And just to put that added extra little bit of icing on it: [link]

Huh. The opposite of what those rightwing blog people predicted.

When Clinton was elected, Limbaugh said the stockmarket falling was proof that Clinton sucked.

I have the feeling Limbaugh won't be consistent on this issue.

Huh. The opposite of what those rightwing blog people predicted.

Which is dumb because the market has already reacted to the turnover of the house, it's not like it was a surprise.

BTW, ABC is apparently moving Men in Trees to the spot after GA.

Good, I've been liking it, even Anne Heche. Except, I don't know when GA is on.

Over at virginia.gov, the live vote totals for all races have dropped from 99-100% of precincts back down to the 95% range; total vote counts are going up and not down, so I'm guessing that this is a matter of counting the provisional ballots, not of anything being contested.

That or Diebold just discovered another 5% of the precincts that had been inexplicably "overlooked" on election night.

When Clinton was elected, Limbaugh said the stockmarket falling was proof that Clinton sucked.

I believe that historically, the stock market has done better under Democrat Presidents. Not sure if there's any correlation to the majority party in Congress, though.

Why wasn't I informed about this?

Evil Dead: The Musical, a ‘dis-arm-ingly’ riotous musical comedy based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult-classic horror films, unearths the old familiar story: boy and his friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning in uproarious numbers like “All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,” “Look Who’s Evil Now” and “Do the Necronomicon.” Buzzing chainsaws and dancing demons add to the frenzy, slaying audiences with this tale of lust, love and dismemberment.

Important Notice: The first two rows of the orchestra are the “Splatter Zone." Patrons in the “Splatter Zone” should be prepared to have a bloody good time…and dress accordingly.

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And Hitton Battle is the choreographer. Although "Blood Delivery System Consultant" might be the coolest credit I've ever seen. I finally know what I want to be when I grow up.

Oh, man. Must get my ass to NY one of these days.

I think the key bit in that stock market article is this:

investors grew more confident that a huge victory by Democrats in congressional elections would result in gridlock and keep lawmakers out of the way of business interests.

Oh hey. Did you want me to pick up the space shuttle tub toys?

I still think it's weird that Ed Rendell is governor of PA, and it's been years! I imagine for both guys it's because they are so city-identified, and the rest of the state is awfully different.

This is true. When Rendell was elected governor, there was talk from the pundits about whether he could get the rest of the state to vote for him, since the rest of PA is rather wary of Philly throwing its weight around.

Meanwhile, I declare the winner of the 2006 midterm elections to be the Republicans! No, wait, I mean one Republican, specifically Lincoln. Turns out you can indeed fool all of the people some of the time (especially if you wave the flag and shout war), and you can fool some of the people all of the time (so Rush will always have an audience, I guess), but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

I actually brought that up in class, and my prof was quite intrigued that a community would seriously discuss that type of voting system.

Huh. I'm not sure how I should take this.

vw, I'm reading your voting question as saying "If one and only one voter has veto power, how many votes are needed to pass a measure?" Is that correct? If so, then I'd assume the answer's 71.

I actually brought that up in class, and my prof was quite intrigued that a community would seriously discuss that type of voting system.

Huh. I'm not sure how I should take this.

I think I didn't say it very well before. I was being succinct. I was specific in that it was an online community. I think she was surprised that we thought it through that much. To which I had to explain that we're kind of a highly intelligent and thought-processing group. Which then brought up the question of what kind of online community we were. To which I responded, "Oh, Buffy." And then people laughed. And we moved on.

vw, I'm reading your voting question as saying "If one and only one voter has veto power, how many votes are needed to pass a measure?" Is that correct?

Yes.

If so, then I'd assume the answer's 71.

Ok. I think I get that. Can you give a little more explanation just to get me over the hump?