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All my best to those in N.H. braving the voting booths today. (Anyone on my FL in the state?) Hope you don't get any freak tornadoes like we did here last night in the Midwest.

I am so sick of the coverage of this primary. It's really the media covering its coverage. Echo chamber much? I can only hope that the voters give us a surprise, because a lot of people have already declared the winners and have moved on to other contests.

Edit: It seems that today will see an epic turnout.

soundflicks

Favorite movie soundtrack?

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Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning? (thanks, rialian)

alerted by MoveOn

This Sunday's cover story in The New York Times Magazine makes plain the threat: The winner of the 2008 presidential election could be decided by flawed, insecure, and hackable electronic voting machines.

Congress is poised to consider a new emergency paper ballots bill next week—but we need to convince them to act right away. I signed a petition urging local, state, and federal officials to require a paper trail for our votes. I hope you will, too.

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'Dumbest criminal' caught in South Africa

A good primer: Q&A: US primary elections

U.S. House panel launches probe of FCC practices