Midday Open Thread .Midday Open Thread.Pollster.com has a brand new look today, but the same polling goodness. As with every makeover, however, there have been a few glitches, which Mark Blumenthal laments. For one thing, the map that shows 214 strong or lean Electoral votes for McCain should actually read 199. Technical issues are delay.Read the .full post.from .Daily.Tags.midday open thread.via .Troy.Troy.

ACLU Sues Over Felon Disenfranchisement in Alabama .ACLU Sues Over Felon Disenfranchisement in Alabama.Good for the ACLU (again): The American Civil Liberties Union sued Alabama elections officials Monday over what it says is an overly expansive policy disenfranchising felons, amid concern from voting rights groups nationwide that voting lists are being culled with too great alacrity by many states.Read the .full.post.from .TalkLeft.via .Troy. Tickets.

Miz Scarlett Explains Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium AL.Miz Scarlett Explains Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium.July 21, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis Time to discuss more queer systems set into motion by economics professors. In this case, the 'New Keynesianism' which is the so-called dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model or DSGE for short. Think, 'Dirges'. This takes us to ponder both 'Gone With The Wind.Read the .full post.from .Money Matters.via .Troy.

A report on D'Souza/Hitchens Vegas Debate Ticket.A report on D'Souza/Hitchens Vegas Debate.From www.tothesource.org by Troy Anderson. "You guys ready for some sparks," a man quipped as he took his seat to hear the rhetorical pugilists go head-to-head on the topic, "War, Terrorism .&.amp; Geo-Political Crisis: Is Religion the Solution or the Problem?" Billed on yellowing posters as a Wild We.Read the .full post.from .Veritas.Tags.Religion.via .Troy.

Jessica Simpson booed at first country concert .Jessica Simpson booed at first country concert.Jessica Simpson is attempting to crossover into country music, and apparently, it's not as easy as singing about your truck and beating your wife. Who knew? She gave her first "country" performance in Wisconsin and somehow escaped without getting a bottle of Bud jabbed in her eye. Kenosha News repor.Read the .full post.from .The Superficial - Because You're Ugly.Tags.jessica simpson.via .Troy. Troy AL.

Growing support for HR 676 Troy tickets.Growing support.Expand successful Medicare program to all July 30 is the 43rd anniversary of the passage of Medicare. Medicare began because no one except the government was willing to cover the oldest and sickest of us.&.#8230.&.#8230; Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan is a grass-roots citizens’ movement th.Read the .full post.from .Corrente.Tags.democrats.Healthcare.In Sickness and In Health.single payer.HR.Grassroots political action.via .Troy.

Boondock Saints 2 Plot Revealed .Boondock Saints 2 Plot Revealed.It.&.#8217;s been four months since Troy Duffy announced that a Boondock Saints sequel had officially been give.n the green light. The video of the announcement was removed from Troy.&.#8217;s website within hours of going live. Troy appeared on WJFK 106.7 and confirmed that .&.#8220;barring an actors stri.Read the .full post.from ./Film.Tags.Religious.Screenwriting.Action/Adventure.sequels.Comic Book/Superhero.The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints.The-Boondock-Saints.Troy-Duffy.via .Troy. AL tickets.

Sandy Troy ticket broker.Sandy.I reluctantly spent the afternoon at Revere Beach looking at sand sculptures and even though I didn.&.#8217;t want to go (crowds, traffic, inability to find parking, heat, crowds), it wasn.&.#8217;t terrible.&.#8217;d say 90% of its not-terribleness was due to the cloud cover that kept things cool.Read the .full post.from .Boston Brat.Tags.sandcastles.The Daily Bullshit.revere beach.dancing jackasses.via .Troy.

Making Strides Toward Low-Cost LED Lighting .Making Strides Toward Low-Cost LED Lighting.Posted by timothy (67% noise) View Skip Roland Piquepaille writes .&.#8220;You all know that incand.escent bulbs are pretty inefficient, converting only 10% of electricity into light .&.mdash; and 90% into heat. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, could soon replace incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs.Read the .full post.from .AlterSlash (Extended Remix).via .Troy. AL ticket broker.

Margaritaville ticket brokers.Margaritaville.Went to the Jimmy Buffett concert at Alpine Valley, in Wisconsin, last night. A few years ago, The Wife promised to take me to see Buffett in concert for my 50th birthday. She meant actually on my birthday. So, when she found out he was in East Troy, Wisconsin, on the day I turned two quarters.Read the .full post.from .Basil's Blog.Tags.Entertainment.Travel.Jimmy Buffett.via .Troy.