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Archive for October, 2004

Voter Surpression Via Registered Mail

According to Jerome Armstrong at MyDD the GOP Ohio voter registration challenges are based on registered mail. You read that right — if you don’t go and get your registered mail from the post office in time, the GOP claims that you don’t live at your address and challenge your right to vote. Now, keep [...]

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There are no words: As many as 100,000 more Iraqi civilians have died in the 18 months since the US-led invasion last year than would have been expected in the period before the war, a study claimed today. Researchers said the chances of a violent death were 58 times higher after the invasion than before [...]

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Ampersand wants to know, and it seems like a pretty good question to me: The flier doesn’t directly say that Senator Smith endorses the claim that “if Measure 36 fails, gay and lesbian sex will be taught in Oregon schools,” but that’s sure the impression it gives. I called Senator Smith’s office in Portland – [...]

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Go Pack Go!

The Washington Redskins play the Green Bay Packers this weekend. Go Pack Go!

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The Explosives Were There

It appears as if the Bush Administration is wrong — the missing explosives were present when US troops arrived: The missing explosives are now an issue in the presidential debate. Democratic candidate John Kerry is accusing President Bush of not securing the site they allegedly disappeared from. President Bush says no one knows if the [...]

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Down to the Wire: Election Protection

There is still time to help make sure everyone’s votes get counted this year. If you cannot volunteer, you can still donate to help the volunteer’s. Election Protection is an organization dedicated to stopping voter intimidation and making sure that every vote is counted. Help them out. It’s important. Link via Making Light.

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This is disturbing: Notice the presidential page. It goes 4, 6, blank, 10, and then 2 – on the ballot, the candidates are in alphabetical order, but on the page, it’s turned around so that Bush is first. On every other page of the ballot, if you’ll notice, the first candidate always matches up with [...]

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Wait 'Till Next Year

The Babe lives.

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YES!

Babe Ruth is just another dead, fat man, Grady Little and Billy Buckner can show their faces in Boston, and the Red Sox have won the World Series. I am surprised I was so caught up in this. I started my baseball life as a Red Sox fan. I was 14 and watching the game [...]

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Congratulations to the Red Sox

You heard right: the Boston Red Sox are World Series Champs. From now on, Babe Ruth is just another fat guy. But why is Manny Ramirez MVP? I would have picked Damon or Bill Mueller, personally.

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