You’ve probably already seen this, but y’know: election recap.
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Election Night Playlist
Because I am no longer able to distinguish between the presidential election and American Idol.
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Predicting Tonight
“To be succinct, I would say this about the election: Build an ark.”
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Conrad Black: A contest between worthy opponents underlines America’s easy command of world stage – Full Comment
This election has demonstrated once again the American genius for showmanship and its ability to command effortlessly the riveted attention of the whole world, most of which does not wish it well, for many months on end. Whatever the result, there is more room for hope than consternation.
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All Songs Considered
Stumbled across this while browsing my favorite Radiohead fansite, and the podcast they link to is well worth subscribing. A ton of good shows are available from the past year or so, and it only looks to get better.
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Electoral Predictions
Wonkish fun: create your own electoral map prediction.
<p><strong>><a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/pick-your-president/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/projects.washingtonpost.com');">2008 Election Contest: Pick Your President</a></strong> – Predict the winner of the 2008 presidential election.</p> <p> Obama makes inroads in the West, McCain loses key Southern swing states due to the African-American vote, and Red America is downsized.
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Building a Little Civilization
“In every important way we are such secrets from each other, and I do believe that there is a separate language in each of us, also a separate aesthetics and a separate jurisprudence. Every single one of us is a little civilization built on the ruins of any number of preceding civilizations, but with out own variant notion of what is beautiful and what is acceptable.”
-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
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Heck yes! Bring out the hysteria! I’m going to make myself an “End is Near!” sandwich board.