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The study projected that algorithms would grow to handle half of equity trading by 2010

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Originally posted by Trogdor:
Is Bravus still broken? Can someone order some parts or something? Get Bravus up and running again?

I'm serious in a way. We here in the States, we CAN vote and will. But we're not immune from feeling bereft of power ourselves. Boog, case in point. Thing is, he might be right. Boog might be perfectly correct in his cynicism. It's infectious. It makes sense. It's historically accurate.

Maybe. We're. Fucked.

But right now, a week after the end of the GOP convention, Obama and McCain are even. Tied. The composite of national polls show perhaps a 1 point McCain lead, but that contains major polls that have oversampled registered Republicans. Fact: polling organizations make more money off tied races. Fact: 75% of contracts with polling organizations are with GOP-connected entities. Tied. My favorite poll, which publishes ALL it's methodology and crosstabs (no other polls do) has Obama ahead nationally by a point. Those are the national polls. Tied.

State polls in critical battleground states (that will decide the election) show Obama with a signifigant 4 to 5 point lead. If the election were held today (barring election fraud), Obama would smash McCain in electoral votes. That could slip, but won't if we get the kids. New voters. You'll note Obama's latest ads attack McCain for not knowing how to use a computer. Obama's internal polling tells him the kids are important this time.

International opinion MATTERS with kids. Kids don't like living in an uncool country. Kids are difficult to poll but usually don't make a lot of difference because they're notorious for skipping election day. This thing could easily boil down to a few extra percent of those kids voting in November.

The USA can fix itself (Australia did!).

Somebody fix teh Bravus.