New Goal Posts Again?

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 1:46 PM PDT

2008/05/20 · 13:46

At the end of tonight, even if the DNC decides to seat the entire Florida & Michigan delegations without any changes , Obama will have a majority of pledged delegates.

The Math (source)

Total Pledged Delegates:		3,556(3,253 +185FL+128MI)
50%		1,783
Current (Obama Pledged)		1,612.5
+ Obama FL Pledged		74
+ Edwards FL Declared		2
+ MI Non-Clinton "Uncommitted"		55
Total		1,743.5

Minimum Obama delegates from tonight:

Oregon (50/50)		26
Kentucky (70/30)		14
Total Obama Pledged		1783.5

So why did Bill Clinton reply the way he did in the NY Times?

KenD

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 7:02 AM PDT

2006/09/08 · 07:02

While it is easy to believe that Bush/Cheney really wants interrogation/torture methods that have been rejected by the Pentagon AND that they want to have tribunal provisions that they clearly knew would be resisted by congressional Republicans, perhaps this is just a well orchestrated political move.

(NOTE - This is not meant as a suggestion for the Republicans and I hope this is not what is happening. This is just a warning that we need to watch our optimism in the coming elections)

If I were Karl Rove and I wanted to make sure that the legacy of the Bush Administration is Republican domination of all branches of government perhaps I would propose the following: Read More

Tsunami Spending Fraud - Time to Crash the NGO Gates

KenD

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Friday July 28, 2006 · 7:43 AM PDT

2006/07/28 · 07:43

The following is cross-posted from the Direct Change blog. Direct Change is a new non-profit designed to use social networking to help African children through supporting the programs of small, efficient, local grassroots organizations. There are many "gates to crash"!

Conventional marketing wisdom is to start with a positive message. However, after reading marketing guru Seth Godin's post the other night on "the intuition vs. analysis conundrum" and then reading yesterday's story in the New York Times on the tremendous mismanagement of funds raised for Tsunami reconstruction I decided to just dive in and get this blog going. Time to stop planning and just do it, so here it goes.

Yesterday's NYT's covered a report from the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition, that includes examples of how aid agencies "displayed 'arrogance and ignorance' and were often staffed by 'incompetent workers' who came and went quickly."

KenD

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Monday September 12, 2005 · 10:22 AM PDT

2005/09/12 · 10:22

The unprofessionalism of the WaPo, pointed out earlier by Armando, appears to be not just a question of a single incident but something that has become ingrained in the culture of the Washington Post.

This morning's paper had a notice in the obituary section that showed the cold unprofesionalism in their production department:

"The Washington Post sold too many advertisements for its newspaper yesterday and cut out two pages of paid death notices, angering many people who had expected to see them... A robust week of sales by the advertising department for the paper's classified sections led to two more pages than the production staff had expected"

The death notices are paid advertising! The difference is that unlike regular advertisers people only die once. Families who paid to put a death notice in the well read Sunday paper so that friends, family and the WaPo readership know about their lives and their passing were sidelined so the Post could collect more revenues.

SHAME!

Gannon, Microsoft, the Catholic Church and Karl Rove

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Thursday July 21, 2005 · 2:27 PM PDT

2005/07/21 · 14:27

What do Gannon, Microsoft, the Catholic Church and Karl Rove all have in common? They all have been at the receiving end of the wrath of John Aravosis at AmericaBlog.

John has been picked as one of the finalists on PoliticsOnline's contest on who is having the most impact on the way the Internet and political life intersect.

While most progressive bloggers go after one pillar of power (republicans, corporations, right wing media, etc.), John attacks power wherever it resides to advance a progressive agenda. He outed Jeff Gannon as a male prostitute; he uncovered Microsoft's secret deal with Ralph Reed; he has been one of the leaders in the fight to keep the pressure on Karl Rove; and he has exposing the hypocrisy of the religious right.

Go Vote for John.

