AP: John Edwards has endorsed Barack Obama
Obama also signed on to Edwards' poverty initiative, which was a major cause for Edwards in his campaign and since he left.

When he made his decision, Edwards didn't even tell many of his former top advisers because he wanted to make sure that he personally talked to Clinton to give her the news, said the person close to him. Edwards' wife, Elizabeth, who has spoken favorably about Clinton's health care plan, did not travel with him to Michigan and is not part of the endorsement.

Hillary's plan shouldn't be an issue, because Obama's campaign will adopt a form of universal healthcare before the convention. It's the last clear bright line separating the parties within the Party.

I am surprised...some things just never go away. What do you all think....waste of time?

House panel looks at phone jamming in New Hampshire election

Wed, May 14, 2008 (12:47 a.m.)

A House panel is probing the Election Day 2002 phone-jamming plot by GOP operatives against New Hampshire Democrats.

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Jim alerts us to an important radio broadcast tomorrow... if you can, tune in. -- cho

Thursday May 15th at 6am Pacific - 9am Eastern - 01:00 GMT Repeated this Saturday May 17th at 9am Pacific - 12 Noon Eastern - 16:00 GMT Click Here to Listen and or save for thursdays hearings, also on graphic below.

Donald Rumsfeld’s short lived Office of Strategic Influence spawned a termites’ nest of truth ministries; the Office of Special Plans, the Information Operations Task Force and the Iran Directorate are just a few of the ones we know about.

The Pentagon’s latest information warfare effort involves a network of foreign language web sites that promote U.S. interests. I doubt whether anyone at the Pentagon seriously thinks foreign language web sites are going to win over any foreign hearts and minds, but foreign language web sites could be neat placea to plant covert propaganda that can migrate into the domestic press without anyone knowing it originated at the Pentagon, huh?

A dose of reality not a bad thing right now. Bumped by carol in the interest of sanity. Originally posted 2008-03-11 08:22:47 -0500.

If you are old enough, in 4th grade, accustomed to jig saw puzzles, and then looking at a map of the world, you might have thought: "gees, this rounded protruding part of South America looks as if it could fit right into this shallow depression along the edge of Africa." (Okay, I know that fourth graders don't talk like that, but hopefully you get the picture.)

The Huffington Post is frequently fun to read. Yesterday they front-paged the story, The GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used to Market Depression by Jason Linkins. Seemed they too are for changed only the slogan Change You Deserve is already being used to an anti-depressant.

ANOTHER SUPREME OUTRAGE

Justices Stevens, Kennedy, and Roberts combined with Scalia, Alito, and Thomas to take voting rights back to1898. Image (left), Image (right)

POLITE FASCISM CONTRACTS THE

RIGHT TO VOTE

William Crawford, et al, Petitioners 07-21 v.
Marion County Elections Board et al.

Indiana Democratic Party, et al., Petitioners 07-25 v. Todd Rokita,
Indiana Secretary of State, et al.
U. S. ____ ( 2008 ) Opinion of STEVENS, J.

Michael Collins
"Scoop" Independent News
Washington, D.C.

They wear their robes but leave the hoods off, the polite justices of the Supreme Court. They write decisions then issue them in a formal setting, behind the columns of a capitol monument, with a history that confers a dignity not deserved. The Court embodies the dilemma of our modern culture. The most awful acts are committed with bland justification by polite people who hide behind institutional trappings; for the sake of the few, at the expense of the many.

Fright Catalog, a Massachusetts based Halloween production company, released many new products for last Halloween. Fright Catalog's products are shipped to big retailers such as Wal-Mart and Party City. One of the Halloween masks that stood out most to the public was "Vato Loco." This mask was very popular and not for a good reason. The production of these masks became a huge outrage to a large amount of Latino communities.

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F.C. Makes Virginia History by Electing Gay Afro-American

Written by Nicholas F. Benton

Virginia history was made in the Falls Church city election Tuesday. By being elected to the City Council, Lawrence Webb has become the first openly gay Afro-American elected official in the history of the commonwealth.