Tag Archives: Nate Silver
The Candidates Are the Issue
Friday, November 4, 2016
E Minus 4: Forget about education, income inequality, national defense, healthcare, the wall, tax cuts, and tax hikes. Forget about all of it. There are only two issues in the final days of the presidential election: Donald Trump and Hillary …
“To Be Determined,” Women Beat Men
Monday, August 22, 2016
It’s Political: Donald Trump may be backing away from one of his most hard-nosed campaign promises. Deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. Asked yesterday on CNN whether Trump would create a “deportation force” to remove 11 million illegal immigrants, Trump’s new …
Turkey Suspect Roundup , Hillary and Hamilton
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Aftermath: Turkey has carried out raids rounding up 13 Islamic State suspects after the suicide attack at Istanbul’s airport. Turkey believes the Islamic State is responsible for the attack that killed 42 and wounded 230. Turkey has been a transit …
Facebook Gun Ban, Hillary’s Secrets
Saturday, January 30, 2016
GunBeat: Facebook announced that it is banning private person to person gun sales on its social network. Until now people have been able to negotiate private gun sales over Facebook without background checks. Facebook already bans sales of both legal …
Shootout at Planned Parenthood, Citrus Crisis
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Nation: Police in Colorado Springs shot it out with a gunman inside the offices of the local Planned Parenthood yesterday afternoon. Police convinced the gunman to give up, but only after three people were killed, including a police officer. Four …
Putin Signs Annexation, Hate Preacher Dies
Friday, March 21, 2014
Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed papers today formalizing the annexation of Crimea while Ukraine signed a deal for closer economic ties with Europe. Putin made jokes about Western sanctions. He said he was considering opening an account at the …
Super Sunday, “American Sniper” Shot
Sunday, February 3, 2013
XLVII: The San Francisco 49ers meet the Baltimore Ravens today in the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 EST on CBS. The NY Times statistical prognosticator Nate Silver says the numbers lean toward the 49ers to …