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[jaylake]

Have you voted in the Kalimpura caption contest voting poll?

Cliff Nest> - The shadow hunters of underground Thailand. Wow.

A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles - Cool time lapse video.

Fish Can Cloak, Become Invisible to Predators - Silver-colored fish, such as herring, sardines and sprat, are bending the laws of physics, according to

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[twilight2000]

Undecided Voters That Have No Business Being Undecided
I've finally figured it out - it's the Republican Obama voter who's frustrated that it wasn't all fixed in 4 years and the Republican voter who's frustrated that the tea party has stolen his party.

Or at least that's the folks who are loud enough on my twitter feed that I know about them :>

[threeoutside]

The Thai shadow hunters photos remind me even more strongly of the 18th century drawings/etchings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, one sample of whose work is linked here. He did a series of fantastical underground prison prints that still has the power to make me queasy even with very few human figures in them, and those hard to see and their activities ambiguous.

[goulo]

Yes indeed! Piranesi's art is awesome. It's probably my favorite architectural art.

[madwriter]

"I'm old enough to remember when Republicans loudly proclaimed that "character counts"".

I remember when Rush Limbaugh used to regularly say, "Words mean things".

[houseboatonstyx]

Depending on what options the survey gives, some of us Leftists are still 'undecided' whether we can safely vote for Jill Stein or Whosis the Socialist till we see what the polls say at the last minute. In 2000 we sent a message that the Democratic nominee wasn't far enough Left -- and so we got Bush and a calamity no one had dreamed of: 9/11, war on Iraq....

[blue_23]

Talking to people, many I know are voting against, not for. On both sides of the street. Problem is when people want to vote against both major parties, but don't want to "throw away" their vote on a 3rd party. Hence, undecided.

I know who I'm voting for, but it's not an untroubled thought that I'm supporting this politician. However the other choice has so little overlap with my wants that it's clear.