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I've revised the cartoon a little - made it more explicitly about opposing genocide in Gaza, and erased the star…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
We're human. We judge everything on incomplete information. I judge each and every comment I read. I judge people I…
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Category Archives: Elections and politics
Clinton could be a great President, but could she run a good campaign?
Alex Pareene suggests the one thing we most need to know about a potential Hilary Clinton candidacy: The question for someone considering whether or not to support Clinton in 2016 is, will a Clinton 2016 campaign pass the Mark Penn … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Using Photoshop To Alter A Photo Isn’t Deceptive If There’s Full Disclosure. Also, “Reverse Sexism” Raises Its Annoying Ugly Head
So Nancy Pelosi, wanting to commemorate the record-breaking 61 female members of the Democratic House Caucus, had the above photos taken. But four women were not present for the photo, and so were Photoshopped into the back row (and rather … Continue reading
Up to 49,000 Florida Voters Kept From Voting By Long Lines
Note that the 49,000 number seems to be an upper bound. Like Jordan, as many as 49,000 people across Central Florida were discouraged from voting because of long lines on Election Day, according to a researcher at Ohio State University … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Democracy in Akron
I was supposed to be doing this somewhere warmer, like Las Vegas. Every election cycle, there are organizations that send out lawyers to act as poll monitors in battleground states, observing the voting process and making sure there are no … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Election Debriefing Thread: Seven random thoughts.
So the elections over (give or take). And it was unquestionably a good election for Democrats, and perhaps even for liberals. So what effects will it have? 1) So: Four more years. On the bright side, Obama starts his second … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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THE AGE OF MIRACLES: Marriage Equality Wins Popular Vote in Maine, Maryland and Minnesota; Washington win expected
As of 11:54pm Pacific Time, voters have come down in favor of marriage equality in Maine, Maryland, and Minnesota. It hasn’t yet been called in Washington State, but marriage equality is in the lead so far. It’s looking increasingly likely … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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Half of us are about to collide rudely with reality. I hope it’s not my half.
All the Democrats and lefties I know are pretty confident that Obama will win the election on Tuesday, just from watching the polls. At the same time, many Republicans seem awfully confident that Romney will win. My friend Jack at … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Pournelle’s Iron Law Of Bureaucracy, FEMA, and Republican Incompetence
In another thread, Ron – I suspect with tongue in cheek – quoted Jerry Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy: In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: First, there will be those who are devoted to the … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Environmental issues
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How I Voted This Year (Oregon election 2012), including in downballot races featuring candidates you’ve never heard of, and why
How I voted! NATIONAL President Because the Presidential vote in Oregon is entirely symbolic (Oregon is not a swing state), I was rather torn between giving my meaningless but fun vote to Jill Stein of the Green Party, whose policies … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Oregon blogs
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@Megalodon: Yes, but god forbid that we judge Charlie Kirk on his extremely lengthy record of public speech on practically…