Offending Native People with Enthusiasm?

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Tuesday November 27, 2012 · 2:19 PM PST

2012/11/27 · 14:19

November is Native American Heritage Month. Our Cub Scout pack wanted the boys to have a sense of authentic native culture but did we go too far? Navigate through Spider Grandmother's orange string game to find out...

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Sunday November 04, 2012 · 1:58 AM PST

2012/11/04 · 01:58

Probability of Obama re-election: Random Drift 98.0%, Bayesian Prediction 99.8%

The 95% Confidence interval is well above the line (around 290)

Obama is predicted to get CO, NV, IA, OH, WI, MI, NH, VA, FL with NC as a toss-up

This thing is in the bag...but please carry that bag all the way home and put the groceries in the pantry and put the orange crescent rolls in the fridge.

UPDATED PEC: O 299 EV, R 239 EV, O+1.78% PV

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Friday October 26, 2012 · 4:03 AM PDT

2012/10/26 · 04:03

According to the Princeton Election Consortium, the race has been above Obama +1.0% PV and O278 EV for the entire 2012 general election season.

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Tuesday October 02, 2012 · 7:39 AM PDT

2012/10/02 · 07:39

Why did you even look when there are six others restating what is on the front page? See mines different because I used the states 2 letter abbreviation. Dirft on down below the orange cloud for more insight to rain down upon you...

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Saturday September 22, 2012 · 5:06 PM PDT

2012/09/22 · 17:06

Well this doesn't really seem like a campaign issue or commentary, but I am wondering what the community here thinks about the future prospects. I'll give you the historic contours and even my ambivalent (in the truest sense of the word) feelings and then, I'm hoping, you can all have at it and even me, if need be. I've got a pretty thick skin and I'm really trying to process my own feelings on this, so the viewpoints of others would come in handy, right about now. If you remain curious, the promised details are below the orange spirograph...

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Monday February 14, 2011 · 8:00 AM PST

2011/02/14 · 08:00

One of the great things about living in DC Metro is easy access to the free quality museums that line the National Mall. It's also a great resource for house bound parents experiencing a little cabin fever, especially in these winter months, for getting out with small children. I have had many such excursions with my spouse and children, but none of them included a security guard saying the baby should be breastfed on the toilet...

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How would you characterize this Nurse In?

65 votes Vote Now!

How would you characterize this Nurse In?

Righteous Protest

11 votes

Civil Disobedience

0 votes

Legal Right

11 votes

Flash Mob

2 votes

Performance Art

3 votes

Teachable Moment

31 votes

Hippie Love Fest

0 votes

Biological Necessity

4 votes

Kerfuffle

2 votes

Bee in a Bonnet

1 vote

See Comment below

0 votes

Obama's Business friendly appointees

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Monday January 24, 2011 · 6:51 AM PST

2011/01/24 · 06:51

Paul Krugman, and many dkos diarists and commenters, rightfully caution against the downside interpretation of the President's upcoming advocacy for "competitiveness" as potentially opening the door to all manner of backsliding on hard won guarantees to American workers rely upon. In this diary I offer another, possibly contrarian, rumination upon the President's recent busines friendly appointees.

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POTUS Obama is...

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POTUS Obama is...

Progressive

4 votes

Centrist

13 votes

part progressive and part centrist

4 votes

neither progressive nor centrist

6 votes

described in my comment below

0 votes

Audacity and Hope are not enough...

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Friday December 17, 2010 · 6:16 AM PST

2010/12/17 · 06:16

I think you should reread the early chapters of "Audacity of Hope" where it appears Obama's main opponent is gridlock and his main aims are progressive.

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Wednesday December 08, 2010 · 10:59 AM PST

2010/12/08 · 10:59

Political election campaigns are full of rhetorical abstract words that invite the listener to fill in their own meaning. Inevidably this process leads to disillusionment as people realize there is a difference in definition.

