Blogs Posts on "Elections"

Doug Hoffman Republicans Overreached? by Maggie's Notebook on Nov 20, 2009U.S. News and World Report's Religion section says that "political analysts" view the Owens-Hoffman_Scozzafava debacle in New York's 23rd District as a failed result for Republicans because Republicans "overreached," by abandoning Dede Scozzafava, wh...

FEC unwisely OKs return to cheap private jet travel by members of Congress by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 20, 2009Let’s say you’re Sen. John Dough. You’re running for re-election. You need money. Often, you have to travel to where the money is to get it. Say, in Los Angeles. So you fly. But you wish to avoid flying commercial. Too much time was...

Echoblowcation: Nota Bene #2009-41 by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 18, 2009A few things for you NB readers: 1. NB is now numbered by year-issue instead of marked by date; 2. NB will continue to be issued weekly, but not necessarily on Monday night/Tuesday morning; 3. I liked last week’s format (quoted line from source...

Iran Death Penalty for Five in Election Protests by Maggie's Notebook on Nov 17, 2009Iran has sentenced five people to death, and 81 with prison sentences ranging from six months to fifteen years. Tehran, Iran Election Protests No names are given in this Breitbart news piece, but are reported to be "prominent opposition figu...

It’s not Congress. It’s legalized corruption. Time to end it. by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 16, 2009Former Rep. William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, is off to prison. In August, a jury told him that bribery, racketeering and money laundering were not acceptable behaviors for anyone, let alone a member of Congress. As a felon, Jefferson has h...

Demarxists To Further Destroy Economy…Massive Tax Increases!! by Conservative Blogs Central on Nov 15, 2009There is nothing here for the ‘enlightened’ progressive class in this, except perhaps poetic justice of a sort.They are about to be ground under the heel of an insatiable government in pursuit of a fanciful and totally unattainable poly-nirvana,...

SHCBA Elections Today by MajaSaja.com on Nov 14, 2009KARACHI, Pakistan: SHCBA Elections Today, The annual elections of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) will be held today.

Comelec bars gays in House on grounds of ‘immorality’ by Pala-isip on Nov 12, 2009From the Philippine Daily Inquirer. =============== The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition of Ang Ladlad, a gay organization seeking congressional representation in the May... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...

Doug Hoffman NY23 Ballots Errors Updated: NY23 Doug Hoffman Uncounted Ballots? by Maggie's Notebook on Nov 12, 2009What if Doug Hoffman was the winner in the NY23rd House race, and not David Owen? The short story here is that "errors in the vote count have narrowed" between Democrat David Owens and Conservative Doug Hoffman in the special election for the U.S. Ho...

Rangers, scouts deployed sensitive areas of Gilgit-Baltistan by MajaSaja.com on Nov 9, 2009GILGIT-BALTISTAN Pakistan news : The rangers along with Northern area scouts will be deployed at the sensitive polling stations for November 12 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, said Chief Election Commissioner for Gilgit-Baltistan Rahim Nawaz Durrani M...