November 8, 2010
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November 8, 2010
This trick will only work once:
hat tip: Julia
November 8, 2010
Ellen Lutz, former Executive Director for the Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution and for the last six years or so Executive Director of Cultural Survival, has died. I received this rom Cultural Survival:
We are deeply saddened to report that Cultural Survival's executive director,…
November 8, 2010
Here's their blog. Give it a look, you hoser!
November 8, 2010
Iowa's rejection of three state supreme court justices who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage underscored the growing electoral vulnerability of state judges as more and more are targeted by special interest groups, legal scholars and jurists said Thursday.
"It just illustrated something that has…
November 8, 2010
They're serious. Are you serious? If not, time to get serious.
November 8, 2010
This weekend was Deer Opener in Minnesota. So the traffic going up to the cabin resembled Fishing Opener, and the entire experience was like Fishing Opener, but with more blasting and less splashing. Also, we didn't see a single deer all weekend, and other critters were acting strangely. Something…
November 5, 2010
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) shamed the cable station MSNBC for indefinitely suspending its liberal host Keith Olbermann for making political donations.
Sanders, an independent who aligns himself with Democrats, called MSNBC's decision to suspend Olbermann, who admitted to making donations to…
November 5, 2010
Tomas, once expected to spin up to a fairly strong hurricane, then weakened and not expected to do so, has done so. Tomas is now a serious hurricane with winds of up to 75 knots and sustained winds of 70 knots, and is expected to become stronger.
Tomas is bearing down on Haiti, but the eye is…
November 4, 2010
The answer to the eternal question turns out to be:
"Nobody knows" ... but we have some theories
November 4, 2010
If a storm like Tomas was as close to Panama City as it is to Port-au-Prince Haiti, there would be storm studs standing along the beach in what must be rain and some wind talking about how we're all gonna die and stuff.
As it is, I have no idea what is going on there. Anybody know?
The serious part…
November 3, 2010
Tomas has been most entertaining, but now it is time to get serious. This weather feature has not exactly been a meteorological mensch but what was a depression earlier today has reformed into an actual tropical storm. It is possible that Tomas will achieve hurricane status Friday night through…
November 3, 2010
She refuses to answer. But she does plan to eliminate health care reform.
Chris Matthews has a great theory as to how Michele Bachmann's brain "works." Listen for it just past 3 minutes.
November 3, 2010
Two years ago when the votes were counted in the US Senate race in Minnesota, Republican Norm Coleman was ahead of Democratic Al Franken, which automatically triggered a recount. The Republicans screamed about that recount from day one, saying the worse they could say about Franken and Democrats…
November 3, 2010
This afternoon, the National Hurricane Prediction Center is using terms like "struggling to maintain its identity," "elongated area of low pressure," "losing definition," "motion is uncertain," "little change in philosophy," "cold," "guidance becomes divergent," "forecast is problematic," "the…
November 3, 2010
Tomas is like that relationship you always wanted to believe in but that never came through to you. The meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have again and again given Tomas hurricane status when he didn't really deserve it (in my opinion) Every day, even twice a day, the…
November 2, 2010
Which I take to be some kind of improvement.
Human rights advocates who felt that this resolution wasn't exactly what they were looking for have continued to fight on behalf of Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two. But according to the International Committee Against Stoning, Iranian authorities…
November 2, 2010
Have a look at the Carnival of Evolution and the I and the Bird Carnival. Both have lists of excellent, amazingly wonderful non-political bird and evolution posts, the best of the best in the blogosphere for these topics.
November 2, 2010
The Delaware Democratic Party claimed Tuesday that Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell's supporters were rallying outside polling places and creating a disturbance that amounted to illegal "voter intimidation"...
The state Democratic Party first leveled the charge in a brief written…
November 2, 2010
The Kansas Democratic Party has leveled a charge of voter intimidation and has filed a complaint with the Kansas Attorney General's office.
According to the Kansas Democratic Party, they received allegations from "individual" voters from around Kansas who claimed to have received a robo-call from…
November 2, 2010
Chalk one up to the Republicans: A liberal leaning African American acquaintance was talked out of voting today because "they changed the rules and you need two forms of ID and a Minnesota Drivers License this year" etc. etc. Yes, folks, he was lied to, he gave up, and that's one point for the…
November 2, 2010
TPM reports that the Kansas Attorney General is looking into reports that some voters were called and told "the election has been moved to Wednesday, that they need to bring their voter registration cards to the polls and that they need proof of homeownership to vote."
and
The Delaware Democratic…
November 2, 2010
Surely, South Carolina is the suckiest state in the union these days. So, it is not a surprise to discover that teabaggers are intimidating voters they think may be against them.
Early this morning, self-identified tea party activists showed up at a polling station near Benedict College in…
November 2, 2010
A group called Minnesota Majority is said to have deployed over 10,000 people to polling stations across Minnesota in what is being called "an aggressive campaign to fight what organizers claim is a widespread problem of voter fraud."
And, in so doing, have launched a major episode of voter…
November 2, 2010
Minnesota media is reporting several instances of overzealous election challengers in polling places as the Republican Party of Minnesota ramps up its allegations of voter fraud. In several Minnesota precincts, reporters confirmed that GOP poll challengers have overstepped their bounds. ...
...The…
November 2, 2010
... mostly other people's thoughts.
Why other people's thoughts? Because at this point, other than casting my own vote, there is nothing I can do to change an inevitably bad day for society, civilization, democracy, rational thought, and sanity.
I can hope that the day will not be as bad as it…
November 1, 2010
... So, if a teenager eggs your car, you can blow his head off as he tries to run away.
a driver enraged after his Mercedes was splattered with eggs on Halloween fatally shot a 17-year-old in the neck and leg as the teen tried to run away.
Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones says the driver…
November 1, 2010
... as to how strong Tomas will get in the latter part of the forecast period."
Less than 48 hours ago, it was predicted that Tomas would by now be a Category One hurricane, and in a couple of more days, a Category Three hurricane, as it turned towards Haiti.
There has been wind shear.
Now,…
