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UK: FPTP or AV FTW?

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Jolly Old England (and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) are set to begin counting the votes in their referendum on whether to switch from the First-Past-The-Post system to the Alternative Vote system. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, here’s a video (produced by AV supporters) explaining how it works for cats:

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] It seems appropriate that this arrived on the day we learned Gus Johnson lost his CBS gig, as well as the day of the Pawlenty-Paul-Santorum-Johnson-Cain GOP debate freakshow. #PANIC!

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] The chickens plotting their escape…

GOP debate night!

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Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, and Tim Pawlenty Generic Republican. 7pm Mountain Time, Fox News. Be there, or be… somewhere else! Doing something else! Like 99.9% of Americans will! Dunno if I’ll actually watch, but you’ve gotta admit, the lineup is pretty compelling. How often do you see a Republican debate lineup that’s 40% libertarian, 20% black,… Read more »

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Look, it’s a generic photo of Tim Pawlenty, the Generic Republican! He looks so generic!

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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Anyone who says Mitch Daniels has no charisma or appeal is off their rocker. Jackie Seal

Irony, thy name is PJTV

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This morning, I got an e-mail from PJTV — the online broadcast arm of the conservative blog conglomerate Pajamas Media* — containing the following two paragraphs, one immediately after other: The Conversation: Dead and Gone, but the Spin Lives On: The War of Words in the Wake of Bin Laden’s Death Is there a diffrence between discussing the politcal impact… Read more »

First bin Laden, now the BCS?

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CNN Breaking News: “The Justice Department said in a letter to the NCAA that it has opened an antitrust inquiry into the Bowl Championship Series system.” UPDATE: Andy Staples says the “CNN story makes it seem as if there is more news than letter provides”: Here’s the full text of the DOJ BCS letter to the NCAA. Sounds like DOJ… Read more »