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Real courage.
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More voting
NY Times: Swing states are using what appear to be illegal methods to purge voter rolls:
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The New York ( Read more... ) -
Last Night's Debate
Obama picks up second debate win, viewers say:
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- A national poll of debate watchers suggests that Sen. Barack Obama won the second presidential debate ( Read more... ) -
Voting!
Today is the last day to register to vote in several states, and more deadlines are coming up fast. Time to make sure you're registered or hassle your friends.
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Stickers & The Bailout
Hey, I got about 15 people who wanted stickers, and I only had 8 to give away (I thought I'd had 6, but apparently I had more than I thought!) so I went ahead and mailed out stickers to the first 8 people who commented. Now, my friend said he had a fuckton of leftover stickers, so I'm gonna ask him if he can spare 7 more so all the people who ( Read more... ) -
Free Obama/Biden Stickers
My friend belongs to MoveOn.org, and they sent him 50 Obama/Biden stickers because... I have no idea. Point is, he gave me 8 of them and told me to give them to my friends. I put one on my mini-fridge (where I have 4 years of political stickers, because I don't have a car) and gave one to my friend, but I still have 6 more. If you want one, leave a ( Read more... ) -
Middle Eastern expert Juan Cole...
... has fact checked some of the assertions made in last night's presidential debate.
McCain was wrong about Pakistan being a failed state in 1999, and seems not to have noticed some of those same civilian politicians are in power now. That... might be seen as a dis.
The surge in Iraq didn't work, it's just that the Sunnis had already been ( Read more... ) -
Some dissent on the bailout
Devilstower makes a case that the money needed to cover mortgages in default is far less than they've asked for... and not that much more than Wall Street has paid out in bonuses between 2000 and 2006. The rest of the money would go to buy their made up little swaps which were always a scam.
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The Economy & McCain
I'm no economic expert, but here are some links I've found helpful towards making sense of this bailout thing.
First thing to know is, they are utterly shameless. They wanna take $700 billion of your money, with no controls over what they do with it:
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and ( Read more... )
