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October 9, 2008

A conservative commentator waxes lyrical about Obama

Aggregated from: England for Obama

Right-wing journalist David Brooks is causing waves for saying that Sarah Palin “represents a fatal cancer to the Republican party”. But what I actually found more interesting in his interview was this segment - his take on Barack Obama: “Obama has the great intellect. I was interv...

October 8, 2008

Skype teleconference with American students

Aggregated from: Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » USA

It’s that time again! Frequent readers of this site know that we occassionally have teleconferences with American high school students [Listen to Session I here and Session II here.] This is a great educational experience, and we’re glad to be doing it again. It will take place this Thur...

October 7, 2008

Help, My Daughter Goes to a Madrassa!

Aggregated from: A Tale of Three Beans

You know, this is one of those things that really annoys me about Americans. We're REALLY bad about this. I mean really, really bad. I'm sitting her watching the debate between Biden and Palin (good job Biden!) and my guy just said something SO stupid... And, it's not necessarily his fault, but the ...

October 4, 2008

Who Won the Debate?

During the run up to the vice presidential debate, there was much media and blogosphere speculation as how Governor Sarah Palin might handle the debate, whether or not Senator Joe Biden would be able to control himself, and of course, who would win. Voices without Votes covered much of ...

October 3, 2008

Debate Watch: The Global Twittersphere Favors Biden

Throughout the campaign thus far, Voices without Votes has been keeping an eye on the Twittersphere. Last week, we followed our global Tweeps (that's Twitterspeak for "friends") as they commented on the first presidential debate. Tonight, we followed those same Tweeps (and a few newcomers), spread out around ...

October 2, 2008

8 Possible October Surprises

Aggregated from: England for Obama

From the writers of The Colbert Report, for Entertainment Weekly: 1. Sarah Palin wins debate using knowledge from Snapple Cap Facts. 2. Bill Clinton endorses Obama. 3. In an effort to appear younger and more hip, John McCain releases a sex ”talkie.” 4. Oak leaves suspend color-turning...

Overheard in, um, the Midwest

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

A response to Palin's passport comments:When asked by Katie Couric why she only applied for a passport within the last year, Sarah Palin replied in her snarky, homecoming-queen way that well, she didn’t have parents who sent her to prep school or paid for her passport to send her to Europe with a ...

September 30, 2008

Barbados, Jamaica, U.S.A.: Political Issues

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

Living in Barbados says that the recent battle for leadership in Jamaica's opposition party proves “that the overlapping values of candidates' religion, race, gender, class, colour, speech, perceived intelligence and such personal characteristics–may play out in our little garden...

September 12, 2008

Serial Liar Dabbles In Book Banning

Aggregated from: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

Your daily dose of comedy that is Sarah Palin. book banning lies sarah palin ...

Global Journalists Blog Reactions to Sarah Palin

The Washington Post's PostGlobal is an effort to bring global issues to the mainstream. Calling itself an "experiment in global, collaborative journalism" the site, moderated by David Ignatius and Fareed Zakaria, offers global perspectives on current issues. Twice a week, foreign independent journalists answer a question put forth ...