Things I Did Not Know

From the World Baseball Classic an interesting twist to keep things moving in the extra inning games.

Extra Innings: After 12 innings, each half inning will start with runners on first and second. - these runners will be the 8th and 9th hitters due up in that inning.

Kind of interesting. They do have pitch limits at each stages of the tournament, and mercy rule(s) as well.

Republicanistical Party

Chris Matthews lets Barney Frank top off Congressman Issa's silliness.

Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church give Baptists a Bad Name

This story on the response to Fred Phelps and the members of his questionably sane churn in Kansas City is quite inspirational, and gives hope that a new generation will reach to higher, more active level in defense tolerance.

President Obama Asks Us to Get Started...

President Obama

'Nuf Said.

Climate Change Deniers' Bad News Holiday Release

No problem here. Move along:

"In one of the report's most worrisome findings, the agency estimates that in light of recent ice sheet melting, global sea level rise could be as much as four feet by 2100. The IPCC had projected a sea level rise of no more than 1.5 feet by that time, but satellite data over the past two years show the world's major ice sheets are melting much more rapidly than previously thought. The Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are now losing an average of 48 cubic miles of ice a year, equivalent to twice the amount of ice that exists in the Alps."

One Minute Blog for 11-26-08

We are living through the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. There, I said it. Having written it, now I have to let it sink in. It'll even be wierder when I see it posted.

Cool Stuff

Burrowing

I thought the only burrowing I'd hear about in the eight years of this hellish administration is Barney at the ranch in Crawford. This is more mailicious than stealing all the "W's" from the White House computer keyboards.

I Get Email (The Happy Kind)

Friends,

Thank you for all that you did to make Tuesday November 4th possible.

The hard work and dedication that you put into this campaign enabled us to bring about the change that we need in Washington.

Now that the election is over, it is time to turn our attention to the real work that is at hand.

I look forward to working to ensure that the residents of Cincinnati, and the State of Ohio, have the representation that they deserve in the 111th Congress.

Please do not hesitate to contact my office with any questions or concerns.

I look forward to serving you in the United States House of Representatives.

Thank you again for your support.

Steve Driehaus
Congressman-Elect, OH-1

Yes We Did

Indiana Looking Blue

CNN Really focusing on Indiana showing the 2004 vs. 2008. Closing the gap in key counties.

Fred Barnes: Chief WATB

Barnes Key Boogie Man: Early Voting. So Much Happens. They miss SO Much! October Surprise - - what if that happens!

Wassup 2008

They Really Suck

They really do.

Attack Themes and Trending in the Blogosphere

This chart at left shows the frequency of the mentions of "Socialist + Obama", "Reverend Wright", and "Williams Ayers" or "Bill Ayers" in blogposts over the past 2 months. You can tell when the memo stressing the key talking points went out on pasting Obama with the Bill Ayers attack in the blogosphere.

Noticeably, the commentary on Reverend Wright showed a modest spike at the beginning of the month of October, but my guess is that since that was not a successful line of attack with Hillary, the McCain camp as laid off that commentary as well.

And finally, it would appear that the "Obama as Socialist" commentary is not hitting the desired strided either.

Are these Available at McCain HQ?

Debate Watching Party in Greenhills

It's close to the neighborhood and the beer will be cold, from what I've been told.

Colonel Potter would say "Horse Hockey!"

John McCain swears during debate.

Sarah Palin: Bible Spice

I believe the interview with Katie Couric was intended by her handlers to be a relatively low impact/ high reward opportunity for Palin to burnish her credentials with softball questions from an interviewer not known for hard hitting tete-a-tete. But I guess the bar was too high. Palin has seen fit to embarrass herself even more, with answers to questions that can, at best be described as incoherent, and at worst, frighteningly incoherent.

Update: SNL spoofed the Couric/Palin interview. This is getting too painful to watch.