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The Repeal will be on the ballot!

June 24, 2014 By sleeples

I just heard the breaking news, and of course came to BMG to discuss it. Since I don't see anyone else's more detailed post yet, let me be the first to say it: Thank you David, for your legal work on helping the Repeal team shoot down … [Read more...]

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We can still stop Casinos – the job-and-culture-crushing Walmart of entertainment

November 11, 2013 By sleeples

There are a lot of great ballot initiatives out there this year, nearly all of which I have signed. Minimum wage, the Bottle Bill, ending corporate citizenship. Paid Sick days. These are all extremely important initiatives that show how … [Read more...]

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So many things wrong with this picture

December 16, 2012 By sleeples

Other people have probably made this point more eloquently and succinctly, but events like this make me emotional, and I want to get it off my chest. Reports indicate this particular shooter didn't buy the guns himself (they were just … [Read more...]

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Is Congress Gerrymandered in Republicans’ favor?

November 24, 2012 By sleeples

In the most recent post over at 538, Nate Silver makes a brief parenthetical statement about Pennsylvania that got me wondering if there was something bigger going on. (So pronounced are the regional variations in Pennsylvania that … [Read more...]

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2012 BMG Prediction Results

November 8, 2012 By sleeples

UPDATED: Ugh, of course you are right david, my mistake and I have updated the popular vote to the 'current' number (could be as many as 7 million votes still out there?). Classic math blunder, I used the totals from the official Google … [Read more...]

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2012 BMG Senate / Presidential User Predictions

November 5, 2012 By sleeples

Here's what I got for the call for 2012 BMG predictions by my deadline (8pm tonight, i.e. 24 hrs before polls close tomorrow). Let me know if I missed any or got any of these wrong, I will do another pass tomorrow morning and update if … [Read more...]

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Make a 2012 Senate/Presidential Prediction!

November 2, 2012 By sleeples

UPDATED: Per david's suggestion, feel free to include your guess at the Electoral Votes total (EV) UPDATED 2: 11/2 11pm - Per trickle up's suggestion: a Deadline: MONDAY 11/5, 8pm (24 hours before polls close) for the prediction to be … [Read more...]

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BMG on casinos, part 1

April 6, 2010 By sleeples

Anti-casino posts, organized chronologically: May 25, 2007 - Why I have opposed casinos in the Commonwealth by Dan Bosley, Representative and candidate for Sheriff from North Adams Representative Daniel Bosley immediately dispenses with the … [Read more...]

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Top Senate predictions

January 26, 2010 By sleeples

Full listing (BMG in blue, RMG in red). Deviations Predictor Brown Coakley Kennedy 0 Actual 51.9 47.1 1 0.2 Ken Pittman 52 47 1 0.2 Paul … [Read more...]

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53-44 Brown win? Prediction model, as originally designed, hopefully needs tweaking

January 19, 2010 By sleeples

The last time I tried to make a prediction, in the Democratic Senate primaries I was way off (I had Capuano winning 37-34). It was a humbling introduction into the online predicting world, but I noticed that I wasn't alone. The BMG … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brown, coakley, ma-sen, predictions

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