CBSNews conducted a poll of registered voters and found that only 13% of them believed that human beings evolved without the guidance of God. Another 27% believe that evolution occured, but with God's guidance. Appalling, really.

Then again, I saw a "nutrition expert" on the local news tonight being interviewed for her holiday eating tips say that "most adults gain 5-7 pounds during the holidays and never take it off." Which, of course, couldn't possibly be true unless all those 500 lb fifty year-olds are in hiding.

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  I think the best way to come to grips with the election result is to make yourself believe that even perfectly random policy decisions would have a %10 chance of outperforming the most well reasoned policies, due to the freakish vicissitudes of the world, thus, being charitable, even a poorly reasoned policy has about a %30 of working out for the best. Which is better odds than you get on an inside straight draw -- we've almost got a two-way draw, if I'm right. And I'm not sure we would have had top pair if we went with Kerry anyway.



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  Neato maps.  ¶ 12:50 PM 0 comments

  One out of two ain't bad.

The W. stands for "Teflon." Not surprising that "moral values" (which I interpret simply as "values") should be important -- though it would be nice to have comparisons of its to previous elections -- since character is (perhaps rightly) what voters most strongly respond to. What is surprising is that the two issues that I assume can trump this speaking historically, mishandling of a war or of the economy, failed to do so. Which just adds another chapter to the inexplicably charmed life of our President.  ¶ 9:58 AM 0 comments

  For the record I predict:

1. Kerry will win.
2. The election will not drag out.  ¶ 1:48 PM 0 comments