So in case anyone is reading this site, you’re probably wondering just what the hell was up yesterday. The answer has to do with DNS and corporate slowpokiness. And it’s not really all that interesting — even to those of us who were caught up in it — and so I won’t say another word about it.
A thought about the political spectrum: hard-right thinkers consider the mean income bracket as a good indicator of prosperity. Centrists prefer the median income. Hard-lefties look at the modal income bracket. The fact that all three of these concepts can legitimately be called “average” under certain circumstances probably contributes to the general confusion that seems endemic in political shouting matches debates.