Kenya Elections Held Today (June 11) After All…With Fears of Ethnic Violence (5pm EDT Update) (Just Say No Deal)

I hope they run elections better than they write news stories in Kenya…It seems the crucial by-elections for 5 parliamentary seats has been going on today after all! Turnout in the morning was low, which is not unusual for a by-election.
(See my previous post for background: In Kenya, Struggle for Parliament is Happening [...]

Paul Lukasiak’s Post on THE RBC VIOLATION OF DNC “SUNSHINE RULES”

I was honored to have Paul Lukasiak read this blog and post a response on one of my own postings a couple of days ago (”Al Gore Resurface for the DSCC…[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]).
He has now posted his current piece on the RBC shenanigans of May 31 at The Confluence and Corrente.
In an effort to [...]

Final Update: Obama in NM Results in Excuses, 3 Pinocchios, and a Rebuff from Vets?

I just got back and was in the process of editing my final report from Las Cruces on Obama’s Memorial Day visit when I found out about Obama’s Las Cruces gaffe. I had glanced hurriedly through the speech text that day but went on to focus on the reporting and the Bush-like arrangements barring [...]

Hillary Rediscovered

In the fall of 1992 I was a school media specialist and my best buddy was a Social Studies teacher. We were around the same age and utterly sick and tired of the Reagan-Bush I era. I was particularly angered and depressed by the constant anti-abortion message being shoved down our throats and had [...]

Part III: Obama Adviser David L. Boren re: Foreign (inc. Energy) Policy

In Part I I provided extensive information courtesy of Sourcewatch.org, A Project of the Center for Media and Democacy, on former chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee David L. Boren’s right wing ties, and his close relationship to Robert Gates, former CIA director and current Secretary of Defense.
In this post I will add a few [...]