The solvability of unsolvable problems

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All it would require is just a little cooperation from the countries around the world so very busy protecting their own "national" interests, and the subordination of the temporary interests of the global jet set plutocrats to the future of the species. It's not even that the billionaires wouldn't still be billionaires. They'd just have a little less, in exchange for a decent middle class and protecting our collective future.

Can you find someone with a “Bacon Number” higher than 4?

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Good luck finding anyone with a bacon number greater than 2 when you leverage google's new search by typing “bacon number” followed by the name of any actor. I found one that is 4, but don't want to give it away until others try this thing. WARNING: 3 hours will race by, so if you have to pick up the kids from music lessons - DON'T TRY IT!

Secretary Markell?

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Politico must have had nothing to write about today, so it chose to speculate on how the second term cabinet will look like. The article opines that Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, fresh off his excellent speech at the DNC, could be the next Attorney General. Either UN Ambassador Susan Rice or Sen. John Kerry will be the next Secretary of State. For Secretary of Education, Politico thinks it could Governor Markell.

Starkey’s thin reporting includes a few quotes

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If Jonathan Starkey's candidate forum report from the Siegel Jewish Community Center in Talleyville was any thinner it could be measured in microns. Here are the reported facts:
- Carper, Markell, Cragg, Pires, Kovach, Mobley, Wade and some other people who didn't say anything quotable took part in a "mostly friendly event" hosted by the Jewish Federation of Delaware at the Siegel Jewish Community Center in Talleyville.....

BOOM goes The Polling Report [9.14.12]

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Three new NBC/Marist polls came out yesterday in Ohio, Virginia and Florida, giving the President 5 point leads in Virginia and Florida and a 7 point lead in Ohio. Mitt Romney must win all three states or there is no conceivable mathematical way he can be elected President. The President can win without these three. And that really is the story of this election. In Mitt Romney's best case scenario where he wins all his swing state targets, his ceiling in the Electoral College is 291. The President's best case scenario is 399 (winning all the usual suspects plus Montana, Arizona, Missouri, Indiana, Georgia and Nebraska's 1 congressional district). Here is the map:

Delaware Political Weekly: Sept. 8-14, 2012

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What we learned from the Primary: 1. The Gordon machine was the single most effective game-changer during the primary; 2. For once, Wilmington really made the difference this year; 3. Grassroots campaigns work, and they cost a lot less than the alternative; 4. Jack Markell is in danger of becoming a Drawbridge Democrat; 5. Tons of lit cannot compensate for personal unpopularity; and 6. Primaries are GOOD;

Losing When Only Winning Was Possible

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Mitt Romney has had another self-inflicted, tough week/ So as Romney's campaign begins it's Goodbye Tour, we're looking for titles for the upcoming HBO movie about the plummeting 2012 Romney Campaign. We will take the best titles from the comments and vote on them next week.