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NY Times Op-Ed Endorses IRV « New Yorkers for Instant Runoff Voting Posted using ShareThis
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NY Times Op-Ed Endorses IRV « New Yorkers for Instant Runoff Voting
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
Karl Rove subpoenaed about firings of US attorneys
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
(excerpt from) NY Times Rove Subpoenaed on U.S. Attorneys THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 26, 2009 The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Karl Rove, a former top White House aide, to testify about the Bush administration’s firing of United States attorneys and prosecution of a former Democratic governor. The subpoena, by Representative John […]
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Mr. President: Give Us a Clean Break from War
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
from OpEdNews by Cynthia McKinney Statement on Obama Actions Thus Far re: Gaza “It is time that the United States negotiate in good faith with Hamas, the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. It is also time that the U.S. government tell Israel to release the Hamas Parliamentarians it illegally arrested. President Obama, please say […]
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Independent Singer-songwriters, Queens 2/21/09
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
Hosted By: Dan Giangiobbe – Veteran recording artist Special Guest Feature: Jim Frazzitta – Playing selections off his recently released , solo CD, “Twenty Years Below.” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2009 @9:00pm Ern’s Place, 67-63 Woodhaven Blvd., Rego Park, NY (718) 830-6226 for more information. Directions : Take LIE to Exit 19. Turn right on Woodhaven […]
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New York State Behind in Obtaining New Vote-Counting Equipment
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
Discovered this information at Ballot Access News. There is coverage at BAN and also from a Gannet News story BAN pointed at. There is some chance that New Yorkers will use the same old lever machines for the 2009 September primary and 2009 November general that we have been using for many, many years. (Which […]
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Naomi Wolf, the author of The End of America, In-person at Documentary Screening 1/30/09
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
On Friday, January 30 at 7:00 p.m., author Naomi Wolf and co-director Annie Sundberg will attend the screening of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot to introduce the film and follow up with a question and answer session after the screening at Staller Center. Single tickets to the film are […]
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LICSN: Massive Influx of New Climate-Related Stories
Posted on January 26, 2009 by iwilder
It’s Not Just Greenhouse Gases, But Waste Heat as Well. By Bina Venkataraman, BostGlobe, January 25, 2009. “Even if we bring the greenhouse effect under control, says a Tufts astrophysicist, the earth will warm up anyway, thanks to a completely different source of heat that we create ourselves. Over the next 250 years, calculates Eric […]
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