Bomb Scare at Fla Early Voting Site

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Saturday November 03, 2012 · 6:01 PM PDT

2012/11/03 · 18:01

Apparently, cutting back the hours for early voting in Fla this year wasn't enough. Someone decided to interrupt some of the hours remaining today with a bomb scare.

According to Yahoo News:

A Florida bomb squad has detonated two suspicious packages that were discovered outside one of the state's early voting stations on Saturday morning.
Voting was suspended until 2 p.m. on the final day of early voting, with a long line of reportedly upset voters waiting to cast their ballots. Early voting has been popular in Florida, with an estimated 3.9 million votes already cast before next week's official Election Day.

The incident was in Orange County, which went for Obama 59% to 40% in 2008.

Mitt vs. the Common People

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Saturday October 06, 2012 · 1:59 PM PDT

2012/10/06 · 13:59

In the past few months, as I’ve seen some of RMoney’s pathetic attempts to show how well he connects with and understands the travails of middle- and lower-income families, I’ve been reminded of some of the biting lyrics of the song Common People, by the BritPop group Pulp. It tells, in a fairly scathing fashion, the tale of a rich girl who wants to pursue some “slumming” to find out what it’s like to live in a lower-class world. (The Brit term for this kind of jaunt appears to be “class tourism,” which to me is marvelously apt.)

Some of the lyrics, a video of Pulp performing the song, and a surprise bonus Mitt sing-along are below the fold.

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 12:28 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 12:28

According to Business Week, a Report of a 20-year study conducted by the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on income and wealth disparity in its member countries confirms that

The United States has the highest inequality and poverty in the OECD after Mexico and Turkey, and the gap has increased rapidly since 2000,

In the US, the richest 10% of the population earn an average of $93,000 -- the highest level in the OECD, and hold 71% of the wealth, while the poorest 10% earn an average of $5,800, which is 20% percent lower than the average for OECD countries.

Some of the Report's other findings are that "rich households in America have been leaving both middle and poorer income groups behind and that the effect of taxes and government transfers on reducing inequality has fallen in the past 10 years. Not surprising, since US spending on family and social benefits is only at a level of 9% of family income, while the OECD average is 22%.

But at least we are ahead of Turkey.

Tony Perkins: "Palin may not be enough"

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 12:07 PM PDT

2008/09/10 · 12:07

Tony Perkins, president of the uber-rightwing-god-squad the Family Research Council, said in a public appearance today that McCain's ploy of pulling Sarah the Barrucada from obscurity to VP nominee may not energize the conservative base enough to overcome other problems with McCain ’s candidacy. According to an article from CQ:

"I, for the first time, see the opportunity for him to be successful in his candidacy for president," Perkins told reporters this morning at a breakfast organized by the Christian Science Monitor. "[But] to think this is a wave the campaign can ride to election-day is not true."

And why is that? Read on:

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Friday October 20, 2006 · 3:17 PM PDT

2006/10/20 · 15:17

A former staff person in LA Rep. Rodney Alexander's office, where the Foley's "page" complained about the emails, has sued the office for sexual harsassment, according to Roll Call, via Americablog:

Elizabeth Scott, Alexander's former scheduler, claims that Royal Alexander, the Congressman's chief of staff, "engaged in a course of misconduct" that included "inappropriate sex-based comments, ogling and touching" and "sexual advances," according to Michael Hoare, Scott's attorney. Scott told the Congressman of his aide's alleged improper behavior but the Louisiana Republican took no action to correct the situation, Hoare said....

Could Scott have have any connection with the emails?
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Did Miller Get "Flame" Name from Israeli Spies?

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Friday October 21, 2005 · 1:55 PM PDT

2005/10/21 · 13:55

There's been a lot of speculation in the blogs about why or how Judy Miller in one of her Libby notebooks refers to Valerie "Flame" rather than Plame. eriposte at The Left Coaster has compiled a lot of the discussion. No one seems to have come up with a definitive explanation.

However several pieces, of various puzzles, point to the intriguing possibility that the "misspelling" comes from the fact that the name was provided by the Israeli spies working with recently indicted Pentagon leaker Larry Franklin.

The details are below.
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Sickening New Terror Alert Abuse

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Thursday October 07, 2004 · 3:50 PM PDT

2004/10/07 · 15:50

This news today from AP has to be the ultimate Rove/BushCo fear-mongering abuse imaginable:

The government is taking steps to avoid a school siege like the one that killed nearly 340 people in Russia last month.
The Education Department is warning schools nationwide to keep a sharp eye out for people spying on their buildings -- which it says could be a possible sign of a terror threat.

The warning comes after the FBI and Homeland Security Department analyzed the Russian siege.

The government says the warning didn't follow any specific terror threat to schools or universities.

But it does want school leaders to watch out for people who ask for school site plans and bus routes or watch security drills.
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The Education Department sent its letter by e-mail Wednesday to school police, state school officers, school boards, groups representing principals and many other organizations.

The Homeland Security Department also sent a bulletin to federal, state and local emergency officials to provide fresh guidance based on the review of the school siege in Russia.

