Author: Gareth

As we move through the general election, remember that the corporate media has a vested interest in a tight race: It’s dramatic, it’s sexy, and it puts asses in seats — more eyes on the screen, to watch the commercials that the “news” channels show for their sponsors.

The problem is….this isn’t a tight race. At all. And it isn’t likely to be. For historical context — George W. Bush beat John Kerry by 3 percentage points in 2004. At no point in the polling was he more than 6% ahead, and he was never behind.

Here is a look at current projected electoral totals (with links to sources) — the first batch are sites which aggregate state polls (which are often only covered locally, so if you live in NY, for example, you’re unlikely to hear the results of a MO poll)….and then the current projected electoral totals as presented by MSNBC and CNN.

                       Obama  McCain   Net

   Electoral-Vote.com   304    221   Obama +83

   FiveThirtyEight.com  300    238   Obama +62

   Real Clear Politics  238    190   Obama +48

   Rasmussen Reports    260    240   Obama +20

   MSNBC                200    200   Tied

   CNN                  190    194   McCain +4

Keep your eyes open, folks.

I don’t often bother with “tagged by” memes, but this one is up my alley, and I was tagged by , so I figured I’d give this one a go.

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to.

1. Hooverphonic – “2Wicky”
2. Muse – ” Knights of Cydonia”
3. Siobhan Donaghy – “Ghosts”
4. Eagles of Death Metal – “Don’t Speak (I Came To Make a BANG!)”
5. Air – “La Femme D’Argent”
6. The Cure – “Primary.”
7. Spindrift – “The Legend of God’s Gun”

The main reason I don’t do these is I hate “tagging” people. If you want to do this, do it. If you don’t, don’t.

HULK……..SMASH!!!

Heh. Sometimes, I just kill me.

Seriously though, pretty damn good. If Iron Man was an A, The Incredible Hulk is easily a B+.

Best part about it: It completely ignores Ang Lee’s ‘shakespearean art film’ version. Never happened.

The studio has obviously sussed out the key to the success of the original Marvel comics — that they took place in a unified world. So, they’ve decided to reflect that in the recent films, to great effect.