of the Dutch's sudden need to defend their way of life. Do you think the Dutch asked for this? We can expect this scenario to play out in many more times in Europe with France's probably being most imminent, severe and predictable of any. It is/was only a matter of time. ***** |
| Bend Over...
But were they naughty? I'm suddenly in the mood for some Tasty Flavors Sno Biz shaved ice. ***** |
| Sorry Everybody via Bill INDC
Yes they are sorry. Now they should apologize. This is a hilarious website of Kerry idiots that have submitted photo apologies to "the rest of the world" for the 60,000,000 of us that voted to keep George W. Bush. I, for one, am not sorry for my vote and I offer this as my non-apology. ***** Update: Others agree |
| Yahoo! News - Arafat Dead, Say Palestinian Sources Amid Confusion
I say we all go outside and dance in the streets. I mean that's what they do when U.S. citizens die. Israelis, too, I'm sure. What better way to say "Ding dong, the terrorist is dead" than a good celebratory street mob. ***** |
| GUILTY, DISGUSTED, AMERICAN Op/Ed - Ted Rall
I've decided to fisk an article. I'm going to start really easy, as this is fairly new to me. Let me know how I do! Where else better to start than: Ted Rall NEW YORK--How interesting, Democrats watching the election results at a high-rise hotel in midtown Manhattan commented, that the rest of America thinks it understands terrorism better than we do. New York bore the brunt of 9/11 yet CNN's exit poll found that New Yorkers considered Iraq a bigger issue than terrorism when casting their votes for president.Ted? Are you saying that it's not only the redneck and idiot hicks in fly-over country that associated Iraq with terrorism? That can't be right... Midwesterners and southerners felt the opposite, motivated by fear of the unknown--literally, as they are neither likely targets of terrorism, nor did they feel or smell the horrors of that terrible day.So, therefore we cannot have any opinion or say in the matter, nor are we affected in any way when the financial capital of the globe and our nation's capitol are attacked by Islamofascists. We can only have a say if a.) it was our town or Such astonishing gall!... Is this next line: Only women are affected by the abortion debate; only women ought to be allowed to vote on it. The same goes for war--only the young who fight and die in war enjoy the moral right to declare it.And only the top 50% of income earners pay taxes. Let's only allow them to vote on tax laws. Wanna open this can, jackass? Terrorism? Please, if you live in Mississippi or Colorado or Alaska, don't presume to talk about, much less cast your vote based upon, your "views" of Islamist terrorism. New Yorkers don't lecture you about hunting.Until it comes to intrusive or worthless gun laws. Butt out of our business. Or at least have the grace to follow the lead of New York City voters if, contrary to history or logic, terrorism is your number one concern.Ah, but herein lies the beauty of our system. We, the majority of voters, have chosen to "force" the coastal havens of lefties to follow our lead. And we're gonna be fine. You just watch. "Some New Yorkers, reported the New York Times, said they didn't even know any people who had voted for President Bush (news - web sites). (In both Manhattan and the Bronx, Mr. Bush received 16.7 percent of the vote.)"Ted would be speaking of the Pauline Kael theory... Except for 60,000,000 voters... y'know... give or take. Guided by a list of chores, I made my way through the subway station at Times Square and came across a man with silver skin, standing perfectly still, who entertained a crowd by doing nothing. People stared at him, fascinated, smiling. A few clapped.It sounds like he ran into Kerry. However, that's not what he meant. How dare they stand there and grin?Maybe they were part of that 60,000,000? Just a theory... Days after the British medical journal The Lancet had published a study showing that American taxpayers had financed the bombs that murdered more than 100,000 innocent Iraqis in just one year,Michael Fumento destroys the Lancet's article without extensive commentary on the fact that the authors were anti-war and the timing was close to the election. Read it. [T]he morning after a majority of their fellow citizens re-hired the butchers who ordered the genocide, how dare they enjoy their lives? More approving