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Sunday March 08, 2009 · 1:07 PM PDT

2009/03/08 · 13:07

About a week ago, I saw a post here announcing a fantasy baseball league. It struck me as a great idea- but I lost the info and never got to it. I like you folks and I like Fantasy Baseball - what could be better than blending the two? So, in the spirit of leftist organization, I've formed another league.

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Wednesday February 25, 2009 · 12:12 PM PST

2009/02/25 · 12:12

Before I launch , I need to admit a few things: I'm from Pennsylvania and fairly middle-class. The story I'm about to relate leaves me wide-open to charges that "I can't understand." I admit that, but it doesn't make me any less furious. I'm discussing one specific story here , which makes it statistically useless. GrannyDoc, if you are out there , there is not one cite to be found here. Follow me below the fold.

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Monday February 09, 2009 · 2:26 PM PST

2009/02/09 · 14:26

Theatres are dying in this country . Big, small, experimental, traditional , it doesn't matter. Everybody is feeling the pinch. Theatres are closing . Cast sizes are being cut . Ticket prices are being raised . Runs of shows are shortening . It's really,really, really bad . Funding cycles usually last 5-7 years. This is often driven by the multistage grant process, in which money is parceled out over a number of years. Seven years ago was 2001. After September 11th, a lot of individual donors decided (and I can't blame them) that they had more important funding priorities. Now, I happen to think that theatre is the soul of any society and that how we treat the theatre, and art in general, tells us a lot about the health of the country.

scrdchao

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Thursday January 29, 2009 · 9:01 AM PST

2009/01/29 · 09:01

This is a chance to create an outline for a progressive's wet dream. Really. Not that any of it will pass, but to use as bargaining chips. Follow the evil plan below. Follow the evil plan over the fold.

scrdchao

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Tuesday December 30, 2008 · 11:02 PM PST

2008/12/30 · 23:02

Yes , this is a desperate appeal for funds . I have no personal connection to the Magic Theatre, but they are important to me because of who they are and what they do.

scrdchao

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Saturday November 22, 2008 · 11:13 AM PST

2008/11/22 · 11:13

I'm not any sort of ician, (mathema, sabermetr, psycho) but I've been watching the recount numbers come in on the Star Tribune website and looking at the analysis on fivethirtyeight, and it seems to come down to three counties -- Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey. Why, you ask? Follow me over the fold.

scrdchao

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 9:35 AM PST

2008/11/04 · 09:35

Folks , I'm going to dispense with the niceties.

scrdchao

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 3:35 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 15:35

This is not intended to say we can relax on GOTV , or that voter suppression is not a truly disgusting and Un-American problem which must be stopped . All I'm doing here is playing with the numbers. Floowme over the jump.

Poll

78 votes Show Results

How many EV's will Obama win

78 votes Vote Now!

How many EV's will Obama win

270

3 votes

273

6 votes

306

17 votes

338

28 votes

375

16 votes

406

8 votes

Farmer Vote?

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Monday September 15, 2008 · 9:42 AM PDT

2008/09/15 · 09:42

This story is based on a n of 1, so I'm not sure how valid it is, but I feel compelled to share it with the larger dkos community .

scrdchao

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Thursday May 15, 2008 · 1:06 PM PDT

2008/05/15 · 13:06

OK folks , this is a pretty quick and dirty massaging of the numbers.

Since Thursday isn't over , I'm starting with Obama's count of 1880 and accepting the Clinton number of 2210 (with the MS-1 win) as the final metric.

I'm also giving Clinton higher margins in her wins then I think will occur.
This is not about the popular vote - simply delegate totals.

I'm imagining that the supers in the upcoming contests wil follow the % victory exactly, and not factoring in population density, delegate districts , or urban vs,rural voting patterns - simply extrapolating from the percentages . Since Obama does better in urban districts with more delegates, this , combined with the high percentages I'm awarding Clinton probably underestimates Obama's actual strength . I'm aiming to see how close Obama could come to clinch (including FL and MI) under a less than rosy scenario.

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130 votes Show Results

Will Obama reach 2210 by 4 June?

130 votes Vote Now!

Will Obama reach 2210 by 4 June?

Yes, the supers will decide en masse and end it after Obama gains the majority of pledged delegates.

51 votes

Yes, but the Clinton camp will think up another metric.

49 votes

No, but Hillary will concede by the middle of June.

17 votes

See you in Denver!

6 votes

Pie

7 votes

Obama's Veepstakes

scrdchao

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 1:15 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 13:15

Hi. I'm a fairly recent reader (for about 3 months now) and this is my first diary , so be kind. I'm very political, and would identify myself as a communitarian pacifist anarchist if forced to stamp a label on myself. Party politics has not interested me for a long time, as I have a basic problem with the idea of representative democracy. This is thew first campaign that I have worked on since Jesse Jackson's run for the Presidency in 1988. I truly believe Obama is different , and his focus on communitarianism draws me even more than his policy positions. Much like Michelle Obama, this is the first time I can say I'm proud to be an American. Much like Barack, I think education is important . My own experience has taught me that while going to college and graduate school is important, it is equally important where one goes to school. In some ways I could be labeled as an elitist , and I don't have a problem with that label. Excelsior!

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23 votes Show Results

Who Would Be Your Choice As Obama's Running Mate?

23 votes Vote Now!

Who Would Be Your Choice As Obama's Running Mate?

Amy Klobuchar

1 vote

Sherrod Brown

1 vote

Jack Reed

1 vote

Janet Napolitano

1 vote

Tin Kaine

0 votes

Claire McCaskill

1 vote

Martin O'Malley

0 votes

Brian Schweitzer

2 votes

Jon Tester

1 vote

Kathleen Sebelius

3 votes

Chuck Hagel

4 votes

Jim Doyle

0 votes

Jim Webb

4 votes

Wesley Clark

4 votes

Pie

0 votes

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Fantasy Baseball League Starting

Furious and looking for an Indian Health Policy Person

The arts need stimulation, too.

Pack the Stimulus Bill

Urgent Help Needed: Magic Theatre in San Francisco in Dire Financial Straits

An outsider's look at the Minnesota recount

Urgent: Philadelphia machines

Just take a breath

Farmer Vote?

2210* by June 4?

Obama's Veepstakes