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Nervous final days 01:59am on 01 Nov 2008 My feeling is that the Republicans are talking things up ('we still stand a chance - vote for us!') and the Democrats are talking things down ('don't be complacent about winning - vote for us!').

By this stage I think most have made their mind up. The variable is voter turn-out.

Roll on Tuesday...
Crumbling bridges 6:54pm on 29 Oct 2008 Is our moderator suffering from narcolepsy?

This is like debating using carrier pigeons....
Crumbling bridges 6:24pm on 29 Oct 2008 #123

'Gov. Sarah Palin denounced wasteful expenditure on fruit-fly research'

"Why research into fruit flies?"

Here's a possible reason. Because of the incredibly rapidity with which fruit flies breed, they are a perfect species to study the mechanics of genetic mutation and as such, have been used extensively to map the evolutionary process.

For creationist theologues like Palin - whose denial of the theory of evolution is as ridiculous as trying to deny the theory of gravity - such studies are a genuine threat to their ridiculous fairytale version of life and its origins.

http://www.hhmi.org/news/carroll20060420.html

http://biochemicalsoul.com/2008/10/evolution-in-action-fruit-flies-evolve-low-oxygen-tolerance-in-the-lab/

But enough of that. I have a feeling I'm supposed to be talking about bridges...
Crumbling bridges 4:39pm on 29 Oct 2008 #92 "What would Jesus say?"

I think you may be onto something. Not that I'm a religious man (far from it) but since the Neo-Cons seem to hold Jesus is such high regard, it's worth checking his voting record (to use an electioneering metaphor) to see where he stands on the issue of wealth distribution.

A quick Googling reveals Jesus' shamefully socialist agenda.

"If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Give it to someone who won't be able to return it." (Th 95)

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." (Lk 12:34)

"You cannot serve God and Money." (Lk 16:13 Mt 6:24)

And in a uncannily accurate prediction of this month's economic meltdown and Wall Street bailout

"Those who have will get more. From those without, even what they do have will be taken." (Mk 4:25 Lk 8:18, 19:26 Mt 13:12, 25:29 Th 41)

If that isn't enough to prove Jesus unworthy of Republican support, have they checked into his associations with the known terrorist John the Baptist?

nb. die-hard Republicans: try not to think about this too hard. You'll get into an inescapable logic feedback loop and your heads will explode.
Are they bluffing? 02:16am on 28 Oct 2008 Warning: crazy paranoid theory imminent...

What if this talk of 'closing the gap' (in polls that conveniently only Republicans have access to), is merely them preparing justification for winning many of the swing states through voting machine fraud?

Read this. It's scary.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6559
Unhelpful messages 10:21pm on 24 Oct 2008 I'll take that back. He just did ;-)
Unhelpful messages 10:15pm on 24 Oct 2008 For those who read Justin's link to the DRUDGE REPORT yesterday

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20081023/Attack.McCain.Sticker/

Bet he won't put *this* on his front page...
Flipping the ticket 04:38am on 10 Oct 2008 Victory for the Democrats in this election will undoubtedly be a poisoned chalice. The elephant in the room - that both candidates studiously avoided in the second debate - is that whoever wins will be hamstrung by the crippling global financial crisis, and the federal government's unsustainable debt.

If Obama gets and in does the *right* thing - ie reduce the national debt - he may well be forced to raise taxes. And if he does, the Democrats will once again be unfairly labeled as the tax-and-spend party (btw - the only time the national debt 'clock' in NY didn't work properly was for a two year period in the Clinton administration, because the clock didn't have the software to run the number downwards).

Then the Republicans will claim the moral high ground, get back into office in 2012, and continue screwing up the economy.
Will she still debate? 01:11am on 30 Sep 2008 The woman terrifies me.

Sam Harris' article sums it up beautifully. A must read for any right-minded person.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080/page/1

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