This may be what is happening with "Change" which many thought meant from conservatarian to progressive. However, for Obama it my very well mean from idealism to pragmatism, from gridlock to compromise and/or from extremism to dialectic.

Note: I am republishing as a diary a comment I made in another member's diary.

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What is the nature of Obama's change?

28 votes Vote Now!

What is the nature of Obama's change?

from conservative to progressive

1 vote

from Idealism to pragmatism

6 votes

from gridlock to compromise

5 votes

from extremist to dialectic

1 vote

from bad to worse

11 votes

something snarky I'll post in the comments

4 votes

November 3, 2012: Obama Re-elected!!!

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Wednesday November 10, 2010 · 10:56 AM PST

2010/11/10 · 10:56

"Nothing that a candidate has said or done during a campaign, when the public discounts everything as political, has changed his prospects at the polls. Debates, advertising, television appearances, news coverage, and campaign strategies—the usual grist for the punditry mills—count for virtually nothing on Election Day," -Allan Lichtman

That's a recent quote from Allan Lichtman, American University Professor and co-creator (with Keilis-Bork) of an algorithm (and book author) that has correctly predicted the outcome of recent Presidential elections. He is now, 28 months out, predicting with near certainty a victory for President Obama's 2012 election bid.

Unsurprisingly, I am not as sanguine but remain cautiously confident, follow me below the fold to see why...

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Which key is most likely to change before election day 2012?

29 votes Vote Now!

Which key is most likely to change before election day 2012?

KEY 1 (Party Mandate):

1 vote

KEY 2 (Contest):

0 votes

KEY 3 (Incumbency):

1 vote

KEY 4 (Third party)

1 vote

KEY 5 (Short-term economy)

8 votes

KEY 6 (Long-term economy)

3 votes

KEY 7 (Policy change)

3 votes

KEY 8 (Social unrest)

3 votes

KEY 9 (Scandal)

1 vote

KEY 10 (Foreign/military failure)

1 vote

KEY 11 (Foreign/military success)

2 votes

KEY 12 (Incumbent charisma)

1 vote

KEY 13 (Challenger charisma)

4 votes

Screw secrecy, here's who I'm voting for...

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Thursday October 28, 2010 · 6:37 PM PDT

2010/10/28 · 18:37

I'm not sure if this will be much of a diary, but here are my choices for the Montgomery County Maryland General Election of 2010 with state and county questions for those make it to the bottom of the list. If you disagree with my choices, come on in and give me an earful...

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Which will be the easiest vote to cast?

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Which will be the easiest vote to cast?

O'Malley

17 votes

Mikulski

11 votes

Van Hollen

16 votes

Griffin

0 votes

State Question 1

3 votes

County Question A

3 votes

2010 Election, Maryland, MC Register of Wills

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Saturday October 09, 2010 · 9:46 AM PDT

2010/10/09 · 09:46

In Maryland the Register of Will is an elected office with candidates declaring political affiliation. There are around 18 such Registers, one for each county I think. The current Montgomery County Register of Wills has been the incumbent since he first ran to replace his mentor in the 1990's. Despite the fact that this office provides an important public service there is seldom much coverage of the issues or performance.

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Which of the four topics is the most important?

13 votes Vote Now!

Which of the four topics is the most important?

Fiscal Responsibility

2 votes

Probate Mediation

1 vote

Technological Improvements

0 votes

Sensitivity Training

0 votes

All of them and shame on Mr. Koutsoutis for being an absentee candidate

10 votes

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Offending Native People with Enthusiasm?

Sam Wang: O 323 (+2.98%) R 215

UPDATED PEC: O 299 EV, R 239 EV, O+1.78% PV

BREAKING: PA voter ID law!!!

UPDATED Affordable Housing coming to my neighborhood

Nurse In at the Hirshhorn

Obama's Business friendly appointees

Audacity and Hope are not enough...

What is change?

November 3, 2012: Obama Re-elected!!!

Screw secrecy, here's who I'm voting for...

2010 Election, Maryland, MC Register of Wills