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“Parks and Recreation” — Bus Tour episode review

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May 4   Leave a Comment  

Andy's (Chris Pratt) alter-ego Burt Macklin is back and ready to neutralize a threat to Leslie's campaign.

The stakes have been raised

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“Parks and Recreation” — Lucky episode review

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March 9   Leave a Comment  

Sean Hayes guest stars as Buddy Wood, an Indianapolis talk show host itching to speak with Leslie about her grueling campaign.

Second straight winning week

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Massachusetts Republicans celebrate Barney Frank’s retirement

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Nov. 28, 2011   1 Comment  

Barney Frank, one of the first openly-gay politicians and one of Massachusetts’ most well-known politicians, announced he would not seek re-election. Frank, who has usually coasted to re-election, has come under fire as chair of the House Banking Committee given the current state of the economy. Massachusetts Republicans were quick to comment on his decision [...]

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Irish presidential election eroding reputation

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Aug. 22, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The largely diplomatic (and often ignored) position has whipped up nasty competition.

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Afghans will go to the polls tomorrow

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Sept. 17, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan will go ahead tomorrow, marred by allegations of fraud and tampering against election candidates, and, most recently, by the kidnapping of a candidate and 18 election workers by Taliban members. Earlier this week printers in Peshawar claimed they were told by Afghan election candidates to produce and laminate fake voter cards [...]

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Abdullah demands Karzai sack electoral officer over corruption

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Oct. 26, 2009   Leave a Comment  

If your country went through an outrageously corrupt election that was exposed by an “impartial” governing body, you’d think as president you’d have the balls to sack the chief of your electoral commission, especially after agreeing to a run-off election with your main opponent.

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16, driving and getting ready to vote?

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Oct. 8, 2009   Leave a Comment  

State officials, high school students and advocates for new voting laws in Massachusetts urged the state Election Laws Committee to consider a bill that would change the landscape of voter registration for teenagers under the age of 18, yesterday at the State House. As part of the Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act, the proposed measure [...]

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Dozens killed on voting day in Afghanistan

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Aug. 20, 2009   1 Comment  

As ballots are counted in Afghanistan, reports have surfaced, despite the media blackout, that at least 27 people, including nine civilians, have been killed across the country in a slew of attacks on voting day, according to Global Post.

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Afghan election will bring victory for Karzai

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Aug. 18, 2009   Leave a Comment  

A few weeks ago it seemed like Afghanistan’s main candidates for president, the incumbent Hamid Karzai and his former foreign minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, were locked in a dead heat, running side by side toward that coveted post; to govern a country rocked by economic troubles and war.

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Iran’s religious leaders challenge election results

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July 7, 2009   Leave a Comment  

So it was back to square one, and now 30 years later, a revolution is brewing again. But this time, more work needs to be done behind the scenes. The people will fight, but religious leaders and Hashemi Rafsanjani need to challenge the legitimacy of this government before it gets out of hand.

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Ahmadinejad compares riots to passionate soccer fans

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June 14, 2009   Leave a Comment  

In the video, Ahmadinejad compares the rioting to misplaced passion by fans of the losing team after a soccer match. Degrading.

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Mousavi supporters take to the streets over re-election ‘charade’

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June 13, 2009   1 Comment  

“I personally strongly protest the many obvious violations and I’m warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade,” said Mousavi, according to Reuters.

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Obama elected president!

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Nov. 5, 2008   2 Comments  

You offer hope to a generation who had no place to find it before you came along. Thank you.

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Ohio called for Obama

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Nov. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

A win in Ohio has been projected for Obama by NBC. This is HUGE.‚  Obama is the most epic battleground state in the U.S. and win a here, along with his win in Pennsylvania puts Obama very VERY close to the White House.

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Arkansas, West Virginia called for McCain

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Nov. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

According to CBS and Fox News, West Virginia and Arkansas are going McCain’s way.‚  Alabama and Georgia have also been called for McCain by Fox News. No surprise, McCain headed into tonight with a seven point lead in Arkansas and an 11 point lead in West Virginia.‚  He also had an over 20 point lead [...]

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Pennsylvania, New Hampshire for Obama; Oklahoma for McCain

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Nov. 4, 2008   1 Comment  

Pennsylvania and New Hampshire have been called for Sen. Barack Obama, by NBC News and other media outlets. Losing Pennsylvania is a huge negative for the McCain camp, he hoped to carry that state.‚  He has spent a lot of time there recently and his advisors said he’d made a lot of ground. He really [...]

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Connecticut: Shays not looking good early

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Nov. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

New England’s lone republican congressman may be in a heap of trouble tonight. Chris Shays, 63, a veteran Fairfield County Republican is facing down the younger James Himes, 42, a feisty Democrat who may ride the Democratic tidal wave to Washington tonight. The early buzz coming out of Connecticut is that Shays has the fight [...]

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Election Day Predictions

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Nov. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Barack Obama will win tonight with at least 53 percent of the popular vote, making him the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter in 1976 to win a majority. Here are all of the polls released yesterday, the last day that the major polling firms collected data. Obama’s aggragate average is approaching 52%, but I believe [...]

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Election!

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Nov. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The time has come! After almost two years of campaigning and gaffe, Americans finally get to choose the next President of the United States.

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Obama’s ‘Toot’ dies of cancer

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Nov. 3, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Just a day before the election, Sen. Barack Obama’s grandmother, a woman whom he says taught him “accountability and self-reliance,” has died of cancer.

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