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Enthusiasm To Vote Is High - Which Issues Will Dominate?

The charts above are from The Washington Post / ABC News Poll -- done between September 18th and 21st of a nationwide sample of 1,006 adults (including 908... Read more

The 12 October 2022 by Jobsanger
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Are We Closer To A Nuclear War Than Any Time Since 1962?

Is President Biden right? Are Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons putting the world at more risk of a nuclear armageddon than at any time since the Cuban... Read more

The 12 October 2022 by Jobsanger
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Stinging Days

It doesn’t take much to encourage wasps. Even after a few unseasonably cold weeks in autumn, one warm day will bring them back, poking along the siding looking... Read more

The 12 October 2022 by Steveawiggins
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Two New Polls Show Warnock Beating Walker In Georgia

This chart is from the Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between October 7th and 10th of 1,157 likely Georgia voters, with a 2.9 point margin of error. Read more

The 13 October 2022 by Jobsanger
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Texas Has The Worst Attorney General In The Country

I'm sure there are some other bad attorney generals in some states, but none can match Ken Paxton of Texas in both idiocy and criminality. Read more

The 13 October 2022 by Jobsanger
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Former Education

Like most people I don’t have time to sit around thinking much about college. Once in a while you’re forced into it, however. This time it was by an NPR... Read more

The 13 October 2022 by Steveawiggins
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Most People Approve Of Biden's Marijuana Pardons

These charts are from the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 8th and 11th of a nationwide sample of 1,500 adults, with about a 3 point margin of... Read more

The 14 October 2022 by Jobsanger
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Republicans Are Planning Cuts To Social Security/Medicare

The cost-of-living-adjustment for Social Security recipients will be 8.7% starting in January. That's the biggest raise seniors have gotten in about four decade... Read more

The 14 October 2022 by Jobsanger
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Bad Parents and Politics

Bad parent memoirs are a big literary genre. Recently I read a very different kind of book, about guided psychedelic experiences. Many who undergo them have... Read more

The 14 October 2022 by Fsrcoin
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Flavor of Childhood

Giant, telepathic crabs whose molecular structure make them impervious to bullets, explosives, and fire, and that know how to use dynamite and who plan to take... Read more

The 14 October 2022 by Steveawiggins
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