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In a More Diverse America, A Mostly White Convention

Posted by Shemuses from Washington Post

Organizers conceived of this convention as a means to inspire, but some African American Republicans have found the Xcel Energy Center depressing this week. Everywhere they look, they see evidence of what they consider one of their party's biggest shortcomings. As the country rapidly diversifies, Republicans are presenting a convention that is almost entirely white.

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WireTap Magazine - Beyond the Ballot: Young Black Men and Voting

Posted by Shemuses from

While youth voting is on the rise, barriers to civic engagement among working-class black youth persist. How are activists going beyond voter registration to break down these barriers?

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Stand ShOut: Millenial Kids Walking Out of School Today in Minneapolis - St. Paul

Posted by dureau from

It looks like the Millennials in Minneapolis St. Paul are taking matters into their own hands. They seem to be fed up with their city pandering to the RNC and are showing their disdain for the local money establishment. Go Millennials!!!

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Link by Link - Don’t Like Palin’s Wikipedia Story? Change It

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

The daily page view totals for even well-known candidates are striking. For example, according to a site that tracks the traffic to Wikipedia, the John McCain article had 645,000 page views in June. That month, Barack Obama had 1.35 million page views. Henrik Abelsson, who tracks the traffic, said that on Friday there were 2.4 million page views for Gov. Palin's Wikipedia article.

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The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo

Posted by Shemuses from Tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo

On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day...

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Mercenary Outfit Send Mass Email Offering Positions in the Wake of Gustav

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

Blackwater is compiling a list of qualified security personnel for possible deployment into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. Applicants must meet all items listed under the respective Officer posting and be US citizens. Contract length is TBD.

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Obama: Children are off limits

Posted by Jeff from firstread.msnbc.msn.com

More change we can believe in: "We don't go after people's families; we don't get them involved in the politics. It is not appropriate and it is not relevant. Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be. And if I ever thought it was somebody in the campaign that was involved in something like that they would be fired."

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The McCain Veepstakes: What Might Have Been

Posted by Shemuses from

With energy, climate change and rising fuel prices the key issues of concern to voters, you wonder what possessed John McCain to put climate-skeptic Sarah Palin one heartbeat away from the presidency -- instead of far more qualified candidates on his short list of potential nominees.

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GOP VP candidate Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant

Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

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Values verses Candidates

Posted by Villagenyc from

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In these modern times when a campaign song like "Happy Days are here again" seems silly, in these days of Presidential administrations filled with countless advisors, policy shapers and other insiders who pontificate from above to the 'chosen ones' occupying the oval office, it is imperative that voters take into account what are clearly package deals, they are the packages that each party embodies, and each is filled with stark differences and competing ideologies.

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Wikipedia Edits Forecast Vice Presidential Picks

Posted by Jeff from

Interesting ... The Washington Post reports on the findings of Cyveillance, a company that 'normally trawls the Internet for data on behalf of clients seeking open source information in advance of a corporate acquisition, an important executive hire, or brand awareness.' Cyveillance decided 'on a lark' to test its methods by monitoring the Wikipedia biographies of Vice-Presidential prospects. The conclusion? If you'd been watching Wikipedia you might have gotten an advance tipoff of Friday's announcement that McCain was selecting Sarah Palin. 'At approximately 5 p.m. ET (Thursday), the company's analysts noticed a spike in the editing traffic to Palin's Wiki page, and that some of the same Wiki users appeared to be making changes to McCain's page.

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Thousands flee as Gustav grows toward Category 5

Posted by Jeff from

Gustav is expected to become an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm, the most powerful hurricane possible, as it roars through Cuba and heads toward the U.S. Gulf coast. Category 5 storms have sustained winds of more than 249 kilometres per hour. Winds of that speed will create a storm surge of more than five metres, rip off most roofs and completely destroy mobile homes, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. The city of New Orleans, devastated in 2005 by hurricane Katrina is watching the storm's path with great concern. Forecasters say the hurricane could strike anywhere between the Florida Panhandle to Texas, but there is a good chance that New Orleans will be buffeted by tropical-storm-force winds.

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