San Mateo county is expecting 82% turnout, half of which (thus 41% total) is vote by mail.
As for the results, VA is still too close to call. My bet is that it’s the bellweather this year.
A few more hours to go.
If you haven’t voted yet, and are registered, go vote.
I don’t care who you vote for — good turnout and healthy democracy is more important than any partisan victory.
Israelis for Obama
Interesting. Via Flyertalk.
More Tokyo pics
From today’s trip to Akihabara and Shibuya, added to the same album as before… yesterday’s trip to the Mikasa will be in its own album but will have to wait, maybe later tonight more likely when I get back to the US unless the internet connections in Thailand have gotten better than I remember them.
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Also trying to upload a video of the Shibuya crossing, but no luck so far – the Youtube upload link keeps timing out.
What a change from the old days!
The following statement can be found here
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
136 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065STATEMENT
20 October 2008
ON FUNDRAISING LETTER FROM JOHN MCCAIN ELECTION CAMPAIGN
We have received a letter from Senator John McCain requesting financial contribution to his Presidential campaign.
In this connection we would like to reiterate that Russian officials, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations or the Russian Government do not finance political activity in foreign countries.
via Flyertalk, although you may need to be signed in there to see it.
Travel Photos, Tokyo day 1
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Or view the full album; this was the “Cityrama Morning Tour” with shots from the Meiji Shrine, Imperial Gardens West, and the Asakusa Kannon Temple plus a few of my room and a few of the area nearby in Shibuya.
Nothing edited yet; Picasa is pretty cool for posting RAW shots to the web quickly.
Off to see the Memorial Ship Mikasa tomorrow, and will probably have photos of that for you tomorrow night. Not sure what else I’ll be up to in my remaining pair of days her, but for now jetlag is about to overwhelm me.
That’s non-canon!
Solving Problems by Declaring Parts of Your Life to Be Non-Canon
Must read comic strip, via Jim at work.
Krugman on the candidates’ health care policies.
Krugman on McCain’s healthcare plan vs. Obama’s:
Health Care Destruction
Skipping to the punchline:
I agree: the McCain plan would do for health care what deregulation has done for banking. And I’m terrified.
Jumping back:
Barack Obama offers incremental reform: regulation of insurers to prevent discrimination against the less healthy, subsidies to help lower-income families buy insurance, and public insurance plans that compete with the private sector. His plan falls short of universal coverage, but it would sharply reduce the number of uninsured.
Better than nothing.
via Atrios.
Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart
via Flyertalk OMNI
Hitchin’ a ride.
Crab videotaped riding giant jellyfish
Exactly what it says. Requires a video player plugin, not sure which but one I had in any event. Animals are weird…
It’s a good day for random weird stuff:
Missing in Mexico: Truck with 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a giant inflatable prophylactic
MEXICO CITY (AP) _ Missing in Mexico: One truck carrying 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests and a 23-foot (7 meter) inflatable prophylactic.
The coordinator of an HIV/AIDS awareness tour, Polo Gomez, said Wednesday that the “Condomovil” was parked in front of a friend’s house in Mexico City when it disappeared Sunday evening. He believes the truck was stolen, but he doesn’t know why. Police are still investigating.
The truck should be easy to spot. It features painted images of a peeled banana, the exposed part shaped like a condom, and a shirtless man saying: “I protect myself. Do you?”
“A little off the top,” it wasn’t.
Something doesn’t smell right if this took from last Oct to today for the lawsuit to be filed, but…
(via Flyertalk)
Doctor accused of amputating man’s genitals against wishes
A lawsuit accuses a Frankfort doctor of amputating a man’s penis without his consent, according to a newspaper.
Slim Jim in Marmite?
A coworker just asked for one of my Slim Jims (mmmm, junk food) so he could try it dipped in Marmite. I’m fine sharing them, so he took it, and tried it.
Response: “I think I just corned my own tongue.”
Not a combination I’ll be trying.