Tonight’s amusement, suitable for this exciting election night, sees Japan’s spectacular J-Marimba Ponies crashing their way through Aram Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance. Holy smokes.
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US Midterm Coverage: PBS Live Stream
The networks have already called it a win for Rand Paul. And so the tea party begins.
You’ll need to sign up to use the chat feed, but it’s a simple process.Why Newshour? Because they invited us. So do your best to get me fired.
To that end, here’s the Fox News interactive map. Or go to Townhall for a simpler state-by-state rundown.
2010: Party Like It’s 1773
Election day blogging from Professor Jacobson;
We have a Live Event going on (right now and through the night) similar to what we did last January for the Scott Brown election. We have hundreds of readers reporting from their districts and states on a live feed, as well as some public Twitter feeds. It’s a great way for people to get not just the big national results but also the results from congressional districts and states as the results roll in in real time, basically an Army of blog readers.
I also recommend you check in at The Corner from time to time.
SDA has teamed up with PBS Newshour this evening. Coverage begins in a few hours.
Who Is This “John Galt”?
And why won’t he deliver his durum?
The [Canadian Wheat Board] is scrambling for high quality durum right now. Partly because of the late fall and partly because of the poor quality crop. […] These struggles are showing up in Vancouver. On a vessel that the CWB shared with Cargill, the CWB loaded 10,800 tonnes of durum and Cargill loaded 14,700 tonnes of canola. Cargill loaded the canola in about two days and the CWB took another 21 days to load the durum….
The Tolerant Left
Progressive blogger Jymn Parrett and the consequences of drinking during pregnancy.
(He got my “vote”. Because mischief is important.)
(Heh. Comment of the thread.)
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
This weekend, as [Sarah] Whitehead begins a six-year jail sentence for the campaign of terror (and she is already complaining to prison officers about being made to wear leather shoes) the full details of her double life can be revealed for the first time.
Whitehead’s capture — along with the jailing of former tailor Greg Avery, another leading activist — has provided an unprecedented insight into the secret world of these fanatics, who for years have evaded arrest by operating in ‘cells’ and undergoing extensive training in how to avoid police surveillance.
‘They studied the structures of the IRA and also held regular training sessions at safe houses, where they were told how to spot undercover officers and ensure they weren’t being followed,’ says Andy Robins, the dog-loving detective who arrested Mumsy and her followers after a five-year undercover operation, codenamed Achilles.
[…]
All the youngsters worked alongside Whitehead in Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), a seemingly respectable pressure group formed in 1999. SHAC volunteers even became a feature of the British High Street, where Whitehead and her fellow volunteers collected funds and tried to recruit new members.
Double check and triple check who your animal welfare donations are going to. Radical animal rights activism has infiltrated humane societies from the local to the international, delivering once respected agencies into the arms of the radical left.
Learn more about the critical distinction between animal welfare and animal “rights” at the National Animal Interest Alliance.
Welcome Back, Khadr
The plot thickens…
Take Me, Obama
It reminds me of the sense of excitement and possibility I felt in November 2008, as if in electing Obama, we Americans were acting as our best, smartest, least racist selves, as if there really was change we could believe in. And, OK, so it’s been a long two years since then, and for a lot of people it’s been an undeniably hard two years. But I’m just not convinced that’s Obama’s fault.
Via Drudge
Don’t be too tough on him her. It’s a lonely time for America’s intellectual minority.
Reader Tips
For any young boy, nothing could ever replace the breathless adrenaline rush of hunting down one of your mates in a wooded area and finishing him off with a well-aimed shot to the torso before he gets to you first. Realistic toy guns are, of course, pretty much outre in this post-hippy age, but there was a glorious time in the not-so-distant past when toy makers knew exactly what boys actually like and were allowed to sell it to them big-time.
Hoo-ah! On the ground, running dog! I will not arrange your flowers!
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For My Dear Friends At Progressive Bloggers
When you’ve lost both Newsweek and Chris Matthews in the same week, is there anything left to live for… really?
“Are you sure you’re at the right rally?”
Ethical Oil
Ezra Levant will be in Regina, November 29, 2010 for a FCPP sponsored noon luncheon. Details at the link.
The Children Are Our Future
Heh.
One More Sleep!
Gallup’s historical model suggests that a party needs at least a two-point advantage in the national House vote to win a majority of the 435 seats. The Republicans’ current likely voter margin suggests that this scenario is highly probable, making the question of interest this election not whether the GOP will win the majority, but by how much. Taking Gallup’s final survey’s margin of error into account, the historical model predicts that the Republicans could gain anywhere from 60 seats on up, with gains well beyond that possible.
It should be noted, however, that this year’s 15-point gap in favor of the Republican candidates among likely voters is unprecedented in Gallup polling and could result in the largest Republican margin in House voting in several generations. This means that seat projections have moved into uncharted territory, in which past relationships between the national two-party vote and the number of seats won may not be maintained.
QOTW
“[Barack Obama’s] made some progress, but the dude’s got to dig out of a big hole.”*
(Oh man, these days “dude” just can’t catch a break…. )
I Miss W.
Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Ohio, Oct.31, 2010;
President Obama wrapped up a weekend of last-minute campaigning in Ohio on Sunday, addressing Democrats in an indoor arena that, in a sign of the “enthusiasm gap” that the president is working so hard to close, was little more than half full. About 8,000 people attended the Democratic National Committee’s Moving America Forward’ rally at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center, a hall where the capacity is 13,000. The rafters were largely empty.
Reader Tips
Tonight we’ve got a couple of Tom Waits songs suitable for Halloween. First, the scary little number God’s Away On Business (“digging up the dead with a shovel and a pick / it’s a job, it’s a job”). And if you run out of candy for the trick-or-treaters, simply hide a couple of speakers behind your pumpkins and crank up The Black Rider – that oughta keep the porch clear.
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“As for capitalism with Bear characteristics, does anyone ever buy anything made in Russia other than…”
Going back a ways:
I’ll bet you didn’t know…
…the AK-47’s German background……
MP 43 assault rifle, the first production variant of the Sturmgewehr, left side……And, as commenter sdc notes, of course there’s more to it regarding the Kalashnikov.
Mark
The World Is Being Run By Crazy People
This your brain, in the nanny state.
CBC North*
The voices are believed to be those of the news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussing creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller.
Tape and transcript at the link. Via Dan Reihl
(*Updated post title courtesy Altaguy)