Monthly Archives: November 2008

Before Rove, Atwater

Before Rove, Atwater

November 13, 2008

There was a statement that caught my attention as I rode through museumplein in the middle of the night recently, listening to the latest edition of On the Media.  They were talking about the late republican strategist Lee Atwater, who Ive always remembered as the guy who trained George...

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bmtv93 Greenland Notes

November 11, 2008

Especially pre-occupied with non citizenreporter work this week, which means not much time to put anything big together. But in about 2 weeks there will be a referendum in and about Greenland, and I'm interested in the outcome of that.  Here are a few notes about it, using wikipedia. (woops,...

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Will War on Drugs Finally End?

Will War on Drugs Finally End?

November 7, 2008

The US government answered back to the Bolivian government's charge that they have actively encouraged drug trafficing. The answer, as you would expect, was a denial. It was earlier this week that Evo Morales announced that Bolivia was ending its cooperation with the so-called US war on drugs due to...

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Laying a Presidency to Rest

Laying a Presidency to Rest

November 5, 2008

You don't really need me to explain or describe the reaction to yesterday's election here in Europa... so I'll skip right past it. Looking to the future yesterday, I was picturing how strange it will be for the world, after so many years of a US administration and an overall...

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bm285 The Election Protection Wiki

bm285 The Election Protection Wiki

November 3, 2008

With the US election upon us, there are many tools available on the internet where citizens can collectively report and monitor voting irregularities. The election protection wiki is one of these tools and on in this podcast interview Conor Kenny explains what the EPwiki is, why it exists, and...

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