smiles, more applause. The guy still hadn't made a move. Oddly, that was the point. Someday the silver guy will become president.I'm getting the theme that We all must suffer for what the American people have done! Actually it just appears Teddy is. And that's fine by me. I found a quiet spot and fired up my laptop. Many people have wireless connections in Manhattan. Not all of them are password-protected. I skimmed e-mail from loating scum.Really? Someone send me a link where mass rioting occurred after a non-contested democratic election occurred. hoodlumman@gmail.com Here, Ted parodies himself. And does a great job: A dictator had put himself up for "reelection" and declared war on gays and pregnant teenagers. An Administration whose principals built concentration camps, lied us into two wars and fleeced the treasury to further enrich themselves and their campaign contributors is getting four more years rather than the forty to life they deserve. Florida 2000 became Ohio 2004, complete with its own Katherine Harris, discarded voter registrations and Jim Crow-style assaults on blacks. Most of all, the whole thing stunk.The 'war on gays' comment was interesting... seeing how both candidates had the same views. He doesn't spell out Haliburton, though, which is disappointing. "Successive waves of the national exit poll in the afternoon and evening reported that Kerry had a two- or three-percentage-point lead over Bush nationally and in several key states, including Ohio," wrote the Washington Post. On ABC, Charles Gibson said: "The exit polls got it flat wrong."Since 2002, dumbass. And don't forget 2000. But other than that... yeah. Still usually wrong.
Unless you consider those recounts done by the actual counties or the ones done by the different media outlets afterwards. But let's toss those... for argument's sake. The exit polls were right last time. This year, I trust them more than Ohio's Secretary of State.Yep. I like the one showing Kerry by 20 points in Pennsylvania. And Bush down in Virginia and the Carolinas. Real accurate. The day after a shady election handed to a maniacal buffoon, New Yorkers whose dead remain scandalously unavenged were in the streets. Civil strife, rage, the fight for decency and democracy--they were nowhere to be found.Ted should do more ecstasy; less crack cocaine. People looked up at the sky, taking in the sun on a crisp fall day. They streamed in and out of the Disney store. They lived their lives. I lived mine. Half a world away, meanwhile, AC-130 planes and tanks bought by American citizens and dispatched on the orders of criminal goons busily declaring themselves a mandate dropped bombs and shot shells into a city called Fallujah. "Marine Expeditionary Forces will continue to conduct operations and will not cease until Fallujah is free of foreign terrorists and insurgents," read an official military statement. Issam Mohammad, spokesman for the Fallujah hospital, said that a woman was "badly wounded." A young girl lost her leg. Whether it's caused intentionally by terrorists or accidental by U.S. forces, loss of civilian life is tragic. It forces me to find a different word to describe Rall's hobby. Lest I need no thesaurus, we shall hereby call it garbage. Hilarious garbage. ***** |
| Why Americans Hate Democrats - A Dialogue - The unteachable ignorance of the red states. By Jane Smiley via Drudge
Read it. It does not make me mad or upset at all. It's this type of thinking and tripe that will guarantee Republicans victory for the next quarter century. Or more. I welcome this degree of refuse. ***** |
| Yahoo! News - Feds: Obesity Raising Airline Fuel Costs
This is a viable story. It makes perfect sense to me. It's also a harbinger of things to come on the health care front. It's only a matter of time before healthcare costs spike further due to the growing percent of the population that can't stop eating. We'll all end up paying for it whether it's government Medicare costs or rising insurance premiums. Don't ge me wrong. I don't support any government taxation or intervention on behalf of folks that can't stop shoving food into their faces. I support people taking responsibility for their own actions. Possibly even being ineligible for government help if it's cause is based on one's inability to resist Krispy Kreme's and all-you-can-eat buffet lines. Like this, for example. Or this. ***** |
| Oh yeah...
