Alaska

With 60% of the precincts reporting, Obama has a 73-27 lead in Alaska.  Despite the lack of polling, the predictions at dKos look good.  Despite having on 13 delegates, it’s nice to see another state go for Obama.
Update: MSNBC has called Alaska and Missouri for Obama.

Missouri…!

A few hours ago it looked like Clinton’s lead in Missouri was unsurmountable. With 97% of the votes cast Obama is now up by 3,000 votes. It could still go either way, but it’s interesting in a state that I thought had gone for Clinton.
On the other hand, with 15% of the votes [...]

Obama on Super Tuesday

Obama’s speech is upbeat, he keep smiling.  He really looks happy.  And he should be – he didn’t make the expectations, he didn’t capture New Jersey or Massachusetts or Missouri, but he did well.  His rhetoric is populist.  His narrative is classic Obama.
This campaign…is different.  Not because of me, but because of you.
Maybe he has [...]

Obama’s grandmother awaits results

Markos posted a picture of Barack Obama’s 86-year-old grandmother, Sarah Hussein Obama, as she awaits the results of today’s Super Tuesday primary at her home in Kenya.
I love the image and the imagery.

Blogging on Quote Mined Research

Since it fits better there, I posted my angle on the whole whole Casey Luskin’s (mis)use of the ResearchBlogging icon at another of my blogs.  I also included a list of all the posts I could find on the topic.  Go check it out.

Obama wins Indonesia

Obama won 75% of the votes cast in the (US) Democratic party primary in Indonesia. Americans living outside of the US got to cast primary votes today.
Given the fact that Obama spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, it isn’t too surprising that we would do well there. But I suspect that his [...]

The ruins of Detroit

My comment on a post of Bug Girl’s got really long, so I thought I’d copy it here, with a few more thoughts. She posted a link to Sweet Juniper’s photos of the Detroit Public Schools Book Depository, apparently abandoned in the 1980s, still packed full of school supplies (including pallets of text books, [...]

PB&J campaign

While I’m no fan of peanut butter, there’s an important point here – the way we raise meat has a huge impact on the environment.
Livestock create a beefy portion of all greenhouse-gas emissions: 18 percent, according to the United Nations. Could the answer be as simple as two slices of bread and a slathering of [...]