| Mickey Kaus
If the female vote in the two polls was similar, but the male vote for Hillary plummeted in the robo-poll, that would tend to support the "Don't Tell Mama" explanation. ... Backup DTM theory: Of course (if it turns out the gender gap in the two polls is roughly comparable) it could be that many men and many women don't like Hillary but are reluctant to say so in public. ... Bonus extra heavy duty nondisprovable gender-related DTM theory: Men and women don't like Hillary, and neither group wants to admit that to a human. The difference is that women, unlike men, don't dare admit it even to a robot. ... Backfill: See Chris Bowers' alternate explanation for Hillary's consistently weak Rasmussen showing. ... **Corrected. Originally said "Gallup Poll." CNN and Gallup are no longer an item.
NGoudjo hopes to cast ring spell on Magic Man
Defending world champion Paulie (Magic Man) Malignaggi might accomplish a lot of things in tonight's world-title bout against Hermann NGoudjo in Atlantic City. He might win a decision. He might even dominate the fight. Perhaps, if he can accumulate enough of his pitty-pat punches, he might score a technical knockout. One thing he will not be able to do, however: He will never wipe the smile off NGoudjo's face. The Cameroon-born, Montreal-based boxer smiled all the way through his bout with Jose Luis Castillo, who hits a lot harder than Malignaggi. He smiled through his fight with Randall Bailey outdoors at the Jarry Tennis Centre, despite heavy rain, hail, lightning and a couple of occasions when he was lucky to survive the round. .
Feds, Manufacturers Do Little To Protect Consumers
Debuty recalls, "Never. They never went off." She adds, "It was the wrong kind of smoke detector." Studies show ionization detectors have trouble detecting smoke and may not sound in time, if at all. Harriette Wilson says, "If they know that these thinks don't work, how can they put them on the shelf and sell them everyday?" But we found smoke detector manufacturers have received literally hundreds of customer complaints about ionization detectors dating back nearly 20 years. Joan Claybrook, the head of the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen, says, "Nobody is protecting consumers today when it comes to smoke detectors. People are dying all the time because these smoke detectors are inadequate." Claybrook is outraged that manufacturers refuse to publicly acknowledge the problem with ionization detectors and, more importantly, do anything about it.
No rest for road sweepers in Nanjing
The heavy snow that has blanketed much of the country in the past three days has become a real headache for sanitation workers in this southern city.
You can see them, clad in orange outfits, with brooms and spades in hand, on every main street, sweeping the snow even as it continues to fall.
"We're working much longer hours these days because of the nonstop snow," 50-year-old Xu Chunzhen, a sanitation worker in Xuanwu district, said.
The snow started early on Saturday morning and has not let up.
Xu and her team of four workers start their day at 4 am and do not finish until 6 pm. It is their duty to keep a 1-km-long street that runs from Xinjiekou to Daxinggong, the city's downtown, free of snow.
"We can't really stop sweeping or the snow will pile up, and it is very dangerous for people to walk and ride bicycles on the snow," Xu said.
Chris Matthews: Defeat Means Troops Still in Iraq--What About WWII?
Did you know that the US is still at war with Korea, Germany, Japan, Bosnia and Kosovo? Based on “Hardball" host Chris Matthews' recent claims, we are still at war with those countries and will be until our troops leave their soil. (h/t Weasel Zippers) On his November 28 show (transcript here), MSNBC's Matthews discussed Iraq with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, wondering when “will we be able to come home." In the process, the former Carter speechwriter said, “If we can't ever come home, we can't ever say we won." Silly me, I thought WWII, the Korean War, the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War were over. I guess the US troops still stationed in those countries prove otherwise (bold mine throughout): .
Estacada schools announce more closures amid wintry weather
That means becoming knowledgeable about it and making preparations to be able to use it, whether it's having housing available or making contacts and getting themselves ready organizationally to handle that sort of system." Bottom line, many farmers feel they have no choice, he said. Continue reading "Washington officials to teach farmers about federal guest worker program" » .
Regional Briefs
The pulse polio campaign in Bathinda, which was to be held on November 25, has now been postponed till December 2. The decision was taken by the health and family welfare department of the Punjab government. Interview: Aryans Business School, Chandigarh, is organising an interview to offer scholarships to students for MBA and PGDM courses at Hotel Sun City on Wednesday. Speaking to the media persons here on Tuesday, the school chairman, Anshu Kataria said the group has recently launched the MT Katuria scholarship to help bright students. Golden jubilee: All India State Bank of Patiala (SBOP) Employees Federation is organising its golden jubilee conference at Patiala on November 24 and 25. Apart from holding social identification programmes such as blood donation camps, the federation would also distribute school uniforms to the students.
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