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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Two Signs that the End of the World is Nigh

Right-wing Republicans like to speak of 'The Rapture,' the moment when God comes to earth and takes all of his beloved believers with him to Heaven, leaving the rest of us poor sinners to gnash our teeth and bemoan our fate, left here on earth in a world without Right-wing Republicans. Could that moment of universal rapture for both the Left and the Right be upon us?

At 9:00 pm this evening, Denver time, two events occurred simultaneously. There was a full eclipse of the moon which reached its peak, and the Red Sox won the World Series in a sweep after an almost 100 year drought of tragi-comic futility. If this were the Middle Ages, we would all be preparing for Armageddon. All that we would need would be a third sign. Election day is now 6 days away. Could the 3rd sign be a victory by....