Being a subscriber to StarWars.com’s Hyperspace service, the Revenge Of The Sith teaser trailer was available for me to see before it’s made available for most people later on this evening (if yer a die-hard Star Wars geek, Hyperspace is well worth the twenty bucks per year, I can safely say).

Well, what can be said but… DAAAAAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN!!

The Duel. ‘Nuff said.

And surprisingly enough, the trailer has the “reveal” of when Darth Vader is shown in armor for the very first time.

Okay, I gotta run: I still haven’t cleaned off the spooge from my keyboard after seeing this. Trust me guys, this thing will make your head explode like that guy in Scanners, it’s so mind-blowingly cool!!!!!...

…especially given that his running mate is John Edwards?

Say what you will about trial lawyers, but Edwards has consistently been among the best of them. By all rights he should be frothing at the mouth before the cameras while ranting and raving that “it’s not over” until ALL the ballots from Ohio and Florida have been counted. That’s what he promised in the wee hours of the morning anyways. Now Kerry is making his concession speech at this very moment and Edwards, who committed his entire future political viability for a chance to be Vice-President of the United States… is doing nothing?

No speculation at all, folks: it’s only an observation. It’s just that I’m finding this to be more than a little out-of-character for John Edwards. But two possibilities do come to mind, although I’m reluctant to invest lengthy consideration toward either but the first: that being that ...

It’s 2:10 AM on November 3rd. And shaking my head at what’s coming down all over the place.

Folks, for the longest time I’ve had a feeling in my gut that this year’s election would become a fiasco that would trump the nonsense in Florida four years ago. So many factors figured into that thought: proliferation of electronic voting, the polarisation and animosity between each side, a few other things.

Well boys and girls, here we go fast and furious…

And there’s some positively scary things running through my mind about what might come down the pike next. But first, something from earlier tonight and guess what? It’s about those bloody Diebold machines.

About 11 PM last night a friend sent me this link to Oliver Willis’ blog. This is a screengrab that was made as live election results were coming in earlier this evening from Hamilton County, Ohio. ...

Something occurred to me last night: Eminem is the 21st Century’s answer to Thomas Paine!

Think about it: Paine stirred the American people to action with his pamphlet “Common Sense” in the 1770s. Just as Eminem is doing now with his “Mosh” song and video.

Juxtapose that lil’ analogy in yer head: “These are the times that try men’s souls” has found a worthy heir in “Mr. kisses ass crack, he’s a class act Rubber band man, yea he just snaps back”....

…And in the end, I voted for John Kerry.

There are three names for President on the North Carolina ballot: Democrat John Kerry, George W. Bush from the Republicans, and Michael Badnarik representing the Libertarian Party. And had Michael Peroutka of the Constitution Party been a choice on the ballot, my pen would have unhesitantly hit the screen next to his name (this was also the first time I’ve ever used a computerized voting system).

I think that the so-called “third parties” suffer from the system being rigged against them. The two major parties never worry about the hurdles that the third parties must jump… not when it was they who set up the hurdles to begin with. There should be a leveled playing field for all the parties, and any unaffiliated individuals for that matter. As it stands now America is run by a kleptocratic duopoly without an effective ...

This just in from Yahoo!

Court OKs Voter Challengers at Ohio Polls

9 minutes ago

BY LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press Writer

CINCINNATI – Giving a pre-dawn Election Day boost to the GOP, a federal appeals court early Tuesday cleared the way for political parties to send in people to challenge voters’ eligibility at Ohio polling places. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to step in.

Overturning the orders of two federal judges, a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 early Tuesday that the presence of Election Day challengers was allowed under state law. It granted emergency stays that will allow Republicans and Democrats one challenger per precinct each.

Plaintiffs’ appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court were unsuccessful. Early Tuesday, Justice John Paul Stevens, who handles appeals from Ohio, refused a request to stay the 6th Circuit decision.

Republicans say they wanted challengers in many polling

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Click here for Eminem’s “Mosh” video (32 MB Quicktime)

Was up ’til 2 A.M. this morning watching the first bits of news trickle in on today’s election. Already there’s chaos brewing in Ohio and Florida.

And the day is just getting started.

I’m heading to the polls in another hour or so. The only thing I’m really willing to openly predict is that this may be the most mechanically-plagued election in American history, what with electronic voting machines like Diebold and Sequoia all over the place… and if Baxter the chimpanzee could throw a monkeywrench into the works, why not an unscrupulous poll worker. Or those in charge of the system itself (Diebold’s president has even admitted that he’ll do whatever he can to help elect Bush). No paper trail on these things folks. Nothing to audit at all. I first saw these machines in action four years ago and ...

A month ago Lisa suggested that maybe I get this Jango Fett costume she’d seen in a Halloween store at the mall, so that I could wear it with the Jango helmet that I got two years ago (when I wanted to build a good set of Fett armor). I suspect the REAL reason she wanted me to spring for it is so she could wear my Jedi Knight costume, which is practically movie quality. So it was that after church last night we got decked out like this and went out to eat…

Now, I may be prejudiced, but I’ve had dinner with the ladies that portray Aayla Secura and Mara Jade for Lucasfilm, among others and they were all very fine charming and lovely young ladies… but Lisa makes for the darned HOTTEST lil’ Jedi dame that I ever saw!!

Just hope she doesn’t get too cocky with ...

This has been bugging me ever since I first saw the pic of “Azzam the American” early yesterday evening. Look at this comparison photo: Bush campaign strategist Karl Rove on the left, and “Azzam the American” on the right:

Azzam seems to share a very similarly proportioned head with Rove. The position of the eyebrows and size of the nose almost seem identical. The right hands of each might be close in size to each other. The mass and angle of the shoulders… sheesh they look a lot alike. Also, note that Azzam is wearing glasses, and they look to be very much of the style that Rove is most seen wearing.

I took the photo of Azzam into Photoshop and played around with curve levels. I’m no photographic expert by any stretch, but I did get this “enhancement” if you want to call it that…

Is “Azzam the American” ...

StarWars.com unveiled the official “teaser” poster for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith tonight. Dire portent of things to come…

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