No ties in USA election

Feeling at a loose end?

Perhaps it's because you live in the Untied States of America.

According to CBS Seattle, next week's election ballot paper mailed out to nearly 23,000 voters in Jefferson County, Washington asks them to pick a President and Vice President of the Untied States.

Credit: Jefferson County

So that's what they mean by the land of the free.

County Auditor Donna Eldridge told the Peninsula Daily News that the gaffe got past five proofreaders.

But she doesn't think the error will affect the veto.

Sorry... the vote.

Akin breakin' hearts

Continuing our Election 2012 theme, here's another gaffe which appeared on Republican Todd Akin's web site in his bid to become Senator of Missouri.

Todd has form when it comes to issues related to women so he's clearly trying to redress the balance.

That he can't tell one woman from several women doesn't do his cause much good, I fear.

Even worse, though, is that one of the women featured in the photograph is not one of his supporters.

But it's worse than that.

The woman in question is on Akin's left. Yes, that one. The one whom Akin's wife, Lulli, is hugging so lovingly.

She is, in fact, Corinne Matti and she's a full-time employee of the Missouri Democratic party. Her job as a Tracker is to attend and monitor Akin's public appearances and report back to her Democrat bosses.

Surely he didn't simply grab the first women he could find?

That would be entirely incorrect, wouldn't it?

In fact, not politically correct.

And not correct politically.

Keeping abreast

The Massachusetts Republican Senator, Scott Brown, made a bit of a boob the other day in his re-election campaign.

In a flyer entitled A Strong Record On Women's Issues, Brown released an advert proclaiming that he supported women and women's issues.

He then posted from his personal Twitter account asking his backers to spread the word.

Looks like he's really got the hang of this Titter thing.

Acronymious headline

Taken from The Times on Saturday 6 October. Thanks very much to Jon C for ensyring we received it.

Maybe it's another acronym.

I've a couple of suggestions.

To the Sub Editor perhaps:

Editor's Note: Sure You've Read Everything?

Or: e-newspapers sabotage your reading experience.

You?

Counting on spell check

Many people were quick to offer their congratulations to Felix Baumgartner on his brilliant triumph.

None more so than Red Bull, the main sponsor of the event, whose social media people congratulated him on the Red Bull Stratos Facebook Page.

There's a trend these days for using nouns as verbs.

But I'm not at all sure how this one would work.