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Archive for November 6th, 2006

06 Nov

Club Blue

Mirth 11:36 pm (Club Blue, Music)

Here for you, some soothing mellow before we jump into the fray tomorrow.
Jaques & Paula Morelenbaum with Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sem Voce

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06 Nov

Ballot Propositions and Get Out the Vote!

Batocchio 11:35 pm (Election, Voting)

(crossposted at Vagabond Scholar)

The website Vote411.org, run by the League of Women Voters, is a good resource for looking up ballot propositions and other voting information (h/t Mike’s Blog Round-Up).
The Left Coaster and Firedoglake also have a series of links for volunteering, if you can do so. Get out that vote! [...]

06 Nov

BARNEY FRANKS SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON IRAQ, TAXES AND MORE

QuestionGirl 8:50 pm (Bill Maher, Election)

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Barney Frank sets the record straight on Iraq, Afghanistan, taxes and more. Boehner’s comments degrading the Generals of the Iraq war is featured. The second video is of Franks on Bill Maher, where he smacked down the hypocrisy of gay Republicans.

06 Nov

GEORGE ALLEN’S ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE

QuestionGirl 8:08 pm (Corruption, Election)

The 2006 midterm election will probably go down in history as the “dirtiest” election of all time. George Allen is scum of the earth.

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Tim Daly from Clarendon got a call saying that if he votes Tuesday, he will be arrested. A recording of his voicemail can be found online at: [...]

06 Nov

failed u.s. ambassador to iraq, khalilzad, to leave

QuestionGirl 7:45 pm (Iraq)

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy in Baghdad who tried to conciliate the Sunni people, is to leave his post in the next few months said a senior member of the US administration.
“Khalilzad really failed because greater Sunni political participation has not reduced the violence and has at the same time angered the Shia,” said [...]

06 Nov

GOP ROBOCALL SCAMS

QuestionGirl 6:58 pm (Corruption, Election)

From Talking Point Memos:

The emerging scam? We checked out the stories of false flag GOP robocalls pretty closely before we were comfortable that we understood what was happening, could confirm it and start reporting on it yesterday. Now, over the course of the day, we’ve been getting other reports of Democrats getting calls informing them [...]

06 Nov

NEWS NEWS NEWS

QuestionGirl 6:37 pm (News News News)

SHOO IN FOR TOP NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER JOB WON’T APPLY
EARLY VOTING FIGURES FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
EUROPE BLACKOUT LEAVES MILLIONS IN THE DARK
TEXAS ASST. D.A. COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER SEX STING
USS INTREPID STUCK IN MUD
N.M. DEMS COMPLAIN OF GOP PHONE CALLS
BRITISH FAMILIES OF TROOPS KILLED IN IRAQ PRESS FOR PROBE INTO WAR
FLORIDA’S CRIST DITCHES PRESIDENT
MERCURY CROSSING [...]

06 Nov

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRTHNESS!!!!!!!!!!!

QuestionGirl 4:50 pm ((Unspecified))

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may your day be filled with joy and……. humor.

06 Nov

The race for the House

D-day 4:05 pm (Election, Voting)

Many people are getting pretty confident that the Democrats are a virtual shoo-in to take over the House of Representatives after tomorrow’s election. Confidence in this case scares me. Let’s not take anything for granted. Reports are surfacing all over about republican dirty tricks in these last days.
Most important, when you look at the numbers [...]

06 Nov

Baghdad Burning

Mirth 1:07 pm (Iraq)

When All Else Fails…
Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ Execute the dictator. It’s that simple. When American troops are being killed by the dozen, when the country you are occupying is threatening to break up into smaller countries, when you have militias and death squads roaming the streets and you-ve put a group of Mullahs in power- execute the dictator.
Everyone [...]