We won. He lost. Yet Hillary Clinton has conceded and he will be president. The system let the people of the country down. Our Constitution has openly subverted the will of the people twice in 20 years -- 2000 and 2016 -- and done it … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
The vote that counts is the vote that is cast.
I sometimes think that America, with all its swagger and bravado, its fetishizing of the individual and individuality, is the poorest choice for a democracy. But then I think I may have it backwards: that the bravado and the mythologizing … [Read more...]
BMG Election Night Headquarters
Tweets by @bluemassgroup … [Read more...]
If Jobs in “Manufacturing” is the remedy for the wage doldrums we’ve seen for the past 40+ years….then I have a few questions.
We hear from the Republicans, especially the current reality TV star who is now running for the presidency on the Republican ticket and we even hear if from too many Democrats. Bring back manufacturing and labor will benefit, as if … [Read more...]
Google Search Trending Voter Issues
An interesting app that shows Google search trending on voter issues, I would be interested to see what reporting takes place on voter issues and how well the search trending did in tracking issues. … [Read more...]
Time to vote!
Open thread for all of your interesting election day stories. Paul Krugman cogently explains how to rig an election. Go Secretary Clinton! … [Read more...]
R. I. P. Attorney General Janet Reno
Janet Reno, the first woman and one of the longest to serve as US Attorney General, passed away today from complications of Parkinson's Disease. … [Read more...]
Election Eve Predictions From Two Poll-Tracking Sites
I have kept up with the statistical side of this race via Electoral-Vote.com and fivethirtyeight.com, so I thought I would share their "final" prognostications (though 538 may actually update a few more times). Let's see how they do. I … [Read more...]
Forget Baker, follow the money on charter schools
Very simply, the ballot measure to lift the cap on charter schools is all about Republican efforts to privatize public schools. Remember George W. Bush’s failed attempt to privatize Social Security early in his second term? Well, raising … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: F.B.I. regretfully announces that Hillary committed no crimes
Borowitz: F.B.I. REGRETFULLY ANNOUNCES THAT HILLARY COMMITTED NO CRIMES WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—James Comey, the F.B.I. director, held a press conference on Sunday to “regretfully announce” that Hillary Clinton had committed no … [Read more...]
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