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  1. Focus Narrowing as Close Contest Nears Finish Line

    By R. W. APPLE Jr.

    Published: October 31, 2004

    CLEVELAND, Oct. 30 - The 2004 presidential campaign is ending as it began, focused with blazing intensity on no more than a dozen hard-fought states, with the tinglingly close contest between President Bush andSenator John Kerry depending most, both parties agree, on three pivotal states: Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

    The candidates have invested tens of millions of dollars on advertising there, deployed armies of field workers and spent hundreds of hours on the stump, including visits in the campaign's final weekend. As a result, cities like Orlando, Pittsburgh and Columbus, and their suburbs, have watched the struggle from close range while Chicago, Dallas, New York and Los Angeles have squinted at it from bleacher seats.

    In the end, the outcome is likely to be decided by what political pros call "the ground war": the effort by both parties to get every supporter to the polls on Tuesday. Although there are almost limitless ways either candidate could reach the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win, whoever wins two of the big three states would have an advantage that would be difficult to overcome.

    With only 72 hours left until the polls begin opening, Pennsylvania, with 21 electoral votes, appeared to be trending Mr. Kerry's way, with most but not all opinion surveys showing him ahead by about three percentage points. Mr. Bush has failed to dent the four suburban Philadelphia counties, whose liberal attitudes on social issues like abortion and gun control have overshadowed their economic conservatism.

    Florida, with 27 electoral votes, was agonizingly close four years ago, with far-reaching consequences, and it is the hardest of the big states to read this year. If anyone holds an advantage, it is probably Mr. Bush, if only because of the influence of his brother Jeb, the governor. But the Democrats, energized by the sting of their agonizing defeat in 2000, seem to be benefiting more from the outpouring of early voters.

    Here in Ohio, which has 20 electoral votes, Mr. Kerry has capitalized on job losses during the Bush administration. He seems to hold a tenuous lead as volunteers from both parties pour into the state, often seen as a microcosm of the nation, to get out the vote. He has taken to carrying a lucky buckeye in his pocket. No Republican has ever been elected president without carrying Ohio, and the state has gone with the winner in all but two elections since 1892.

    "It's as close as it could conceivably be," said Eric Rademacher, who directs the University of Cincinnati's Ohio Poll. "Closer than I've ever seen before. Close here and several other states. We may not know the outcome until mid-November."

    Searching for ways to salvage a victory even if beaten in the big shows, both Mr. Kerry and Mr. Bush belatedly began wooing the voters of Michigan (17 electoral votes). A win there could very nearly make up for a loss in Ohio. They have also intensified their pursuit of a troika of smaller Midwestern states that Al Gore won by narrow margins in 2000: Minnesota and Wisconsin (10 each) and Iowa (7). All three are treacherously close this time, withRalph Nader a real threat to Mr. Kerry in Minnesota, a state notably fond of third-party candidates.

    Colorado (9), New Mexico and Nevada (5 each) and New Hampshire (4) are all in play as well, with the potential of contributing to a winning equation.

    A series of hairbreadth finishes could plunge the nation into treacherous straits, with lawsuits in multiple states, a far more complex prospect than the legal contest in 2000, which was confined to Florida. Several suits have already been filed. But the huge numbers of newly registered voters could confound all the forecasts.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/politics...artner=homepage

  2. Police struggle to stop naked street lovers

    Sat Oct 30, 1:00 PM ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German police say they have detained a naked 25-year-old woman and her 23-year-old partner who were engaged in sexual intercourse on the pavement in the middle of a busy shopping district.

    Police in the western town of Duelmen said the couple were spotted by pedestrians late on Friday morning having intercourse. Pedestrians in the town of 40,000 called police, but the couple initially ignored police orders to stop.

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._germany_couple

  3. As for Ann and Tucker, who would have guessed? <_>

    The Carlson prediction was a surprise. He apparently is following the Slate.com line that it all comes down to Wisconsin, where Kerry is gaining momentum, and the new voters, who are predominantly democrats :bigsmile:

  4. Rugrats for Kerry

    James Wolcott is calling the election: Kerry 55, Bush 45. How did he arrive at this precise outcome? He cribbed from the Nickleodeon kids poll -- which, compiling responses from some 400,000 rugrats, gave the election to Kerry by an even wider margin -- 57 to 43. Wolcott is no dummy. The Nickleodeon survey has correctly predicted the last four presidential elections. But why is Wolcott making it a closer race than the Sponge Bob Squarepants fan base sees it? "Since kids are naturally exuberant, until it's beaten out of them by the System, I shaved off two points from Kerry, gave those two to Bush."

