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Michael Haltman

The Political Commentator: What is North Korea up to at Yongbyon? - 0 views

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Institute for Science and International Security North Korea nuclear weapons satellite photos plutonium reactor cooling tower six-party talks Yongbyon complex

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  • Michael Haltman on 01 Oct 10
     
    Is North Korea back in the plutonium production game?
thinkahol *

Who Owns Congress? A Campaign Cash Seating Chart | Mother Jones - 0 views

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Who Owns Congress? A Campaign Cash Seating Chart | Mother Jones

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  • thinkahol * on 09 Oct 10
     
    What if members of Congress were seated not by party but according to their major business sponsors? We gave it a try.
Michael Haltman

The Political Commentator: Elections done, now is the time for the heavy lifting - 1 views

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2010 US mid-term elections Fed QE2 GOP House GOP strategy healthcare mid-term elections Obama press conference mid-term elections QE2 QE2 trade war quantitative easing weak dollar

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  • Michael Haltman on 03 Nov 10
     
    Little time to enjoy the GOP takeover of control of the House. It is time to try and reverse healthcare and put the country back on track. It is also time to find out about the quantitative easing by the Fed.
thinkahol *

The myth of "independent" voters - Democratic Party - Salon.com - 0 views

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The myth of independent voters - Democratic Party Salon.com

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  • thinkahol * on 20 Nov 10
     
    Understanding the all-powerful bloc that Democrats are chasing, self-destructively. 
Arabica Robusta

Keane Bhatt, "Noam Chomsky on Hopes and Prospects for Activism: 'We Can Achieve a Lot'" - 1 views

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politics activism chomsky social movements

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  • I think he would take it for granted that elites are basically Marxist -- they believe in class analysis, they believe in class struggle, and in a really business-run society like the United States, the business elites are deeply committed to class struggle and are engaged in it all the time.  And they understand.  They're instinctive Marxists; they don't have to read it.
  • In fact, Malaysia also came out of the Asian crisis.  It was imposing capital controls.  Now the economists were all saying it's a disaster.  But they did quite well.  Same with Argentina, the former poster child for the IMF, leading to a serious crisis.  It then disregarded all the warnings and doctrines and the economy did very well, contrary to predictions.
  • using the multidimensional poverty index, there were 645 million poor, or 55 percent of India's population -- more than in the poorest 26 African countries combined. 
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  • there is sometimes dramatic conflict between the developmentalists, like left president Correa, and the indigenous communities affected by mining and dams.  Also, Evo Morales, despite being hugely popular, recently had to deal with a very big general strike in Potosí.  What do you make of these dynamics?  What are the hopes and prospects in Latin America regarding raising living standards, the paths of industrialization, environmental considerations, the role of social movements, and avoiding state coercion?
  • I don't know of any simple general answer to your question of how this will all turn out.  The problems are often not simple.  A great deal is at stake, not just for the people of the countries.  Resource extraction impacts a global environment that is increasingly at severe risk.
  • You said, "It's quite striking that we and other western countries can't reach, can't even approach, can't even dream about the level of democracy they had in Haiti.  That's pretty shocking.  Here's one of the poorest countries in the world.  The population that organized to win that election is among the most repressed and impoverished in the world; they managed to organize enough to enter the electoral arena without any resources and elect their own candidate."  Praising Bolivia at the same time, you asked, "Is it believable that we can't do the same? . . . We can take lessons from them.  Anything they've done we can do a thousand times more easily."
  • Arabica Robusta on 27 Nov 10
     
    The founding fathers were very concerned about the danger of democracy and spoke quite openly about the need to construct the democratic institutions so that threat would be contained.  That's why the Senate has so much more power than the House, to mention just one example.
thinkahol *

Talk on the Left of a Primary Challenge to Obama - Matt Bai - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Talk on the Left of a Primary Challenge to Obama - Matt Bai NYTimes.com

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  • thinkahol * on 08 Dec 10
     
    WASHINGTON - President Obama's compromise with Republicans on extending tax cuts for the wealthy, which his self-described progressive critics see as a profound betrayal, is bound to intensify a debate that has been bubbling up on liberal blogs and e-mail lists in recent weeks - whether or not the president who embodied "hope and change" in 2008 should face a primary challenge in 2012.
Ben Donahower

