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For those of us who do not subscribe to cable/satellite TV, is there a way to watch live streaming of the 2012 Olympic Games online? I know there is the "NBC Olympics Live Extra" app, but it still requires a cable/satellite subscription including MSNBC and CNBC. :(

Hoping for an education from some Freepers on history and future of silver and gold prices. When I look at the historical price of silver, it looks like we've seen this trend before in the late 70's and early 80's. Prior to this, it was under $10 an ounce, then spiked to about $50 an ounce, then back down to $10 for a couple of decades. My question is, why should we not expect it to drop back down to a historically baseline price of around $10 an ounce within the next couple of years? If you can answer that,...

Tonight's Updated Early Vote Numbers: Colorado: 2008: D +1.8 2010: R +5.3 R Gain: +7.1 Florida: 2008: D +8.3 2010: R +19.1 R Gain: +27.4 Iowa: 2008: D +18 2010: D +7.8 R Gain: +10.2 Louisiana 2008: D +29.3 2010: D +2.4 R Gain: +26.9 Maine: 2008: D +13.4 2010: D +0.1 R Gain: +13 Maryland: 2008: ?? 2010: D +37 R Gain: ?? Nevada - Statewide: 2008: ?? 2010: R +0.1 R Gain: ?? Nevada - Clark County: 2008: D +21.4 2010: D +8.7 R Gain: +12.7 Nevada - Washoe County: 2008: D +11.8 2010: R +6.2 R Gain:...

Where should we poll the final week? Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New York Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont

Me thinks Barney Frank and the rest of the Dems are starting to PANIC.

Each of the polls use a random sampling of 500 Likely Voters (unless otherwise stated) and has a +/- 5% margin of error (M.o.E). Poll that don’t add up to 100 are due to rounding. Commentary on the following results will be posted in a follow-up post. Delaware Senate: 50%- (D)Chris Coons, 42%- (R)Christine O’Donnell, 5%- Undecided, 3%- Some other candidate Pennsylvania Senate: 49%- (R)Pat Toomey, 42%- (D)Joe Sestak, 9%- Undecided Connecticut Senate: 50%- (D)Richard Blumenthal, 47%- (R)Linda McMahon, 3%- Undecided California Senate: 49%- (R)Carly Fiorina, 48%- (D)Barbara Boxer, 3%- Undecided California Governor: 52%- (D)Jerry Brown, 47%- (R)Meg Whitman, 1%-...

New Crop of GOP-Tea Party Senate Candidates Holds Radical View on Abortion: Believe Govt Should Enforce Births by Rape, Incest Victims On her MSNBC show last night, Rachel Maddow reported that, with addition of Christine O’Donnell to the 2010 roster of U.S. Senate candidates, there are now five GOP-tea party candidates who oppose abortion, even in the cases of rape and incest. The others are Sharron Angle of Nevada, Ken Buck of Colorado, Joe Miller of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky.

From last night's debate performance with Christine O'Donnell: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/119345-odonnell-coons-face-off-in-first-debate-for-standing-room-crowd "Borrowing a line from Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), Coons suggested the race would be fought on issues important to Delaware voters, rather than in the national media spotlight. “It’s often said that this is Joe Biden’s seat,” Coons said. “It’s not. It’s Delaware’s seat.”" From Chris Coons' website: https://secure.democratsenators.org/o/59/donate_page/odonnell “We cannot let Delaware’s Senate seat fall into ultraconservative hands – into the grasp of a candidate who is out of touch with our state and the challenges we face.” BUT From Chris Coons' website on September 15, 2010 at 3:20 pm...

T3. If the election for United States Senate was being held today, would you be more likely to vote for Republican Chuck Purgason, or Democrat Robin Carnahan? Chuck Purgason ...................................56% Robin Carnahan ....................................44%

Chuck Purgason began the filibuster at noon yesterday on the Monster of a "Tax Incentive" bill that would take 150 Million of Missouri taxpayer dollars and hand it over to Ford Motor Company. The battle was joined by Senators Bartle and Goodman and is still ongoing. Live Feed here: http://senate.mo.gov/ (click on Live Debate - Senate)

Chuck Purgason's one-man filibuster show. Big gamble he's taking here. On the line is 150 million dollars of Missouri taxpayer dollars. He's been going for more than 2 hours. Not sure how long he plans to keep it up... Link: http://www.kctv5.com/video/24248078/index.html More Info: http://www.examiner.com/a-2725379~Mo__senators_continue_to_block_vote_on_Ford_bill.html

Can state get 'fair share' without earmarks? Senate candidate Blunt says he'll continue to seek them; Carnahan and Purgason say system flawed. Washington -- For years, Missouri universities, cities and organizations have received targeted funding from the federal budget, thanks to longtime Sen. Kit Bond, a senior member of the powerful Appropriations Committee. ****** Follow link to News-Leader. Can't post direct link to News-Leader.

Give Missouri state Sen. Chuck Purgason credit for being an outspoken critic of the fuzzy logic being used to promote a huge taxpayer subsidy for Ford’s Claycomo plant. Purgason isn’t going quietly Monday, the day he was ousted as chairman of the Government Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee, with the help of Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields. Said Purgason in a hot-off-the-press statement: I guess (Shields) doesn’t like the way I’m holding government accountable. Ouch.

Yes, this is totally unscientific. I asked this question several months ago, and I want to see if the results have changed since then. If the Republican Primary for U.S. Senate were held today, who would you vote for? Chuck Purgason (75%, 297 Votes) Roy Blunt (18%, 71 Votes) Other (5%, 21 Votes) Neither/Not a Republican (2%, 9 Votes) Total Voters: 397 This poll will appear in this post and in the sidebar until Friday, July 16. Thanks.

JEFFERSON CITY • In the Missouri Capitol, "Ford" has become a four-letter word. "This is not about rewarding one company," state Rep. Jerry Nolte, R-Gladstone, told fellow House members last week as they were debating the Ford bill that Nolte is sponsoring. Nolte was careful not to mention the four letters that have become the center of attention in the special session called by Gov. Jay Nixon: F-O-R-D. For Nolte and other lawmakers pushing the bill, they put on their best dodge anytime a lawmaker or reporter refers to the economic incentive package as the "Ford bill." "This is not...

... Ad ignores Blunt's political career Blunt's ad offers similar anti-Democratic themes --without mentioning any names. Blunt spokesperson Rich Chrismer said in a statement that the ad (entitled "Education and Hard Work") "highlights how the America that Missourians know and love, where anything can be achieved by working hard at school and in life, is threatened by Washington’s out of control spending and debt." Says Blunt in the spot: "I was taught there was nothing you couldn’t achieve through education and hard work. But today that America is threatened. Irresponsible spending, crippling debt are killing jobs today and our children’s...