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I’m really starting to like Slate. There’s a lot of wound-licking going on there. Personally, I think it’s really interesting how these guys think. There are also some interesting links.
From the NY Post, of Kerry’s home state: Bush lost Massachusetts with 37 percent of the vote ? a wipeout ? but he had lost the Bay State in 2000 getting only 32 percent of the vote.

I guess the marriage amendment didn’t have as much affect as i thought in Michigan. However, I was reminded this morning that in Florida, another state where Bush pulled off a solid win, one issue on the ballot was to require parental notification before a minor can have an abortion. This probably also brought out huge numbers of conservatives who cast their ballots for the President.
I saw Edward Rendell, the (Democratic) governor of Pennsylvania, on “Today” this morning. I think he inadvertently made a statement about why Kerry lost this election and how the mostly north-eastern and west coast Democratic party has lost touch with the majority of America. You probably know by now that this election year “moral values” was the issue cited as most important by the greatest number of voters. Of the 22% of voters who said moral values were most important, 80% voted for Bush. So back to “Today” and Ed Rendell. When he was asked if Democrats were able to embrace America’s moral values, he claimed that the party was very concerned about moral issues and then cited things such as child care and social security. Another guest on the show, a representative from a liberal feminist organization, thought that moral values married women are concerned about are “clean air, clean water, and safety.” Raise your hand if you think anybody who said to exit pollsters that moral values were most important to them meant the moral value of Social Security? No. It doesn’t happen. Social Security was one of the choices. It’s not that the majority of our Democratic leaders don’t share our moral values, they don’t even understand what the term means.
In completely unrelated news, A Canadian man, angry that he was refused a plane ticket to Australia at Los Angeles International Airport, stripped naked, sprinted across the tarmac and climbed into the wheel well of a moving jumbo jet, officials said on Wednesday.

An amendment to ban same-sex marriage was on the ballot in 11 states. Most notable here are Michigan, and Ohio. The interesting thing about this isn’t that it passed in all 11 states. I believe what isn’t getting a lot of coverage right now is the affect this had on the presidential race. Religious conservatives — who voted at least 75% for Bush — feel very strongly about this issue and it is likely that hundreds of thousands of conservatives voted for Bush after coming to the polls to vote on the amendment. I believe that will turn out to be the deciding factor in Ohio and Michigan.

It’s a little past midnight, my election party has broken up, and we’re waiting on results mainly from Florida and Ohio.
There are a lot of states too close to call. (The Bush campaign is claiming Florida as a victory right now and I don’t think many people will argue with them. — Update: With 98% reporting, Florida is a red state.) The map is starting to look exactly like it did in 2000, and even though Bush won the electoral vote then, population shifts in the past four years means the same state-by-state breakdown means a larger margin of victory for Bush.
The House and the Senate have gone Republican.
But the big story? When polls started closing, exit polls predicted a sweep for Kerry. What’s this mean? People lie to pollsters. The media is going “Wow! Our polls were wrong!” I linked to Slate yesterday, and was watching their exit poll numbers which I thought looked too optimistic for Kerry. Turns out they were “completely wrong.” I just think this is funny.
Now P. Diddy’s on TV talking about the state of politics in the US, and I’m just not buying it.

So you cast your ballot. You got up when it was still dark so you could take part in our pseudo-democratic process of choosing our national leaders.
Now we wait. The results aren’t going to be in by Thanksgiving, so you might as well take a moment to GET OVER IT.
Or, if you’re like me, you’ll probably want to visit Slate for some mostly useless election coverage.

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I’m just going to recommend that you NOT visit weeble-stuff.com
There’s nothing to see there. Check out the Kenya video via the provided link and enjoy your day undisturbed by such things as “breadfish.”
Hey. I try to look out for you.

Since at least one of you was missing out, here’s some more funness. (How do you spell “funness?”)
Kenya! Come to Kenya!
Hopefully the guys at Weebls Stuff don’t mind me mirroring this.
NOTE: Jesse would probably like for you to know that there are actually no tigers in Kenya. Since I’ve never been there, I personally like to believe that in my Kenya there are tigers.

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1/2 cup uncooked (dry) rice
stuff from the cabinet over the stove
1 8oz can of peas and carrots (or something similar)

In a 1 1/2 quart casserole, mix rice and stuff from top cabinet. Stuff from top cabinet might include some of these: a couple of tablespoons of EVOO, some garlic, chives, oregano, basil, lots of soul seasoning, coarse black pepper, red pepper. Add 1 cup of water to the rice mixture. Then add a little bit more. Cover the casserole and place it in the microwave. Press the “Rice” button. If your microwave doesn’t have a rice button, I can’t help you.
Go make a phone call or update your web site, vacuum or hang some posters. When the microwave goes “BEEP,” grab some hot pads and carefully remove the casserole. The dish and rice will be very hot. This is good because the peas and carrots are still cold. Drain the liquid off your vegetables in whatever way seems most appropriate to you. No need to completely dry it out, just get out the soup. (This depends a little bit on how much of the water your rice has absorbed.) Add vegetables to the rice, mix well. It’s best to do this with something like a soup spoon that you can also eat out of.
Keep those oven mits on and go sit the casserole on your computer desk so you can read The Onion while you eat.