Reporting on Politics: Deciphering Press Conferences

One of the most difficult things that the ordinary citizen has to do when formulating a political opinion is deciphering between truth and lies… between those two words is a whole range of meaning from “spin” to “exagerration” to “implication”. This applies to any and all government/countries/public/media. As long as you have a press that …

Blue Canada

Check out this incredible, county by county, image from USA Today Now how about this “alternative” Maybe this election wasn’t so bad afterall! Update: Hey wait! I just noticed that “My Island” is now under Russian control! Oh well, I’ve always wanted to go to Siberia.. I guess this means Siberia would come to me!

T Minus 7 Days and counting

There is one week to go before the US election. No matter what poll you use the race is a statistical dead heat. Electoral Vote.com is now showing Bush as leading in enough states that he would win the election… however he points out some interesting irregularities in polling. Six new polls in Florida show …