Odds and ends 11/26/07

My world is turned upside down. The GOP is the party of the rich and the Democratic Party is the party of the little guy. The working man. According to the left-leaning Huffington Post, big-shot CEOs are donating more to Dems this cycle than to Repubs. Is my entire worldview (to borrow a word from a frequent poster on our user forums) wrong, or is the money going with the probable winner?

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I have a sister-in-law who fears she may experience torn loyalties in a couple of weeks. She was born and raised in West Virginia. She moved to Columbus, enrolled at THE Ohio State University and graduated from THEre. Now, if Missouri loses the Big 12 title game to Oklahoma and WVU beats Pitt, it's possible the Buckeyes and the Mountaineers would meet in the BCS title game. Stranger things have happened. So if that happens, she does not know who she would root for, or against.

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Ever wonder where manhole covers come from? Sometimes it's not pretty.

A lot are made in India in a factory that has practically no safety standards. Imagine barefoot men carrying ladles of molten metal.

More here.

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