Submitted by Trish McIntyre

Thought some of you might be interested in this.  I receive a daily newsletter called California Health Line and this was in it today.  I am one of these….Trish
 
Monday, November 09, 2009

Poll: 52% of California Voters Do Not Want H1N1 Vaccine
More than half of California voters do not want the H1N1 influenza vaccine and just 5% already have been inoculated, according to a Los Angeles Times/USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences poll. The poll found that 40% of respondents said they wanted the vaccine, and 12% of those respondents had tried but failed to find it. In addition, 70% said that they thought the vaccine was safe.

“Most California Voters Don’t Plan To Get Swine Flu Vaccine, Times/USC Poll Finds” (Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times, 11/7).

For full article, click the link below:

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-me-swine-flu-poll7-2009nov07,0,1594862.story

Hey all! Many, many apologies for our lack of updates recently. As previously stated, The Destroying Angel is busy with work and studying. And, more recently, Spider Monkey got a real (big-kid) job, which required her to move across the state. Sooo, we’ve been slackers when it comes to our blog lately. But not to worry! Everything will settle down soon, and we’ll get back on track. We still owe you a plethora of Worst Merch updates, along with some fresh chapters.

In the meantime, we’ve launched yet another section of our blog! A while back we talked about adding a weekly or monthly poll, and, since we’re too busy right now to entertain you, you can entertain yourselves! We added the We Wanna Know section, where we’ll be posting fun polls as we come up with them.

The first one asks whether you plan to go see ‘New Moon’ in theaters. So please, make us feel cool and go log your vote!

So it seems that current Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell won’t be seeking another term. This is good news for, among others, Ned Lamont supporters. It’s also rather serendipitous for Lamont as he just announced his candidacy. Chris Cilizza at The Fix says this race will be a good chance for Democrats to retake the statehouse. Too bad for Sen. Chris Dodd that Demcorat popularity isn’t strong enough to give him an easy reelection campaign. It’s looking like Dodd is in serious trouble.

Anyway, I’ll be keeping my eye on this race as it develops. I’ve got to admit, it’d be nice to see Lamont as governor.

Photo via Ned.

S.C. State continues to move up in the FCS football polls.

The Bulldogs are now ranked ninth in the Sports Network’s FCS poll, an improvement over the team’s No. 10 ranking.

S.C. State continues to be ranked at No. 1 in all three major HBCU football polls.

Below is the link for our team’s very first Cover It Live Session. We discussed many topics over Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and asked each other questions we had over the book. We also took some Live polls during the chat, and you will be given some questions as well for us to see what you think about the story so far.

Alice Team 7 in CIL Session #1

Expect to see more Cover It Live Sessions and Poll Questions in the future.

Even though the Monday night game has yet to kick off, the People’s Pigskin has racked up another loss. We currently trail the Northeast Dragons by a score of 93-83. The Dragons will start Brandon Marshall and the Steelers defense/special teams tonight, but unless Brandon has a few “Wrong Way” Marshall plays in him, the Pigskin’s record will drop to 4-5.

Here’s a breakdown of our results.

Kurt Warner, QB. The stats: 22 of 32 passing, 261 yards, 5 touchdowns, 1 rush for 3 yards, and 30 fantasy points. A week after his disastrous five-interception outing, Warner made mincemeat of the the Chicago Bears defense. If the rest of our fantasy football team played the way he did, we’d be talking about a resounding victory instead of a defeat.

Matt Forte, RB. The stats: 5 rushes for 33 yards, 6 receptions for 74 yards, and 10 fantasy points. For what it’s worth, Forte is one of the few running backs who doesn’t become irrelevant in fantasy football when his team gets behind, because he can do as much damage as a receiver as he does as a runner.

Steve Slaton, RB. The stats: 6 rushes for 17 yards, 3 receptions for 12 yards, 1 touchdown, and 8 fantasy points. This week it was Ryan Moats’ turn to fumble the ball for the Houston Texans. Slaton held the ball long enough to get it in the end zone — always a plus for fantasy players.

T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Flex. The stats: 6 receptions, 34 yards, 1 touchdown, and 9 fantasy points. The Seattle Seahawks were able to beat the Detroit Lions, but no Seahawk covered himself in fantasy glory.

Greg Jennings, WR. The stats: 5 receptions, 61 yards, and 6 fantasy points. Jennings should have had a much bigger day against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who got their first win of the season in spite of their ugly Popsicle-colored uniforms.

Chad Ochocinco, WR. The stats: 5 receptions, 66 yards, 1 fumble, and 4 fantasy points. It’s never a good sign when the most memorable part of your starting receiver’s day is his attempt to give an official a dollar in exchange for a replay call. (He may end up giving the NFL more than a dollar for that stunt.)

Jeremy Shockey, TE. The stats: 3 receptions, 26 yards, and 2 fantasy points. You would think Shockey would have gotten more involved in the New Orleans Saints come-from-behind win over the Carolina Panthers.

Nick Folk, K. The stats: 2 for 2 on field goals, 2 for 2 on extra points, and 8 fantasy points. Folk made the most of his chances in a surprising Dallas Cowboys victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. Speaking of which…

Philadelphia Eagles, D/ST. The stats: 1 interception, 4 sacks, 20 points allowed, and 6 fantasy points. The Eagles did everything right except keeping the Cowboys out of the end zone.

Bench. Matt Cassel got 20 fantasy points in his debut on the People’s Pigskin bench, while Derrick Ward earned 11.

Now, while we wait for the Monday night game, it’s time to look ahead to another night: Thursday night. The NFL Network Thursday slate starts this week with the Chicago Bears taking on the San Francisco 49ers. That means we can’t wait until Saturday night to make the call on whether Matt Forte should start. As a result, this week we’ll have a special poll for Forte alone. This poll will close Wednesday night. Please vote.

We’ll be back tomorrow with a more detailed look at next week’s matchup.