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Two Views on the Failure of Prop 8 
Brian Leubitz via Calitics - Front Page on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
It's getting to be that time, time for the wordy memoirs of failure for the No on 8 campaign. Today we get two different takes on the failures. First we get Karen Ocamb's take, largely informed by interviews with key No on 8 consultants and staff:
"You could see in the polling numbers people were start
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Charlie Weis, Tyrone Willingham, and structural racism
Paul Campos via Lawyers, Guns and Money on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
It's being reported that Notre Dame is going to bring back Charlie Weis for a fifth season, despite the fact the team racked up the most losses in any two-season stretch in the 109-year history of the program in Weis's third and fourth years.Weis's record is, by any reasonable measure, worse than that of his predecessor Tyrone Willingham: he has a worse winning percentage, and he's been bl
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Martinez out, FL Senate Race
Jerome Armstrong via MyDD on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Republican Senator Martinez will not run for re-election. This now leaves the Florida Senate seat for 2010 wide open, maybe: According to the St. Petersburg Times, the Republican source said Martinez is not only out, but also hinted he may leave his seat early in advance of
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Gavin Newsom Gabs on YouTube
Sean Hackbarth via The American Mind on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom found a new way to deliver his State of the City speech. He’s doing it on YouTube, all 7 1/2 hours of it:
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been crafting his State of the City speech for months and will debut it today - all 7 1/2 hours of it
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Harper's Blunder
Scott Lemieux via Lawyers, Guns and Money on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Despite their ideological dissimilarity, Stephen Harper seems to be emulating the parliamentary strategery of Joe Clark, which apparently will lead to Canada's left-leaning electoral majority retaking power. A
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Daily Kos: BREAKING: Opposition to Topple Conservative Gov't in Canada
(unknown author) via www.dailykos.com on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
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Harper seems to have forgotten two cardinal rules of politics: 1) Never piss off the entirety of a fractured opposition at the same time. 2) Never go for your opponent's balls until you're sure he really can't fight back.
Christmas has come early in Canada, folks!The
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How Usnavi, Nanky and Yenifel were born
(unknown author) via www.nydailynews.com on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
It was 1963, in the Dominican town of in the Dominican town of Cotuí, when a son was born to Emilio Garabito. The father was a big fan of an African-American singer popular on the island in those days, the sharp-dressed guy who sang "Unforgettable." He named his son in the singer's honor.And that is how Nanky Garabito got his name. The singer's name, of course, was not Nanky Cole, but N
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333 - Next Year In Birobidzhan? Stalin’s Siberian Zion
strangemaps via Strange Maps on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Since the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 AD and their subsequent banishment from Palestine, the
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A General as Conduit for Military Contractor and News Network
(unknown author) via mediabistro.com: TVNewser on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
The NYTimes' David Barstow continues his reporting into U.S. Generals-turned-TV analysts.
He focuses on retired Army Gen.
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Mumbai: 2
Charlie Stross via Charlie's Diary on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Over on The Yorkshire Ranter Alex has some interesting insights into last week's events in Mumbai. Notably: it wasn't a suicide mission (high risk, yes: suicidal, no — the attackers were carrying credit cards, money, and false passports), the claim that the attackers came from Deccan is wrong (else they could have simply caught the t
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So poor you go full circle and end up rich.
A Lover and a Fighter via Hobocamp on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
I have so SO much to tell you about my summer still. Of course, I can't remember any of it now except for how this one time, in Africa, I peed on my own pants. To be clear, I didn't PEE my pants. I peed ON them. I golden-showered my own clothes. Not on purpose. Um. More on this later.Anyway, I might as well start from the beginning.I left
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trust truss
(unknown author) via 3quarksdaily on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
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Holiday humor, I guess.
Q: A ca
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The Successful Coup that Never Succeeded
Robert Farley via Lawyers, Guns and Money on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
Glenn reminds us of the disgraceful behavior of the New York Times in the wake of the 2001 attempted coup against Hugo Chavez:That was one of the most Orwellian editorials written in the last decade. The Times -- in the very first line -- mimicked the claim of the Bush administration that Chavez "resigned," even
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My Tribe
David Hellman via David Hellman on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
Earlier this year I had the good fortune of working with Ryan Clark and Matt Parry of Grubby Games on a game cal
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What's the problem with keeping penta?
Bill Poser via Language Log on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
Maybe I'm dense, but I don't see the problem with keeping the term pentathlon for the modified competition in which shooting and running are combined into a single contest. While the modifications result in a reduction from five to four events, five sports continue to be involved. Nor is counting sports rather than events an innov
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Georgia-Georgia Tech
Tom Jensen via Public Policy Polling on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Georgia 48Georgia Tech 25No Preference 27Almost two thirds of Georgians who have a preference will be rooting for the Bulldogs on the gridiron Saturday, the newest survey from Public Policy Polling finds. There are more folks who don't care than there are planning to r
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Will They Run Again?
James L. via Swing State Project on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Call it the "rematch watch", if you will. Here's a tally of potential rematch-seekers who have either signaled their intentions or are staying mum. If you've heard any buzz about any other failed candidates (or toppled incumbents) running again in 2010, let us know in the comments.
CA-03: Bill D
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Mini-Sota Update, Day #7
Nate Silver via FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
The campaigns have been making noises about some sort of détente on the matter of challenged ballots but ... well, there's no sign of it yet. On the contrary, the rate of ballot challenges nearly doubled today from their previous, already-high levels.
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Reason to give thanks: There is no job shortage for young people
Penelope Trunk via Brazen Careerist by Penelope T on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
I know that we have a bad economy, so bad that we have a not-yet-President who is running the country from the Chicago Hilton so that the markets don't implode while Bush gives pardons for cronies.
But can we just take a minute for a reality check? It'
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