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Thursday, November 6. 2014

Thursday morning links


Image above stolen from House of Eratosthenes


A 1999 book: Jefferson in Love: The Love Letters Between Thomas Jefferson and Maria Cosway


Should You Really Be Drinking All That Water?


Sultan:  The Unbearable Lightness of Feminism


The Real Election Winner: Weed


California Voters Make Possession of Most Drugs a Misdemeanor Offense


Cheer up, Dems: Chicken soup for the Democratic soul


Walker’s Win - Why it was the most important GOP victory in the country


Why no one can beat Scott Walker.


28 senators who voted for Obamacare and won't be part of new Senate


Teachers unions spend, lose big on midterm elections


Ben Shapiro: Post-Election, Conservatives Must Stop Amnesty


How Do Hispanics Really View Immigration Reform?



Mia Love, the Obama of the Republican Party?


No, Sen. Reid, Americans Don’t Want Washington to ‘Work Together’, ‘Get Things Done’?


Current congressional map below via Other McCain




Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 04:44 | Comments (18) | Trackbacks (0)

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old*white*men??
the Democrats are still winning because we are still playing by their rules and electing wimmen to run our country
#1 bgarrett on 2014-11-06 06:39 (Reply)
Those two Lousiana districts colored blue are dead-certain to be red after the runoff.
#2 Aarradin on 2014-11-06 07:14 (Reply)
Very happy that Mia Love did finally win. Her acceptance speech was spot-on, and probably made a few feminists and race hustlers heads explode

Now, the trick is to get Boner and Floppy Mitch to tow the line, and to right the listing ship. I hope the mavericks (Trey Gowdy, anybody???) lock heels and make a stand.

DC's lawlessness and anti-republicanism (and I don't mean GOP and its antics) must stop.
#3 fred zeppelin on 2014-11-06 07:31 (Reply)
2014 House of Representative Election Map - what a landslide looks like

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2014/11/2014-house-of-representative-election.html
#4 Steve on 2014-11-06 08:00 (Reply)
What is interesting about that map is how it is mirrored on the state level. The 'Blue' state of Connecticut, for example, in this year's governor's race was actually: the blue towns of Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport. Almost everything else was Red. The exceptions were the town were UConn is and the numerically small cluster 4/5 towns in the NW corner that are home to the Kennedy democrats.
All the old manufacturing towns? Red. the suburbs? Red. The nominally rural or bedroom communities? Red.
#5 acairfearann (Link) on 2014-11-06 08:58 (Reply)
Good to know. Thanks.
#5.1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2014-11-06 18:34 (Reply)
What isn't obvious from this map is that there are key population centers that control the state they are in. The Democrats control these key areas by giving out free stuff AND by fraudulent voting. That voter fraud may be merely 500,000 or so votes out of tens of millions of votes cast but in these key districts and states it gave the Democrats a majority and even after the shellacking on Tuesday kept a lot of Democrats in power. Voter fraud is alive and well and it threatens the countries future. The Democrats through a number of front groups have stolen every close election for a 100 years and will continue to do so unless we fix the problem.
#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2014-11-06 10:10 (Reply)
Something odd is definitely going on, whether fraud or bribery. In Ct, things are relatively balanced in elections, with only a slight, if very solid, edge to the Democrats (perhaps 40/60)....until you take the big three truly urban areas into account: they consistently run closer to 10% Republican and 90% Democrat, which just seems statistically odd. The end result though is that the greater Hartford area, New Haven, and Bridgeport completely control the politics.
http://www.courant.com/data-desk/hc-map-race-for-governor-townbytown-20141104-htmlstory.html
#6.1 acairfearann (Link) on 2014-11-06 10:36 (Reply)
According to exit polling, the vote nationally was about 52% Republican, 47% Democratic.

The actual divide is primarily urban and ethnic vs. rural. To properly represent the vote, you should use a cartogram. Haven't seen one for 2014 yet, but here's one for Congress 2012,
http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/10963_30_07_13_1_46_51.png

And the presidential election 2012,
http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/USElectionMap2012.jpg

Here's a nice one in purple,
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--4nkypC_gaw/UJqFKBaefLI/AAAAAAAABjI/Wys0D0oTzMk/s640/electoral+vote+cartogram.jpg
#7 Zachriel on 2014-11-06 10:41 (Reply)
In other words, you still got your ass (meaning your demoncrap party symbol) handed to you.
#7.1 Anson on 2014-11-06 11:29 (Reply)
Anson: In other words

We don't belong to a political party. Just pointing out that area maps don't provide a very good depiction of populations which tend to be concentrated in cities and towns.
#7.1.1 Zachriel on 2014-11-06 11:44 (Reply)
No one believes you're anything but a libtarded demoncrap shill, so stop denying the obvious. Your party will denounce and scapegoat second tier feckless leaders but will sure as shi'ite give Pelosi, Reid and the Dear Leader passes. You people Barry'd yourselves. Union muscle dead. Global Colding fetish dead. Gun grabbery dead. The Hildabeest neutered. You people couldn't get out the vote to save your lives. Illegal alien amnesty? You can't imagine the legal storm that will descend if the Community Organizer goes that route.

One word: scoreboard.

Color your maps with any crayon you can find, you're still losers.
#7.1.1.1 Anson on 2014-11-06 12:05 (Reply)
I have to agree with Z. I'd be curious to see the cartogram, or at least the results broken down by a smaller census unit. This map might mislead one away from the fact that congress represents people not acres.
#7.1.1.1.1 Yumpus on 2014-11-06 17:12 (Reply)
Besides, cartograms are fun.
#7.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2014-11-06 17:26 (Reply)
Why? what's the purpose? Party operatives have maps like that, where its important, that break down into precincts and streets.

the map is deceptive because it doesn't tell you anything useful and in fact suggests that "we're all in this together", when this isn't so. Red districts represent congressional votes, something the demoncraps are in desperate need of.

There are winners and there are losers and someone showing you a muddy colored map instead of a blue map is one of the latter.
#7.1.1.1.1.2 Anson on 2014-11-06 18:40 (Reply)
We don't belong to a political party.

Yes, the Z-Team is non-partisan and objective. Tell me another one. Or as they say in Venezuela, "Decime otro de vaqueros." [Tell me another cowboy story.]

And when did the Z-Team ever support anything that the Republicans supported and the Democrats did not?

Just wondering.
#7.1.1.2 Gringo on 2014-11-06 12:48 (Reply)
True, it does not represent population centers as clearly as other types of maps. Still, it is revealing
#7.1.1.3 BD on 2014-11-06 12:55 (Reply)
While your implied claim of being non-partisan is a bunch of hooey, you are correct that Pubs are stronger in rural areas and Demos are stronger in big cities.
#7.1.1.4 Gringo on 2014-11-06 14:43 (Reply)

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