    -- David Talbot

    [16:10 PDT, Oct. 29, 2004]

    http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

  5. Tucker Carlson calls it for Kerry

    Here's yet another October surprise: the bow-tied wonderboy is calling the election for Kerry. That's right -- "Crossfire's" Tucker Carlson predicts in a "2004 Crystal Ball" roundup for the Opinion section of the Sunday Washington Post that the Democrat will win with 51.5 percent of the popular vote and 278 electoral votes. As a blogger over at Daily Kos uncharitably remarks, "Perhaps Jon Stewart slapped some sense into him after all."

    You will be less bug-eyed to hear that Ann Coulter, that voice of dispassionate analysis, calls it for Bush (52 to 47, popular, 317 to 221, electoral) as does Fox News gabber Tony Snow and the Weekly Standard's heavily war-bunkered neocon Bill Kristol, by the same popular margin. The Wonkette and public radio host Kojo Nnamdi give it to Kerry.

    -- David Talbot

    [12:40 PDT, Oct. 30, 2004]

    http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

  6. how in fuckall is it worse for a president to get a stupid goddamn blowjob that every HS kid does/gets than for an asswipe who wasn't elected to go to an unnecessary war; how it that worse again? :lol: :P

    Exactly :good job:

  7. Pitchfork'sl mp3 download section has been retitled - you can find them now at Pitchfork's ForkCast

    The following was an early entry:

    Read about the bands and download their music below:

    http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/mp3/

    --Added 10-25-04---

    MP3: Paulisdead: "Debris"

    MP3: Hatestick: "So Boring"

    MP3: Hatestick: "Hardy Har Haar"

    MP3: Breather Resist: "A Social Worker's Nightmare"

    ---Added 10-22-04---

    MP3: Elefant: "Misfit Remix"

    MP3: Salvatore: "Easy"

    MP3: Bonk: "Waiting in a Car"

    MP3: Ariel Pink: "For Kate I Wait"

    ---Added 10-21-04---

    MP3: Grizzly Bear: "Don't Ask"

    MP3: Grizzly Bear: "Fix It"

    http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

    Added: October 15

    - The Nein [sonic Unyon]

    - A. Graham & Moment Band [sonic Unyon]

    - The Aeffect [Hitchhiker]

    - Rosemont Family Reunion [RFR]

    - Dealership [Turn]

    : Added: October 11-14

    - Prosaics [Dimmak]

    - The Murdocks [Occupy the City]

    - Mark Mallman [badman]

    - Silver Sunshine [Wishing Tree]

    - mewithoutYou [Tooth & Nail]

    - Damien Jurado [secretly Canadian]

    : Added: October 4-7

    - Wolf Eyes

    - Frausdots

    - The Only Children [Glurp]

    - Swell Maps [secretly Canadian]

    - Irving [Eenie Meenie]

    - From Bubblegum to Sky [Eenie Meenie]

    - The High Water Marks [Eenie Meenie]

    - Ulysses [Eenie Meenie]

    - Human Television [Gigantic]

    - Angie Heaton [Parasol]

    : Added: September 29

    - Applied Communications [Discos Mariscos]

    - Frank Jordan [Devil in the Woods]

    - Tracy Shedd [Devil in the Woods]

    - The Thornbirds [Warrior Records]

    - Lu [Textile Sounds]

    - Mono [Temporary Residence]

    - Tarentel [Temporary Residence]

    - The Dears [spinArt Records]

    - The Sunshine Fix [spinArt Records]

    - Augie March [spinArt Records]

    - Panda Bear [Paw-Tracks]

  8. KCRW's Most Requested CD's

    For the week of October 18, 2004

    1. Gotan Project

       title: Inspiracion Espiracion

       label: XL

    2. Dextro

       title: Do You Need Help

       label: Border Community

    3. Kingsbread

       title: Next Impressions

       label: Concrete Grooves

    4. Motorcycle

       title: Bloom

       label: Nettwerk

    5. Flunk

       title: Morning Star

       label: Kriztal

    http://www.kcrw.com/music/top5/top5.html

    *****

    Anyone ever hear of these bands?

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