This is seriously fucked:
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"This is what I did," she told the guy from the election board, who was sitting on a window sill, while an observer from the state Democratic party looked on. "I took the turnout from 2008 and 2010 and I averaged them, and I ordered 1100 ballots for 203. They sent me 700. And I'm also thinking that my own estimate was low. So, I sent something I thought was low, and they didn't even send me that many. The rest of them are back in the warehouse. Now, I'm thinking there's going to be a rush at about five o'clock when people get out of work, and they're telling me to call them when I get down to 100 ballots left. I'm going to call them when I have 200 ballots left, just to make sure there's enough time for them to get here."
She should have estimated much higher in the first place, given the high interest in the election. I mean, duh.
If it ends up being really close and a substantial number of people couldn't vote...I think it will be not good, in a variety of ways.
From Wonkette's live blogging: (edit to add more)
9:27 PM — One percent reporting! Walker 54/Barrett 46! EVERYBODY KILL YOURSELF AIYEEEEEEE!
9:31 PM — How will you kill yourself? Probably poison, don’t you think? Yes, “poison” sounds nice. TIME TO FREAK OUT. (For the next five weeks.)
Heh.
Live Bloog 2: Wisconsin Recall Television Bloogaloo
is 538 still a website on it's own or all on the times now?
What the hell is neuroplasticity and why should I buy it? Sounds suspicious...
There's a good amount of research supporting (at least some) neuroplasticity stuff. What's the context?
huffington post live updating map: [link]
Neuroplasticity is just that your brain continues to change in adulthood, right? Which they used to think it didn't, and lost functions were just gone, but now there's a lot of evidence that , for example, different parts of the brain can take over the function of damaged parts. It's pretty awesome.
Oh, hey, I have an election right here to pay attention to. I voted by mail last week and forgot when the actual day was...
What's the context?
An ad for lumosity: [link]