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Greg Sargent - November 5, 2008, 2:00PM
During the campaign the frenzied crowds at Sarah Palin rallies did seem indicative of something frightening in the air, and it turns out that there was a reason to conclude this, Newsweek reports:

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Published: Wednesday November 5, 2008
While most of Chicago was celebrating Tuesday night, police and Secret Service agents believe one man may have been plotting to harm the man who would become president elect.
“Police and the Secret Service are investigating whether a man arrested this afternoon in Rosemont with an assault rifle intended to harm Barack [...]

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The Whiffy GOP
from Shakes by Paul the Spud
I don’t have a lot to add to what’s already been said below. I’m happy about Obama’s win, I’m upset about Prop 8 and that apparently, while we may be “ready” for a POC as President, queer people are still oogy, I’m awed that we finally have a [...]

assassination?
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By ELISABETH MALKIN
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s interior minister and seven others onboard a government jet died Tuesday night when it crashed into a tony business district here during rush hour, igniting cars and sending dozens of people to local hospitals.
The minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño, 37, had been one of President Felipe Calderón’s closest advisers and [...]

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By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and ABBY GOODNOUGH
LOS ANGELES — California voters have adopted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, The Associated Press reported Wednesday, joining voters in two other states who went to the polls Tuesday to overturn such unions.

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By Rob Kampia, AlterNet
Posted on November 5, 2008, Printed on November 5, 2008

On Tuesday, largely under the radar of the pundits and political chattering classes, voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America’s longest-running and least-discussed war — the war on marijuana.
Michigan voters made their state the 13th to allow the [...]

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November 4, 2008: Venezuela is buying 18 K-8 jet trainers from China. Also known as the JL-8, it uses the 770 pound, 9.5 foot long Ukrainian Motor Sich AI-25TLK (3,300 pounds of thrust) jet engines, to power the 4.3 ton, two seat aircraft. Originally, China was going to use 3600 pound thrust American engines, but [...]

It’s a beautiful day! Not a squeaker, not a close call. A landslide. This despite all the tinkering and dirty tricks we all know went on. All the rigged machines out there couldn’t stop this one. America has spoken, and America wants CHANGE!
Obama: 338 349
McCain: 163
(as of 7:53 am PST 11:54am PST)
Acceptance speech (via Americablog) [...]