Shiite Militia SEIZES CONTROL of Iraqi City of Amara

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Friday October 20, 2006 · 8:46 AM PDT

2006/10/20 · 08:46

A Shiite militia that has been accused of a wave of sectarian attacks on Iraq's Sunni minority has seized control of the city of Amara in southeastern Iraq, attacking police stations and erecting checkpoints, witnesses in the city said today. At least 15 people have been killed, health officials said.

This is not today's first diary on this. Read on to see why I'm posting anyway.
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Kenneth Blackwell forced to preserve 2004 election ballots!

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Wednesday August 30, 2006 · 6:48 PM PDT

2006/08/30 · 18:48

As reported in The New York Times this evening, Kenneth Blackwell has succumbed to pressure, and will delay the destruction of ballots from the 2004 Presidential election for several months.

The ballots had been scheduled to be destroyed next week.

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Could the South Dakota Abortion Ban Be good in the long run?

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Tuesday March 14, 2006 · 9:02 PM PST

2006/03/14 · 21:02

NOTE: Following is a post my friend Scott made on a private blog the day the SD abortion bill was signed into law. I'd try to summarize it, but it doesn't lend itself to easy summary. And besides, Scott is too eloquent for me to paraphrase his scribblings.

Before you flame me, read it closely (not that folks at dKos wouldn't). I think he's onto something.

On Unintended Consequences and the Federalist System of Government
Will March 6, 2006 go down in history as the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning? Is this a good day or a bad day for those who believe that a woman should have the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion?

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Wilson to CBS: "Plame has received threats"

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Saturday October 29, 2005 · 7:03 AM PDT

2005/10/29 · 07:03

CBS news is reporting that Joseph Wilson says his wife, Valerie Plame, has been threatened. He says he "can't go into further detail, but one has to wonder if he will in the coming days. Wilson's interview with Ed Bradley is airing on 60 Minutes this coming Sunday..

The article is good because it specifies why outing Plame was a bigger deal than Bush apologists are making it out to be: Read More

Take out your aggressions-Freep a FREE REPUBLIC poll!

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Saturday October 30, 2004 · 7:28 PM PDT

2004/10/30 · 19:28

OK kids, this one's for fun in between your canvassing, phone banking and general GOTVing.

Go to this Free Republic presidential poll.

Click on John Kerry and piss 'em all off!

We're only 14,000 votes behind. If enough folks on dKos weigh in, I bet we can get Kerry even or ahead by Monday! True, they'll know it's non-members voting, but it'll still get their (pet) goat.

Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! (evil scientist laugh).

Did you vote? Good! Now back to your GOTVing!

New SURVEY USA polls: Kerry ahead or tied in FL, PA and OH

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Tuesday October 26, 2004 · 4:36 PM PDT

2004/10/26 · 16:36

Survey USA has new polls out today. Highlights:

President, OH
10/26/2004
Kerry 50% Bush 47% MoE: 3.5%
statistical tie, but barely

President, PA
10/26/2004
Kerry 53% Bush 45% MoE: 3.5%
Kerry's lead is outside the MoE here. Looks like the Clinton visit helped...

President, FL
10/25/2004
Kerry 50% Bush 48% MoE: 3.5%

Also in polls released today, Bush has outside MoE leads in Missouri and Arkansas.

Update [2004-10-26 19:48:14 by zknower]:
Per comments below on MoE, I rechecked all polls. Since MoE applies to both candidates, then all five of these polls are statisitcal ties except PA, where Kerry's lead is greater than the MoE. So perhaps not as newsworthy, but I do like to see that PA lead!

Morale Booster: WHERE are YOU volunteering election day?

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Saturday October 23, 2004 · 7:45 PM PDT

2004/10/23 · 19:45

Simple diary idea:

I think it would be great if every Kossack who is volunteering in another state for election day would post what they're doing here.

This will give us all a little inspiration, as I imagine that there are hundreds of us doing something! I look forward to reading what everyone's up to; and
This might inspire shy folks who are sitting on the fence to make plans to go somewhere and pitch in!

So if you're going somewhere election day, or the weekend before, or you're already there, post a comment below and tell us about it!

And if you think this is worthwhile, please recommend; if not, troll me if you must... :P

Update [2004-10-23 23:11:16 by zknower]:
Forgot to mention that I voted already!. And I'm happy to say that it took me all of 20 minutes in Downtown Brooklyn...which is, needless to say, VERY blue.

BREAKING: GOP hires recruits to challenge Ohio voters

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Friday October 22, 2004 · 7:40 PM PDT

2004/10/22 · 19:40

From this evening's NY Times:

The GOP is hiring recruits and paying them $100 on election day to "challenge" the validity of voters' registrations.

