Ten Questions for Americans Elect, February 2012

Jim Cook 2/4/2012
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After almost two years of asking Americans Elect questions and not getting answers from them, I’m grateful to Kris McAlister of the new Americans Elect “Northwest Web Team”, who has written to me and very kindly solicited my questions so …

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Update: Special Status for Bomb Threat Presidential Candidate Revoked by Americans Elect

Jim Cook 2/1/2012
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Yesterday, Americans Elect announced that its presidential contender Craig Ennis (he of the bomb threats) “has a similar level of experience as past presidents, he or she needs at least 1,000 supporters in each of 10 different states to qualify.” …

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Is Newt Gingrich the Evil Stay Puff Marshmallow Man?

F. G. Fitzer 1/26/2012
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Which pop culture icon best represents the combination of absurdity and cruelty that is Newt Gingrich – the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man, or Dr. No?

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Disclosures Americans Elect Can Make About its Funders Right Now — Without Retaliation Against Them

Jim Cook 1/23/2012
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Pity the secret funders of Americans Elect. Americans Elect refuses to tell the public who the millionaires and billionaires are that laid out the seed money for this first ever corporate privatized online presidential nomination. Why? According to Americans Elect …

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What Stopped You In Your Tracks Today?

Jim Cook 1/21/2012
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Walking outside this morning, the sound of two woodpeckers communicating over my head brought me to a halt for five minutes. Walking back inside, I read my paper’s front-page headline: Governor Paul LePage of Maine threatens to close public schools …

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Substance? Candidates Must answer all Americans Elect Platform of Questions within 90 Seconds

Jim Cook 12/19/2011
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Americans Elect has been promoting itself as a vigorous exercise of democracy by talking up its Platform of Questions, which Americans will draft, sort of: PLATFORM OF QUESTIONS Americans Elect delegates will collectively decide on a “platform of questions” that …

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What is My Habit?

Jim Cook 12/13/2011
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What you see to your right is the entire, uncropped advertisement for My Habit, which offers “up to 60% off coveted brands.” Brands of what, though? Can you guess? And how does this advertisement relate?

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How Can Anyone Have A 13-Year Affair?

F. G. Fitzer 11/28/2011
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How can anyone have a sexual affair outside of marriage that lasts for 13 years? How do they handle the logistics? If the cheaters are wealthy, like Herman Cain, do they have a specially dedicated sexual affair staff to manage it for them? Why keep it going for 13 years, instead of finding a new and fresh partner to cheat with? Do you have to remember affair anniversaries too?

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Who Is The Einstein Of Consciousness?

F. G. Fitzer 11/22/2011
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Can anyone identify this man? Who is the Einstein of Consciousness? For bonus points, tell me how this man’s ideas are in any way a “powerful presence in fields as diverse as politics and spirituality, psychology and business, medicine, and art”.

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How many Synonyms are there for Plastic?

Jim Cook 11/19/2011
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Acrylic. Melamine. Polycarbonate. Resin. How many catalog synonyms are there for plastic?

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Americans Elect Director Christine Todd Whitman Praises Candidate Jon Huntsman Again in 4th October Interview

Jim Cook 11/14/2011
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With a fourth interview coming to light, the record of Americans Elect Director Christine Todd Whitman‘s non-neutrality stance is as follows: October 6 2011: interview on MSNBC in which Whitman praises Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman and promotes Americans Elect. …

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In 3rd Video, AE Director Christine Todd Whitman praises Americans Elect and Jon Huntsman

Jim Cook 11/14/2011
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Is Americans Elect really neutral in the presidential race? In order to preserve its appearance of neutrality, Americans Elect corporate bylaws require its Directors to refrain from promoting any candidate for President: Section 4.12. Neutrality of Directors. Board members shall …

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Why Do So Many People Hate Computers?

Rowan 11/11/2011
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Recently, in many separate arenas of my life, I have run into people who have expressed and extreme hatred and fear of the use of computers. I’ve even run into this emotion in my interactions with people on the Internet …

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Will Occupy Central Park occupy all of Central Park?

Jim Cook 11/9/2011
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Occupy Central Park. 11-11-11. How big will it be?

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Have You Ever Found Anything Dangerous in a Halloween Trick or Treat Bag?

Jim Cook 10/31/2011
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Russ Van Arsdale of Northeast Contact is published this morning in the Bangor Daily News and the Dallas News, sharing a tip on how to make Halloween safer: Of course, there’s always a chance that something else has made its …

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Why Did Perseus Find Air Filled With Feathers In The North?

Rowan 10/23/2011
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In a version of the story of Perseus written by Charles Kingsley, it is said that when Perseus went into the far north to seek the Grey Sisters, “he came to the edge of the everlasting night, where the air …

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Why is This Man Smiling — and What Does the Number 2 Have to do with it?

Jim Cook 10/20/2011
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This is the entire online advertisement for Maine’s Ballot Question 2, to be decided on Election Day 2011. Don’t look it up — take a guess first: What do you think Maine’s Ballot Question 2 proposes to do?

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Q: Are Care2 and Jezebel Liberal Web Sites?

Jim Cook 10/16/2011
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Tricia writes in with a question: I’m looking for information about the corporate and political affiliations of the Care2 website and Jezebel. Both seem to lean Liberal, but I have my suspicions that some or perhaps all of the content …

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