Holy shitballs! What’s up with this Nevada ACORN voter fraud story? The Secretary of State’s office raided ACORN’s headquarters on Tuesday after an investigation into the group’s voter registration practices. ACORN says they’ve registered 80,000 people to vote in Nevada (a very, very high number compared with other orgs doing the same work) and have…
Fair Trade certified goods — particularly coffee, chocolate, bananas and flowers — help some of the world’s poorest women and children have a better life and a better environment. And in some cases it creates a healthier situation for the consumer as well (ex: fertilizers used on flowers). And it’s totally sexy …
I admit that I do not understand what the hell is happening on Wall Street, other than to know that this is all really bad. Does the $700 billion bailout help? From the looks of the stock market today, maybe not. Here’s what I do know: According to Women’s Health magazine, for every 1 percent…
The deadline to register to vote in Nevada is Saturday, Oct. 4. That’s tomorrow! After that, the only option you have is to get in your car/on the bus/ride your bike/walk over to the Clark County Elections Department (or elections department in your county if you’re outside SoNV) and register to vote IN PERSON. You…
The CBS poll says Biden won 46 percent to 21. The CNN poll says Biden won 51 to 39. (Yahoo News) Not really a shock considering Biden’s experience level over Palin’s. What I want to know is whether the spin will be that Palin didn’t suck as hard as we thought she would, so therefore…
The VP debate is tomorrow, Oct. 2, otherwise known as my birthday. So as a present to me, watch it. And then let’s discuss. (I’m very worried we’re going to have a Gore/Bush Debate Part 2 kind of situation where everyone says she did great because she didn’t suck as much as everyone thought she…
All I can say is WTF?! And if you don’t why, here’s some examples. I’ll meet you in the fall-out shelter… The House rejects $700 billion bailout and the stock market has record drop — larger than the last record drop on Sept. 11 — in mere seconds. So do we start keeping our money…
A new study in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science rates the personality traits of all 50 states. According to a WSJ article about the study: Even after controlling for variables such as race, income and education levels, a state’s dominant personality turns out to be strongly linked to certain outcomes. Amiable states, like Minnesota,…
I’ve been sick as a dog, but my oh my there’s news, news everywhere you look: I missed the Obama fun yesterday but you can read all about it on the local campaign blog. But there’s still lots of canvassing and fun stuff to do. Including a house party on Sunday sponsored by MoveOn.org. UNLV’s…
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