Draft Walker Fever Ran Cold: Independent Expenditure Committee Reports No Expenditures

Jim Cook 5/25/2012
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On the very first day the Committee to Get Walker Running announced its existence to the public, the DC beltway publication Politico declared: “Walker Fever: It’s Spreading.” The basis for author Alexander Burns’ diagnosis of a “fever” for David Walker …

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New Kid Danger: Squishy, Bubbling Feet

Jim Cook 5/25/2012
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Those pretty, teeny, tiny, swirly packets of commercial detergent on the shelves in America’s grocery stores are the hottest new consumer product — and a source of peril for America’s vulnerable children. Nearly 10 people across the country have called …

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NY Republican Proposes Censorship Of All Anonymous Writing Online

jclifford 5/24/2012
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A bill by New York State Senator Thomas O’Mara would enable the censorship of almost any anonymous writing online, including the publication of anonymous medieval poetry.

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You Don’t Create A Raging Business Flop Without Making A Few Enemies

jclifford 5/22/2012
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This afternoon, Facebook showed me an advertisement from a company bragging that it has the best frozen hog semen in all of America and Asia. That might interest me, if I was a pig farmer. I’m not.

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What’s Forbidden About Nostradamus Prophecies?

Jim Cook 5/22/2012
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The other day as I was waiting with my kohlrabi to check out of the grocery line, I came across this colorful front-page headline in The Sun: Exactly what about Nostradamus’ prophecies for Summer 2012 is forbidden? Is Nostradamus himself …

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No Labels Fights to Stop the Fighting

Jim Cook 5/21/2012
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No Labels, May 18 2012: “The fight to solve our country’s problems goes on — that’s why you should support #NoLabels”. No Labels, May 19 2012: “Listen up #Washington: Stop fighting. Start fixing! Plz RT if you agree.” And yes, …

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Infuriating Sherlock Holmes

jclifford 5/20/2012
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I very much enjoy the actors on the British TV show Sherlock Holmes, but the season 2 finale, broadcast tonight, infuriates me. We see Sherlock Holmes cast himself off a building, and bludgeon his head in a bloody mess that …

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As Massive Occupy Protest Takes Times Square, New York Times Covers Van Cliburn Piano Sale

Jim Cook 5/15/2012
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A massive protest by Occupy Wall Street is underway. Photo: ArckiiART The New York Times (you know, “All the News That’s Fit to Print”) refuses to cover it anywhere on its front page, where over a hundred other news headlines …

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The Pro-Obama FOX News Conspiracy, Umasked

Jim Cook 5/9/2012
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Peregrin Wood is right: he has found the most idiotic anti-Obama facebook page ever. Here’s the latest post from the nonsensical “I Support Removal of the un-Constitutional president NOW – Not in 2012″ page: You read that right: “it comes …

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News Flash: Political Parties Have Different Ideas

Jim Cook 5/9/2012
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This soggy message just appeared in my driveway: Why should it be surprising that different parties have different ideas regarding unsettled areas of policy? Politics is all about handling differences of opinion about how things should be done. That’s why …

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My Vote For The Most Idiotic Anti-Obama Facebook Page Ever

Peregrin Wood 5/9/2012
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Readers here know that I am not a big fan of Barack Obama. President Obama has gone too far to the right, repeating too many of the worst mistakes of George W. Bush, to pass my gaze without harsh criticism. …

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What Does Grassroots Mean Anymore?

jclifford 5/8/2012
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Big media organizations such as the New York Times have lost touch with what genuine grassroots organizations look like. What these corporate news operations describe with the the term “grassroots” nowadays is rather like their own organizations: Designed for consumption by individuals, but only though a system of distribution controlled from the top down, powered by large payments from a few sources with a lot of money.

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4 Days Left to Americans Elect 2nd Ballot Deadline, No Candidate halfway to Qualifying, and still getting Coverage

Jim Cook 5/4/2012
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Americans Elect Rules 2.2.2 and 3.2.2 stipulate that any draft or declared presidential candidate wishing to qualify for any of its three rounds of presidential primary voting must obtain sufficient clicks of support on its website 7 days before a …

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The 72 Post-Cancellation Tweets about Americans Elect

Jim Cook 5/3/2012
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Since the morning of May 1, when Americans Elect was forced to cancel its first primary vote due to a very low participation rate, there have been just 72 posts on Twitter (“tweets”) using the hashtag #AmericansElect. Here’s a breakdown …

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New York Workers Simmer As New York Times Elitists Look Away

Peregrin Wood 5/2/2012
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There were huge and dramatic May Day protests throughout Manhattan and across the country yesterday, but if you look at the front page of the New York Times, you wouldn’t know anything had happened at all.

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Halderman offers Free Course on Electronic Voting

Jim Cook 4/24/2012
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By September 3 2012, the apparently abortive online nominating voting via Americans Elect will have concluded. With hidden votes already happening and the secret ballot done away with, it will be a time for reflection on the future of internet …

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5 Big Media Mentions get David Walker for President 31 more Votes

Jim Cook 4/23/2012
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How does one Americans Elect draft committee called “The Committee to Get Walker Running,” representing a Americans Elect presidential candidate named David Walker, manage to get 5 big media mentions in one day (#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 …

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Hockey Is Violent? Stop The WordPresses!

F. G. Fitzer 4/22/2012
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CNN, the most trusted source in news that’s arranged to have itself broadcast in airports around the country, is leading tonight with the headline: Hockey Playoffs Turn Violent. Also in the news today: Springtime Becoming Warmer As Weeks Pass Presidential …

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