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<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua">I share these two great sites with
you:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Last night on PBS's Newshour, an interview with
Hedrick Smith, discussing his book, "Who Stole the American Dream," analyzing
how the rich have gotten all the economic productivity gains in the past 30
years (in both video and transcript for dialup users): <A
href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec12/smith_10-01.html"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec12/smith_10-01.html</FONT></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua">And, an incredibly fascinating site put out
by the NY Times analyzing the Presidential election (polls, probability of
winning each state, daily updates - on the left side - based on recent
polls and events, etc.) for each battleground state; click on the tab
about 1/3 of the way down the page to see all states. It reports, for
example, Obama leads Romney in Florida 51%-49% with a 71% probability of
winning the state on Nov. 6. Obama is currently given an 85%
likelihood of winning the national election. Another tab shows
probabilities of who'll win the Senate in each state (Eliz. Warren has a 69%
probability of winning in Mass.). One of the most amazing political sites
on the internet I've found:</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/">http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Enjoy,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Rick Childs</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>