About jclifford

A senior writer for Irregular Times. Formerly an antiaquarian speech pathologist.

A Very Different Presidential Primary In Illinois Going On Right Now

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The Illinois Green Party presidential primary is online, open right now, and allows all teenagers – not just those 18 or over – to vote. Eager adolescent citizens in Illinois, jumping at the chance to vote before the rest of their cohort, could have a major impact on the selection of the Green Party’s presidential candidate.

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Rocky Anderson Presidential Campaign Promotes Separation Of Church And State

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In an economy with high unemployment, Barack Obama’s support for religious discrimination in hiring is particularly cruel. Rocky Anderson, the Justice Party presidential candidate, supports the separation of church and state that Obama so casually casts off.

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Minnesota Green Party Holding Caucuses Tonight

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For those Minnesotans who are looking for a more compassionate political agenda, there’s the Green Party. The Green Party of Minnesota is holding caucuses of its own tonight, as a great alternative to the kooky GOP contest that’s getting most of the attention this year.

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Jill Stein Wins Ohio Green Party Presidential Nomination

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Jill Stein won the support of the Ohio Green Party in the state’s nominating convention yesterday, placing her in the lead to become the Green Party nominee for President in 2012.

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Jill Stein Occupies Indiana

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Jill Stein will be out on the street today in protests against Indiana’s Right To Work legislation. No other presidential candidate will show up.

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Schedule of the 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries

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A calendar of the remaining Republican presidential primary and caucus elections in 2012. Check this schedule to be sure when the voting is taking place where you live.

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The Brutal Math Of Keith Drummond For President

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In Keith Drummond’s America, the corporations will be able to pollute as much as they want, without regulations in the way. They’ll be raking in the profits without paying taxes. They won’t have to worry much about the poor, polluted, uneducated, sick American population, either, because they’ll just continue to outsource all their manufacturing to China.

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Take Groundhog Day Seriously, As A Day Of Renewed Activism

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Punxsatawney Phil is a gimmick who stands at the mouth of a burrow that runs deep. The groundhog represents a re-emergence of life into a world that had been in darkness and death, a symbol of rebirth out of the womb of the Earth quite similar to, if more hairy than, Persephone.

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Celebrity Failing To Overcome Organization In Green Party Presidential Poll

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Dr. Jill Stein has a strong lead over Roseanne Barr in a Green Party presidential poll being conducted over at Green Party Watch.

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Who is Susan Bonamici?

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We can expect Susan Bonamici to vote with her Democratic colleagues when it is safe to do so, but to vote with the Republican Party quite often as well. Though Bonamici’s victory is an advantage for the Democratic Party establishment, it is not a great gain from the perspective of liberal activists.

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Allen West and Adam Hasner Move Campaigns

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Florida’s extremist GOP Congressman Allen West has been intimidated by Democratic challengers in the 22nd congressional district, so he’s moving his campaign to another congressional district, and will be replaced by failed Senate candidate Adam Hasner.

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Save The Snowmen Of Upstate New York

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Today, it felt like a nice afternoon for April. This afternoon, the temperatures are in the 60s, Fahrenheit. We haven’t yet received even a foot of snow yet – total. Most of our precipitation this winter has been rain.

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Get Allen West The Hell Out Of Congress

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Voters in Florida’s 22nd congressional district may now be hoping that they can get Allen West the hell out of the House of Representatives this November. But who would be his replacement?

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Newt Gingrich for President of the Moon

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Newt Gingrich wants to be President so that he can build home for himself on the Moon? Fine. Let’s give it to him. Only, let’s not make him President of the United States of America. Let’s make Newt Gingrich President of the Moon, and then have the Russians ship him off on a Soyuz rocket to serve out his term there, in a capsule on the side of the crater, the ruler of all he can see.

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Ram Bomjon Shows How Religious Myths Are Made

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Supporters of Ram Bomjon are now claiming that the so-called Buddha Boy has been meditating for six years straight without eating, drinking, or moving, even though photographs and video document his frequent movements and vigorous activities.

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Have You Forgotten Obama’s Broken Promise On Corporate Immunity From Prosecution?

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As Barack Obama prepares his re-election campaign, he is being haunted by his past dishonesty about the FISA Amendments Act. Rocky Anderson, presidential candidate for the Justice Party, is ready to remind voters of Obama’s broken promise.

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What’s Your Fantasy State Of The Union Speech?

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I cannot do my job as President until I make a clean break with the corporations I have allowed to infiltrate the White House. That’s why, right now, I am leaving. You’ll get no long speech from me tonight, because I have someplace more important to be. I am going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, but I am not going back to the White House.

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Jill Stein Holds People’s State Of The Union Wednesday Night

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Whereas Barack Obama will merely be giving a speech, with the audience listening passively, Jill Stein will take questions and comments after her State of the Union Address. Viewers will communicate with her live over the Internet.

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