What do do if you fall off the subway platform?

I am shocked that this does not happen more often. First, don’t stand anywhere near the damn tracks to begin with. That should help stop you from falling or being pushed onto the tracks, unless you are a friend of Frank Underwood. Here’s what you do, these two things simultaneously. 1) Get out of the…

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Tuesday Election Results: Open Thread

Dump your comments and observations here. I’ll be looking at several SOS web sites, and eventually I’ll find the best on line tracker of results for the whole country. During the primaries, the Washington Post was the best. Let me know if you have any ideas. So far heavy turnout has been noted in Minnesota,…

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Electoral Vote, Popular Vote, Final Model Prediction, 2016 Clinton v Trump

The 2016 Electoral Vote Prediction I’m finished making predictions for the 2016 Presidential Election contest. According to my model, Hillary Clinton will win with 310 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 228 electoral votes. The map is shown above. Caveats and wrongosities: My model puts Iowa barely in Clinton’s column. Polls say Iowa is for Trump.…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2016/11/07/electoral-vote-popular-vote-final-model-prediction-2016-clinton-v-trump/

Children Just Like Me: Book Review

Children Just Like Me: A Unique Celebration of Children Around the World is a new edition of DK’s famous diversity for children book. From the publisher: Children Just Like Me is an amazing children’s book showing everyday life through the eyes and words of children around the world. Offering a remarkable insight into the lives…

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Bridgegate Chickens Come Home To Roost: Waiting For Other Shoe To Drop

Chris Cristie is a thug.* Several of the people that Chris Cristie chose to run his administration are criminals. Going to prison criminals. Chris Cristie is in charge of selecting the people who will run the Trump administration. It all makes sense so far. The other shoe, the shoe we are waiting to drop, will…

source http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2016/11/05/chris-cristie-thug-bridge-gate/

The Electoral College Vote Three Days Before The Election

Who will win the electoral vote on Tuesday, November 8th? It is not what you say, but how you say it. For several days now, I’ve been told by some how totally wrong I am in my various analyses of the electoral map. Half the naysayers say “But but FiveThirtyEight says this, so you are…

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What if Congress was your Coworker?

You would have only one option to stop the insanity.

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