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Bob Cesca: What Doesn’t Kill The Far-Right Only Makes Them Crazier

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Bob Cesca
For the last eight years, we’ve observed Karl Rove’s non-reality based universe in which logic was entirely abandoned in lieu of whatever reality the administration invented in order to serve its ridiculous policies and to mask its glaring nincompoopery. Intellectually dishonest at best — destructive and criminal at worst.
This didn’t end on Election Day.
Since [...]

US concerned about Nicaragua elections

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AFP
Published: Monday November 10, 2008
The US State Department on Monday urged Nicaragua to ensure that municipal voting results reflect the will of the people, after noting that conditions were not conducive to fair elections.
Early official returns showed Monday that Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front has taken the lead in municipal elections marked by violence [...]

Link love [10 November 2008]

1. Iraq Provincial Elections On For Jan 31st…
Finally, Iraqi authorities have confirmed the date of long-postponed provincial elections. There will be a roughly two month campaign season and elections on January 31.
2. Four More Years of Keith Olbermann…
MSNBC has voted for four more years of Keith Olbermann and the top-rated “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” it [...]

Red/Blue Map and Arkansas

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posted by sfinneganus–11/08/2008 10:41:20 AM EST
For those who didn’t see the map already, the red areas shifted more red and blue areas shifted more blue this election.  Anyone know the study this map actually came from?
What caused the large red cluster in Arkansas?

Chinese Hackers Penetrate White House Computers

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WASHINGTON — The White House computer system was penetrated numerous times by Chinese hackers, the Financial Times reported Friday.
The cyber attackers obtained e-mails between government officials and stole information before U.S. computer experts fixed the system, a senior U.S. official told the Financial Times.
U.S. government cyber intelligence experts suspect the attacks were sponsored by [...]

Questions 10 [6 November 2008]

Purging Voter Rolls–One Hollywood Liberal At A Time…
It ended up taking five hours for Robbins to vote. While it’s somewhat tongue-in-cheek to say that of course someone as outspoken as Robbins would be stricken wrongly off the voting rolls, it’s something else he said that should give pause: according to Robbins, 30 others got the [...]

Free sex toys, coffee, ice cream, and donuts! Vote on the 4th!

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By Mike Stuckey, Senior news editor
Free sex toys — and much more — for voting
Businesses across nation ready to reward citizens for casting their ballots
Just when you thought it was safe to focus on the issues in this historic election season, a chain of sex toy shops has joined retailers, restaurateurs and other businesses across [...]

Election could shift policy on Cuba

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By Tom Brown - Analysis Tom Brown - Analysis – Sat Nov 1, 4:26 pm ET
MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida’s Cuban-Americans have voted Republican for years. But the party could lose its grip on the heartland of exile opposition to Fidel Castro on Tuesday, signaling possible change in U.S. policy toward Cuba.
Polls show Democratic presidential hopeful [...]

Bush Administration Leaks Obama Half-Aunt’s Immigration Case

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Jack & Jill Politics by jilltubman
Just as with ACORN, I think everyone needs to understand that there may be more to this story than meets the eye. The Bush administration specializes in half-truths and straight-up fiction to promote their version of events. Rep. John Conyers is already on the case and has written a stern [...]

5 Tips on Voting

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From Color of Change:

Be Prepared, and Conquer the Lines. We can’t let long lines stop anyone from voting. There are several ways you can reduce lines and make sure they don’t prevent you or anyone else from voting:

Vote early if you can. You can find early voting times and locations at govote.org.
Double-check your polling location [...]

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