tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89354422026-05-26T02:28:14.127-04:00The Interested AmericanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5830125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-19641263001241945712026-03-05T10:28:00.001-05:002026-03-05T10:28:46.072-05:00Maine: Platner Leads Mills by 7 "The Pan Atlantic Research Omnibus Poll puts Platner at 46% support among likely Democratic primary voters compared to Mills at 39%. The poll lists 11% undecided and David Costello, who mounted an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate two years ago, at 4%."Spectrum Local NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-80386626229433583012019-07-01T19:06:00.001-04:002019-07-01T19:12:10.289-04:00Forget Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris is The Flavor of The Day
According to Morning Consult,
Biden..................................33
Sanders...............................19
Harris..................................12
Warren................................12
Buttigieg...............................6
Booker..................................3
Yang.....................................2
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-59951419138483287132019-07-01T18:53:00.000-04:002019-07-01T18:53:04.014-04:00Florida: Which Convicted Felons Will be Allowed to Vote?
Florida’s decision to require ex-felons who’ve served their prison sentences to also pay a range of financial penalties before they can register to vote is fraught with political, legal and moral implications — for society and individuals.
Floridians may have thought the issue of allowing most ex-felons to vote was resolved in November when voters approved a constitutional amendment Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-10794781815580403742019-07-01T18:35:00.000-04:002019-07-01T18:47:05.018-04:00Akron, Ohio: GOP Council At-Large Candidate Back on Ballot After Screw-UpHenry Todd, a Republican running for council at-large, voted three minutes after his polling location opened. The ballot he was given listed Democratic candidates. By law, Todd’s participation in another party’s nominating process disqualified him from running as a Republican.
Read more at Ohio.Ohio.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-28496464902900000532017-09-09T23:08:00.000-04:002017-09-09T23:08:08.071-04:00Michigan: Schuette and Witmer in a DeadlockIf Michigan's election for governor was
held today, the party's presumed front-runners — Democrat Gretchen
Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette — would be deadlocked in a
head-to-head matchup, according to a new poll.
But
Schuette would defeat another potential Democratic candidate —
Southfield trial attorney Geoffrey Fieger — by 10 percentage points,
says the poll from EPIC-MRA of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-17003831772740890032017-09-02T19:30:00.000-04:002017-09-02T19:30:20.670-04:00West Virginia: Manchin Has Edge, But is Vulnerable
Assuming that Senator Manchin doesn't switch parties before the next election:
Unveiling polling data to a dwindling crowd on the last day
of the state Chamber of Commerce’s 81st annual Meeting and Business
Summit, Rex Repass of Research America Inc. said Sen. Joe Manchin,
D-W.Va., has double-digit leads on two potential head-to-head
challengers. Manchin has a 10-point advantage over U.S.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-27882441344233487272017-08-27T18:01:00.003-04:002017-08-27T18:01:43.919-04:00Kentucky's Mitch McConnell Least Popular National Politician
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has the lowest favorability rating of any elected official with a national profile, according to a new Harvard-Harris poll provided exclusively to The Hill.
Forty-nine percent of voters polled have a negative view of the Senate
leader. The rest of those polled didn’t know McConnell, or didn’t know
enough to have an opinion. Source: The Hill.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-49784947894739240192017-08-20T19:53:00.002-04:002017-08-20T19:53:58.459-04:00New York Times: No Deal-Breakers for Trump-Supporters in Sight
“This is not about me as a black person, and my history,” she said.
“This is about this president and wanting to take him down because you
don’t like him.”