"The winners, those top 10 nominees who receive the most votes, will be announced at the 6th annual Worldwide Forum on Electronic Democracy -- September 28-29, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, (Paris, France)."

Embryo Adoption = White Baby Production

KenD

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Wednesday May 25, 2005 · 4:53 AM PDT

2005/05/25 · 04:53

As a father of an adopted African-American son, I was startled to see the picture this morning of President Bush using a white baby that was produced was embryo adoption as a prop to stop stem cell research that can save lives.

These children that were exploited as props for yesterday's event were produced by "The Snowflakes Program" a program of "Nightlight Christian Adoptions."

TWENTY ONE OF OUR SNOWFLAKES CHILDREN JOINED HIM IN ORDER TO PUT A FACE TO THESE EMBRYOS UNDER DISCUSSION.

To put a white face that is.

The Religious right and President Bush have chosen to ignore not only those who suffer from diseases that might be cured by stem cell research, but also the millions of living children without families or homes. Read More

Administration Admits War was Irresponsible

KenD

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Monday May 16, 2005 · 4:17 AM PDT

2005/05/16 · 04:17

"... hid behind anonymous sources, which by their own admission do not withstand scrutiny. Unfortunately, they cannot retract the damage they have done to this nation or those that were viciously attacked by those false allegations."

The original account, he said, was "demonstrably false" and "was irresponsible and had significant consequences that reverberated throughout Muslim communities around the world."

OOPS - They were talking about Newsweek not themselves, I forgot the government should not have to be held to a standard as high as the free press.

2000 Friday Before Election

KenD

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Friday October 29, 2004 · 10:32 AM PDT

2004/10/29 · 10:32

There is a great piece about October 2000 polling on the main dkos page - check out where things were on the Friday before the election -

"News Story: Bush 46, Gore 39 (Released Friday)"

This is from what was Voter.com using the WayBackMachine. This is a great tool for pulling old web pages.

Label on KSTP Video might be the Real Evidence of the Real Missing Weapons

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 8:21 AM PDT

2004/10/28 · 08:21

The following image from the KSTP site and video clearly shows an orange label marked "1.1 D"

While the label does not show it is RDX (the type of explsoves that are missing) that is one of the types that would have this classification (see ->http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI450Y1994.html)

Bush Speaks the Truth

KenD

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Thursday August 05, 2004 · 10:22 AM PDT

2004/08/05 · 10:22

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," Bush said. "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

Full Story at USAToday.

Democrats and Internet Taxation

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Tuesday April 27, 2004 · 11:16 AM PDT

2004/04/27 · 11:16

Jerome makes a great point today

"Too bad the Democrats don't see a winning issue, supporting this ban and putting the Republicans on the defensive over taxes, when it's sitting right in front of them."

Well it's not to late! Tell your Democratic Senators to support the ban.

Air Force Photo Shoot

KenD

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Tuesday April 06, 2004 · 10:30 AM PDT

2004/04/06 · 10:30

About an hour ago I went outside (my office is in downtown DC) to grab some lunch and went into a little bit of panic when I noticed a low flying plane being clossely escorted by 2 fighter jets.

Being in DC on 9/11 I still look into the sky a little too often so I started waiting for the explosion, starting looking for the sirens and thinking of my exit plan - do I go back to the office or run home and find my wife and child - all the scenerios that those of us in DC and NYC continue to think about.

I then started checking the news sites to see if there was an airplane that crossed into the wrong airspace and I found a picture on the front page of the Wash Post website of the incident with the following description -

The U.S. Air Force staged a photo shoot of airplanes escorted by F-16 fighter pilots along National Airport and the Mall today.

What moron thought that staging a photo shoot in DC on a bright sunny day when the US governement has launched new offensives in Iraq?

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2000 Friday Before Election

Label on KSTP Video might be the Real Evidence of the Real Missing Weapons

Bush Speaks the Truth

Democrats and Internet Taxation

Air Force Photo Shoot