November 15, 2008
It was speculated that under Obama the US would exert more "soft power" influence on the world; that the US could be a force for good. It already seems to be happening. The Bangkok Post reports:Barack Obama's education policies have inspired the Education Ministry to change its own policies in the...
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This is the second of six videos in a series. ...
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go to article »November 5, 2008
Pennsylvania Ave is a giant party. The Bush family has been moved to another building. More to come....
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What a night! What a night!The exhilaration! The evening was absolutely incredible. Early in the evening, when Obama was declared the victor, the whole bar -- filled with DC residents of every ethnicity -- erupted in cheers. The cheers didn't stop. An African American man seated next to me began...
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I paid a visit to northern Virginia today. I rode by train past forests in brilliant shades of yellow, orange, and red.Having arrived at a station, I emerged from the darkness of the metro. At the top of the escalator a woman sang out: It's O-bama time! It's O-bama time!Near metro stations, gr...
go to article »November 4, 2008
An (ominous) internal McCain campaign memo advises: "Based on the previous exit poll results, we should expect once again that Tuesday’s exit poll data could overstate the Obama vote and under represent the McCain vote." This explanation the memo provides for the prediction is utter nonsense. Thi...
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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...
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