“The guys who wouldn’t like me wouldn’t like Trump,” he said. “The guys who were condescending to him were condescending to me. “I
feel like I’m watching my uncle up there. Where me and Chuck Schumer —
that’s like going to the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-13853720146622665962017-06-17T11:07:00.003-04:002017-06-17T11:07:29.717-04:00Paris, Texas: Tension Over Confederate Statue
Racial tension
is brewing in Paris once again. The Lamar County Commissioner's Court
will meet at 9 a.m. Friday morning to vote for the removal of a
Confederate statue from the Lamar County Courthouse. More...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-9805101016476195782015-08-20T18:34:00.000-04:002015-08-20T19:01:49.247-04:00Countries Overwhelmingly Reject Birthright CitizenshipNations that grant birthright citizenship:
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Costa Rica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Fiji
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Lesotho
Mexico
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
United States
Venezuela
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-71519692645237173492015-08-19T14:53:00.000-04:002015-08-19T14:53:00.261-04:00Top 10 Friendliest Cities in the World
Reykjavik, Iceland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Parliament building, Budapest (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Toji pagoda in Kyoto, Japan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh in Scotland, Great Britain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sarego street, Krakow, Poland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dublin, Ireland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia. (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-43894688869505956332015-08-18T15:05:00.000-04:002015-08-18T15:05:05.351-04:00Map: Which Emoji Does Each State Use More Than Others
From SwiftKey.com and Mental Floss
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-85436490987762870022015-08-10T14:57:00.000-04:002015-08-10T14:57:00.785-04:00New Zealand: 40 Finalists for New Flag RevealedIf the voters in New Zealand decide to replace their flag, they will get to choose from one of these 40 finalists.
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GQ Magazine claims this is a very scary movie trailer. What do you think?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-32774769422713839782015-08-07T20:06:00.000-04:002015-08-07T20:06:32.658-04:00Map Showing How the US Generates its Electricity
Source: Washington PostUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-72661577076803901292015-08-07T16:58:00.001-04:002015-08-07T16:58:58.041-04:00Ted Cruz Reacts to Fox News GOP Debate on "Hannity"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-38253550417289704542015-08-03T07:00:00.000-04:002015-08-03T07:00:04.356-04:0011 Facts About Redheads: Not as Creepy as You Might ThinkJust kidding.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-30758141322884179332015-08-02T17:00:00.000-04:002015-08-02T17:00:03.694-04:00FULL INTERVIEW: Ted Cruz Tells Rush Limbaugh Why he Accused Mitch McConnell of LyingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-17607468325085969602015-08-02T14:28:00.000-04:002015-08-02T15:37:33.173-04:00Burundi: President's Number Two Man Assassinated
General
Adolphe Nshimirimana—the right arm of the Burundian president, Pierre
Nkurunziza, and Chief of Homeland Security—was killed today
in the capital city of Bujumbura by a rocket attack against his car.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-53648229707754213862015-08-02T13:08:00.000-04:002015-08-02T13:08:32.215-04:00Top 10 Strangest Buildings in PolandHere are the Top 10 strangest buildings in Poland, according to Culture.pl:
1. Jesus in Swiebodzin
2. The Observation Tower in Gorzów Wielkopolski
3. Headquarters of National Polish Television in Warsaw
4. Petrol station in Rytro
5. Crooked Little House in Sopot
6. Polish Pyramids
7. Skull Chapel in Czermna
8. Upside Down House in Szymbark
9. House in Zeleznikowa near Nowy Sacz
10. Theatre In TheUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-67834841327147970122015-07-31T15:50:00.001-04:002015-07-31T15:52:28.317-04:00Some Planned Parenthood Baby-Parts Victims May Have Been Born AliveFrom National Review's The Corner:
In a meeting with their top leadership where their leadership
admitted that they sometimes get fully intact fetuses shipped to their
laboratory from the abortion clinics they work with, and that could be
prima facie evidence of born alive infants. And so that’s why they’re
trying to suppress that videotape and they’re very scared of it.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-65963304658986435082015-07-30T18:18:00.001-04:002015-07-30T18:18:25.920-04:00Jean Christophe, Internal Displacements. A project about Transnistria, the country that doesn't exist. by Anna Van Lentenby Anna Van Lenten
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-83062344637416810702015-07-29T14:40:00.000-04:002015-07-29T14:40:08.490-04:00University of New Hampshire's Hilarious "Bias-Free Language Guide"Via The Daily Caller
INTRODUCTION
Language as Leadership
Language has been described as complicated, intriguing and beautiful. Benjamin Lee Whorf said, "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about."* Some writers have commented on language as the biggest barrier to human progress because, as Edward de Bono said, “Language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-885590587551251382015-07-28T15:30:00.000-04:002015-07-28T15:30:40.761-04:00Why the Strait of Hormuz is So Important to Iran and the WorldFind a lot more well-designed infographics about Iran and the Straits of Hormuz at Visual.ly
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935442.post-41515991818734473402015-07-27T19:30:00.001-04:002015-07-27T19:33:29.584-04:00Surviving an ISIS Massacre by The New York Times - Video
by The New York Times - Video Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1