Ohio election officials said that by state law, the parties' challengers would have to show "reasonable" justification for doubting the qualifications of a voter before asking a poll worker to question that person.

::snip::

But Democrats worry that the challenges will inevitably delay the process and frustrate the voters.

Our concern is Republicans will be challenging in large numbers for the purpose of slowing down voting, because challenging takes a long time,'' said David Sullivan, the voter protection coordinator for the national Democratic Party in Ohio. "And creating long lines causes our people to leave without voting.

Full article below the fold, as NYTimes requires a sign-in...
Update [2004-10-23 1:54:3 by zknower]:
Here's an article about the 35,000 challenged registrations from the Akron Beacon Journal. Read More

My Theory: More repubs will STAY HOME than anyone thinks (long)

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Monday October 18, 2004 · 7:49 AM PDT

2004/10/18 · 07:49

I've not seen a lot about this in the news, so I'll just present it as a theory of mine which is getting little (if any) coverage.

I think there are a lot of republicans who will secretly not vote this year.

In a nutshell, these are folks who can't believe Bush blew it, and can't, in their lifetimes, ever imagine voting for a D-word. So they're going to wash their hair that day instead.

Are there enough to turn the election? We shall see. But my anecdotal evidence is below the fold.....

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Tuesday October 12, 2004 · 8:39 AM PDT

2004/10/12 · 08:39

Remember back in March when TV stations were accused of broadcasting propaganda for the Bush Admin by airing segments "designed to look like news" which were, in fact, prepackaged spots prasing the new Medicare bill?

Turns out one of the major groups cited was SINCLAIR.

from Center for American Progress:

SINCLAIR AIRS FAKE NEWS BROADCASTS PRODUCED BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION: In March, it was discovered that the Bush Administration was producing "television news stories, written and paid for by the government, which have the appearance of legitimate news segments delivered by independent reporters," and distributing them to local newscasts as a way of promoting administration policies - including its ill-conceived Medicare prescription drug law. On the broadcasts, a public relations professional named Karen Ryan pretended to be a reporter. Among the stations which aired the administration propaganda as news: WPGH in Pittsburgh "the Sinclair Broadcasting station that fired much of its news staff in favor of feeds from a centralized newsroom in Baltimore."

Given the controversy over the anti-Kerry film, you'd think that their efforts in shilling for the administration earlier this year would be getting more focus from the SCLM; but a recent Google search shows that no one is yet reminding folks of this connection.

CAP has lots more on Sinclair for your various talking points, but this story actually shows them connected with the Administration.

Once again, we need to get this angle of the story OUT THERE.

Doonesbury posts links aimed at conservative undecideds

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Monday October 11, 2004 · 6:52 AM PDT

2004/10/11 · 06:52

It's always nice to see another way that middle-to-right people might see some of the truth.

Today's Doonesbury strip began a segment aimed at undecided voters. In it, a voter sitting at a computer asks asks, "Where can I get a fair and balanced critique of the Bush Record?" Mark then directs us to the Honest Voices Reading List®, "a roundup of indispensable writings from conservative sources".

The first link Mark provides is to Ike's son's endorsement of Kerry, mentioned a few days ago by kos. The link is to the endorsement as it appears in the Union Leader, a New Hampshire daily.

Lots of people read Doonesbury. If you see an actual html link in a comic strip, there is tremendous temptation to go view it (just like after the VP debate, when tens of thousands of people went to view factcheck.com (sic) after Cheney mentioned it).

However, when I visited this link, it only loaded after four tries (timed out the other times). Therefore, in another diary, I have posted the full endorsement. It is my hope that if the Union Leader's website is overwhelmed, Google will lead people here, as I assume dailyKos has the bandwidth to handle the views.

John Eisenhower's Endorsement of Senator Kerry

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Monday October 11, 2004 · 6:48 AM PDT

2004/10/11 · 06:48

Following is a reposting of an article written by Dwight D. Eisenhower's son, John Eisenhower, in which he endorses Senator Kerry in the upcoming presidential election.

Eisenhower is a lifetime republican who is choosing to support Kerry.
As he puts it:

As son of a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was. With the current administration's decision to invade Iraq unilaterally, however, I changed my voter registration to independent, and barring some utterly unforeseen development, I intend to vote for the Democratic Presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry.

I urge people to read the full article and see why this respected member of the Republican Party and son of a former president has chosen to switch his vote this year.

His endorsement, as it first appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader, can be seen in the Extended Copy section. Read More

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