Today is Election Day in much of the US, although not for me personally.

However, if you happen to have the chance to cast a ballot today, please do so, no matter how well or how ill your politics and mine happen to match up ( Read more... )

Just a reminder of why the Fourth of July matters.IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America ( Read more... )

The Berlin Wall, that is. Well, figuratively the Wall came down on November 9, 1989, when the East German government announced that East German citizens would be allowed to freely travel to West Germany. Crowds of East Berliners started streaming through the checkpoints. Crowds of West Berliners climbed on the Wall in celebration, and folks ( Read more... )

That Arizona "legalize any sort of discrimination on religions grounds" bill that I wrote about earlier this week?

Jan Brewer, governor of Arizona, has vetoed the bill. From Talking Points Memo:Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) announced Wednesday night that she has vetoed the anti-gay bill that has been sitting on her desk since last week ( Read more... )

As reported all over the place, including the Arizona Republic, Talking Points Memo and even the BBC, the Arizona state legislature has passed a bill which opponents say will in effect legalize overt discrimination against gay people on religious freedom grounds. From the Arizona Republic / AZCentral article:
The Arizona Legislature has passed a ( Read more... )

Under President Obama, the White House has added a "petition" section to their website. Anyone can make a request; if it gets at least 25,000 "signatures", the WH promises to respond.

On November 14, "John D" of Longmont, Colorado petitioned the government to:Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016 ( Read more... )

The major news networks have all called the race for President Obama.

Originally posted at http://edschweppe.dreamwidth.org/154821.html - comment wherever you please.

If you're an American citizen, and you haven't yet voted in this year's elections, today's the day. VOTE! Even if you don't want to vote for any of the choices. (Vote against the choice you dislike most ( Read more... )

In which Josh Whedon provides the reasoning behind his endorsement in the 2012 US Presidential election: ( Embedded YouTube behind the cut )

Also known as "The third presidential debate, that was supposed to be all about foreign policy except when the candidates wanted to repeat their domestic agendas". ( Surprisingly, that wasn't that often ... )