The website for the ABC News outlet in Denver, which is but one of dozens of places where this story appears today, kindly includes a poll asking "Do you feel your child's school is secure?" Right now 52% of the almost 8000 who have answered say "No."

Can they really be this desparate?

Rasmussen - Bush Lead Down to 0,3%

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 · 10:02 AM PDT

2004/10/06 · 10:02

The results of the Ras 3-day tracking poll are up. The results:

Bush 47.2%
Kerry 46.9%

Counting leaners, the numbers are:

Bush 48.4%
Kerry 48.3%

Among independents, Kerry is trouncing Bush, 47.0% to 38.9%

Kerry's favorability rating is now slightly higher than Bush's and Bush's job approval spread is down to +2.8%, the lowest it's been this month.

Rasmussen Debate Poll - Kerry Won

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Saturday October 02, 2004 · 11:57 AM PDT

2004/10/02 · 11:57

Good news from the Rasmussen poll done Oct 1 surveying 1000 likely voters regarding their reaction to first debate. The results:

-Who did better in debate?

-- Kerry 52%

-- Bush 40%

-- Neither 8%

Significatly, the unaffiliated voters in the poll on this question split:

-- Kerry 63%
-- Bush 24%

-Did Debate change your mind about who you would vote for?:

-- Yes 6%
-- No 89%

Not a big change, but the change toward Kerry was 7%, toward Bush only 4%. We don't need a huge change to win. Bringing over 60% of those who changed can make a big difference in closing the gap. One additional piece of data worthy of note: In response to a question regarding how important are the debates, 74% of the unaffiliated thought they were "somewhat" or "very" important (as opposed to only 65% of the GOPers.

Who is Osama's Candidate?

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Saturday September 25, 2004 · 11:54 PM PDT

2004/09/25 · 23:54

Michael Kinsley ponders this question in an op-ep piece in today's WaPo

The difference between Osama bin Laden's endorsement and John McCain's (well, one of many differences) is that McCain's presumably has a positive effect and bin Laden's has a negative one. If bin Laden wants to help his candidate, he must hide, or even disguise, his preference. This makes any argument or evidence about that preference inherently self-defeating. If he is honorary chairman of the annual "Kabul Salutes W" dinner and gala, does that mean he supports Bush or does it mean he wants people to think he supports Bush, which then must mean that he does not support Bush?

His piece (more excerpts below) skewers the inanity of the BushCo effort to play the Osama's Candidate card against Kerry. And it underscores just how despicable their campaign is. No one can read Osama's mind, and no one could even guess how well alQaeda could gauge what effect a pre-election terror attack might have on the electorate.

Those problems didn't deter Peter Brown, some hack columnist for the Orlando Sentinel, from dumping his predictions on the public yesterday:

Suggesting that al-Qaeda might prefer Kerry in the Oval Office will certainly enrage some, but rational analysis supports that view.
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But the evidence makes it difficult to see how an attack would be more likely to help Kerry than hurt him.

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The GOP and the Rhetoric of Treason

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Friday September 24, 2004 · 9:48 PM PDT

2004/09/24 · 21:48

The GOP has decided to play the treason card. Desparate to silence the searing criticism being leveled by Kerry and Edwards castigating their disasterous pursuit of NeoCon goals in Iraq, BushCo now seeks to equate this dissent with disloyalty. As Dana Milbank puts it in today's WaPo, this tactic "Tests the Limits" of legitimate campaigning.

President Bush and leading Republicans are increasingly charging that Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry and others in his party are giving comfort to terrorists and undermining the war in Iraq -- a line of attack that tests the conventional bounds of political rhetoric.

Appearing in the Rose Garden yesterday with Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, Bush said Kerry's statements about Iraq "can embolden an enemy." After Kerry criticized Allawi's speech to Congress, Vice President Cheney tore into the Democratic nominee, calling him "destructive" to the effort in Iraq and the struggle against terrorism.

So, how might some of the most revered GOP icons in history have reacted to such charges? Read on --> Read More

"Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President ...

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Friday September 24, 2004 · 1:58 PM PDT

2004/09/24 · 13:58

... Sorry you didn't go when you had the chance."

I just ran across this article written a year ago by Max Cleland. As the election focus on BushCo's Iraq disaster hopefully intensifies, I think it's important to hammer on the lessons of history.

The president of the United States decides to go to war against a nation led by a brutal dictator supported by one-party rule. That dictator has made war on his neighbors. The president decides this is a threat to the United States.

In his campaign for president he gives no indication of wanting to go to war. In fact, he decries the overextension of American military might and says other nations must do more. However, unbeknownst to the American public, the president's own Pentagon advisers have already cooked up a plan to go to war. All they are looking for is an excuse.

Sound familiar? Read on -->
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Bomb Scare at Fla Early Voting Site

Mitt vs. the Common People

GOP has been spreading the wealth - to rich

Tony Perkins: "Palin may not be enough"

Rep. Alexander's Office Sued for Sex Harrassment

Did Miller Get "Flame" Name from Israeli Spies?

Sickening New Terror Alert Abuse

Rasmussen - Bush Lead Down to 0,3%

Rasmussen Debate Poll - Kerry Won

Who is Osama's Candidate?

The GOP and the Rhetoric of Treason

"Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President ...