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Oriental Morning Post, China (translated from Chinese) The world has never paid so much attention to a single election. Now, people around the world believe that the changes brought by the American election with not be confined to America alone. Guardian columnist Jonathan Friedlander says the history of the past seven years has made [...] “There’s no way to get around it,” CBS News senior vp Paul Friedman said. “If one man gets 270 electoral votes before the West Coast polls are closed, we’re not going to pretend (he doesn’t).” Sounds like the networks think it’ll be a short night, at least for president. The Senate and House races may [...] Clifford J. Tasner (one of the Billionaires) links to Wil B’s optimistic “It’s a Brighter Day.” from HuffPo. Yes, better days are almost here. Get out and vote if you haven’t already. I met Wil B some years back at an antiwar meeting in L.A. He said he was going to try hip hop [...] I generally wake up before Sue does. So, by the time she’s up and about, I’m already hyper-caffeinated and tend to greet her with a torrent of election news and poll results. USA Today/Gallup: Obama 53%. McCain 42%. Financial Times: “Obama extends lead.” WaPo/ABC poll: Obama holds a “sizable advantage.” ABC pollster. Obama “closing strongly.” Obama wants to “employ technology to solve our most pressing problems.” This includes broadband for all, a modern communications infrastructure, online access to governmental data with feedback and comments from citizens, major R&D for cleantech and renewable energy, more science in schools, and much more. After eight years of the BushCo Dark Ages, we [...] Buyers of goods are having problems getting letters of credit, without which international commerce can not function. It all goes back to the same continuing problem, that banks don’t trust each other. “Trade finance is the oil that keeps the wheels of commerce going. Without it, everything grinds to a halt.” Yet another state that should be a slam-dunk for McGrumpy is now at risk. Montana has now been reclassified as a tossup by CNN. Andrew Sullivan on the Esquire article about how some white supremacists want Obama to win while some black nationalists back McCain The Chairman of the American Nazi Party, among other self-proclaimed racists, is voting for Obama. It’s called heightening the contradictions – something all good communists and neocons also understand. The delusion of political extremists [...] |  | ||||
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