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[cordwainer]

The Republican crooks continue to try to rig and steal the votes in Minnesota, quite literally, as a ton of Franken votes just up and disappeared, mysteriously misplaced:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/missing-ballots-in-minneapolis.html

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/2/185113/729/547/668633

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/frankens-good-day-shifts-odds-on.html

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/minnesota-challenged-ballot-examples.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/03/franken-ahead-22-votes-no_n_148100.html

More on Obama's landslide victory:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/obama-popular-vote-margin-largest-ever.html

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/population-and-popular-vote.html

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/26/0639/6454/612/666542

Richardson for Commerce:
http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/bill_richardson_as_commerce_secretary_designate/

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/obama_will_announce_richardson.php

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/12/guest_post_by_p/

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Last minute crimes of the Bush Junta:
http://thepage.time.com/2008/11/30/flurry-of-last-minute-rules-from-bush-administration/

Speaking of criminals, more Nixon tapes:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28012809

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/02/1695418.aspx

A military interrogator reflects on the torture of prisoners he witnessed:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802242.html

Michael Moore proposes his plan to save the big 3 auto makers:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/3/74954/1532/390/668798

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-moore/saving-the-big-3-for-you_b_147970.html

Sean Penn sat down with the great Hugo Chavez, and Raul Castro:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081215/penn?rel=hp_picks

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081215/penn_video?rel=rightsideaccordian

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-penn/mountain-of-snakes_b_146765.html

A hint that Obama foresaw Clinton as Secretary of State:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/12/01/a_glimpse_into_the_future.html

Obama's recent great and wise picks:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/us/politics/29jones.html?ref=politics

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1862307,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1862452,00.html

See also:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/26/21425/745/268/666902

Lots of fun going on in Canada:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/12/01/coalition-talks.html

The environment:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/133646/212/273/668907

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/11/the-most-important-number-on-earth.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/29/3500/2619/710/667461

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/29/211611/05/508/667679

http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/38702

Overturning prop 8:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/3/153531/590/253/668951

Prop 8 musical:
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2008/12/prop-8---the-mu.html

Cartoons:
http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2008/11/saturday-cartoons_29.html

Obama's new big rambunctious dog:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/telnaes/telnaes12012008.html