Gleanings: 12.10.2004

The Pacifica Network’s Democracy Now! asks “Was The 2004 Election Legitimate?” They inform us that

Next Monday, the Electoral College is scheduled to meet, despite the recount sought by third party candidates, David Cobb of the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party. Those efforts could begin as early as next week. On January 6, the electoral college will officially convene to certify the election results nationwide.

Also they inform us that

latest news. Florida changed the rules Thursday to make it easier for convicted felons who have done time to regain the vote and other civil rights.

The founder of my favorite mutual fund is also a bodywork guru. Which is pretty amazing to me since I am now just starting to plan my workout regime.

New in the world of blogs is one up my alley. It is a climate change blog called RealClimate (An old cohort of mine is one of the bloggers). I’ll be keeping an eye on it, that’s for sure.

Lastly, Firefox 1.0 has a feature that I just discovered last week. It is an RSS feed for your bookmarks which allows you to track blogs using bookmarks. When you go to a site that has an RSS or ATOM feed you'll see a little symbol in the lower right corner. Clicking on will produce a menu that will subscribe you to that feed and ask you where you wnat to place the bookmark. A cool feature.