And Terry McAuliffe, don't let the disenfranchised-halliburton buddies-tax breaks for the rich-AWOL door hit your soon-to-be unemployed ass on the way out. Bitch. ***** Update: 0 for 3, dick. That's right. Update 2: Your thoughts on the election, Terry? Hello? Bueller? |
| Curmudgeonly & Skeptical: via protein wisdom
A great response to Moore's picture of Bush comprised of U.S. heroes who died while serving their country and defending/promoting freedom in Iraq. ***** |
| I just heard President Bush's press conference today.
It was great. He was chipper, answered the questions well. No mispeaks that I noticed but I don't give a crap about those anyway. He picked on the press and answered a lot of questions extensively and well. Bush took a lot of heat from the press for holding a record number few press conferences in his first term. I imagine with no more re-elections for Bush, that he'll hold many of these in his second term. I also predict that it'll show how likable he is to more Dems, moderates and folks that weren't aware of his charisma in his first term. This could translate to a great second term, high approval ratings and a great bonus to what legacy he may leave. A democratic Iraq, crushed terrorists, bitchslapped Iran and N. Korea and a solid growing economy will dictate his legacy. Charisma will be the icing. Tingles galore. ***** |
| Yahoo! News - Annan: Violence Intensifying in Darfur
Nice call, Kofi. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says violence intensified in October and there are strong indications of war crimes "on a large and systematic scale." Yep, that's the reason they pay you the big bucks. Lets jump down in the article: The United Nations has called Darfur the world's worst humanitarian crisis, saying the conflict there has claimed 70,000 lives since March mostly through disease and hunger. It's November. Let's do some math... [drop the remainder... carry the two...] Yeah, it's been seven months since the numbers started piling up.
From worse to more worse to: An international commission appointed by Annan began work on Oct. 25 and has three months to study human rights violations and determine whether or not a genocide occurred in Darfur. Either the UN is the dumbest international organization ever or the most incompetent. Here we've had genocide since March and the UN starts a commission at the end of October. Then, sets a three-month deadline to find out just what is going on. I'm going to predict the future here. The UN concludes its study and finds "evidence" of genocide. However, UN bureaucracy spearheaded by muslim dictatorships (and maybe western countries with oil interests in Sudan) prevent wording alluding to genocide from making it into any official decrees. Two more months pass and the UN organizes more African Union troops in. Three more months pass and there's no progress. The death toll tops 100,000. The UN finally (behind the cowboy boot in their ass from W) move UN troops in (lead by the U.S., of course) and finally progress is made... two months later. Sorry, native Sudanese. You've got oil and we're too busy covering up the Oil for Food scandal and stonewalling on Iraq to help you. Just take a number and wait in the queue.
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| Yep. It deserves repeating.
I'm so happy. I've been sporting a post-election victory woody for about 7.5 hours now. It's bothering some of the co-workers but hey, it's out of my hands. Really. A Victory Haiku:
You tried to divide, slut. I've covered why in previous posts, but it takes a lot of gall to state that. I'll give him credit for conceding quickly and being fairly graceful. Republicans kept the whitehouse and gained Senate and House seats. We have a mandate to lead this country forward and we will. Hop on board. It'll be kinda fun! ***** Update: Via a coworker "The race is officially over. Elizabeth Edwards is singing." Zing! |
| With a majority of the popular vote and 286 Electoral Votes, we have a winner. It's a great day, indeed. I'm going to take the high road and not gloat, as this nation needs healing.
