It's Election Day! Along with the perk of this long campaign season finally coming to an end, some generous establishments and organizations have decided to reward you for voting. All you need is that magic sticker, or in some cases just your word, to have a day full of coffee, food, entertainment and even a new piercing.
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With Halloween and the election spookily close together, costumes are ripe to be politicized. While Barack and McCain masks must be flying off the shelves, there's a big whole world of spooky, funny, sexy political costumes that will make you stand out at your Halloween Bash. We came up with our top 10 favorites, click through to find your perfect costume.
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After the dicey financial day yesterday, the news that America's #1 export isn't cars or clothes, but debt might not be so surprising. With Henry Paulson saying, "This is a humbling, humbling time for the United States of America," and this piece in Time magazine asserting that "the US will simply be steering toward another, even bigger, crisis unless it finds something to replace debt as its #1 export," maybe it's time to consider it? After all, there are plenty of other countries who have top exports that are things, rather than nothings — check out these leading exports for 10 different countries according to the 2008 Economist's Pocket World in Figures.
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Creationism is, pardon the expression, creating quite a stir this election. With 66 percent of the US believing that the world is less than 10,000 years old, and 16 percent of biology teachers being creationists, a vice presidential candidate who's been linked to the c-word, and even Obama rolling out faith-based merchandise, the issue of belief is big. One UK preacher says of the growth, "Science does not have to be taught in conflict with faith or religion.
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Ah, Google Maps. That street view function that's captured so many a crazy scene has raised security, political, and privacy hackles the world over. From refugee camps to British swimming pools the program's reach is pervasive — so much so that this list of 51 places impervious from spying eyes grabbed my attention — and made me want to see what Google has to hide.
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