Current affairs

Looks like the WH/DOJ was wrong again. A terrorist almost walked out of civilian court in NY, not guilty on 284 charges against him, but one count should put him in lock up for a spell. Stupid is, what stupid does. Gitmo's military court house and brig will be open for business for a long long time.

Lib-Dem-Progressives apparanty didn't get it on Nov 2. To maintain the current House leadership team in place was simply brillant, from the Majority party view point. I suppose Dirty Harry will be the minority leader in the Senate. The voters will clean house in the Senate come 2012 when something like 33 seats will be up for grabs.

The senate race in Alaska is apparently over. You can see why Palin bowed out of the governorship, the politics there can be bloody. Speaking of red, the state still remains politically in that color.

The FDI or Financial Distress Index for Sept ran 65.2% up from 64.4% for 2Q10. A score of < 70% indicates financial distress. Maybe a sign things might get better. The only states generally > 70% are the mid-ountry low population states, I think 6 states fit that condition.