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Friday, October 31, 2008

Your Morning News: 10.31.08

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Four days left, you can tell me that as much as you want, but I still don’t believe it. Obama is on the air in a bunch of new states and people are beginning to blame Sarah Palin for, well, everything. USA Today has interviews with both of the candidates which are relatively generic, but not bad. If you want to get into obsessive levels of detials, head over to TPM election central’s morning roundup.

A new poll by the AP says that 1 in 7 voters are still persuadable. I met one guy last weekend in New Hampshire who was certain Senator Obama was going to take away his guns and Senator McCain is going to get rid of his social security. I guess that does make it a tough choice, but then again, he was also clearly batshit insane.

Crazy old Bush is still trying to deregulate, sex offenders need to cancel their Halloween plans and get back Loretta, there’s some special Rock Band news after the jump.

The Washington Post leads with a truly spooky feature (I hate myself), the Bush administration is trying to cram in a lot of deregulation under the buzzer. They are trying to undo regulations on carbon emissions, ocean fishing and drinking water quality among others. It is all part of the cunning Bush administration plan to ensure his place in history by making sure that history doesn’t last that much longer. I highly recommend this piece, if nothing else than it is always horrific to look behind the curtain at the sausage factory.

David Brooks proposes some pretty good ideas about investing in transportation. Read it and spew these points to sound smart about the economic crisis.

Maryland has banned sex offenders from participating in Halloween. About 1,200 violent or child sex offenders on probation or parole in Maryland have been ordered to hang orange pumpkin signs — or plain ones reading, “No candy” — at their residences today. The real victims here: The curmudgeons - I don’t want to live in a country where people will assume you are a sex offender just because you hate children and don’t want anyone bothering you.

In local news, I will probably finally save up the money to buy Rock Band. Harmonix, the creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, are going to be a releasing an untitled Beatles version of Rock Band.

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