Tag: elections
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10/20 newspurge: everybody’s talking ’bout the stormy weather
biowars/envirohealth: just hours before the real thing in east bay, millions participate in statewide quake drill* second quake jolts bay area* series of earthquakes strike big island of hawaii* earthquake shakes south texas* US, mexico to install quake sensors in two border city areas* palm beach, fl confirms first dengue fever case* video: albino cyclops…
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gop presidential hopeful courts pagans
from the hill: Gary Johnson’s unorthodox campaign for the Republican presidential nomination continued Sunday, when he spoke at a Google+ town hall conducted by representatives of various pagan media outlets. The former New Mexico governor spoke with members of the Pagan Newswire Collective, ModernWitch Podcast and Patheos.com, among others. He said it was important to…
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9/29 Newspurge: Your Deceit Knows No End
Door-to-door vaccinations? ‘Get the f#ck out!’ // 36 nabbed in drug raid at Boeing plant near Philly // US attack in Yemen kills al-Awlaki // Obama gets $7 million from Hollywood // Diebold voting machines hacked with $10 in parts // New chemical plant for Chemical Valley
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Why The Antichrist Matters In Politics
While such beliefs might be dismissed as the rantings of a small but vocal minority, apocalyptic fears helped drive the antigovernment movements of the 1930s and ’40s and could help define the 2012 presidential campaign as well.
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obama accused of waging ‘class warfare’ with millionaire tax plan
from foxnews: A top House Republican accused President Obama of appealing to Americans’ “fear, envy and anxiety” by pushing a new tax rate on people making more than $1 million annually, saying the “class warfare path” will only hurt the economy. “Class warfare … may make for really good politics, but it makes for rotten…
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8/11 Pop Occulture: The Response & The Decline
30,000 Evangelical Christians gather for Perry’s “The Response” prayer event; Counter-response draws protests across Texas
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white house & congress critters close in on debt ceiling deal
meanwhile, apple inc. has more cash on hand than the govt… from afp: With barely two days to act, US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers closed in on Sunday in on an ambitious deal to avert a disastrous debt default sure to sow chaos in the fragile world economy. “We are very close,” Republican…
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portland mayor sam adams announces he will not run for re-election
‘portlandia & the nation’s animal farm’ from koin local 6: In an open letter to Portlanders, Mayor Sam Adams announced Friday he will not seek re-election. After pondering on the topic during a week-long “staycation,” the mayor said the choice was clear, help move Portland forward right now or focus his efforts full-time into a…
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Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago’s First Jewish Mayor
Former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected Chicago’s first Jewish mayor.
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11/4 newspurge: watch the world argue with itself
9/11 updates: chomsky admits no evidence al-qaeda carried out 9/11* so-called alternative media are a bunch of wannabe msm cowards?* kevin ryan: 9/11 & the national debt* company accuses medical examiner’s office of stealing 9/11 secrets* biowars/envirohealth: gulf still loaded with chemicals, but fda says seafood safe to eat* halliburton knew cement used in failed…
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How Secure Is Your Vote?
J. Alex Halderman, University of Michigan computer scientist, helped produce ten minute video demo of vote flipping in Diebold machine, some time ago. Halderman made a name for himself by accepting the DC area internet voting challenge just last month to test security of internet voting.
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Election Day 2010: Voting For a Restraining Order?
By the time the ballots are counted in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Obama’s personal approval ratings will have fallen to historic lows and he will be universally recognized as the man who brought ruin on the Democratic party.


