November 4, 2008
Greg Palast and Robert Kennedy write in the Huffington Post on Oct. 27: Voter fraud is a phantom according to Lorraine Minnite, an expert on voting crime at Columbia University. Only 24 cases of federal voter fraud have been uncovered between 2002 and 2005 despite massive government efforts devoted...
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This is a follow-up to my previous post. Journalist Greg Palast, who investigated irregularities in how the vote was counted in Florida in 2000 and again in 2004 in Ohio, believes that Tuesday's US election could yet be stolen by the Republicans. The theft will have entailed removing millions of re...
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wObama and McCain both have opinion pieces in Monday's WSJ. One difference struck me: Whereas under 10% of Obama's article concerns foreign policy, nearly 40% of McCain's deals with Commander in Chief issues.McCain remains the better positioned of the two candidates to reap the benefits of any l...
go to article »November 2, 2008
Obama's aunt, his half-sister Zeituni Onyango, is now infamous for apparently having overstayed her visa. Blogger Rick points out that Zeituni Onyango seems to be "a helpful, volunteering woman who is enriching her community."...
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AP has the story behind it.Some French translations and clarifications (ABC News and TPM):MASKED AVENGERS: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday, you know? [Note: Hallyday is a French singer and actor.] MASKED AVENGERS: Exactly, we could go try hunting by ...
go to article »November 1, 2008
On the evening of 31 October Jotman discussed the presidential election with Black Joe the Plumber. ...
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From left to right: a goon, Obama, Osama, and a guy wearing a shower cap and -- not visible -- diapers.I took this picture Friday evening....
go to article »October 31, 2008
All the networks and polling websites have the maps, but I found an interesting website lets you experiment with the electoral college map yourself....
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CNN reports: "It seems that there is yet another radical professor from the neighborhood who spent a lot of time with Barack Obama going back several years," Palin said at an event in Bowling Green, Ohio. "This is important because his associate, Rashid Khalidi ... in addition to being a political ...
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