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Oops. Gov Nixon tweet was c/o Political Clown Parade

That's not disturbing at all, is it?

Stay classy, MO Gov Nixon! (Check the voter on the right!)

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jay-nixon-but...

Some real Oklahoma-style excitement at our polling place today.

About 7am, a cattle truck ran off the highway. Reports vary from 39 (probably) to 79 (a lot in one truck) cattle involved. Four killed instantly, a dozen had to be euthanized. Many escaped, and had firefighters playing cowboy to round 'em up. Not sure of the condition of the driver and passenger, taken to the hospital.

I read about it in a local news site. Then we went to vote, around 11am, we discover this happened just south of the South entrance to our polling place. Fortunately, we came at it from the North, so we got in and out with no problem. Actually, easier than normal, since traffic from the south was slow.

The poll watchers said there had been one cow wandering through the parking lot, followed by somebody with a bucket of oats.

Pete: "…I have so many things today I could set a record for the longest thread on this blog. I will,of course,practice restraint."

Uh-oh. I have a lot, too. Should I practice restraint. :D

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"Can any good thing come out of NPR?" Actually, yes.

RIP Tom Magliozzi. I don't know if he was Click or Clack, but they were a lot of fun to listen to.

"Tom Magliozzi and his younger brother Ray entertained millions … with their NPR show 'Car Talk.'"

c/o Neo-Neocon"

Oh, and Randy Newman? Did you know he said his song, "Short People," was about his kids? Of course, he ran smack into the height-challenged side of the grievance industry.

Thanks for the nice replies, Ting, Bluebird, Grunt. Much appreciated.

GoMC: "Actually, I thought your commenting had been pretty good of late."

Heh, certainly quantity. As I said, it's about the only thing I can handle sometimes. One thing is, I don't have a "blog" of my own, for posting other folks' stuff.

I did have one once, starting 'way back in 2002. Here's my "Blog Heap o'Links" from Aug 2004. Don't think anyone was aware of it, but family. I did it mostly because I wanted a way to keep track of links, for reference. "Hey, did you see this one?"

Several years ago, when I moved my website from hand-tooled HTML to "Content Management System," the Blog Heap never made the transition. I've tried to revive it several times, but never kept up with it the same. Last entries were back in July.

So, PoliNation gets my links. Which I have several of today! Hey, did you see this one…?

I was assuming this was your work, bob?

Just saw it reposted in comments on Conservative Treehouse.

Excellent poster! Powerfully expressive and on-target!

The lettering on the right half could contrast a bit more. (Hate to be critical of such excellent work.)

Sherry McEvil, re Inhofe announcement: sounds about right. Inhofe ifs okay, but I wouldn't mind someone... stronger. (Cringed, remembering I have to vote for Lankford, and dont get to vie for Shannon.)

Ooh, wait, thread is superseded.

Vote early, they say.

So we can release the most scandalous news on election day, when it's too late to change your mind.

wow - fast threads this morning. Still back about #120.

Last thread, dangergirl expressed that trepidation from past elections' disappointment. Certainly have tried not to invest too heavily in hope and change this election.

Fen - I pray the Lord will not let the devils win. I figure that covers it.

Speaking of the Prince of Lies, has this been the dirtiest, sickest campaign of my lifetime or am I suffering past-election amnesia? And I remember LBJ's daisy ad.

Gabe went all out for his final morning thread, I see.

Did we win yet?
Did we win yet?
Did we win yet?
Did we win yet?

Morning, Glories!

Good evening, folks,

What you haven't see in my online text-based persona is that I've been sick in the guts. Just sayin', not digging for sympathy, okay? (I can name maybe a dozen people I know through websites alone, who've had worse health than I have had of late, some much worse for much longer, God bless 'em.) "The greatest affliction is never to have been afflicted," the old saying goes, so, I'm good. I'm slowly recovering, God willing, but it's been a painful and exhausting several months.

(As a weak, whiney, moany, groany, terrible patient, both Milady and Mr. Jesus have been getting an earful from me. Both have been very kind and helpful. I keep promising Mr. Jesus that I'll try to be just as grateful in health as I've been begful in illness. "Yeah, sure, foolish mortal, I've heard that before!" )

Well, the exhaustion has affected my concentration, even at times when I wasn't suffering too badly. I can watch short vids. I can scan news and comments and the like. Obviously, as you might've noticed in recent weeks, I can comment and post links. Not much more, though.

My creativity (such as it was) has therefore flatlined. With all that's going on in the world, and this important election, I had thought I would be posting aplenty. Instead, it's been weeks since I churned out a real webwork. I even had dozens of things mostly ready to post, including the non-political, and all those have just lain dormant. (Many urgent offline tasks have been neglected, too, but never mind that for now.)

I'm glad that so many really good artists are producing great stuff these days. Hope n' Change, Liberal Logic, Free Beacon, Sabo, Truth Revolt, so many videographers, cartoonists and photo manipulators. It's not like the webworld is desperate for more of my stuff, but, I have fun, and as Randy Newman once sang, "sometimes I get off a good one. / Least I think I do. / No, I know I do."

Why do I share all this now? Because, the election is tomorrow, and it's been really strange to be sitting this one out. Had to gripe to somebody. And make my excuses.

Hope I'll be able to bear down again from here to 2016.

It's taken me days to try to compose this, sorry for the rambling. I tried to cut this down in size, but time's up and it are what it am. That's all. Carry on.

Point of order: If a commenter catches the unclosed tag by the very next comment, isn't that just a barrel warning, not a full embarrelling?

Top story on Weasel Zippers

Irony Explosion: @LenaDunham Allies With Mia Farrow Against Hollywood Pedophile Woody Allen

Jenny Hates Her Phone: "Awww. I hope you still post about legal stuff and really awful music videos from time to time, Gabe. (I also hope you learn to spell 'y'all')"

Gabe's spelling of y'all is like BO saying Pok-ee-stawn - feature, not bug.

[Tries to administer CPR to thread]

Gabe pointedly called to "previously-approved guestbloggers and weekend cobloggers." Doesn't sound like Ace is taking new applicants.

MP4: "I ... will never think of the sled the same again."

artisanal 'ette: "...you just have to shrink the window to see the daily caller stuff."

On a desktop, yeah, but nothing works to show DC on my cell.