By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Tue Nov 6, 2012 at 9:00 AM ET Today’s the day: Election Day 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, it has arrived: Election Day 2012. Did you ever think this day would come?
For a moment, let’s put our politics aside and ponder. Today, we show the world democracy in action in our free elections. This is a day on which people from all parties and affiliations came be proud of our this country we call the United States of America.
Mike Allen, writing in today’s POLITICO Playbook: “Soak it in, have fun, pop some popcorn: This is an amazing, romantic day in our history and for our democracy.”
Now, some links to get you through Election Day:
9 takeaways from 2012. … “8. Both parties have soul-searching to do” [POLITICO]
A great interactive on the NYT – ‘What will swing the states’ [NYT]
It all comes down to turnout. [The Daily Beast]
A complete guide to the key U.S. Senate races. [The Guardian]
Nate Silver’s final look. [FiveThirtyEight/NYT]
POLITICO takes a look at the ‘what ifs’: Obama loses. Romney loses.
Are exit polls still relevant? With media trends changing, so do methods. [USA Today]
And the BIG ONE – “Suppose it’s close,” writes Jeffrey Toobin. [The New Yorker]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Nov 5, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Pigskin
The Bears put up a staggering 51 points on the Titans on Sunday while the defense continued its domination of opponents. Charles Tillman added to his campaign for Defensive MVP by forcing 4 fumbles (more than 2 entire defenses – Indy and St. Louis). [Chicago Tribune]
Look out, the Steelers beat the Giants much more soundly than Sunday’s score made it seem and are 4-1 in the past month. [SI]
On Sunday, Tampa Bay rookie RB Doug Martin rushed for 251 yards on 25 carries, good for the 10th most rushing yards in a single game ever. Oh yeah, he had 4 TDs too. [Yahoo! Sports]
Martin wasn’t the only rookie to shine on Sunday – Andrew Luck set the rookie passing record – breaking Cam Newton’s record from 2011. [NFL.com]
The Cowboys are 3-5 and Jerry Jones has said that Jones the owner would have fired Jones the GM (he currently fills both roles if you weren’t aware). Not sure why he doesn’t take his own advice and do this. [PFT]
Adrian Peterson’s spin move. ‘Nuff said. [.gif]
Just for fun, here was Jim Harbaugh on Halloween going as John Harbaugh. [picture]
There was a great Eli Manning Face right on the front page of ESPN this morning. [picture]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Mon Oct 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM ET  The Politics of Pigskin On Sunday the Steelers halted the rise of RGIII, who was outplayed by his senior in the league – Ben Roethlisberger. [Pitt Post-Gazette]
With their season slipping away by the week it’s time for the Cowboys to reevaluate. And make no mistake, Jerry Jones is going to be on top of it. [ESPN]
Seasons falling apart? Don’t forget about the Eagles! After firing defense coordinator Juan Castillo the Eagles went out and had one of their worst defensive performances of the year. You can’t fire Castillo again. [SI]
Denver pounded a really, really bad Saints defense. How bad is it? Historically. [PFT]
The Buccaneers appear to have a problem with their cornerbacks taking the banned substance, Adderall. [NFL.com]
Just for fun, here is a Sports Illustrated article from 1979 asking people around the league how they thought the game would be played in the year 2000. [SI Vault]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Oct 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Tech
Windows 8, the newest operating system from Microsoft, is being released this week. Are you interested in checking out an early review? Here’s one. [The Verge]
Sony has announced a 20-inch 11 lb. tablet. It looks like the base model will put you back $879. [Geek.com]
This is the coolest robot design ever. [YouTube]
Game developer Zynga laid off more than 100 employees this week as the companies value continues to drop. The timing of the lay offs was interesting as they chose to make the announcement during Apple’s event revealing the iPad Mini. [Tech Crunch]
There has been at least one ruling on the multi-touch patent controversy – this week a Dutch court ruled that Samsung did not infringe on Apple’s patent. [Reuters]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Oct 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
Larry Sloan, the co-founder of Mad Libs has died. Thanks for all the laughs. [picture]
Go home bus, you’re drunk. [picture]
“Come here, I want to tell you something.” [.gif]
“Engineering Students” [picture]
The suspense, I can’t take it! [picture]
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Mon Oct 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET After 80 years in print, Newsweek will cease production on paper and move to an online-only product. [Bloomberg]
Fox News matched some of the network’s ratings records with the first three Presidential debates. [THR]
With New York Times staff still at odds with management on contracts, they may begin withhold bylines and photo credits until an agreement can come together. [Romenesko]
By Chris Schulz, RP Staff, on Fri Oct 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM ET
For the upcoming an election, a proposition in California can have lasting effects for the nation and the world. Should genetically modified foods be labeled? [aljazeera]
Some new varieties of fruits and vegetables may be appearing at your grocery store soon. [wsj]
A new study links rises in temperature to more frequent and larger hurricanes. [latimes]
Traditionally oil friendly Texas has drawn a line in the sand for a new pipeline. [yahoo]
By Bradford Queen, Managing Editor, on Fri Oct 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM ET The Politics of the Screen
Superman will stay in the hands of Warner Bros. A federal judge denied the heirs of the comic’s creator an interest in the brand. [LA Times]
The Andrew Breitbart biopic lost its bid for a PG-13 rating. The MPAA found the language too harsh. The full release will now be delayed a week because of the squabble. [The Hollywood Reporter]
‘We Are Legion’, a brand-new film covering the group of “hacktivists” known as Anonymous, was well received at Austin’s SXSW festival. If you’ve been following the group that has reportedly launched cyberattacks on the Pentagon and has threatened to destroy Facebook, you’ll want to see this. [NYT Review]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Oct 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Tech
Check out the tech behind Felix Baumgartner’s record-breaking free-fall. [Extreme Tech]
In a story that is becoming more familiar over time a major wireless provider has started selling information on their users that they have collected. This time it is Verizon that has been exposed. Verizon is accused of selling customers’ geographical locations, app usage, and Web browsing activities, this of course raises privacy questions and could possibly brush up against federal wiretapping law. [CNET]
The Pirate Bay has moved its entire file-sharing operation to the cloud – making what was already a hard organization to pin down for law enforcement even trickier. This move should make the Pirate Bay effectively raid-proof. [TorrentFreak]
A woman who lost her hearing due to a tumor and created a helmet that translates ambient vibration into vibration that the inner ear can interpret and “understand.” Adversity is the mother of invention? [Amelia Marzec]
Amazon admits it makes no profit on its Kindle sales. I didn’t see that one coming. Of course, Amazon counts on their Amazon store leading the industry in e-book sales. [Forbes]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Tue Oct 16, 2012 at 3:00 PM ET The Politics of Laughter
Normal Person vs. Scientist [xkcd]
Everyone hates their embarrassing baby pictures. [image]
You may have heard that a guy named Felix Baumgartner broke the free fall record this week. He actually faced some stiff competition though. [comic]
Film Geek goes to a Fortune Teller [SMBC]
I now present 2 Hamsters 1 Wheel [YouTube]
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