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Girl Challenged by High School Peers for McCain Support [Digg]

Posted on November 14, 2008
A high school girl in Oak Park IL conducted an experiment; how inclusive were her fellow students who supported Barack Obama if she were to wear a "McCain Girl" t-shirt to school. The results are not surprising considering standard teen mentality of "are you 'in' or 'out'"...

Classmates.com Lawsuit Raises Questions About Internet Advertising

Posted on November 13, 2008
A San Diego man, Anthony Michaels, has filed what he hopes to be a class action lawsuit against Classmates.com, a social networking website designed around helping people connect with former... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bob Woodward on The Colbert Report

Posted on November 13, 2008
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Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on November 13, 2008
I think this is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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"You know things are bad when even lawyers are getting laid off."

Posted on November 12, 2008
The New York Times reports on the struggling legal market. Over all, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that the legal services industry lost more than 1,000 jobs in October. This is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bailout Toon

Posted on November 12, 2008
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Faux New York Times Declares "Iraq War Ends"

Posted on November 12, 2008
Some political pranksters distributed thousands of free and phony editions of the New York Times throughout New York City today which displayed a big headline declaring "Iraq War Ends" and contained... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Matt Lauer's Sarah Palin Interview

Posted on November 11, 2008
Assuming no GOP handlers or political consultants prepared her for this interview, Governor Sarah Palin held her own and did quite well. John McCain is scheduled to appear on 'The Tonight Show... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"The first campaign promise Barack Obama should break is to push through the Employee Free Choice Act."

Posted on November 11, 2008
Froma Harrop has an article on Real Clear Politics about the union push for the Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA") while the Associated Press reports on the payback unions may be expecting for helping... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Jamie S. Gorelick

Posted on November 11, 2008
The New York Times has a run-down on the person considered to be in the running for attorney general which would make her only the second woman to ever hold the position (Janet Reno was the first). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Keith Olbermann Doesn't Vote

Posted on November 11, 2008
Appearing on 'The View' yesterday morning, MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' host, Keith Olbermann, admitted that he does not and did not vote because "it is the only thing he can do to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

How the Polls Performed This Year

Posted on November 11, 2008
The National Journal's blog, Hotline, has results on how each of the major polls fared in accurately predicting the outcome of the electoral college. Here are the results: We've taken the absolute... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Scarborough Says 'F$%!" On Air

Posted on November 10, 2008
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Obama to Close Guantanamo?

Posted on November 10, 2008
Both John McCain and Barack Obama suggested closing Guantanamo Bay during the Presidential campaign and now sources, speaking anonymously, say President-Elect Obama has plans to not only close... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Opposing Views

Posted on November 09, 2008
Just wanted to take a moment to direct your attention to a website, OpposingViews.com, which is a website devoted to the discussion and debate of various issues of interest like politics, health and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

What if the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections Were Decided by 18-29-Year-Olds?

Posted on November 09, 2008
Setting aside the fact John Kerry would have been the Democrat on the 2008 ticket, both Kerry and Barack Obama would have won convincingly with the country going significantly more Democratic in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Crunching the 2008 Voting Numbers and Patterns: It Wasn't Such a Huge Turnout After All?

Posted on November 09, 2008
Politico.com has an article on 2008 voter turnout results and they're surprising and not so surprising at the same time. Between 60.7 percent and 61.7 percent of the 208.3 million eligible voters... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bill Maher on Larry King: "Congratulations, Socialists!"

Posted on November 08, 2008
Comedian/political commentator Bill Maher appeared on Larry King Live the day after the elections: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sixth Circuit Provides Guidance for Employers in FMLA Intermittent Leave

Posted on November 07, 2008
In a victory for employers in the FMLA arena, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Davis v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 20438, No. 07-1512 (6th Cir. Sept. 29, 2008)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Federal Judge Issues Rules on Handling Detainee Cases Pursuant to Boumediene

Posted on November 07, 2008
Senior Federal Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released a ?case management order? for the 113 detainee cases pending for review. SCOTUSblog reports that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

High Altitude

Posted on November 07, 2008
The photographer just had to be higher than the man/woman in the picture. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Rachel Maddow on The Colbert Report

Posted on November 07, 2008
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GOP Lawyer Dispatched to Retrieve Palin's Clothes

Posted on November 07, 2008
It's been an oddly rough week for Sarah Palin in the press and a Republican Party lawyer will be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession further evidencing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

"As a nation, we have come of age."

Posted on November 06, 2008
President-Elect Barack Obama's former professor at Harvard Law School, Laurence H. Tribe, on Obama's victory. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Day After Proposition 8 Passes, Lawsuits Ensue

Posted on November 06, 2008
Three lawsuits were filed directly with the California State Supreme Court Wednesday seeking to undo the passage of Proposition 8. The legal battle over same-sex marriage in California is a storied... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dap

Posted on November 06, 2008
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Author Michael Crichton Dead at 66

Posted on November 06, 2008
The author of one of my favorite novel-to-movies, Michael Crichton, has died of cancer at the age of 66. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Obama's Victory Brings Sweat to the Employer Forehead

Posted on November 06, 2008
We can debate whether or not Barack Obama's margin of victory signaled a mandate for his agenda but employers have been anticipating the victory and the significant changes the Obama administration... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Infamous Bush Torture Memo Disregarded by Court

Posted on November 04, 2008
In the case of torture suspect Chucky Taylor, Federal Judge Cecilia Altonaga rejected his attorneys' request that the Bybee Memo be considered as part of potential jury instructions. The memo was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The American Voter

Posted on November 04, 2008
Not very smart on its own, but as an electorate it does much better. When speaking about 'civil slackers,' I am forever reminded of the story of a 2006 judicial election in California where a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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