South Carolina Election

According to the exit polls, 61% of males voted for Jim DeMint, while 56% of females selected the incumbent senator on the 2010 election ballot. Democrats voted for Greene 66% of the time, while only 12% of Democrats selected DeMint. A whopping 95% of Republicans said they voted for DeMint, while only 5% of Democrats selected him on their ballots. As far as independent voters go, 63% chose DeMint.

While these results are far from official, as there have been no votes reported so far, these are based entirely on exit polls. The polls in South Carolina have closed at 7:00 P.M. Official election results should begin coming in any moment.

Register to Vote

Voter registrations take time to be validated, approved and handed out. County and state offices all over the country have been receiving phone calls today from individuals who forgot to, or put off the voter registration process, yet want to vote in today’s election.

Most states have websites that allow people fill out forms and become registered voters. However states all require that you register prior to election day. Most states require that you register to vote at least 10-30 days prior to the election. Some states like Connecticut are more lenient. For citizens of Connecticut, they could have registered to vote as late as yesterday, and still be able to vote in today’s election.

Make sure you remember to register prior to the 2012 election if you hope to make your voice count.

Christine O'Donnell

People wonder why a website like Gawker would post such a report about Christine O’Donnell, so close to the Delaware Elections. The reason is quite simple. They want to to get a few extra Halloween treats this year.

Gawker currently is ranked #764 overall by Alexa.com. That means it is the 764th most popular website on the internet. Gawker has to pay their writers, and they probably have to pay for anonymous articles like this recent O’Donnell one. The company is out to make a profit, and in order to do so, they rely on as much web traffic as they possible can get.

This Halloween, with the “more than likely” bogus “Christine O’Donnell article, Gawker will see a nice Halloween treat in the form of Advertising dollars. Advertisers such as AMC pay top dollar to have their ads shown on a website as popular as Gawker.

People love gossip, no matter what it’s about. Whether it is gossip about politicians or anyone else, people want to read it, and that is what brings the advertising dollars in. That is why Gawker is ranked 764 on the internet.

When should the line be drawn though? Isn’t this latest attack on Republican Christine O’Donnell a little too much?

Christine O'Donnell

The article’s author, who is very descriptive, talks about how he met the politician on Halloween night, when she knocked on his door and asked to get changed.

This salacious smear on the 41-year-old has angered Christine O’Donnell as well as her Democratic opponent Chris Coons. This all comes with 4 days left before the Delaware Senate Elections get underway.

The latest political poll by Monmouth University shows O’Donnell only trailing Chris Coons by 10 percentage points, going into the final weekend before the election. O’Donnell has made up a lot of ground over the past few weeks. On October 14, the CNN/Time poll showed Coons being ahead of O’Donnell by 19 percentage points.

It should be interesting to see what kind of impact this latest smear posted by Gawker has on the Senate race.

Jane Fonda

She also discussed something we all remember her for – fitness. Between 1981 and 1995, Jane Fonda was known for her entertaining and effective fitness programs. She started with “Jane Fonda’s Workout”, and continued with 22 other videos throughout the years. The “Jane Fonda’s Workout” video sold over 17 million copies, which is a record for home videos.

Now Fonda is releasing a brand new workout video. It will hit shelves on November 30 for under $15.00. It is called “Prime Time: Fit & Strong“, and will include two complete workouts for seniors. The DVD is available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.

O'Hare Airport

Chicago O’Hare International Airport had to issue a “ground stop” according to the Chicago Department of Aviation. That means that over 125 flights had been canceled earlier today.

As of this afternoon flights have been resumed, but long delays are expected. Incoming flights may see delays of over 3 hours, while outgoing flights could be delayed by over an hour. The high winds and rain are expected to continue throughout Wednesday and into Thursday according to the National Weather Service and NOAA radar.

Taylor Swift Album

All of Taylor Swift’s songs on the new album are written solely by her. Several of the singles from the album were released early including “Mine”, which debuted at #3 on the Hot 100 and had 297,000 digital downloads in the first week of its release.

There is speculation that the “Speak Now” album will sell over 1 million copies in the first week alone. There are others predicting that it ends up selling over 2 million copies. These both would be major achievements for the young country singer.

Many great songs are featured on this album. It’s hard to tell what the early favorites are, but a lot of people are talking about “The Story of Us” and “Dear John” as being their favorites. Here is a list of all the songs on Taylor Swift’s newest album:

1. “Mine”
2. “Sparks Fly”
3. “Back to December”
4. “Speak Now”
5. “Dear John”
6. “Mean”
7. “The Story of Us”
8. “Never Grow Up”
9. “Enchanted”
10. “Better than Revenge”
11. “Innocent”
12. “Haunted”
13. “Last Kiss”
14. “Long Live”

What is your favorite song from “Speak Now”?

You can currently purchase the entire album online for $8.00 or individual singles for only $0.99 at Amazon.com.

Disney Movie Club

The Disney Movie Club allows its members to get 4 Disney movies for $1.99 each. Members commit to purchasing more movies over the next 2 years in exchange for the incredibly low price on Disney DVDs.

They have recently announced that they will be releasing Toy Story 3 on November 3rd to their Movie Club members. It is doubtful that this is the cause of the site’s downtime.

There is no word yet on what is causing the downtime. It seems as though there is an issue connecting to the server. It is possible that it may be a DDOS attack, server overload, or network issue.

Has anyone been able to access the website today?

Rice, Texas

Winds from the storm reportedly turned over 4 rail cars, damaged at least a half-dozen homes, and took the roof off of Rice Middle School. The winds reached upwards of 125 miles per hour at one point.

“This is a brand new building (Rice Middle School), we are real proud of it, and to see this kind of damage is just devastating,” said Rice’s Police Chief, Scott Dyson.

Many people in the town never experienced a storm of this kind before. Neither did, Albert Johnson who was visiting from California.
“I was driving to the store, when I saw what looked like 2 tornadoes hovering in the sky to the north east. I turned around and drove back to my hotel immediately,” said Johnson.

You can see a video of the tornado below.

Southwest Airlines

In related news, Southwest Airlines announced yesterday that in the 3rd quarter of 2010, they had increased profits. Net income came in at $205 million, which is 27 cents per share. Last year in the same quarter, the company announced a loss of $16 million which was a loss of 2 cents per share. The operating revenue in the 3rd quarter was $3.19 billion which is a 20 percent increase over last year.

The company is still looking into acquiring AirTran.