Keep it Up Young People: Over 1,000 Students Lined Up To Vote At Penn State (VIDEO)

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The DORF Matrix: Towards a Theory of NPR's Taste in Black Music

Oct 22, 2009 - Source     Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 4:07 PM | By Jody Rosen   In August, National Public Radio's flagship music program All Songs Considered published "The Best Music of 2009 (So Far)," a rundown of the top 30 songs and albums of the year-to-date as voted by the show's listeners.   The results of the survey suggest that the All Songs Considered audience has a fuzzy understanding of the word "all." "The Best Music of 2009 (So Far)" consists almost entirely of indie-rockers: acts like The Decemberists, Wilco, Grizzly Bear, Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Regina Spektor, and Animal Collective, the Brooklyn art-rock group that took the top spot in both the best songs and best albums tallies. - 3 Comments

TV Workout Pumps Up Hill

Oct 21, 2009 - TV Workout Pumps Up Hill By Andie Coller   It was Paul Ryan’s abs that sold Kevin Brady.   “When I saw Paul Ryan — man, he’s gotten in great shape. He doesn’t have a six-pack; he’s got, like, a 12-pack,” Brady, a Texas Republican, says of his fellow GOP-er, who hails from Wisconsin. - 10 Comments

What Temple? Fatah says 'only a Muslim holy site'

Oct 06, 2009 - 'U.S. partner' demands Jews, Christians be banned from praying on Mount   By Aaron Klein October 04, 2009 © 2009 WorldNetDaily   JERUSALEM – The Temple Mount does not exist alongside the Western Wall, and neither Jews nor Christians should be allowed to pray on the Mount site, Dimitri Diliani, the spokesman for Fatah in Jerusalem, told WND in an interview.   Fatah, once named by the U.S. - 7 Comments

An Obama Glossary

Sep 26, 2009 - All I can say is this rocks! My favorites: Facts, Misinformation, Scare Tactics, and Security. :D ~~~~~~~~~~~ A helpful Obama glossary September 24th, 2009 Bob Maistros Many Americans are no doubt confused by some of the terminology used by the president in recent weeks as he has given speeches before a joint session of Congress and the United Nations, conducted a variety of television interviews and introduced new policy proposals. - 3 Comments

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Home Michael's Dispatches Precision Voting Precision Voting Next > 31 August 2009Helmand Province, Afghanistan The historical Afghan elections scheduled for 20 August were days away.   While the west mostly continued to vote for Afghanistan, the big question was, “Will Afghanistan vote for itself?” The latest media wave splashed into the main voting centers in places like Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Herat and Lashkar Gah.  The larger cities only account for perhaps 20% of the Afghan population.  Whereas the easy and obvious stories are in the cities, a crucial and larger dimension—the other 80%—would unfold in the boonies.  Most Afghans would have no chance to vote. The election was to be run by Afghans.  In theory and in practice this would be a recipe for disaster.  The strategic thinkers cannot be faulted for this; after nearly eight years of war, if the west were still running the elections, the elections and government would be a failure to begin with.  By comparison, the Iraqi elections on 30 January 2005 (less than two years after invasion) were run mostly by Iraqis.  In the voting of October and December of that same year, Iraqis had two more runs at the ballots, which were increasingly successful.  Afghanistan, however, is different.  This would be only the second election in history. There are no good choices here.  Either we run the elections and the central government and in doing so undermine the same central government we are investing in, or we allow that central government to run the elections and probably watch it undermine itself.  But who knows? - 1 Comment