I now OFFICIALLY have to pay what, in retrospect, was a sucker's bet on my part.
I'll conclude this distasteful episode, with a plea to the Lions:
Fire Millen AND Hanson (heh heh)
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Romney | Huckabee | Giuliani | McCain | Thompson |
Obama leads 53%-35% | Obama leads 47%-42% | Obama leads 48%-39% | Obama leads 47%-43% | Obama leads 52%-36% |
Romney | Huckabee | Giuliani | McCain | Thompson |
Clinton leads 46%-44% | Huckabee leads 48%-43% | Giuliani leads 46%-42% | McCain leads 49%-42% | Clinton leads 48%-42% |
Edwards
Romney | Huckabee | Giuliani | McCain | Thompson |
Edwards leads 50%-38% | Edwards leads 47%-41% | Giuliani leads 45%-44% | McCain leads 46%-42% | Edwards leads 51%-35% |
Margin of Error +/- 3.2%
An article by John Harwood on the current GOP candidate standings reports: (link)
After holding a double-digit advantage over his nearest rivals just six weeks ago, the former New York City mayor now is tied nationally with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at 20% among Republicans, just slightly ahead of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at 17% and Arizona Sen. John McCain at 14%. Other polls show Mr. Giuliani's lead shrinking in Florida, one of the states he has built his strategy around.
With the poll's margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.1 percentage points, that puts Mr. Huckabee, who had only single-digit support in the previous poll in early November, within striking distance of the leaders. Mr. Romney's national support also has nearly doubled. {emphasis added}
HOWEVER, in a chart linked from that SAME article, the "Overall" margin of error is displayed as "+/- 5.2%." That would be a statistical dead heat between ALL of the top candidates.
How did 5.2 become 3.1? What am I missing here?
Is Heather Mills Writing a Sex Book? (link)
Heather Mills is reportedly planning to write a sex book with tips for women. Mills thinks of herself as a "sex guru" and plans to publish her book under a psuedonym because she's worried about a public backlash.A source told the Mirror:
“I think Heather would like to set herself up as a female sex guru. But she is worried what people will think of her so she discussed the possibility of releasing the book under a false name. Heather believes there is a gap in the market for a good sex guide for women, as manuals are normally written from a man’s perspective."
The sourced added:
“She wants to give her little secrets away on how to attract a man and how to keep him happy in the bedroom. Despite the breakdown of her marriage to Paul [McCartney], neither has ever said anything bad about their sex life.”
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If we rebate it, movies will comeI love that Albom uses the Michigan revenue crisis as an excuse to plug a TV movie based on one of his overrated books.
By now, some of you know that tonight, a movie of my book "For One More Day," produced by Oprah Winfrey, will air on ABC. People this past week have been saying congratulations. And this is indeed a lucky, wonderful feeling. But I have one regret.
I wish it had been made in Michigan....
...You can argue that we shouldn't give breaks to moviemakers if we don't give them to everyone. You may be right. But they're going to get them somewhere. And they'll go where that is. And a portion of something is better than a whole bucket of nothing, right?Duh. You can make this argument for EVERY industry that Michigan has chased out in the last few years.
Harry Potter guru is sued by author J.K. Rowling
Mich. man tried to turn Web site into a book
...(Steve) Vander Ark's profile has risen beyond the hard-core Potter fans who mob him at conventions -- thanks or no thanks to his literary hero, J.K. Rowling. The author of the Potter series and Warner Bros., producer of the Potter movies, have sued infederal court to block a small Muskegon publisher from converting Vander Ark's fan site into a book.
The suit, filed Oct. 31, pits one of the richest and most famous women in the world against one of her biggest fans, a small-town educator whose devotion to the Potter canon has earned plaudits from Rowling herself. She admits she searches the site for Potter arcana.One irony of the lawsuit is that Rowling and Warner Bros. have long supported Vander Ark and his site, which is linked to Rowling's Web site.
...The book, they say, "regurgitates ... J.K. Rowling's own material," with only a minimum of original commentary.
But the suit then addresses what appears to be Rowling's chief complaint: that a Lexicon book would harm her plans to "produce her own companion book to the Harry Potter she created." Rowling and her attorneys argue there is a big difference between discussing the Potter books on free Web sites and repackaging those sites to cash in on her work.
The Harry Potter Lexicon is at http://www.hp-lexicon.org/.
RDR Books is at http://www.rdrbooks.com/.
J.K. Rowling's site is http://www.jkrowling.com/
The organizers of the effort say "Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap."What is NaNoWriMo? (link)
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.