Senator Palin?

"Even if elected on Tuesday, Senator Stevens should step aside to allow a special election to give Alaskans a real choice of who will serve them in Congress," Palin said.

Scenario: Stevens wins, Palin loses, Palin runs in special election and wins Senate seat. Yikes.

Morning sky

Know Hope

My new line

"I'm working on my five-year plan. I just need to choose a font." (from NBC's "Chuck")

Sun setting on fresh picked tomatoes

You Can Close Your Eyes

Audio caption:

Are You Ready For the Country?

Hell, yeah.

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Links

Here is a site called Intrade which is a real market that trades in events (e.g. chances of one candidate winning) rather than stocks. It's where people put up real money and therefore, unlike polling, might have some real predictive power. It's easy to say "I think X is going to win the presidency" but would you bet real money on it? So for entertainment purposes, review the "Welcome Video" and then review the "30 day price chart" of the electoral college.

I found this site through a beta site featuring the infamous Henry Blodget called ClusterStock. It has been a good and sometimes funny way to keep up with the financial crisis. Blodget might be disgraced, even reviled, after the dot-com burst but he is entertaining and knowledgeable.

Finally there is no better place to track the pathological lying of Sarah Palin and the amorality of John McCain than Daily Dish.

Sweet Justice and more Schadenfreude

Simpson guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping

By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent 25 minutes ago

LAS VEGAS - Thirteen years to the day after being acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

The 61-year-old former football star was convicted of all 12 counts late Friday after jurors deliberated for more than 13 hours. He released a heavy sigh as the charges were read and was immediately taken into custody.

Simpson, who went from American sports idol to celebrity-in-exile after his murder acquittal, could spend the rest of his life in prison.

VP Debate

Good grief, Sarah Palin's voice and locution are repulsive. I'd rather listen to "W" than her.

If she uses the word "maverick" one more time.... grrr. Some coach told her to repeat that endlessly.

She concludes by bashing the mainstream media and saying she prefers to speak directly to the American people. However, she hasn't given ONE press conference. WTF?

Biden started slow but ended up very strong and made her look like she was coached with catch phrases and buzz words.