Somewhere last week, I lost track of the days, but I know today is T-1 :=) HuffPo Pollster averaged polls has Clinton 55-42; a 13-point lead. In other news, I hear there's a NY bridge either for sale or crumbling under neoliberalism. Yesterday, it had Clinton 53-43; a 10-point lead. Some digging into the numbers below.

Wow, just wow and LOL!!!

The Emerson poll just released shows Clinton with a 15 point lead

They actually put out cross tabs but they bundle up the age groups of 18-34 (only 22%)

But for the record they interviewed 438 registered democrats

and only 15 (FIFTEEN!) did NOT vote in 2012

That means that, even if ALL OF THESE VOTERS WERE AGE LIMITED TO VOTE then the 18-26 age group polled was 3.4%

One thing that always bugged me as a kid growing up was how GROSS Shaggy's food was. If you never watched the show, Scooby Doo, Shaggy was essentially the epitome of the Hollywood Stoner. Shaggy hair, goofy jokes, and always ate EVERYTHING. But his flavor combinations left much to be desired. In fact they were downright disgusting.

With all the changes in the weather my arthritis has been acting up a lot. I have found something that may help arthritis sufferers. I took 1/4 cup of light olive oil and placed it in a small frypan. I added 3 tablespoons of minced fresh ginger root and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes. I brought it to a simmer and let it cook for 30 minutes. I poured the mixture into a container and let it cool.

Today we celebrate Alexander Nevsky's defeat of the Crusaders & Teutonic Knights, but more on that later.

It is April 18, so today's number is 18
18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to suspicions that it will generate unending fractions (more later)

Polls show Bernie's challenges in NY are those over 45 and people of color. Here's a super positive Bernie video that appeals to those voters: Welcome Back, Bernie! Please share! And watch for Bernie kissing Jane! How many ads show that??

from reddit

Team: we hit our goal—and then some!

Today, Bernie volunteers made over 1.7 MILLION calls into New York, beating yesterday's incredible total of 1.3 million calls, for a weekend total of over 3 MILLION CALLS in our #TakeNYbyPhone weekend! That's over 1 million MORE calls than our original goal of 2 million calls in 48 hours!

The following clip is from a 2005 Town Hall. Included in the guests were Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Belafonte gave an impassioned speech about the ills of the country, and he covers a lot of issues. He is very clear in his message that addresses many of the things we are again (or still) talking about in this primary and election season...11 years later, time enough for some of these issues to have been at least started on.