Cubs v. Dodgers in 2016 NLCS Embed from Getty Images The Cubs have a 3-2 game lead over the Dodgers in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series (after winning last night over Los Angeles 8-4). Who wins the NLCS?
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Friday Poll: What Was That?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
What Was It? In September, a live video cam of an eagle’s nest seemed to capture something else walking below on the ground. There’s now excitement that this might be a recording of a Sasquatch. (In the embedded video, the action occurs in the upper right corner of the recording, and is enhanced and placed…
Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2016, US Senate Race 2016
Marquette Law Poll Results (Early October ’16 Edition)
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The early October Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are two key findings from the 10.6.16 to 10.9.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Clinton-Trump-Johnson-Stein, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll, Wisconsin likely voters: Clinton 44% Trump 37% Johnson 9%Stein 3%#MULawPoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) October 12,…
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Friday Poll: Playing Pokemon Go in Parliament
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Playing Pokemon Go in Parliament @erna_solberg med Pokémon under trontaledebatten på #Stortinget i går. Les hva hun sier om det selv, i @Klassekampen. pic.twitter.com/bJwoc1PRvQ — Tom Henning Bratlie (@Jallapappa) October 5, 2016 So Norway’s Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, was caught playing Pokemon in that country’s parliament during a heated debate. What do you think?
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Friday Poll: Three Political Polls
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Who Won the First Presidential Debate? Will You Watch the Vice Presidential Debate? Should a Candidate Release His or Her Tax Returns? Here are three polls on politics: the winner on the first presidential debate, the upcoming vice-presidential debate, and candidates’ releasing tax returns. I’ve never run more than one poll at a time, but…
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Friday Poll: Will You Watch the First Presidential Debate?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 7 Comments
Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2016, US Senate Race 2016, Wisconsin
Marquette Law Poll Results (Mid-September ’16 Edition)
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The mid-September Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are a few key findings from the 9.15.16 to 9.18.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in WI 44% to 42%. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll…
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Friday Poll: Amtrak’s Seven-Month Response Time
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/9517184/”>Amtrak’s Seven-Month Response Time</a> Amanda Carpenter, a sometime political operative and current CNN commentator, became stuck in an Amtrak station elevator in February, and she posted on Twitter at the time to describe her situstion. Seven months later, an Amtrak representative tweeted back to ask if she still needed help: Carpenter obviously pushed the…
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Polls, Polls, Polls
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In the weeks ahead, we’re sure to hear about dramatic results! or shocking details! from presidential or statewide polls. Over at FiveThirtyEight, they’ve 13 Tips For Reading General Election Polls Like A Pro. All thirteen are instructive, but tips 1 and 2 are especially useful guidelines: Beware of polls tagged “bombshells” or “stunners.” Any poll described thusly is…
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Friday Poll – Vladimir Putin: Liar or Ignoramus?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Politics, Poll, Presidential race 2016, US Senate Race 2016, Wisconsin
Marquette Law Poll Results (Late August Edition)
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The latest Marquette Law School poll results are out, and here are a few key findings from the 8.25.16 to 8.28.16 poll (the full results will be available online later this afternoon). Clinton-Trump, Among LV: Among likely voters in WI, Clinton 45%, Trump 42%, with 10% supporting neither. #mulawpoll — MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) August 31, 2016…
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Friday Poll: Stuck Between Buildings, Romantic or Reckless?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Stuck Between Buildings, Romantic or Reckless? Recently, a University of Pittsburgh student tried to impress a woman by leaping from one building to another, but “instead fell into a narrow gap between the buildings near campus and had to be rescued.” He survived the fall: Crews used a jackhammer and other tools to break through…
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Friday Poll: Baboon v. Human
by JOHN ADAMS • • 8 Comments
Who Do You Support: Baboon or Human? A girl and her family visiting a zoo in North Carolina learned that baboons can throw objects with surprising accuracy. See, The shocking moment young girl has POOP thrown in her face by agitated baboon at North Carolina zoo @ Daily Mail. (The video includes vulgar language after…
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Friday Poll: Hidden Monkey on Plane
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
Hidden Monkey on an Airplane: What to do? If a passenger sneaks a monkey on to a plane, what should authorities do? On a flight from Ohio to Nevada, a flight crew discovered that a passenger was concealing a service monkey: Frontier Airlines spokesman Richard Oliver says the incident happened Tuesday night on a flight…