That’s us, ole too-close-to-call Missouri. And the NY Times had a great title for an op-ed piece: Missouri Compromised? I can tell you, Missourians are not happy losing official Bellwether status. It’s all Nader’s fault.
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And now the SVG version
I borrowed Jeff Schiller’s SVG election map, and added the appropriate “rep” class to Montana, and “dem” class to North Carolina, to preserve Missouri’s pristine undecided-to-the end status. Sure is simple to modify an SVG map. Stuart Langridge’s purple map using the same basic map from Wikipedia, but shading the states based on the closeness of the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Two stories of interest this week. The first story is about the FCC’s decision to open the so called “white space” spectrum, to allow for new wireless services. This is good news for those hoping for more competition in the broadband market, and has been long anticipated by companies such […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The St. Louis Zoo is a favorite place of mine, but the web site for the Zoo doesn’t provide all the back stories to the animals. Or at least, not as many as I would like. Happily, I spotted a story on the Amur Tiger cubs’ father, Khuntami by Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, […]
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Now, to work
I was expecting that Jay Nixon would be declared governor as soon as the polls closed yesterday, but I wasn’t expecting how quickly the Presidential race would be decided. I chose to watch movies, rather than fret over the state counts. I knew Obama won, though, as soon as I heard the fireworks outside. Was […]