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Yeah. But at least they can beet it. the tool for changing the appearance of this body-part was one of the 1st ever invented. http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/33936.jpg

And it's far easier to manipulate than those lasers and contacts for fooling a retina scan.

... for me to wear a tux on my bike

Is that you?

Somehow it seemed more impressive when I read about it.

is likely to give you many seemingly uncanny correlations between multiple events. The outcome of Washington Redskins home games prior to the election has predicted all the presidential elections since 1936. The sale of Halloween maks of the presidential candidates have predicted the elections since 1980. Does this bear any significance to this election? No. However, on the surface, this new prediction seems interesting. A person's word usage is a reflection of his character, education, and background. And there's been plenty of analysis of the word used by Bush and Kerry in this year's debates.

Yeah, well whatever. The thing that bugs me most about presidential candidates is that they always say "when I am president" and not "if I am elected president", even the ones who know they have no chance of winning (like Kucinich). I know their speech coaches or whoever tell them it makes them sound more assertive and confident and blah blah blah, but shut up already. NBC did this too, with their "MUST SEE THURSDAY" crap. It always sounded like a threat to me. Oh. Also, have they done an analysis of whether the person who repeats the same damn phrases over and over again the most is more likely to win? Because that seems to be the strategy of both camps.

I recall back in 2000 a news story about how the sales of Halloween masks for the presidential candidates predicted the election outcome (candidate whose mask sold more won the election).

Found this site keeping tabs on sales this year. W is in the lead right now (though I expect their numbers to be somewhat less than scientific).

In a similar vein, Washington Redskins home game wins have correlated with the outcomes of presidential elections. This has held true sine 1936! When they loose their last home game before the election, the challenging party wins the election. This year: Green Bay is favored to win in Washington this Sunday.

Unfortunately, the popular vote has proven to not be an accurate predictor of who wins the election...

I wouldn't be to concerned if I where you. Here's what they would look like.