This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 4, 2008). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Sometime between November 3rd and November 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- The New Yorker: Mr. Ayers’s Neighborhood: “It’s all guilt by association,” Ayers said. “They made me into a cartoon character—they threw me up onstage just to pummel me. I felt from the beginning that the Obama campaign had to run the Obama campaign and I have to run my life.” Ayers said that once his name became part of the campaign maelstrom he never had any contact with the Obama circle. “That’s not my world,” he said.
- Is Obama President yet?: Single-serving website. Check back tomorrow…hopefully it will have changed.
- Suspect in Craigslist innertube robbery arrested: Police have been looking for a suspect since Sept. 30, when a robber wearing construction-type attire used pepper spray on a Brinks armored car driver and stole a bag of cash during a delivery at a Bank of America branch. He fled, possibly on an inner tube down a nearby creek. The suspect wore a blue, long-sleeved shirt with a yellow safety vest, safety glasses and a mask. What initially confused police was a group of people at the scene also dressed in the same attire. The others had responded to an online classified ad posted three days before the robbery that offered paid landscaping work and specified exactly how the workers should dress.
- 1.7M in state have already voted; 83 percent statewide turnout expected: More than half of the state's expected voters had returned their ballots to elections officials by Monday, a day before Election Day. A county-by-county assessment by The Associated Press found that more than 1.7 million ballots had been returned. Secretary of State Sam Reed predicts 83 percent turnout statewide — about 3 million people — so about 56 percent of the expected voters have sent back their ballots.
- MGK Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits: Finally back online: MGK's hilarious photoshopped and retitled fantasy and sci-fi novels. Don't miss part two and part three as well.