The Monkey Wrench swings in any direction it wishes, apparently.
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edited by: Bob DeMaura,
New Hampshire Editor
The Monkey Wrench swings in any direction it wishes, apparently.
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Oh well. [...]
Ignore the Villagers altogether:The energized "tea party" movement, which upended this year's political debate with noisy anti-government protests, is preparing to shake up the 2010 elections by channeling money and supporters to conservative [...]
Obama directs $600M to health centers, med records
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer – Wed Dec 9, 1:46 pm ET
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday the government is spending almost $600 million for community health centers and for a push [...]
A dry, technical, and academic look at queer subculture in London between 1918 and 1957. Interesting in that it reduces to a science the rather inexpressible notions and progressions of gay life. There is certainly a parallel to be found between the passive->excluded->marginalized->subculture->pride progression of gays and [...] 
I predict I will likely reach 55 before this country ever [...]
New Childish Republican Obstruction Tactic: Refusing To Use Their Assigned Cards In Order To Delay Votes
In September, the Orlando Sentinel reported that Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) had noticed Republicans House lawmakers intentionally forgetting or losing their voting cards in order to delay votes. Starting late in the summer, [...]
Well, at least Jeanne Shaheen won't be on the ballot in eleven months.
Good luck, All Other Democratic Candidates!
Adding: Or?"All the things you've read in the newspapers...'the public option is gone,'--it's not true," Reid said at an impromptu press conference after' [...]
And if this is in fact the new [...]
According to a just-released Rasmussen poll (I know... Rasmussen, but still), in a three-way ballot test a "Tea Party" candidate would outpoll his Republican opponent by 23% to 18%. A Democrat finishes first with 33% and the [...]
Now that there is talk of using paid [...]
June in turn recognized my name from BH. As fate would have it, June [...]
Overheard at the Hop:
SOURCE: Huffington Post Why Politics-As-Usual May Mean the End of Civilization
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com.
Most political arguments don’t really have a right and a wrong, no matter how passionately they’re argued. They’re about human preferences -- for more health care or lower taxes, for a war to [...]
Mr Sununu, who [...]
I support the President's policy in Afghanistan.
Based on a number of conversations, including a key one [...]
Meanwhile, [...]
'10: One thing I don't get about Twilight is why doesn't Edward just turn Bella into a zombie!?Read more at http://thelittlegreenblog.blogspot.com/' [...] The history of warfare is long and ugly. I look at it through art, as in Picasso's "Guernica",' [...]
Get out and enjoy it. Your studying will still be there when you return.Read more at http://thelittlegreenblog.blogspot.com/ [...] Hillsborough County
Candia
We've been close to winning District 16 a number of times. Closest with Steve DeStefano's 5' [...]
... on the new non-partisan site, the Live Free or Die Alliance.
(Not at all meant as a knock on LFDA, which I actually think is kind of neat, to the extent that it will mean more [...]
Billed as "music history as it ought to be taught," Bach, Beethoven, and the Boys offers a sarcastic, familiar, whirlwind tour of the greats from music history. As pleasure reading, the book offers a number of great details and funny stories from the way-side of history. As [...] New Hampshire is 13th on the list.
Some of the findings were interesting (h/t BarbinMD):
New research suggests U.S. states with wealthier, better educated and more tolerant residents are also happier on [...]
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[...]Press Release
Cleveland, OH--Low-income Ohio citizens will be ensured access to voter registration at Ohio public assistance offices as a result of a settlement agreement submitted to Federal District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan over this past holiday weekend.
The settlement successfully resolves a three-year' [...]
SOURCE: Constitutional Accountability Center
As we await the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, expected any day now, Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) has continued to build on the scholarly research discussed in our brief filed with the Court: whether corporations have the same [...]
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the supplier of the skinny-tie suites Jon Stewart wears?By SHIRA SCHOENBERG
Monitor staff
December 04, 2009
Does Carol Shea-Porter agree with President Obama's war strategy in Afghanistan?
Within hours of Obama's speech Tuesday night, the congresswoman's fellow Democrats, Sen. Jeanne' [...]
Press Release
Washington, D.C.-U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen today applauded the passage of two measures she cosponsored to improve health services for women and secure Medicare benefits. The first measure would provide free preventive health services for women, and the second ensures that guaranteed Medicare benefits cannot be [...]
