The conservative, ultra-capitalist magazine, Economist, launched the “Global Electoral College” – polling its registered readers, which include some of the biggest names in pro-business anti-regulation and small government world of high finance.

The goal was to allow global readers of the magazine to “vote” (one vote and only one vote per subscriber) for who they wish to be the next president – supposedly picking the candidate who in their opinion will be best for global business and economic stability over the next four years.

The results?

So far … Democrat Barack Obama is winning in a landslide. (See graphic below, click to enlarge) This is a further sign that pro-business fiscal conservatives are leaving the Republican party in droves this year.

Or go to the web site yourself:

• http://www.economist.com/vote2008/?sa_campaign=publisher/september/gec/

Antarctica – The Drygalski Ice Tongue on Antarctica’s coastline may be bitten off this week by a huge iceberg which is on a collision course with the floating glacier tongue.

Antarctic scientists, at the nearby McMurdo Research Station, are watching the movement of iceberg B15A, a remnant of the Ross Ice Shelf, which partially broke apart five years ago.

The 100-mile-long, 1,200 square mile iceberg is affecting wildlife in the area – particularly that of penguins, which are in their breeding season. Biologists fear that if the berg hits the ice tongue and sticks to it, the resulting dam will …

For: Wikinews