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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
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"Suja" wrote: Overall summary: Both dogs' physicals are good. Bloodwork pending. Wallet has a big, huge hole in it. We finally broke the 4 figures in one vet visit barrier, after flirting with it a couple of times. Yikes! In all Jasmine, Fidget, and Toby have been through, we never did manage to do that (knocking fervently on wood), although the total for all of them went well into five digits over the years. -- Kevin Michael Vail | Dogbert: That's circular reasoning. * | Dilbert: I prefer to think of it as no loose ends. |
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"Kevin Michael Vail" wrote in message: I read on one blog (Huffingtonpost.com, I think) that the Bradley effect never really was about race, but about guns...he came out big for a bill that would have banned new gun purchases right at the time the bill became really unpopular. There were a lot of issues surrounding that particular race, one of which was the gun issue. Bradley thought he had it in the bag and basically put his campaigning on cruise control towards the end. They stopped polling in the final few days of the election, so they had no idea about the trendlines in the runup to the election. They definitely didn't anticipate that there would be an effect on the mayoral race because of more conservative voters showing up to the polls on the gun issue. And finally, no one remembered to count the damn absentee ballots (that traditional trend R). According to someone that worked for the guy that beat Bradley, the race was within one percentage point, and I believe that's where it finished. There was a Harvard study that showed that there may have been something akin to the Bradley effect in the 80s and early 90s, but it appears to have dissipated since. During the primaries, Obama tended to underperform the polls slightly in the North and overperform slightly in the South. The one primary result everyone wanted to point to as a confirmation of the Bradley effect - New Hampshire - had other contributing factors (short runup between Iowa and NH, the Hillary 'tearing up' moment, withdrawal of Dodd and Biden [I believe], etc.). If I remember correctly, Obama didn't significantly underperform his polling numbers, Hillary significantly overperformed hers. Suja |
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"Suja" wrote in message ... When I first moved down here, I was really dreading it. 'Virginia' conjured up some pretty damning images in my head. I'm thankful that I live in the fake part of Virginia, where there is diversity and tolerance and stuff. Suja Or just work at a university in the middle of the city. I forget sometimes how conservative Richmond, and VA in general, tend to be working as I do in my own little slice of good. The general attitude at the university was almost giddy today. Beth |
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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
"Suja" wrote in message
... Now, now, let's give the people of PA some credit. They've been blue for a looong time; turning it into a 'battleground state' was all illusion, propagated by the McCain campaign. I've been living in PA and it didn't feel like a battleground state for me this time around. Hardly any robocalls. Although I did get one around 5PM Tuesday that was warning me that Obama was in favor of Freedom of Choice. Maybe I shouldn't have been, but I am shocked that Alaska re-elected a convicted felon to the Senate. If his conviction stands, I think that the senate shouldn't try to throw the bum out. Let's see how the Alaskans like it when their senator tries to bring them pork from sitting in a jail cell (yes, I know he'll likely not go to jail; that's the only flaw in my otherwise wonderful plan). Actually, what I heard was that they were voting for him so that the seat remained Republican. Then if/when he goes to jail, the governor would get to name someone to fill his seat. It could even be the governor herself. Judy |
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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
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Judy wrote: Actually, what I heard was that they were voting for him so that the seat remained Republican. Then if/when he goes to jail, the governor would get to name someone to fill his seat. It could even be the governor herself. If you believe what people were writing to the Alaska papers, it was more along the lines of "UP YOURS, OUTSIDERS!!" I can see where the Alaska political establishment encouraged him to stay in the race because of exactly those considerations, though. Speaking of Alaska, one of my favorite set of polling place photos showed up in a mushing blog. She's a photojournalist as well as musher and the AP dispatched her to get some photos of "real" Alaska: http://wannabemusher.blogspot.com/20...hes-ruler.html -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
"Suja" wrote in message ... Comment of the day: How is it possible for a dog to have jugulars like a thoroughbred and have veins in the leg like a 20 year old dehydrated Chihuahua with Kidney disease? Don't know, but next time, if you'd like to borrow Harriet's race horse veins, you're more than welcome to. Overall summary: Both dogs' physicals are good. Good! Wallet has a big, huge hole in it. We finally broke the 4 figures in one vet visit barrier, after flirting with it a couple of times. I would have burst into tears, then vomited. Yikes! -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
... Speaking of Alaska, one of my favorite set of polling place photos showed up in a mushing blog. She's a photojournalist as well as musher and the AP dispatched her to get some photos of "real" Alaska: http://wannabemusher.blogspot.com/20...hes-ruler.html I love it! I especially liked the part about the wife coming downstairs in her bathrobe and then going back up when the first voter showed up. Alaska takes such pride in scenes like that. Clearly, they still do exist. But I think most likely at the majority of polling places, things looked pretty much like they did at most in the lower 48. We have an "Elmer" (or two) here - and I'm sure you do there. (In our case, that would be my FIL.) Judy |
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"Suja" wrote in message ... I was shocked to see Indiana turn blue, Amazed the hell out of me! This is the first time in my lifetime that Indiana has gone blue. Polls in the past few weeks have been really close, and it's been almost impossible to gauge the state's climate as a whole, living in a blue oasis. Obama spent a lot of time and money here, and it paid off. -- Shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) |
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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
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Judy wrote: Alaska takes such pride in scenes like that. Clearly, they still do exist. But I think most likely at the majority of polling places, things looked pretty much like they did at most in the lower 48. We have an "Elmer" (or two) here - and I'm sure you do there. (In our case, that would be my FIL.) Hah! But sure, this is an aging agricultural community and there are a lot of old-fashioned names. Everybody turns out on election day and there's an election day dinner at the grange. I recently learned that my mother has never voted, which I guess I would have realized if I'd thought about it. She left Canada when she was 18 and never took US citizenship. She loves the democratic process and found Obama inspiring, so she volunteered for the Obama campaign and canvassed door-to-door in a swing state that did go blue this year. So she actually did a lot more to get Obama elected than I did, since I live in NY and my vote, for president, anyway, is worth approximately bupkes. We had an extremely hotly contested race for highway superintendant, though. That was kind of exciting. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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Vet visit # eleventy thousand
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Shelly wrote: I would have burst into tears, then vomited. Yikes! I get those kind of boarding bills. I grit my teeth, say "I love my dogs!" in a falsetto voice, and write the damned check. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community |
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