Oval Office Thunderdome: The Maps

Months and months went by and we all saw the maps. Generally shaded in five or six colors, shades of red, blue, and yellow or grey with new names, new notations and definitions. Strong Obama blue, weak Obama blue, strong McCain red, weak McCain pink and tossup yellow or undecided grey. New additions to the Crayola 64? Not likely, but someday soon may see Democratic blue and Republican red in crayon boxes throughout America's elementary schools, simplifications of two colors that have become so associated with American political ideology and identity that the shift may be permanent. Read more...

11.08.2008

Oval Office Thunderdome: Things Come Together

Election Night 2008: Union Square

New York City exploded when Barack Obama was called as the victor Tuesday night. Read more...

11.07.2008

Oval Office Thunderdome: Missiletest Predicts!

Prediction is a science. Just ask any physicist. The functioning of the universe operates within well-established rules of probability. The margins are slim, but real. For example, there is a slight chance, 1 in 1 trillion trillion trillion, that when placing your hand on a wall, it will pass right through. This isn't magic, it's physics. Missiletest takes politics every bit as seriously as science. As such, missletest has spent painstaking minutes theorizing, experimenting, and rigorously analyzing all the factors that will decide this election. These are not just predictions, but will be proven as immutable fact after election day. There is no margin of error on this page. We deal with realities. Read more...

11.03.2008

Rover Image #22

rover finds a train station

The rover is beginning to think the train isn't gonna show up.

11.03.2008

Shitty Movie Sundays: Theodore Rex

This is not a joke. "Theodore Rex" really is a movie. I have seen it with my own eyes. Hopefully, I will never see it again. I'm considering having my eyes removed as a permanent safeguard. Read more...

10.27.2008