Kerry has a 23 point lead in Virginia polls and a 24 point lead in Tennessee polls. Edwards needed to win those states, and it’s looking very unlikely.
Kerry also has a fairly commanding lead in the latest polls out of Wisconsin. There’s still a chance someone could turn it around there, but it’s unlikely.
I got three comments (on the same entry) in my Livejournal mirror encouraging me to go see The Passion of the Christ. This does not, in fact, convince me to adopt the recommended course of action.
This is pretty much the sort of thing that I anticipated: I don’t think Mel Gibson set out to make a dangerous movie, but I thought that it was the kind of movie that would encourage poor behavior unless he took counterbalancing steps. Spam comments aren’t dangerous, but they do show a distinct disregard for social mores. I expect more of the same, and possibly darker actions. Call me a cynic.
(Anonymous comments are still enabled over there, and I still don’t track IP addresses there, but I do screen anonymous comments. I won’t screen anything but spam.)
Kevin Drum "does a nice job of shedding light on the AWOL issue":http://www.calpundit.com/archives/003220.html. He has a document which shows Bush reporting for duty, presumably in Alabama, on October 29th, 1972. That covers Bush's comments on Meet The Press last Sunday. He also has a document which shows no Texas service after May of 1972, which also matches.
One begins to wonder why Bush hasn't released his military records, considering this. Drum speculates that Bush was put on paper duty as a punishment; that would match with Bush's refusal to take a physical. There's going to be some mystery around this until and unless the records are released. Still, he's clear on the AWOL/deserter issue and it would behoove us to acknowledge that lest we appear shrill and partisan.
Since Godzilla (Quicktime trailer) is being re-released in the United States in the original version, I figure it’s a good time to mashup that very movie. The scoop on all things Godzilla is long and intricate; feel free to draw from any element of the mythos.
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