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October 24, 2008

Edinburgh University Conservatives Endorse McCain

Aggregated from: London Spin - Pure Quality Political Journalism

Edinburgh University Conservatives Endorse McCainDear John and Sarah, It with great pleasure that the Edinburgh University Conservatives would like to officially endorse your ticket for the President and Vice President of the United States of America. Though the nearest American city is over 3,000 ...

October 19, 2008

Americans Flunk Political Quiz

Aggregated from: No Justice No Peace ... the Big Picture

You can call it a quiz if you want but the 3 question quiz was very very basic.Which party controls the House?Who is the US Secretary of State?Who is the PM of Great Britain?Please !Only 18% of Americans answered all 3 correctly. 20% of Americans cannot locate the US on a world map, so why I am not ...

Barbados, U.S.A.: Ordinary Joes?

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

Barbadian bloggers Doan Mind Me and Living in Barbados share a few observations about the final US Presidential debate. ...

Jamaica, U.S.A.: Joe the Metaphor?

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

“‘Joe The Plumber' stopped being real and became a metaphor, and as a storyteller who delights in metaphors, the discussion suddenly became more interesting,” says Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp of the final US Presidential debate. ...

October 17, 2008

Education: American Foundations to Fund Universities in Nigeria

Aggregated from: AfricanLoft » USA

A recent survey in Nigeria revealed problems in institutions of higher learning. These include too few classrooms, too few student hostels and insufficient staffing and funding. Now, a group of American foundations is helping upgrade their facilities, curricula, and faculties. According to Voice of ...

Obama's projector earmark

Aggregated from: JOTMAN

That McCain made such a philistine comment -- that also happened to be factually incorrect -- twice during the second presidential debate? Deeply disappointing.That McCain repeated the same ignorant and bogus charge against Obama a third time during the third debate? That was utterly disgraceful. ...

October 16, 2008

We don’t need no certification…

Aggregated from: The Accidental Mathematician

John McCain, in today’s U.S. presidential debate… We need to encourage programs such as Teach for America and Troops to Teachers where people, after having served in the military, can go right to teaching and not have to take these examinations which — or have the certification that...

October 14, 2008

Podcast: Latest teleconference with American students

Aggregated from: Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » USA

Cross-posted from our podcasting site: We were extremely excited to be doing this again. I love it that today we live in a world where with just a few clicks you can connect yourself with people and hear their views or express your own without having to worry about the geographical limitations. For ...

October 10, 2008

What if….?

Aggregated from: pinkhijab

WHAT IF…… Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around? .....think about it. Would the country's collective point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit? Ponder the following: What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a...

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...