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Hillary Clinton Endorsements, Mid-September Update

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Thursday September 13, 2007 · 4:22 PM PDT

2007/09/13 · 16:22

The last two weeks have been great for Hillary with a slough of new endorsements from elected Democratic and Progressive officials around the country from town mayors to senators bringing her number of endorsements to 345 sitting elected Democratic leaders. In addition she has the support of 4 major unions, 2 locals and a key union activist bringing her union total to around 1.2 million union members (active and retired); 19 key former elected officials, and 17 other persons of note.

Here are some highlights.

Breaking: Letter Carriers Union to Endorse Hillary!! Updated

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Wednesday September 12, 2007 · 7:09 AM PDT

2007/09/12 · 07:09

The National Association of Letter Carriers plans to announce its presidential endorsement of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at an 11 a.m. press conference at its Washington headquarters today.

Clinton also has been endorsed by the United Transportation Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

Earlier this summer, the AFL-CIO’s member unions failed to reach a consensus agreement on backing one candidate. Likewise, the Change to Win Federation of seven unions—including the Teamsters—is not backing one candidate.

As a result, unions have been splitting their support among Democratic hopefuls.

Collapse of Belgium (and we wonder why we cannot fix Iraq)

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Wednesday September 05, 2007 · 5:54 AM PDT

2007/09/05 · 05:54

The nation of Belgium is facing one of its greatest crises in its 170+ year history. Without a real Government since June and bitterly torn in twain between French-speaking Wallonia and Dutch-speaking Flanders, the demise of the nation of Belgium is now being openly debated throughout the country.

Born in 1830 in a largely Catholic-led revolt against Dutch rule within the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Belgium was legally solidified in the 1839 Treaty of London. Interestingly it was the German violation of the Treaty of London through their invasion of neutral Belgium which was the legal trigger that led the British to declare war on Germany in 1914 resulting in part in WWI.

Hillary Clinton Endorsements -September Update

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Tuesday September 04, 2007 · 7:36 PM PDT

2007/09/04 · 19:36

Here is the updated state-by-state master list of elected Democrats and other key people supporting Hillary Clinton for President. This is being done to make an easy-to-use resource for Democrats Abroad for Hillary, but I thought I would share it with all of you as well.

The list (in order of inclusion by state) includes US Senators (7), US Representatives (53), Governors (4) and other significant statewide office holders (11), State Senators (50)and State Representatives (121) and mayors (67). That is over 300 senior elected Democratic state and federal officials many of whom are front line progressives who have endorsed Hillary's candidacy very early in the primary campaign. And particularly on the state and mayoral level, these include many new Democratic leaders who were ushered in the 2006 blue wave in which many Kossacks were so active.

That is followed by any former office holders of note (17). I have also included Unions (2 unions, 2 union locals and 1 union leader) and other interesting persons (15). I have not included county and sub-county officials as the data collecting for that is too difficult, and the list would be too long.

Endorsements for Hillary

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Tuesday August 28, 2007 · 5:42 PM PDT

2007/08/28 · 17:42

On the day that Hillary received the first major union endorsement, I have put together a master state-by-state list of Democrats and other key people supporting Hillary Clinton for President. This was done to make an easy-to-use resource for Democrats Abroad for Hillary, but I thought I would share it with all of you as well. I have included US Senators (5), US Representatives (27), Governors (3) and other significant statewide office holders (10), State Senators (48) and State Representatives (170) and mayors (72). That is followed by any former office holders of note (13). I have also included Unions (1 +2 locals) and other interesting persons (7).

Pooties and Puppies Rescued from Texas Flood

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Saturday August 25, 2007 · 8:17 AM PDT

2007/08/25 · 08:17

I thought we could all do with a little break from the heat of the fray/melee of the candidate-focussed blogging. I sure could ;-)

Here is nice story about some stray pooties and puppies being rescued in the San Antonio floods from WOAI in San Antonio.

Earthquakes and Hurricanes

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Friday August 17, 2007 · 12:36 AM PDT

2007/08/17 · 00:36

Quite a lot of natural disasters have occurred or are in the making at the moment. There is yesterday's 8.0 quake in Perú. Category 2 Hurricane Dean approaching Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent and Dominica. Category 4 Typhoon Sepat bearing down on Taiwan and Tropical Depression former Tropical Storm Erin raining out over Texas. Here is some more detail and useful links to help Kossacks to monitor these events.

Massive 7.9 Earthquake near Ica, Perú UPDATED

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Wednesday August 15, 2007 · 8:25 PM PDT

2007/08/15 · 20:25

To all Kossacks with Peruvian connections. A major 7.9 earthquake has hit near Ica causing widespread damage in the city. Iglesia Luren collapsed on a group of parishioners killing at least 15. Many more dead are feared in outlying areas of Ica and Northern Ica Province Lima was badly shaken but seems to have escaped major damage. aftershocks are rattling across the region. All tsunami warnings have now been cancelled. The tsunamis were small except around Callao which was evacuated. Lima port was also evacuated.

Minute by Minute updates can be found here (mostly in English)on the Living Perú website.

UPDATE 1: Hospital in Chincha collapsed, hundreds reported injured on streets. Chincha in ruins. Pisco reporting 6 dead.

Category 4 Hurricane Flossie Bearing Down on Hawaii

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Monday August 13, 2007 · 6:38 AM PDT

2007/08/13 · 06:38

All you Hawaiian Kossacks keep your guards up as the major Category-4 Hurricane Flossie threatens to bear down on Hawaii over the next few days. Here is more detail from:

Rep Tammy Baldwin endorses Clinton

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Friday August 03, 2007 · 3:19 PM PDT

2007/08/03 · 15:19

Here in a Q&A from Advocate.com:

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin on endorsing Clinton
The Wisconsin representative became one of the highest-profile gay people to date to endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, the same day that Episcopal bishop V. Gene Robinson did the same for Clinton's archrival, Sen. Barack Obama. In this exclusive Advocate interview, Baldwin explains why. By Sean Kennedy

An Advocate.com exclusive posted August 3, 2007

Rospuda Valley Saved (for now)

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Tuesday July 31, 2007 · 4:45 AM PDT

2007/07/31 · 04:45

In one of Europe's biggest and most landmark environmental battles similar in stature to the USA's battle with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Rospuda Valley has received a temporary reprieve from the construction of a major highway. The extremely far-right conservative Polish Government has succumbed to EU Pressure to stop road construction until the case is heard by the European Court of Justice, which will almost certainly rule against Poland in favour of the European Commission.

Noah's Ark Returns to Mount Ararat

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Thursday May 31, 2007 · 10:17 PM PDT

2007/05/31 · 22:17

Greenpeace activists are up at 2,500m on Mt Ararat putting the final nails into our replica of Noah's Ark to try to send a big moral message of responsibility and urgency to act on climate change to G8 leaders at their meeting next week in Heiligendamm,Germany. They are launching today with doves flying out of the ark and reading of the 'Ararat Declaration'. They have live feeds to BBC, Reuters, AFP, Moscow, Al Jazeera etc. Should be very widespread coverage.

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