This rather interesting and potentially dangerous annoying message was just emailed out to campus via BlitzMail. The sender was listed as the "MAILER-DAEMON", the address that usually sends Blitz notification messages, most commonly vacation messages advertising parties or acapella performances. A number of suspicious messages have been [...] 
For those who thought that Twilight couldn't any worse after seeing the first movie.... it has. SOURCE: Legal Schnauzer
How has the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) changed now that George W. Bush is gone and President Barack Obama is in charge?
It hasn't changed, says former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. And that's distressing news for progressives who hoped to see accountability for the Bush officials who used the DOJ as' [...]
December 2, 2009, Ann Jones, Author of "Kabul in Winter," Talks with OpEdNews
By Joan Brunwasser
Ann Jones is a writer, photographer and social activist. Over the years, she has been particularly vocal about the rights of women. Kabul in Winter was published in 2006. Welcome to OpEdNews, Ann. [...]
This is an Open Thread.
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I think the Democratic party is only just now relearning who and what it is at the White House level, after [...]
SOURCE: Gouverneur Times
...Democrats used similar tactics when questionable elections revealed themselves, such as in New Hampshire's "First in the Nation" Primary Election disaster last year, when Hillary Clinton inexplicably was said to have defeated Barack Obama. Oddly enough, Obama was found to be the winner in the towns where [...]
In Berry, two guys passing by.This is what happens when you privatize your government
Obama made it official with an eloquent speech. Did he convince you or change your mind?
Poll: Did
Obama Persuade You the US Needs to Send More Troops to Afghanistan?
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Antiwar Groups to Obama: No Escalation! Troops Home Now!
Veterans For Peace drafted a [...]
p.s. I'll be at the JJ dinner tonight.
p.p.s Ambinder's record of the POTUS pundit lunch is, imo, the most insightful piece out there regarding the President's thinking on Afghanistan.' [...]
I don't know the politics of Cleveland's City Council, but I don't believe it is a bastion of liberalism.
If Cleveland can do it, why can't New Hampshire?
' [...]
Two sweet-looking dudes are waiting to order at the Hop grill line. One sounds like he might not be from Dartmouth. One turns to the other.A Livestream for the speech can be found right at the White House.
Have at it.
Full RemarksRemarks of President Barack Obama-As Prepared for Delivery
The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan
United States Military Academy at West Point
December 1, 2009
Good evening. To [...]
I am writing today to inform you that I have officially announced my candidacy for the US Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd District (NH-02). You can read the full text of my speech here. I have also recorded a campaign video to introduce myself to voters across the [...]
SOURCE: Gouverneur Times
...Democrats used similar tactics when questionable elections revealed themselves, such as in New Hampshire's "First in the Nation" Primary Election disaster last year, when Hillary Clinton inexplicably was said to have defeated Barack Obama. Oddly enough, Obama was found to be the winner in the towns where [...]
SOURCE: Gouverneur Times
...Democrats used similar tactics when questionable elections revealed themselves, such as in New Hampshire's "First in the Nation" Primary Election disaster last year, when Hillary Clinton inexplicably was said to have defeated Barack Obama. Oddly enough, Obama was found to be the winner in the towns where [...]
Turns out I'm almost the same age as Ryan White. Remember him?In the early 1980s, AIDS was known as gay-related immune deficiency, because the disease had first been identified among primarily homosexual communities in New' [...]
Today was a real snapshot of the disarray in the GOP side, while at the same time Democrats had reason to feel genuine progress.
First off, the right. Apparently it's not enough for the GOP Washington elites to' [...]
'13 girl yelling loudly and looking at a bill: 608 dollars? 608 dollars?! I don't have 608 dollars. Fuck "Hanover ambulance service," I coulda walked there!
Controversy has been stewing around a policy at the historically-black Lincoln University requiring obese students (with a large waist and a BMI of 30+) to complete a physical education class before they graduate.
SOURCE: Truthout.org
Monday 30 November 2009
by: Dina Rasor, t r u t h o u t | Special Investigative Report
(Image: Jared
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Adapted: LizaP)
Recently, the Congressional Research Service [...]
I have been listening to [...]
I have serious doubts about whether any cap and trade bill will get done this year in Congress, despite how much Obama and some Democrats want it...
