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Tuesday Night Open Thread

By Jeralyn

Congress has passed a stop-gap budget bill. The new census reports are out and the U.S. has 308 million people. The power in Congress has shifted to the West and South. That may prove to help Democrats, notwithstanding recent Republican electoral gains:

[P]opulation gains in the South and West were driven overwhelmingly by minorities, particularly Hispanics, and the new districts, according to the rules of redistricting, will need to be drawn in places where they live, opening potential advantages for Democrats, who tend to be more popular among minorities.

TV seems dead for the next few weeks. It will be On Demand and Netflix till January. Not bad: Ben Affleck's "The Town." It's no "The Departed", but it's okay. Next up: Wall St. II. Not worth the time or money: Eat, Pray, Love. I'm still thinking about how good Intelligence was. If you get Netflix streaming, I highly recommend it. Here's a review. Caution: It's very addictive.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 21, 2010 (boomark / email).