Superstorm Sandy: What If Storms Like This Can Be Prevented (By Changing What We Eat)? (via Planetsave) Reposted in full from Everyone’s Harvest, with permission: Blog by Chiara Cabiglio, Everyone’s Harvest Intern and University of California, Santa Cruz Alumna Superstorm Sandy has caused at least 157 human deaths as of midday November 1st. Its impacts … [Read more...] about Superstorm Sandy: What If Storms Like This Can Be Prevented (By Changing What We Eat)?
Israelis Aim to ‘Fix World’ with Custom Cannabis
Israelis aim to 'fix world' with custom cannabis (via AFP) At the end of an unpaved road, in a quiet suburb of a sleepy town in northern Israel, horticultural revolutionaries are growing a strain of cannabis they say relieves symptoms of some chronic illnesses but without the psychotic effects that can accompany regular weed. Behind the fence at Tikkun … [Read more...] about Israelis Aim to ‘Fix World’ with Custom Cannabis
What Americans Want from the Next President (Guest Voice)
What Americans want from the next president (via The Christian Science Monitor) The Sunday service wraps up and parishioners file into the fellowship hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, an imposing structure in this southern Wisconsin town built out of stones so thick that it seems they could only be moved by deity. Weak coffee burns on a warmer near a wall rack of … [Read more...] about What Americans Want from the Next President (Guest Voice)
Voting Machines Remain a Worry in US Election
Voting machines remain a worry in US election (via AFP) Few want to even think about it, but the 2012 US election result could be clouded by problems with voting machines ... again. Twelve years after the Florida punch card debacle in which thousands of votes went uncounted in the crucial state, some experts cite similar concerns about voting technology… … [Read more...] about Voting Machines Remain a Worry in US Election
Man for the Moment (Guest Voice)
Man for the Moment by Peter Funt Most of us have known for months how we will mark our ballots Tuesday, making the painfully long and obscenely expensive presidential campaign little more than a test of our patience. I'm voting for Barack Obama. But if you're a voter who struggled and waited until now to make up your mind, here's what you learned in just the final days … [Read more...] about Man for the Moment (Guest Voice)
Swing State Twister (Cartoon)
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Elections are Fun! (If You Like Bumpy Rides…)
A temporary election worker allegedly filled in a straight Republican ticket where voters had left blank preferences. It is unclear how many ballots were affected, but, as Blue Oregon notes, this is not the first time Clackamas County has come under scrutiny for foul play. ...Think Progress __ Jonathan Chait thinks the game is over and Obama has won. Pretty much. He … [Read more...] about Elections are Fun! (If You Like Bumpy Rides…)
Puppets NOT Controlled by Lobbyists Protest Romney’s Threat to Public Broadcasting
Puppets protest Romney threat to US public broadcasting (via AFP) Puppets urged politicians Saturday to keep up federal funding for US public broadcasting after Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney threatened to pull the plug on Big Bird and friends. Organizers of the Million Puppet March on Capitol Hill in support of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) … [Read more...] about Puppets NOT Controlled by Lobbyists Protest Romney’s Threat to Public Broadcasting
Roundup of Latest Swing State Polls
Here's a good roundup of the latest batch of swing state polls. Pick the one closest to your bias and then talk about the one that isn't what you want having bad methodology (hey, that's the 21st century American way). … [Read more...] about Roundup of Latest Swing State Polls
Obama and Romney in Ill-tempered 11th-Hour Vote Hunt
Obama and Romney in ill-tempered 11th-hour vote hunt (via AFP) President Barack Obama and rival Mitt Romney darted across the United States Saturday in an 11th-hour blitz, with the neck-and-neck White House battle heading to an ill-tempered climax. Sharp political arrows flew much as they have throughout the bitter, months-long battle between the two … [Read more...] about Obama and Romney in Ill-tempered 11th-Hour Vote Hunt
Presidential Election 2012: 5 More Nail-Biters (Guest Voice)
