- Neuromarketing » Banking Mess: Blame Our Brains – As the current financial chaos moves toward some kind of resolution, there will no doubt be plenty of Monday morning quarterbacking to explain what went wrong. One group that one wouldn’t expect to have explanations are neuroscientists. As it turns out, neuroscience researchers actually can shed some light on why things went so wrong.
- Slate predicts McCain’s next 10 Hail Mary campaign stunts. – - Slate Magazine – In 3-months we've seen 3 gimmicks. In a two term McCain presidency, that works out to 32 more gimmicks. Slate gives you the first ten.
- Pew Research Center: Uncertain Times [AKA What the hell happened in October 2000?] – In 2000 at this time, voters believed Al Gore would win. But they changed their minds by late October and picked George W. Bush. In 1992 and 1996, boxcar majorities (61% and 75%, respectively) thought Clinton would win.
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