News (to me) on sour practices

In several heavily African American districts around the country, Republican operatives took a page right out of the Jim Crow-Jesse Helms playbook, calling voters to tell them their precinct location had changed when it hadn’t, or warning them they risked arrest if they showed up to vote, or trying to talk them into believing the election was on Wednesday, not Tuesday. In heavily African-American Buckingham County, Virginia, a widely circulated flyer announced in bold letters: “SKIP THIS ELECTION”.

It’s Time For Fair, Reliable Elections – TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime

We need legislation against this.

Tie on control of Senate

Cite CNN.com

The news

Sorry for the delay, I didn’t want to violate court orders to hold off reporting on close races until after 9:00 pm.

Updates have slowly been trickling in, not too much news.

Blackwell concedes – without any votes counted At 8:50 p.m. [...] “Ted, you ran a good race and have won a tremendous opportunity to lead the people of this state to better days, a stronger economy and a higher quality of life. Congratulations and best wishes for a successful tenure as governor of the greatest state in America.”

Politics Extra

Spears Followup

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears filed for divorce Tuesday from Kevin Federline, officials said. The Los Angeles County Superior Court filing cites “irreconcilable differences,” said court spokeswoman Kathy Roberts.

Britney Spears Files for Divorce in L.A. – washingtonpost.com

Judicial Rulling: Spears a Whore

The Daily Mail, reports: A judge ruled that Spears could not complain about a published story about the alleged raunchy tape because she had exploited her sexuality to earn huge amounts of money. Sure, Spears made buckets of money shaking her titties, but those days are clearly over.

Britney Gets No Tabbie Dough / Queerty

Because we all need something cute.

Cute Overload: mmmm, slurpliciousss…

No ID, no vote: Chabot tunred away at polls

The Enquirer – No ID, no vote

WESTWOOD – Congressman Steve Chabot found out just how serious elections officials are about the new voter ID law when he showed up to vote at his polling place in Westwood.

Sadly, he was allowed to vote.

“My wife told me to bring two documents just to be sure,” Chabot said.

Well, Mr. Chabot, women are always right.

Election Coverage

Caring about the issues, today I will be pulling together the most up-to-the-minute information as I can find it. I have two TVs set up in my room to cover both national and local results. I have two computers set up and ready to go if one goes down. I have the radio on and a teapot+hotplate in my bathroom.

I also have a very slight tendency to get distracted

3:49 am – Election Day

3:49 am – Election Day

I can’t sleep

tried, counting ballots jumping over columbus

will i still be able to smoke at my favorite bar and grill or will a pit grill beat beat my habit

will i still be safe in 2 years or will i need amnesty

will i still be free or will i ever be

nikki giovanni told me
blackwell a political whore

tim kettler won’t be sos., will be sol

how many free radicals are there
how many sheep are in wolves’s clothing

what is GOP, looks like GAP, looks like G&P, P&G

monsters

in january, will i make 6.85/hr

in january, will my full time job pay me more than 185/wk

in january, will ohio be a democracy or will she be called what she is

theocracy

waste depository

what will our energy plan look like in 5 years

what will our transportation system look like in 5 years

what will our education look like in 5 years

what 3rd world will our soldiers be in in 5 years

what does 5 years mean if 9 years pass and a bush disciple is in the white house

what will cause the american government to topple

when will our city western come to terms with our declining influence

classified by increasing dependency on Vanity Fair, Town & Country, Vogue

yes, i buy all of these

Mr. Tangerine Speedo!

About once a week I find an app I love. This week, it is Tangerine.

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If you have ever seen your favorite songs in wave forms you’ll notice the upbeat ones have jagged contours while the slower ones are softer and more undulating. This tool creates playlists by analyzing those contours and separating the songs based on whether they are “mellow” or “upbeat”. The same friend who showed me the paging album covers app 6 months before Apple bought it passed this one on. Only a matter of time before it gets into an iTunes release.

- Matt K., business analyst and software production manager.

This nifty application has inspired me to save enough money to buy both a new iPod and one of those handy little Nike thingers that tracks your exercise.

Tangerine is from Potion Factory. Give their products a try, you will love.