Category Archives: politics

Why do we keep electing the worst kind of people governor?

The sorry plight of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. People fall in love with other people. It happens. Okay. People need to take a break and get away. It's true. Okay. But STATE GOVERNORS need to communicate those things. Directly to the people that matter. A lot sooner than Gov. Sanford did. (And not skip out of town when [...]
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Iran Accuses U.N. of Meddling

After accusing western media and nations of fomenting protests in Iran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has now charged U.N. leadership with meddling in the affairs of their election. Via Voice of America: Iran is accusing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of meddling in its affairs after he urged the Islamic state to stop its crackdown on opposition protesters. Iran's [...]
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Weekend Crackdown on Protests in Iran

The Associated Press reports on the Iranian government's response to the ongoing election protests.
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Obama Signs Anti-Smoking Bill

Via the Huffington Post: President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation's strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids. "The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of tobacco has emerged [...]
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Charles Bukowski | Letter to Carl Weissner 1975

The depression is here although the govt. prefers to call it a “recession.” Which reminds me of the old one: a recession is when your friends are out of jobs, a depression is when you’re out of one. It’s at times like this that I’m glad that I trained myself throughout a lifetime to detest [...]
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Ongoing Updates on Iran

For the best ongoing updates on the election situation in Iran, there are 2 best places to look: Follow #IranElection on Twitter. Check out the HuffPost's ongoing updates. Nico Pitney is live-blogging the election fallout and HuffPo is getting dense info sent to it from local citizens in Tehran, including the following photos.
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Iran Claims U.S. Interference in Elections

The New York Times reports that Iran is cracking down on journalists and has directly accused the United States of interfering in their presedential election. The article goes on to report that: President Obama said a day earlier that it would be counterproductive for the United States “to be seen as meddling.” But he has also said [...]
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