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Livejournal just ate my post by switching me over to the other editing mode when I hit update. I guess this is what I get for not using Semagic.

I decided to try tackling the sidewalk today on my way to campus. This turned out to be a bad idea as it cost me a pair of jeans and some skin, and while I can afford to lose the skin, I'm not happy about the loss of the jeans, especially since I have two papers due next week and thus no time to go shopping.

In other news, I read today that there's a chance Roy Moore will run for president. I would be delighted if this happened, although I'm a little worried that his candidacy might push the Republicans even further right in their efforts to retain the conservative Christian vote.

The rest of this week is all about the papers. Next week is about finishing my thesis (I hope). The week after I'm scheduled to write the paper I deferred from last term (which I think will just be a rewrite of the thesis, with the professor's blessing--he feels guilty because he promised me until June and then the SGS made him back down and assign a grade by the end of April). I think I also have to fit another statistics assignment in there somewhere, and maybe a second theory paper. Is it summer yet?

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As one of Andrew Sullivan's readers noted, Republican policy seems to have undergone a shift in recent years. Where once they paid lip service to the desires of the Christian Right while going after independent voters with moderate policies, they now seem to be employing the opposite tactic. Yes, they won't commit to policies that damage short-term business interests, but that doesn't mean they can't get even more socially conservative if they believe that's the best way to win the election.