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Heavy Focus On Soccer/Hocky Moms Leaves The Curling Moms Vote Up for Grabs
Offbeat  (tags: satire, Bad Reporter, SF Chron )

Larry
- 1 day ago - sfgate.com
Canadian sport spreading across US - mainstream media ignores pressure form curling blogs. Big voter bloc ignored? Could it decide the election?
Palin Unmasks Her 'Pit-Bull' Persona
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: elections, Sarah Palin )

Josee
- 1 day ago - news.smh.com.au
Standing up to her critics, she veered off script, warning: "You know, they say the difference between a hockey mum and a pit bull? Lipstick."
Building An Anti-Economy / Nowtopia Now!
Society & Culture  (tags: Anti-Economy, mutual aid networks, Nowtopia, political economy, home economy, localization, Grassroots Economic Organizing )

Larry
- 1 day ago - orionmagazine.org
The Nowtopian movement embodies a growing minority seeking emancipation from the treadmill of consumerism and overwork. Acting locally in the face of unfolding global catastrophes, friends and neighbors are redesigning many of the crucial technological
Canadians Overwhelmingly Favor Obama; Americans More Mixed
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: elections, obama, mccain, canadians )

Josee
- 1 day ago - abc15.com
A new poll says Canadians are five times more likely to vote for Obama, over Republican nominee John McCain, if they could cast a ballot in the U.S. presidential election.
Change Everything Now / One of the Nation's Most Mainstream Environmentalists Says It's Time to Get a Lot More Radical
Environment  (tags: environmentalism, World Resources Institute, Capitalism as growth machine )

Larry
- 1 day ago - orionmagazine.org
Capitalism is a growth machine. What it really cares about is earning a profit and reinvesting a large share of that and growing continually. Profits can be enhanced if the companies are not paying for the cost of their environmental destruction--so they
What McCain Didn't Know About Sarah Palin
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: McCain Palin, Palin Bridge To Nowhere, Palin Earmarks, Palin Investigation, Palin Vetting, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Earmarks, Sarah Palin Investigation, Sarah Palin Vetting, Politics News )

Blue
- 4 days ago - theatlantic.com
They did not know that she took trips as the mayor of Wasilla to beg for earmarks. They did not know that she told a television interviewer this summer that she did not fully understand what it is that a vice president does.
The Secretive Right-Wing Cabal That Met In Minneapolis To Vet Palin
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Christian Right, Conservatives, Conspiracy, James Dobson, John McCain, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News )

Blue
- 5 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The members of the Council for National Policy are the hidden hand behind McCain's Palin pick. CNP members have included Tony Perkins, James Dobson, Grover Norquist, Tim LaHaye and Paul Weyrich.
Palin Directed Stevens' "Excellence In Public Service" 527
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Palin 527, Palin Corruption, Palin Scandal, Palin Stevens, Palin Stevens 527, Palin Ted Stevens, Sarah Palin, Republicans, John McCain, coverup, dishonesty, ethics, Politics News )

Blue
- 5 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Palin's name is listed on 2003 incorporation papers of the "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc.," a 527 group that could raise unlimited funds from corporate donors. ..Stevens was indicted in July 2008 on seven counts of corruption.
Another Sarah Palin Firing Scandal Surfaces
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Governor Palin, Palin, Palin Alaska, Palin Investigation, Palin Trooper Scandal, Palin Vp, Palin Wasilla, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Investigation, Sarah Palin Scandal, Politics News )

Blue
- 5 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Early in her tenure as mayor, the city council threatened to recall her over accusations that she fired the city's police chief, Irl Stambaugh, and the library director, Mary Ellen Emmons, without warning. Censoring the library ...
McCain and Unable
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: John McCain, McCain And Unable, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News )

Blue
- 3 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
At the end of the day, nothing changes the fact that this is actually more of the same from the GOP -- more political opportunism and clever gamesmanship for the sake of achieving the goal of power.
 
 
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