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"Missing you already..." A great column from the Guardian on the Clinton legacy: "Today America is choosing between two half-Clintons. They can have a version of his smarts, in Al Gore, or a version of his warmth, in George W Bush. Clinton wants the voters to choose Gore, of course, to protect his legacy. But if America picks Bush, that will be a kind of compliment, too."
posted by holgate at 11:46 PM PST - 1 comments

Remember: Don't Vote!
posted by gluechunk at 8:05 PM PST - 2 comments

Here is the best reason I've seen yet not to vote.
posted by netbros at 7:38 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

Stanford's distributed client isn't looking for extraterrestrial life. Instead it's trying to find out how proteins fold, which "is a holy grail of modern molecular biophysics," through computer simulations.
posted by hobbes at 7:18 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

David Brower Dies At 88 -- "David R. Brower, who inspired and led the American environmental movement during the last half of the 20th century, died of cancer Sunday at his home in Berkeley."
posted by johnb at 6:13 PM PST - 1 comments

The true meaning of Christmas. With Christmas just around the corner, i decided to search for the true meaning of Christmas and i may have come up with the answer.
posted by Zool at 4:52 PM PST - 7 comments

Seems like both Gore and Bush prefer boxers. Dress em up at Election Dress-up.
posted by tamim at 4:43 PM PST - 0 comments - Post a Comment

Homeless given Cigarettes to vote for Gore - Would they have wanted that kind of help if it wasn't caught on video tape? Maybe they should just steal the social security numbers of the dead and have THEM vote via mail-in. (See also: Zombies for Gore) [Links via Fark]
posted by smcbride at 1:22 PM PST - 10 comments

Why are our images reversed from left to right and not up and down in a mirror? You can get mirrors that give a 'true' reflection.
posted by john at 12:25 PM PST - 20 comments

Do as we say, not as we do.
posted by solistrato at 11:45 AM PST - 15 comments

Fear and Loathing in the MLB : Gonzo progenitor Hunter S. Thompson kicks off his all-new ESPN column with a modest proposal on speeding up baseball.
posted by kevincmurphy at 11:32 AM PST - 19 comments

"Taxation without Representation" - The new DC license plates are giving the people a way to express the fact they pay federal taxes, but have no voice in Congress
posted by john at 10:57 AM PST - 6 comments

Bush narrowly defeats Gore by 26 electors and 0.1 percent of the popular vote. That's the average of 14 predictions in the Washington Post. I thought it would be interesting to see how MetaFilter's pundits fare in predicting the Electoral Count and popular vote, so I'm offering a bribe ...
posted by rcade at 10:56 AM PST - 71 comments

Pot smoking may lead to -- Macbeth!
posted by snakey at 9:20 AM PST - 26 comments

Pesticide linked to Parkinson's -- "A commonly used organic pesticide produced symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease when small amounts were injected into rats over time. It adds weight to theories that repeated exposure to low levels of agrochemicals may also be causing cumulative damage to the human brain." (BBC)
posted by johnb at 8:30 AM PST - 2 comments

Student reprimanded for dressing as Jesus for Hallowe'en but students dressed as Satan and Hitlet are left alone. [via Fark] (Gratuitous self-blog: Been there, done that, wore the muslin loincloth)
posted by plinth at 6:00 AM PST - 8 comments

Tribute to Steve Allen (via infidels.org)
posted by black8 at 2:23 AM PST - 6 comments

So, I guess, everyone is now ready for the greatest competition on Earth? It sure took long enough to get here and everyone has been intensively jockeying for position. It looks like it's going to be a exciting event. The whole world will be watching.
What, the election? No, of course not, I'm talking about the one and only Melbourne Cup. Needless to say, I'm backing Diatribe (9 to 1). Oh, and here's one more election story.
posted by lagado at 1:53 AM PST - 10 comments