Campaign Yard Signs - 4 Tips for Suburbs - 0 views

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yard signs campaign sign tips suburbs politics

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  • Ben Donahower on 14 Dec 10
     
    Depending upon whether a district is urban, suburban, or rural candidates and campaigns should use different tactics to maximize the effectiveness of campaign yard signs.
alex thorn

Raw Replay - Revisiting History - 0 views

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election obama politics president usa

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  • alex thorn on 17 May 08
     
    Incredible foreign policy perspective of our future president, I confidently predict (without lending a comment to my personal preferences), will be the next president of the United States of America
Levy Rivers

John McCain is channeling Nixon now (Scripting News) - 0 views

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channeling

shared by Levy Rivers on 04 Oct 08 - Cached
  • McCain is quoted in today's NY Times, asking "How can you countenance someone who was engaged in bombings that could have or did kill innocent people?" I had to look twice to be sure who was being quoted and who he was talking about. Yup it was McCain and he was talking about William Ayers, who in the 60s was a member of the Weather Underground.  
alex thorn

The First Draft of History Looks a Bit Rough on Bush - US News and World Report - 0 views

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bush history

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  • alex thorn on 14 Apr 08
     
    98% of historians consider Bush a "failure." hahahaha, i mean, OBVIOUSLY
Levy Rivers

Republicans Scrambling to Save Seats in Congress - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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reputation

shared by Levy Rivers on 03 Nov 08 - Cached
  • “Republican candidates who have established their own personal brand
Levy Rivers

In Fine Print, a Proliferation of Large Donors - 0 views

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shared by Levy Rivers on 21 Oct 08 - Cached
  • The joint fund-raising committees have been utilized far more heavily this presidential election than in the past. Mr. Obama’s campaign has leaned on wealthy benefactors to contribute up to $33,100 at a time to complement his army of small donors over the Internet as he bypassed public financing for the general election. More than 600 donors contributed $25,000 or more to him in September alone, roughly three times the number who did the same for Senator John McCain.
  • Compared with Mr. Obama, Mr. McCain drew a slightly larger percentage of his big-donor money from the financial industry, about a fifth of his total. The next biggest amount in large checks for Mr. McCain came from real estate and then donors who identified themselves as retired. With his emphasis on offshore drilling, Mr. McCain has also enjoyed heavy support from generous benefactors in the oil and gas industry, a group Mr. Obama drew relatively little from.
  • Donations to these joint fund-raising committees have surged this election cycle, taking in nearly $300 million this year through September — with Mr. McCain collecting slightly more than Mr. Obama — compared with $69 million in 2004. Campaign finance watchdogs call it a worrisome trend, saying the heavy emphasis on such arrangements brings candidates one step further into the embrace of major donors.
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  • McCain finance officials introduced their main joint fund-raising committee, McCain Victory 2008, in the spring. Mr. McCain was still able to accept primary money, so money was divided between his primary campaign coffers, the Republican National Committee, several state parties and his compliance fund, for a maximum check of $70,100.
Levy Rivers

Mark Green: 7 Days in America: Will McCain Put Reputation First at Wednesday's Debate? w/ Mellman, Huffington, Conason & Green - 0 views

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election leadershp mccain reputation

shared by Levy Rivers on 13 Oct 08 - Cached
  • I understand how ambition can warp judgment. But your recent personal attacks on Barack Obama are so beyond the pale for presidential politics that you now face a fateful choice by the Wednesday debate -- will you pull back from the abyss of sleazy slander or risk losing not only the election but also your reputation and honor?
  • First, it's wrong and you shouldn't engage in such self-immolating behavior. Second, it's backfiring -- since polls show the gap widening since voters care a lot more about their jobs and 401(k)'s than Bill Ayres. Third, while a loss is a loss, for down-ticket Republicans, an Obama win by 10 points rather than by 4 points can be the difference between 56 and 60 seats in the Senate, between 245 House seats and 260 House seats.
Levy Rivers

Obama the Delegator Picks When to Take Reins - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Levy Rivers on 16 Jun 08 - Cached
  • And that Mr. Obama did. He began participating in more strategy sessions, spoke out against a summertime gasoline tax suspension more forcefully than some advisers initially preferred, and last week was involved in conference calls that led to the departure of James A. Johnson, the man leading the campaign’s vice-presidential search.
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