Primary Elections 9/9/08 - Nonpartisan Results

School Board:
Lydia Lee (Incumbent)
Jill Davis
Carla Bates

Associate Justice 3, MN Supreme Court:
Paul H. Anderson

Associate Justice 4, MN Supreme Court:
Lorie S. Gildea

Judge, Fourth District Court 53:
David L. Piper



This is very good - almost everyone I supported and no "activist" judges to blur the lines between church and state.

WTF?

Oddly enough, this story did *NOT* come from the Onion:

99¢ Only Stores®, in Response to Dramatically Rising Costs and Inflation, is Forced to Announce Its First Ever Price Increase, Raising Its Top Price from 99¢ to 99.99¢, Which is an Increase of Almost a Whole Penny

The New Maximum Retail Price will Still Be Just under a Dollar

(Full story here)

I realize that this isn't intended to be met with rational thought, but the first thing that occurs to me is "so the first 50 things you buy will be rounded up to $1.00, then the next one will cost $0.99, and so on, right?  I wonder whether they're testing their registers to ensure that happens."  This is going on in California, where they're really strict about advertised-price laws.

"This election is not about issues!" This election is about lipstick.

Apparently the McCain campaign owns lipstick, and they're not sharing.

("This election is not about issues" quote and story here)

(I wonder how their supporters feel about the implications continually made by the campaign that they're stupid?)