Monthly Archives: October 2008

Forecasting

October 31, 2008 – 2:17 pm

I’ve heard a number of right-leaning commentators talk about the various paths to victory McCain might have, usually including Florida or Ohio, plus perhaps Missouri, North Carolina and others. Here’s the interesting thing. If you check out this map based on recent polling you find that Obama has 264 electoral votes pretty much tied up. [...]

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Tim Minchin

October 25, 2008 – 3:45 pm

Brilliant. Check the related ‘Inflatable You’ vid as well. Perhaps not at work on that one, though. (Update: the most common one has been yanked, but he has several versions out there, try this one).

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Fewer Toys

October 17, 2008 – 12:33 pm

The BBC reports that the toy manufacturing market in China is facing major difficulties: The Chinese news agency Xinhua said 52.7% of the country’s 3,631 companies making toys for export went out of business in the first seven months of the year.

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Uncle Tom

October 16, 2008 – 4:30 pm

My uncle passed away last night, after a year or so fighting against brain cancer. In the end it was all rather quick; for many months it had been possible to forget that he was terminally ill, and certainly he lived with an optimism that defied his prognosis. In recent months he declined quite quickly, [...]

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One Word Response

October 9, 2008 – 6:51 pm

From the BBC: Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he is “angry” about irresponsible behaviour by bankers and has warned that “the days of big bonuses are over”. Wrong!

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