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Saturday January 23, 2010 · 8:27 PM PST

2010/01/23 · 20:27

vc2 has done a great job today keeping today's ShelterBox diary going - ShelterBoxes for Haiti! On to 150 boxes. box 104 DONE. 105 starting fresh., but unfortunately it's slipped off the rec list. If you haven't done so already, please rec the diary to keep it at the forefront. Thank you!

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 11:19 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 11:19

AndyT posted a great diary on ShelterBoxes this morning -- see 100 ShelterBoxes By Sundown! Less Than 14 Boxes to Go! but unfortunately it's just slipped of the Rec list. Please help keep this on the list by adding your Rec.

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 1:57 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 13:57

It has been rumored for a while that this was in the works ... Luke Russert (son of the late Tim Russert is to join NBC News to cover youth issues during the 2008 election cycle. It will be nice to see a fresh new face on there.

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Friday June 06, 2008 · 11:53 AM PDT

2008/06/06 · 11:53

Dianne Feinstin describes meeting between Obama and Hillary.

The New York Times have article this morning on the meeting between Obama and Hillary. It took place at Dianne Feinstein's home near American University. This while CNN had someone camped out watching Hillary's DC home.

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 1:31 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 13:31

AP reports another superdelegate for Obama.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of Minnesota's last uncommitted Democratic superdelegates is backing Barack Obama, the Obama campaign announced Sunday.

Nancy Larson, of Dassel, a Democratic National Committee member, told The Associated Press she decided to support Obama because his campaign will bring new people into the political process, and she believes he has the best chance of winning in November.

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Thursday March 27, 2008 · 12:01 PM PDT

2008/03/27 · 12:01

Today Connecticut named its add-on superdelegate. They chose Don Williams

Under the arcane Democratic rules, Connecticut had 11 superdelegates -- people whose status was determined by their political offices or positions in the Democratic Party -- plus an add-on to be chosen by the other delegates this week. That was Williams.

Williams is technically unpledged, as are all superdelegates, but he is a leader of the Obama campaign in Connecticut.

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Wednesday March 26, 2008 · 4:47 PM PDT

2008/03/26 · 16:47

Ejup Ganić was the acting Bosnian president who greeted Hillary Clinton on her trip to Bosnia in 1996. He says he met with her for "about 20 minutes."

Eric Jansson, who worked as a journalist in Eastern Europe for nine years, has been in touch with Ejup Ganić by e-mail. So did he back up Hillary's story?
Not exactly ...

Ganić told Eric Jansson that there wasn’t any sniper fire and none had been anticipated.

We didn't expect snipers, although we Bosnians were rather comfortable with the situation since for four years we had bullets fired over our heads on a daily basis.

He also added: "By talking to the First Lady, I was under the impression that she had an agenda for her own advancement and I am not surprised of her desire to win the current elections." His e-mail to Jansson is here.

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Saturday March 22, 2008 · 10:17 PM PDT

2008/03/22 · 22:17

It was confirmed back in February that Bill Clinton would visit Northern Ireland to mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The event it to take place on 10 April.

Trina Vargo, President of the US-Ireland Alliance, welcomed confirmation of the former president's visit.

"President Clinton's involvement was crucial in bringing peace to Northern Ireland," she said.

"I am sure that President Clinton's presence will inspire the young leaders participating in this event to make their own contributions to the process and to the relationship between the US and the island of Ireland."

The BBC does not say whether the invitation included Hillary Clinton, who of course has made much of her role in Northern Ireland.

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Why did Bill cancel his Belfast trip

90 votes Vote Now!

Why did Bill cancel his Belfast trip

He's staying home to work on his tax returns

5 votes

Hillary won't let him as she's afraid that he'll meet Samantha and share some laughs

9 votes

Hillary wasn't invited so it's no-go for Bill

6 votes

He's going to send Sinbad instead

25 votes

David Trimble's remarks make him tremble

2 votes

He and Chelsea have to cover PA "like a wet blanket." No time for fun.

19 votes

Hillary did all the work in Northern Ireland. It's not fair that they asked him instead of her.

24 votes

"If Obama wins" = "US Loses"

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Friday March 14, 2008 · 9:15 PM PDT

2008/03/14 · 21:15

Today I received an e-mail that I found highly offensive. The subject line was "If Obama wins!" There was no text, just seven images that seemed to be an attempt to show what would happen if Obama was elected in November. The images used come from a contest titled "What if the US Loses" hosted by www.worth1000.com. The contest took place in December 2002, long before Obama was even mentioned as a presidential candidate.

Yet these images have been pulled as-is from the website and circulated to show the horrors of a possible Obama presidency. So we are being offered the equation "What If the US Loses?" = "Obama Wins"

I'm not going to include any of the images here, but you can follow the link below to see them on the contest page - and in their original context.

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Wednesday February 27, 2008 · 2:51 PM PST

2008/02/27 · 14:51

Yesterday, the BBC has a article titled The meaning of Obama's robes This refers to the 2006 photo of Barack Obama taken in the Wajir region of north-east Kenya. The gist of it is that the clothing has no religious significance whatsoever.

The head turban is especially used by elderly people as a suggestion of respect. It is something that has no meaning whatsoever in Somalia culture.

If you see someone dressed like that in Somalia, you think it is a nomadic person - that is all.

There is no religious significance to it whatsoever. It is mainly the nomadic people who use it. Some of them are religious, some are not.

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 12:39 PM PST

2008/02/19 · 12:39

I'm hoping the Hawaii caucus doesn't turn into a circus. I'm concerned that voters in Hawaii are very confused in going to the polls today. From a conversation with a colleague, it seems that there is confusion ... about time, about polling places and about the caucus process itself.

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Sunday July 15, 2007 · 2:02 PM PDT

2007/07/15 · 14:02

Vitter's predecessor in the U.S. House of Representatives, Bob Livingston, urges Vitter to charge forward

NEW ORLEANS — Robert Livingston, the former Louisiana congressman who resigned in the late 1990s after admitting to extramarital affairs, said his situation is not at all like U.S. Sen. David Vitter's, and he urged Vitter not to resign.

Livingston, in an interview with WWL TV, said he had urged the fellow Republican "to pick himself up and charge forward. We need him."

Livingston was in line to be House speaker when he resigned during hearings to impeach President Clinton in 1998, after admitting to an extrmarital affair. Hustler publisher, Larry Flynt, who investigated Livingston, took credit for his resignation. During a press conference on Wednesday (11 July), Flynt released the phone record that led to Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) admission that he'd been a customer of the escort service run by the D.C. Madam.

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What will Vitter do next

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What will Vitter do next

Return to DC on Tuesday and act as though nothing happened. i.e.,Â charge forward

27 votes

Resign by the end of the week

14 votes

Announce through a spokesperson that he's entering rehab and ask his constituents to be patient

28 votes

Hold a press conference and tell all and ask for forgiveness

1 vote

Hold a press conference surrounded by his wife and children so that he can avoid going into details

39 votes

Hold a press conference and say this is all old news and in any case is just a matter between him and his wife and his God and should be ignored by everyone else

34 votes

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