Eat me, moonbats. Ok, so starting now. Big losers:
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| As promised yesterday, I will be liveblogging TX and its 34 electoral votes. 6:33 am: I took my car in for servicing this morning. Stopped by a Starbucks to get one of those Pumpkins Spice Latte's. Starbucks is brilliant, as that seasonal coffee makes me warm and fuzzy* for fall. 7:10 am: Waited about 20 minutes in line to vote. Was ballot #121 in my precinct. I went straight Republican party as reasoned below. Not too many signs - no propaganders from either side were present anywhere. Line was quiet and orderly. Weather was cool with a light drizzle. 8:45 am: Audi dealership called. Total maintenance/repairs are going to run probably $800+. Dammit. It's ok. Still cheaper than a new car. Paid this one off in 3.5 years so these repairs are like having a car payment for a couple of months. No biggie. Plus I've only got 60,000 miles on a 5-year old car. Gonna keep her for a while. Nice cars. The Germans suck for Iraq war support but sure can make a nice auto. 9:37 am: Exit polls are probably still hours away. No word on how close it'll be here in Texas. Most polls show Bush with a slight lead but a CBS poll released on October 31st showed Kerry with a 27 point lead here. So averaging out the polls, it's almost a toss-up. 10:45 am: Starting to get hungry. Lunch in an hour. Gonna probe the co-workers on lunch suggestions. Anyone in the blogosphere have any suggestions? 11:09 am: The markets are rallying today. I'm not sure if it's because of economic news (none significant that I saw today) or if they're getting excited that a second Bush term won't roll back the tax breaks on dividends that only the rich people can afford**. Maybe they are predicting Kerry will be back in the Senate soon voting against more troop funding. 12:31 pm: Had Jason's Deli for lunch today. It's a nice weekly lunch staple. Tried the Philly Chick Wrap (in honor of the election fraud alleged there). It's on their "lite" menu - ~575 calories, a little fat, shitload of sodium. Fairly tasty. The markets are raging ahead. This is a good sign, IMO. Also, the Terrorxchange has some Bush movement up with Kerry movement down. That's another good sign. Word also is electronic gaming sites involving real money look good for Bush. As far as the Texas update goes, nothing so far. It's nifty to think Texas could swing the election one way or another. 12:42 pm: Just a note, I'm not sure how much web traffic I get daily. I'm estimating a couple hundred-thou a day. If anyone knows anyone in corporate Starbucks, let me know. I could advertise for them in exchange for free Pumpkin latte. Or maybe some free stir sticks. Whichever. 1:41 pm: Drudge is panicking Bush supporters. No specifics. I'm not sure if he's trying to rally the red voters or if Terry McAuliffe has temporarily taken over Drudge's website. No word yet if any of those states include Texas. As of 1:41 pm CST, with 0% of precincts reporting, Bush and Kerry are tied with 0 electoral votes each. A dead heat. 2:00 pm: Karl Rove's Operation:Oprah has been executed beautifully by Drudge. With the election "all wrapped up" by 2PM, Kerry supporters can now stay home and watch Oprah, Judge Judy and many other mid-day favorites, including all soaps. This is also the code word to release bus-load upon bus-load of Bush supporters at all polls, load them up again, then vote again at different polls where they are registered as well. Pure genius. 2:34 pm: The markets took a huge shit on the Oprahvote exit polls. It's amazing what the threat of a tax-raising democrat will do to the markets. Exit poll was based 60% female. What states? What areas? Lots of questions. If you were banking on the market's big move today, blame Drudge. And Karl Rove. Sneaky bastard. 3:05 pm: My stomach hurts as I've been kicked in the nuts to the tune of auto repair costs of $1,100. Note to Audi owners: emissions systems and/or engine mount repairs are steep. For that kind of scratch I feel like I should pull out of there with some gold rims blingin'. 3:07 pm: A friend's buddy has a co-worker who's wife's sister is high up in a local journalistic ring. A Texas exit poll shows Kerry with a 59%/40% lead on Bush. However the sample pool seems be weighted heavily towards recently released inmates and moveon.org members. More as it breaks. 3:33 pm: Terrorxchange update: The TX is holding strong. Not much shift in BUSH/KERY as of now. As a head's up, I'm sitting on 650k shares of BUSH, 100k shares of KERY and T$25 million in cash. I plan on throwing that around as the real returns begin pouring in. I'm the George Soros of the TX, minus the dipshittiness***. 