I’m thinking if Jack McCoy were a D.A. on Long Island, he’d be bringing reckless disregard for human life charges against Wal-Mart.
Day: November 29, 2008
Chilean Skyscape
Venus and Jupiter and much more in the Chilean sky.
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You light up my life
What type of holiday lights are you putting up this year? A 100-light string of multi-colored LED bulbs uses just 8 watts, compared to 36 watts for mini lamps and 500 for incandescent Christmas lights (C-7 bulbs).
The Population and the Popular Vote
Obama has received at least 68,724,397 popular votes for the Presidency. I say “at least” because they’re still counting in California and several other states, and so Obama’s total should wind up comfortably over 69 million; 70 million appears unlikely, but is not entirely out of the question.
This total represents 22.62 percent of the Census Bureau’s 2008 estimate of United States population, which was 303,824,640. That figure doesn’t sound that impressive at first glance — fewer than one in four Americans actually voted for Barack Obama — but it’s actually the second-highest percentage ever, trailing only Ronald Reagan in 1984:
Details at FiveThirtyEight.com.