This little sketch of today's events in the US primaries from the Votemaster is a lesson in how complicated these things can get:  •  “The electorate has been so unstable this year so far it is hard to predict a lot. People are changing their minds at the last minute, the number of undecideds is …

This is just fun. So many questions. Like: is this personal or ex officio wrong and is there any distinction in the case of a Prime Minister? Meaning - if there is an election and he loses, can a Court overrule the outcome saying a libel swayed the vote? What other measure of the loss of a …

Interesting tidbit in the NYT's article about Saturday Night Live writer, James Downey:  •  “Mrs. Clinton even cited one of Mr. Downey’s "SNL" sketches during a debate on Tuesday, when she complained that she seemed to be receiving tougher questions than Mr. Obama. "If anybody saw 'Saturday Night …

That's better. For the shortest month going, it sure did drag. Happy to report that Boston beat the Twins. I have been living on Red Sox DVDs a bit recently. This one covering to the end of 2005 is helpful mid-winter viewing as we got to hiss a lot at the Yankees.  •  Relive my first of March post …

Who the hell decided leap day gets added to February? Why can't we have an extra long June? Why can't we have two Christmas Days? No, February that sucky whiner of a month needed the extra day. So here we are. Not in March.  •  Update: corroboration Cadmanesque? Are we now going to question a …

Holy Moly. Really. Holy McMoly of the Imperial Molonians:  •  “ The widow of former B.C. MP Chuck Cadman says two Conservative Party officials offered her husband a million-dollar life insurance policy in exchange for his vote to bring down the Liberal government in May of 2005. The offer, which …

A meme! I haven't seen one of these things since 2005. Remember: it's pronounced me-me. Anyway, Jay tagged me for a little pre-Facebook nostalgia on this one:  •  “The Meme: Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.”  •  So here they are:  •  one: I only posts blog posts on odd …

Good news out of Seattle's spring training camp:  •  “He does not have an ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. None. Dickey either was born without one, or the tissue simply disintegrated when he was a teenager. A dozen years after discovery of his situation cost him a virtual …

How boring. No election. Because everyone likes that we've paid off 2.3% of the national debt while not cutting anything much. We can actually just save money now to avoid paying taxes. Yawn.  •  Canada is the nice boy your father wished you had married.