Author Archives: Jeff Porten

Bianca Bosker @bbosker:
Super.MT @achorowitz: Google trends chart shows HUGE spike in # of people searching for “who is running for president.” bit.ly/RQuyh6

@bbosker @achorowitz @Gartenberg X axis is years, not days. That’s ostensibly a positive graph.

Alana Horowitz @achorowitz:
@jeffporten yes but if you zoom in to oct/november still a spike

Fraser Speirs @fraserspeirs:
Curious why Americans have to queue so long to vote? Is there a verification process that takes some time? I’ve never had to queue to vote.

@fraserspeirs Mostly due to volunteers running polls and voting methods that change every 2 years.

“@thinkprogress: Sheldon Adelson will party with Romney tonight thkpr.gs/QktQxo” // Wonder how he feels about millions bet w/91.6% vig?

Carlos Perez @carlosperez:
@jdalrymple Don’t misrepresent our elections. One doesn’t run for President of Canada. They battle a polar bear in hand-to-hand combat.

@carlosperez @jdalrymple Careful. Putin-Harper cage match might work out badly for you.

Dan Moren @dmoren:
The downside to working at home is that I have to get dressed to go vote.

@dmoren Technically, I think they can’t stop you from voting in your underwear.

David Chartier @chartier:
This is the line for the new iPad, right? So… I have to…. vote on which one I get? Apple’s doing it weird this year.

@chartier The iPod touch has a European voting system, where you can choose from six candidates, but might not get your first choice.

Peter Cohen @flargh:
Very excited about the possibility of Elite: Dangerous getting funded via Kickstarter. Also skeptical based on past. kck.st/Sqkk7F

@flargh Nightmare flashbacks of how many times I crashed into an Apple //e space station by not rotating at the right speed.

Marco Tabini @mtabini:
Good luck, America. May the best candidate win!

And by “best candidate,” I mean the one whose name doesn’t rhyme with “chimney.”

@mtabini Love Canadian pronunciation. “Santa came down the chomney, now he was born with a natural language and votes Green.”

Amazed and amused that the guy who wrote this also wrote _Mirror Worlds_: nationalreview.com/corner/332872/…

“@ReutersZengerle: Wow RT @peterbakernyt: Last time GOP won WH w/o Nixon or a Bush on ticket? Hoover 1928. m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-l…”// Holy crap

Sarah Baicker @sbaickerCSN:
I miss the old-school voting machines of my childhood. Been in line 5 mins, seen tech issues already.

@sbaickerCSN @ryankelly Every time you pulled a lever, you could pretend you were Dr. Frankenstein reanimating a monster. Sometimes true.

Pannill Camp @pannill:
I was turned away in CT for not having proper ID (passport no good?), but came back and crushed. @anamariecox pic.twitter.com/80pqofMe

@pannill @anamariecox CT requires address. Passport no good. The *envelope* it came in, that’s fine. ct.gov/sots/LIB/sots/…

HeatherHenderson @HeatherHenderso:
Had a dream that @neiltyson came over to do my podcast and was super nice. How often do I dream of astrophysicists? Often.

@HeatherHenderso Met @neiltyson last month. He is, indeed, super nice.

Not surprised re Biden “vote for myself”. If doesn’t get 2016 prez nom, back to the Senate. Or county clerk. He will die in *some* office.

The 44th Psalm

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Nate Silver is my shepherd; I shall not count.
He maketh me to lie down until 11 PM;
He leadeth me astride the Sandy waters.
He restoreth my poll;
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for Bayes’ name sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Florida,
I will fear no exits: for thou art with me.
Thy tweets and thy staff of MSNBC, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a graph before me in the presence of nine Romneys.
Thou anointest my head with Xanax as urban voting lines runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy will exceed 270 by midnight without extended recounts through all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the White House forever,
or at least not spend the next six weeks screaming at the television.

James Love @jamie_love:
Either Nate Silver is right, or Fox news is right, about who will win. One or the other will have some Splaining to do.

.@jamie_love Being Fox News means never having to say “we’re sorry for causing 2.4 million cases of Election Day PTSD.”

“@jbhardman: Backed up to @crashplan in 12 hrs what I was waiting for @carbonite to do in 4 months.” Careful, might have been @carbon14ite.

Melody Kramer @mkramer:
Spending the next five hours in the @templeuniv emergency room with @templeem.

@mkramer Do you have Xanax? I could really use some Xanax. Please tell me what to fake so I’m not diagnosed as Election Day med-seeking.