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Preliminary Analysis of Voting Figures in Iran's 2009 Presidential Election (Chatham House PDF file, via fivethirtyeight.com)
Executive Summary
Working from the province by province breakdowns of the 2009 and 2005 results, released by the Iranian Ministry of Interior, and from the 2006 census as published by the official Statistical Centre of Iran ( Read more... ) -
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"Just from what little I’ve seen of [Michelle Obama] and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they're a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they're uppity," [Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn] Westmoreland said.
Asked to clarify that he used the word “uppity,” Westmoreland said, “Uppity, yeah.”
That took longer than I expected, honestly. I was ( Read more... ) -
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Well, no. The issues that I care most about are the ones with which I'm at odds with Senator McCain, so there's approximately zero chance in hell that I'd vote for him this time around.
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Good news, everyone!
Court gives detainees habeas rights
In a stunning blow to the Bush Administration in its war-on-terrorism policies, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign nationals held at Guantanamo Bay have a right to pursue habeas challenges to their detention. The Court, dividing 5-4, ruled that Congress had not validly taken away ( Read more... ) -
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I didn't know this was happening until just now (thanks, person who just posted about it!), otherwise I'd maybe have taken some of my personal leave I've got sitting around collecting dust.
Barack Obama rally at Nissan Pavilion, Thursday, June 5. Doors open 3:00 PM, program starts 6:00 PM.
