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JANUARY 2, 2009 6:31PM

In Memoriam: Helen Suzman

Cuchulain stirred,
Stared on the horses of the sea, and heard
The cars of battle and his own name cried;
And fought with the invulnerable tide.

               - W.B.Yeats   Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea (The Rose 1893)

 

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008 3:43PM

New Hampshire Wrap: Spot on at +10%

 

NH2

ROCHESTER, NH

In the end, it was all blue.

With 94% of the ballots counted (all paper ballots, no hanging chads) the results stand as follows:

Barack Obama: 361,638 votes
John McCain: 295,193 votes

In percentage terms:

Barack Obama: 54.6%
John McCain: 44.6%

The difference is exactly… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008 2:13AM

Election Day: Odds against McCain

Beware the Ides of March.

elecdate

Since WWII, the only two elections held on November 4 have seen the incumbent party lose. Both were on the heels of Presidents with dismal approval ratings: Truman at 22% in 1952, Carter at 29% in 1980. Bush is hovering between 20-29%

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OCTOBER 27, 2008 6:39PM

Dogging it in New Hampshire: The Race Tightens

    This week's update in BLUE.

nhfall

Ah, wish we'd been Too cold now to be hiking in the White Mountains.  The earlier Fall colors (see picture at the end of the piece) have been spectacular these last couple ofthree weekends are more muted now and the… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 23, 2008 9:49PM

Tales from the Crypt: Global Gems from the OS Morgue

Earth

                                                &nbs… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 21, 2008 12:51AM

Dogging it in New Hampshire: Obama Wins by 10% (updated)

NHLiq

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OCTOBER 20, 2008 10:53PM

Dogging it in New Hampshire: Obama Wins by 10%

NHWM

Ah, wish we'd been hiking in the White Mountains. The Fall colors have been spectacular these last couple of weekends and the weather has been heavenly. But we had promises to keep, and miles to go before we got to our rendezvous with Sam, the district coordinator for the… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 6, 2008 8:27PM

Parsing Palin: Sarah's Statistics 37-19-32

going45 mccain37 know34 john32 people28 energy28..... america20 obama19 american19 being19 tax19 government18 state17 want17 taxes17.....jobs9 change9 climate9 surge9 health9 back9 off8 position8 huge8 ......oil8 credit8 record8 israel8 years8 alaska7 respect7.....heck2 darn2 doggone1

Many have attem… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2008 1:07AM

Tales from the Crypt: Hidden Gems from the OS Morgue

O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!--Hamlet (I.v.164)

suganth

 (Photo by Joel Suganth)

 Working the midnight shift in the Open Salon morgue every night might well induce hallucinations.  For me though, toiling away at 2 AM twelve nights in a row -- on momentous strategic maRead full post »