The prelude for Bach’s cello suite #1 is the greatest piece of music ever written by man. Prove me wrong. ***Update*** As much as I love Rostropovich, he plays this one like he is in a hurry. Yo Yo Ma did it better; just ignore the annoying political ad tacked on at the end.
Connect The Dot
An American airstrike recently hit another wedding party in Afghanistan with dozens of casualties. The U.S. military said today it was investigating a report that an American airstrike hit a wedding party, killing dozens of civilians and prompting new pleas from President Hamid Karzai that foreign forces try harder to avoid hurting and killing noncombatants. …
Quick Senate Update
Jeff Merkley took the lead in the official count in Oregon. ***Update*** Find the latest count here.
We Get Fan Mail
Here: Hey John, Now that a democrat has been elected to your satisfaction, can you perhaps start steering your blog back to how it used to be, meaning meaningful discussion vs. crap about Sarah Palin’s shopping spree and referring to all conservatives that voted against Obama “racists”? I’m sure you get tired of those who …
How Good Was 538?
Again, for those of you who have never worked with stats, I am not sure you can appreciate how good Nate Silver and company were at predicting the outcome of the election. They were this good: Our model projects that Obama will win all states won by John Kerry in 2004, in addition to Iowa, …
The Dream Still Lives
At least my own personal dream. Erick at Red State: I have just heard from Eric Cantor’s office that Eric will announce at 12:30 p.m. his intention to run for House Republican Whip. Cantor, elected in 2000, won his Richmond-area Congressional seat last night with 64% of the vote and received the highest total vote …
She’s All Class
Like Tom Levenson I sincerely hope that the hard right fringe wins the battle to make Sarah Palin the charismatic face of conservatism in America. Unfortunately as with all unrealistic dreams (in weaker moments I visualize what would happen to Pam Geller if we had a black president with a muslim name) I fear that …