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Prejudice and the like
Lifting my inadvertent posting hiatus to point the flist to this:
Hurrah for people standing up to ignorance! (Better vid link here but it autoplays so I've replaced it; thanks for the heads up magicalobizuth!) -
Check your voter registration status!!
States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
If you live in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina be especially vigilant. Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida also appear to be in the mix; Michigan and Florida are being sued. Check with your state's election officials to make sure you're still on the voting rolls!
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Hold on to your hats
The bailout bill draft is out. You can read the draft here. Warning: this is a 106 page .pdf file. Quite a difference from the 3 page proposal they got from Paulson and the White House last weekend. -
Turn out the lights, the party's over
After being sidelined with a nasty migraine cycle this week, I log on today to share this with you: Palin Problem by Kathleen Parker at the National Review ( Read more... ) -
More politics on 'The View'
Bill Clinton was on 'The View'* today. V interesting interview. You can watch it in segments on ABC's website, or click the cut for the vids. ;) (I'm trying not to kill your flist page loading time; ain't I nice?)
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Webcast: Joe and Hillary
Today Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton sat down for a webcast conversation, answering questions from voters submitted to the Obama campaign on the issues. Their conversation focuses primarily on how an Obama presidency and its policies would affect women. Very interesting. Oh, and in case you missed it yesterday, NOW endorsed Obama! Thanks for ( Read more... ) -
Pointing to a very good Op-Ed
The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket by Frank Rich, NY Times
This came across my inbox today from one of my college friends. It may have gone under the radar this weekend with all the Hurricane Ike activity. -
Tuesday: Health Plans
In keeping with yesterday's 'issues' (though rather ranty) post on the economy, today let's talk about the health plans proposed by the campaigns. Health Affairs, a policy journal on the health care industry, has published two independent studies on the proposed solutions to health care and insurance, to determine what the real impact will be on ( Read more... ) -
Monday morning quarterback?
Maybe I should say 'back a quarter', or a half, or three-fourths. I never thought I'd find myself gripped by CNBC and stock market news while brushing my teeth, but that's a perk of living on the west coast I guess. Heh. So now that Lehman Brothers has officially filed for bankruptcy, Merril Lynch has been bought out by Bank of America, and AIG ( Read more... ) -
I wasn't going to post today
but I have to share these with you. Op-Eds from today's NY Times (my flist has been posting from other sources today, so I'm trying not to repeat links).
On Gov. Palin's interview with Charlie Gibson:- She's Not Ready
- Gov. Palin's Worldview
On our changing candidates:
The Year of the Cloned CandidatesAnd in case no one's noticed, Bolivia and ( Read more... ) - She's Not Ready
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