Archive for January, 2008

Finally, let’s give the Giants respect

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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It’s great motivation for a team to prove the world — and especially those ding-danged commentators — wrong. It’s the “we’ll-show-them” mentality, and if the team is talented, it can be enough to push it to victory.

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Heath Ledger Dead

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in a Broome Street apartment, apparently from a drug overdose.

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Widespread Cheating & Vote Suppression by Clinton Campaign in Clark County,

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

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I was there. I saw it in my precinct. It was unbelievable. Hillary is as a bad as Bush. It’s official.

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The Resurrection of Psychedelic Pioneer Roky Erickson

Friday, January 18th, 2008

“I first heard Roky and the Elevators in Houston. I said, ‘Well, that’s it.’ It had a fierce background in R&B and blues, an enjoyably frightening intensity. And then Roky Erickson, one of the finest rock singers since Little Richard [and] Jerry Lee Lewis. His voice was so cutting and fierce and manic. In terms of out-and-out-wildness, it doesn’t get any better.” —Billy Gibbons (You’re Gonna Miss Me documentary, 2005)

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Democracy and Elections: How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Allen Raymond, a former Republican National Committee operative, shares secrets from the GOP bunker.

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Punishing Thought Crime: Would New Bill Make YOU a Terrorist?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

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Meet the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.

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Judge allows casino caucus sites in Nevada

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

A federal judge ruled this afternoon that Nevadans can caucus in casinos on Saturday, delivering a huge boost to Barack Obama, who was endorsed by the powerful union representing the casino workers, and frustrating Hillary Clinton supporters who argued that the special voting sites were unfair.

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U.S. teachers’ union backs Clinton in 2008 race

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

And then they attempt to disenfranchise the culinary union in Nevada.

These people should be ashamed.

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The Vegas lawsuit - Ben Smith’s Blog - Politico.com

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

This is a really dumb move by the teacher’s union. Don’t they know that the hotel workers ARE this state? They are the largest contingent here. We ALL have family members, friends, or know someone who works in the business. So, to try and disenfranchise them is like going into Detroit and trying to keep the auto workers out. It’s a bad move.,..;and extremely Bush-like.

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Teachers Sue to Block Hotel Worker’s Union Vote in Nevada Caucus

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Nevada’s state teachers union and six Las Vegas area residents filed a lawsuit late Friday that could make it harder for many members of the state’s huge hotel workers union to vote in the hotly contested Jan. 19 Democratic caucus in Nevada.

Oh great. The teacher’s union works, at all times, against everything they should be working for.

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