Greenberg Quinlan Rosner | News Washington, DC. Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner have completed a comprehensive and multi-modal survey of America’s youth ages 18-29. This major, multi-mode survey of America’s young people shows young people profoundly alienated from the Republican Party and poised to deliver a significant majority to the Democratic nominee for President in 2008. Involving a combination of land-line telephone survey, cell-phone interviews and web research, surveyors overcame the inherent difficulties and biases of researching this population. The survey finds young people profoundly alienated from the Republican party and its perceived values. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack…
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HAI Bulletin 96 Low blood sugar, “incompetent” adrenal glands, and potassium deficiency… not to mention ankle edema and some other familiar things. Guess I’d better keep up with the potassium pills, which are large enough to choke a horse.
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AlterNet: In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio’s 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing Two-thirds of Ohio counties have destroyed or lost their 2004 presidential ballots and related election records, according to letters from county election officials to the Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner.
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Greenberg Quinlan Rosner | News Washington, DC. Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner have completed a comprehensive and multi-modal survey of America’s youth ages 18-29. This major, multi-mode survey of America’s young people shows young people profoundly alienated from the Republican Party and poised to deliver a significant majority to the Democratic nominee for President in 2008. Involving a combination of land-line telephone survey, cell-phone interviews and web research, surveyors overcame the inherent difficulties and biases of researching this population.The survey finds young people profoundly alienated from the Republican party and its perceived values. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama…
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UPDATE:Yes, yes, I know that ATMs have to be ADA-compliant, but still, this one is in a drive-up only bay, where signs clearly say that pedestrians should visit the ATM in the entrance lobby for safety’s sake. The only way a person with severe vision impairments could safely visit this one is if he or she is in the left-hand rear passenger seat. How often does that happen? Clearly, not often, even though someone has added a somewhat helpful addendum to the notice about the audio assistance: “Blind people shouldn’t drive.” Via: Flickr Title: Blind people shouldn’t drive By: GinnyRED57…
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Boing Boing: Happy Sysadmin Day, Ken! Today is the last Friday in July and that makes it Sysadmin Appreciation Day! As I said in my acceptance speech when I won the Locus Award for my story, When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth: Systems administrators are the unsung heroes of the twenty first century, our tireless morlocks who keep the entire universe running. The best sysadmins I’ve met treat their jobs as holy callings. They understand that they’re keeping the infrastructure of the information age alive and functional. Hey, I did not know this. My husband David is a kind of sysadmin…
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Via: Flickr Title: 07-28-07_1237.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 28 Jul ’07, 12.38pm CDT PST
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Via: Flickr Title: 07-28-07_1230.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 28 Jul ’07, 12.32pm CDT PST
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AP: New Details on Tillmans Death – Forbes.com Among other information contained in the documents:_ In his last words moments before he was killed, Tillman snapped at a panicky comrade under fire to shut up and stop “sniveling.” _ Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments. _ The three-star general who kept the truth about Tillman’s death from his family and the public told investigators some 70 times that he had a bad memory and couldnt recall details of…
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Fundraiser to feature machine guns – Yahoo! News BOSTON (Reuters) – A planned Republican fundraiser in New Hampshire aims to promote gun ownership in America by letting supporters fire powerful military-style weapons — from Uzi submachine guns to M-16 rifles. ADVERTISEMENT The Manchester Republican Committee is inviting party members and their families to a “Machine Gun Shoot” where, for $25, supporters can spend a day trying out automatic weapons, said organizer Jerry Thibodeau. “It’s a fun day. It’s a family day,” said Thibodeau of the August 5 event. “It’s quite exciting.”