Afghanistan Election: Taliban Threaten to Mutilate Voters

Thursday's presidential election in Afghanistan is likely to yield a low voter turnout, as Taliban has threatened to cut off the fingers, noses and ears of anyone who dares to enter a polling station. The Taliban are particularly strong in the Pashtun-areas of Afghanistan,...

Iraqi Kurds Vote in the Polls, Results Not Released Yet

Iraqi Kurds voted in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region today and hundreds lined up for hours before polling places opened to cast their ballot for the local presidential and parliamentary elections. They are...

Will Sotomayor's Judicial Nomination Validate Discrimination?

Sonia Sotomayor is facing scrutiny over her possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Supreme Court Judges serve life-time terms and never have to go up for reelection; therefore, they...

Mika Brzezinski says "Sarah Palin Connects With Real Americans"

During her campaign for the vice presidency last year, Sarah Palin often referred to "real Americans."  This morning MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski parroted the Alaskan Governor's line and caught hell from, well, the...

Hey, Do 'Commoners' Have Any Say In Political Party Candidates?

     LOOK, the news is abuzz about Sarah Palin, again!  (Screeams! -- joy, -- rage...it depends on who is screaming.)  Yep, Sarah, you've set the headlines and political world...

Rush Limbaugh Compares Sonia Sotomayor to a Housekeeper

Rush Limbaugh further alienated Hispanic voters (from the GOP) by comparing Sonia Sotomayor, who is likely to be confirmed as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, to a housekeeper."MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and...

Calif. Voters May Decide Pot Legalization In 2010

The Control, Regulate and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 is being pushed by pot activists who sense a positive shift in public sentiment toward the federally banned substance. A recent Field Poll found that 56 percent of California voters supported legalizing marijuana for...

Surprise! Coleman Appeals Franken Ruling Again

Surprise - Coleman Appeals Franken Ruling Again After more than five months since a close election race in Minnesota, and a decision in favour of Franken in the lower courts, Coleman files an appeal to take the...

Second round of voting in Indian elections begins

The second round of voting has begun in the Indian elections, and the polling stations have opened in 140 constituencies in 12 states. This is to pick a new Lok Sabha for the country. " Voters started queueing up...

South Africans prepare to go to the polls April 22nd

South Africans are getting ready to vote tomorrow in what it being described as the most 'competitive general election' since apartheid ended in 1994. The polling stations, some 20,000 of them, will open at 5am GMT, and there are over 23 million registered voters expected to...

Obama fulfills promise: ACORN to work on 2010 Census

"The U.S. Census is supposed to be free of politics, but one group with a history of voter fraud, ACORN, is participating in next year's count, raising concerns about the politicization of the decennial survey." BeltwayBlips list of some blog reactions.Who is reassured...

45% Suspect Obama Team Involved in Blagojevich Scandal

"Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely. Just 11% say it is not at all likely, according to a new...

Calls mount for disgraced Illinois governor to quit

" Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich faced pressure to resign on Wednesday after his arrest on charges he tried to sell U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, swap favors for money and strong-arm a newspaper...

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?Debbie Jeffries shows Correspondent Harold Dow the bag of marijuana she keeps in her freezer. (CBS) .hideit {display:none} (CBS) Debbie Jeffries of Rocklin, Calif., and her mother,...

Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions

"- Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get a patient arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. The law approved by...

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