I'm seeing various reports on sbynews , the Daily Times , as well as some emails in my inbox regarding people's concern and their reverberation of my earlier prediction that Rick Pollitt is creating the "perfect storm" to set up the argument that the revenue cap needs to be repealed. This now seems to be becoming a populist notion. Why? Well, Pollitt's own proposal to deal with the issues...
The Canadian gold-mining company Pacific Rim sent out a press release this week stating that the lawsuit it has brought against El Salvador is moving forward now that three arbitrators have been selected.: An arbitration case brought by Pacific Rim Mining against the government of El Salvador will move ahead, as the arbitration tribunal has now been constituted, the company reported on Thursday. Pacific...
The Australian Olympic chief says Sports Minister Kate Ellis has "gone missing" since the release of a report urging no increase to Olympic sports funding.
Hon Olunloyo-OshinowoHon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo loves politics at the grass roots, and she believes that is the reason she won a rerun election into the House of Representatives last weekend in Ibadan. ...Hon. Folake Olunloyo-Oshinowo loves politics at the grass roots, and she believes that is the reason she won a rerun election into the House of Representatives last weekend in Ibadan. ...
Dhanbad: With just two days to go for the curtains to draw on the campaigning for the first phase of Assembly polls in Jharkhand, which begins on November 25, political parties are moving their election machinery in top gear. As star ...
Politico: Tea partiers turn on each other After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become embroiled in internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money and is at risk of losing its momentum. The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus...
U.S. News and World Report's Religion section says that "political analysts" view the Owens-Hoffman_Scozzafava debacle in New York's 23rd District as a failed result for Republicans because Republicans "overreached," by abandoning Dede Scozzafava, who has never been a true Republican, and supporting Doug Hoffman (for 3 days), who then lost to a Democrat - the first time in more...
Who could not see this coming? The grass-roots activists driving the movement have become increasingly divided on such core questions as whether to focus their efforts on shaping policy debates or elections, work on a local, regional, state or national level or closely align themselves with the Republican Party, POLITICO found in interviews with tea party [...]
The compelling and emotional ad featuring children worried about getting sick and dying — the spot that won the ad contest created by Obama’s political operation — will begin airing nationally next week, I’m told. Organizing for America will air the ad on national cable and in D.C. beginning Monday, in an effort to up the [...]
I received a call from Kevin last night. He took time out to give me a shout before he was to appear at an event in Arizona. He says that he has traveled more than 5700 miles speaking out on conservative issues. I’m really proud of the headway he is making I think that he will become a more prominent voice for the conservative movement down the road. He is what I could have been if I were not...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to recover from the effects of its political crisis as Njikoka Local Government PDP stakeholders and political stalwarts have decamped en masse to the Peoples Progressive Alliance (PPA) with their followers during a PPA rally in Nimo town , in Anambra State.
Preparing a lecture/presentation on the continuing importance of social movements, street protests and engaged activism. So collecting good videos/music to set the tone as the audience gathers in the auditorium and as they leave... and, as always, suggestions are appreciated: Abu-Jamal, Mumia. Empire of Fear . Adbusters. Brand Spangled Banner . ---. The Product Is You (1999) The Coup. Riding the Fence...
Bundesliga teams will remain owned by their members after a majority of first and second division clubs rejected a proposal to relax a rule which keeps external investors from taking over German clubs.
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