Presidential election 2012: 5 more nail-biters (via GlobalPost) This presidential election is definitely down to the wire, but it isn't the first time America has seen a close call. Talia Ralph The 2012 presidential election is certainly down to the wire, with polls and pundits alike calling it...well, too close to call. Though Americans (and the world, as … [Read more...] about Presidential Election 2012: 5 More Nail-Biters (Guest Voice)
Maybe It’s the Media We Really Need to Put to a Vote
The Washington Post -- given the role it could play in the media -- is a really unforgivably lousy rag with, admittedly, some good people writing for it. Why the paper is so bad is beyond this reader. Maybe it's an indication of Washington's culture -- government and DC's civilians -- that the town is a political slum with a couple of really crummy papers. Beats me... The … [Read more...] about Maybe It’s the Media We Really Need to Put to a Vote
Obama Ditches Poetry, Finds New Voice
Obama ditches poetry, finds new voice (via AFP) Barack Obama made his name with elevated rhetoric, though his professorial soliloquies can draw yawns and conservatives mock him as an empty suit hostage to the teleprompter. But in the last days of his last campaign, the US president is finding a new voice as he plays to gritty crowds in down-on-its… … [Read more...] about Obama Ditches Poetry, Finds New Voice
Romney Makes His Ohio Play
Romney makes his Ohio play (via AFP) Trailing in most Ohio polls, Mitt Romney on Friday sought an upset in the ultimate battleground, imploring voters to give him a state win that could send him over the top on election day. The Republican nominee and his rival for the White House, incumbent Barack Obama, both converged on Ohio just four… … [Read more...] about Romney Makes His Ohio Play
So Much for Romney Having to Reveal His Taxes
One of the results of this campaign was that future candidate will be able to refuse to disclose as much of their tax returns as candidates did in past years. The reason: despite all the talk that it would hurt him politically or that he'd have to do it, Mitt Romney never released more tax information and has suffered no consequences. Is that a fair statement? Some varying … [Read more...] about So Much for Romney Having to Reveal His Taxes
David Axelrod Tells Us Obama is the Loin in Winter
President Barack Obama's political maven David Axelrod told us something we really didn't need to know about Barack Obama: “I’ve known him for 20 years… I’ve never seen him more exhilarated than he is right now,” he told reporters traveling with the president in Ohio today. “He believes in what he’s doing. He believes in what he’s fighting for.” “You can see in the … [Read more...] about David Axelrod Tells Us Obama is the Loin in Winter
Quote of the Day: New York Times’ Nate Silver Insists Race is Not “Too Close to Call” (UPDATED)
Our political Quote of the Day comes from the New York Times' Nate Silver, who has come under attack recently from conservatives and Republicans for his forecast formula which puts President Barack Obama ahead. Silver -- whose latest forecast gives Obama a 83% chance of winning and predicts Obama will get 305 electoral votes to Republican candidate Mitt Romney's 232 -- is … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: New York Times’ Nate Silver Insists Race is Not “Too Close to Call” (UPDATED)
Kebedom Mengistu’s little newspaper gives hope to Africans who’ve fled to Israel (Guest Voice)
Kebedom Mengistu's little newspaper gives hope to Africans who've fled to Israel (via The Christian Science Monitor) In his tiny, shared rented room a stone's throw from the bustling, if somewhat run-down, central bus station in Tel Aviv, Kebedom Mengistu is busy putting the final touches on the layout of a newspaper he produces each month for Eritrean … [Read more...] about Kebedom Mengistu’s little newspaper gives hope to Africans who’ve fled to Israel (Guest Voice)
Dirty Tricks Sully US Presidential Election
Dirty tricks sully US presidential election (via AFP) Scare-mongering ads, voter registration forms dumped in the trash and misleading statements on the stump: the list of dirty tricks sullying the US presidential election is seemingly endless. With the high-stakes race culminating with voting Tuesday, experts warn that the unfortunately typical attempts… … [Read more...] about Dirty Tricks Sully US Presidential Election
Election Overload (Cartoon)
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