4:00 pm: Nice. Our boss has allowed those that haven't voted yet to leave at 4PM to beat the crowds. I told him I voted this morning but I'm registered in four different Texas counties. I'll probably take off in a bit and see if I can get my vote in for all of them. New Texas exit poll out: new poll has Bush up 100% to 0%. However this poll had only four respondents, me for all four of my county registrations. Go figure. 4:51 pm: I'm about to leave work and head to get my newly tuned-up car. I'll then proceed home and glue myself to the t.v. to bring you the latest from the great state of Texas. I'll probably talk about what I'm having dinner and stuff. Thorough coverage: I Digest. You Decide. If you'd like to donate to my 5:57 pm: The polls in Texas close in about an hour. So we're still a little while out. Blogging may be more spotty than expected, as my democrat girlfriend is coming over to watch the election coverage. I'm a good winner and won't gloat to her if Bush takes it. I'm not sure what she'll do, though I imagine it won't piss me off too much. The CBS poll I mentioned early is proving to be bogus, as the blogosphere has produced hard evidence that CBS only polled a handful of people in Midland Texas. The new average has Bush at about 60% in Texas - a solid number that will be hard to usurp. I'm pretty sure our 34 votes will go Bush. More as it comes in. 6:20 pm: The TX is giving me a 404 error. It may be getting slammed with people buying up all the BUSH stock. As of now Bush is slaughtering in the EC, up 34 to 3. Ok, so only four states have been called. Put enough of these small victories together and we'll be on our way to a second Bush term. 6:46 pm: Girlfriend got $20 and headed to Central Market to get dinner. I refused to leave as this is exciting for me, at least now. Texas polls close in 15 minutes and if Texas goes to Bush, it'll almost double his current EC vote count. Eat that, bitches. 6:53 pm: The TX is up again. It didn't occur to me that it may be the 12:00AM GMT turnover/maintenance that shut it down. Never noticed it before but it's up and running now. Gonna make a little move here... 6:54 pm: Check that. No TX. Screw it, I'm going back to check on Texas. 7:00 pm: Wow the whole effing internet is getting pounded. Most of the blogs I visit and other miscellaneous sites are having very long load times and other issues. To hell with it. I'm calling Texas for Bush. You heard it here first, folks. Add 34 to the Bush tally. 9:01 pm: Well, Bush needs 100 more EC votes to take it down. The TX is still shitcanned so I can't dump any more money into Bush. Did I call Texas or what? Gotta keep the girlfriend entertained, so it's back downstairs for me. Toodles for now. 10:44 pm: Last post. Bush takes FL, poised to grab OH. Damn straight. Watched Man On Fire with the girlfriend tonight, which ironically enough is describing Bush, at the moment (HEY-Oooooooh). Great flick. I'm off to plunge myself into more pundit speak. Will post a summary tomorrow. Thanks for reading. ***** *Sounds democrat-emotion-driven-touchy-feely-ish but it's damn tasty latte. Plus I went straight ticket (R). ** Rich people and senior citizens of many tax brackets, who use dividends as an income stream while trying to stay retired. And myself, who is not rich but does have investments. ***Copyright 2004 Hoodlumman vocabulary Labels: fiu's greatest, politics |
| I voted this morning. I was the 121st person to do so in my precinct today. I think almost all people go in to vote, get their ballot and carefully scan it and vote for their preferences in the different areas- President, Congress, local seats, judges, sherriffs, etc. They are careful to take their time and be thorough and that is good.
However, I went in, and in record time (that I noticed) filled in one bubble and left. I went straight party Republican for the first time in three Presidential elections. I did so as a big "kiss my ass" to
Normally I'd vote for other candidates on the state and local level. But screw the D's this year, all down the ballot. You're guilty by association this election. ***** |
| FIU WIRE 2:00PM CST
ANNOUNCEMENT Tomorrow, November 2nd, I will be liveblogging the presidential election for the state of Texas. For early and/or latebreaking updates from Texas and its 34 electoral votes, check in frequently for updates. Please note that I will only be updating election coverage of the Presidential election and the Congressional Senate races from the state of Texas. ***** |
