My main purpose here is to help keep an appropriate and narrow focus on what will determine the winner in the upcoming 2012 election. That is, NOT the nationwide popular vote that polls often report in the months leading up to the election -- rather, the individual states and their electoral votes.

With that in mind, I look for the states that (1) are pretty well split in terms of which candidate they will vote for, and (2) have a lot of Electoral Votes. As I did 4 years ago, I'll...

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From time to time I use my avatar to pay tribute to other PF members and their accomplishments.


Here's to tiny-tim, one of the 2008 Homework Helper Gurus


A triple winner! In December 2008, Math is Hard ("MIH") finished her degree in cognitive science, was promoted and returned to Mentor level at PF, and was the self-proclaimed Best Kurdt for...

A comparison of the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the financial crashes of 1929, 1987, and 2008.


Looking at the 3 months before & after each of the three crashes:




An 18 month time frame:


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