KSTP INVESTIGATION: Election Mistakes Lead to Changes in Vote Counting

From KSTP.COM

A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation has found that mistakes made with absentee ballots in the contentious 2008 U.S. Senate recount between Al Franken and Norm Coleman are leading to changes in the way many votes will be counted in future elections.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS contacted dozens of cities and counties around the metro area, asking to examine the absentee ballot return envelopes fromSource: Minnesota Democrats Exposed RSS Feed

From the Gotham Gazette:
Boom and bust still characterize the local economy, and despite many ways in which Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s tenure has been an improvement over Guiliani’s record, his economic leadership similarly has fallen short in ensuring that the benefits of growth are more broadly shared. He has refused to advocate for better wages, missed a major opportunity to curtail the use of property tax breaks and hasn’t re-oriented the investment of city economic developmentSource: Queens Crap RSS Feed

President Obama flew to Dover Air Force Base in the middle of the night to pay his respects to the Americans killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan.

The New York Times reports that the family of Army Sergeant Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Indiana agreed to allow media to cover the return of his remains. The Pentagon allows media coverage of the return of fallen service members with family permission.
Photo: Doug Mills/New York Times

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Buncombe County
Asheville Journalism – Who are you sleeping with? Will you awake?
Journalism in Asheville North Carolina could, at many times, be very biased. When an insider or outsider is looking for information; they do not want to listen to reporters only tooting the horn of businesses that advertise with their publication or their friendly contacts. I believe this issue is being dealt with in the Mommy Blogging world as well. Some of these famous bloggers wereSource: Thunder Pig RSS Feed

I was just lucky enough to meet Arianna Huffington in person a few minutes ago here at the Social Venture Network Conference for socially responsible businesses. She gave a great keynote speech which received a standing ovation. I highly recommend her book “Fearless” which in part inspired me to launch JJP back in the day.

Here are a few things Arianna said tonight that I thought you might find of interest:

“it wasn’t just obama who was inaugurated. We were allSource: Jack and Jill Politics RSS Feed

A university student, right, holds an effigy of the U.S. President Barack Obama close the flames of a protest fire during a demonstration in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Hundreds of Afghans shouted anti-US slogans and burned effigy of the U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest against the alleged desecration of Holy Quran by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers during an operation in central Maidan Source: Eye On The World RSS Feed

Letter below received by email. The author, Professor Dr. Nils-Axel Moerner, is a leading world authority on sea levels and coastal erosion who headed the Department of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics at Stockholm University

Open Letter to President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives

Mr. President,

You have recently held an undersea Cabinet meeting to raise awareness of the idea that global sea level is rising and hence threatens to drown the Maldives. This proposition isSource: Stop the ACLU RSS Feed

It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in the case of a new book designed to deceive wary shoppers interested in buying Sarah Palin’s new book, flattery is clearly not the motivation.
Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue: An American Life (link to the authentic book) is set to be released on November 17. The imposter book, which reportedly includes articles attacking Sarah Palin, is set to release on the same day. Josh Painter of Texas for Sarah Palin has more onSource: Why Mommy is a Republican RSS Feed

If you miss the live broadcast you can catch a re-broadcast of the Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night shows on URLRadio.net from 11:00am – 12:00pm central time. Or you can always download past shows via the podcast.

The Say Anything Show – Fullscreen

ON TONIGHT’S SHOW: Sheriffs are targeted for enforcing immigration laws. Banks are targeted for charging people fees when they overdraft their accounts. Companies that make products people aren’t buying get bailouts. PeopleSource: Say Anything RSS Feed

It’s utterly amazing, but the war against Fox News continues unabated. Yesterday morning it were David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel who criticized the news channel, saying “it’s really not news – it’s pushing a point of view.”

And you know the White House is going too far when even the New York Times says it should drop the matter altogether:

It could all be written off as a sideshow, but it may present a genuine problem for Mr. Obama, who took great pains during theSource: PoliGazette RSS Feed