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Maps of the 2012 US presidential election results
Election results by state Most of us are, by now, familiar with the maps the TV channels and web sites use to show the results of presidential elections. Here is a typical map of the results of the 2012 election: Click on any of the maps for a larger picture The states are colored red…
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Perhaps the biggest recipient of that schadenfreude is Karl Rove.
November 9, 2012 | There’s been much schadenfreude on the left in the days after Tuesday’s election, and understandably so: Fox News, right-wing politicians, and conservative pundits all took an embarrassing beating. Perhaps the biggest recipient of that schadenfreude is Karl Rove. Rove has had a rough week, to put it mildly. After his infamous…
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Turkey Censorship and Why It Matters
November 10, 2012 Nearly two years ago, Soner Yalcin and more than a dozen of his employees at the online news outlet OdaTV joined the growing list of incarcerated Turkish journalists. Yalcin, the owner of OdaTV, is one of the sharpest critics of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. As their trial proceedings dragged on,…
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Germany Exports Energy. Where’s the US?
Despite regular apocalyptic warnings of black-outs due to the nuclear power shutdown, a recent boom in renewables means that Germany is exporting more electricity than ever before, new figures show. Merkel: we will meet green energy goals – National (3 Nov 12) A third of trains ‘may be cancelled’ this winter – National (25 Oct…
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Bill O’Reilly threatened to quit his show if President Obama raised his taxes.
Speaking on his Monday show, O’Reilly delivered a stinging rebuttal to Obama’s speech from earlier in the day. In that speech, Obama introduced his so-called "Buffett Rule" and said that the rich should pay more in taxes. This did not sit well with O’Reilly, who accused Obama of using misleading statistics and of endangering the…
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Frontline Pics of War: Syria
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Obama firm on tax hikes for wealthy
President Obama invited congressional leaders to the White House to discuss the U.S. fiscal crisis while holding firm on his desire raise taxes for the wealthy. "I’m open to compromise. I’m open to new ideas," he said Friday in his first White House statement since winning re-election. "I’m committed to solving our fiscal challenges, but…
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Europe’s Take on Petraeus Affair.
Gmail probe led FBI to CIA chief David Petraeus’s affair BBC’s Kim Ghattas: "Infidelity may be a private issue, but not when you hold the key to the nation’s secrets" Continue reading the main story Related Stories David Petraeus profile Career in pictures Analysis: A huge loss CIA director David Petraeus’s extra-marital affair, which forced…
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The Chinese government has blocked access to Google.com
The Chinese government has blocked access to Google.com, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Docs, Google Analytics, Google Drive, and many other Google services as the Communist Party of China holds the 18th Party Congress, which started Thursday morning. Google has confirmed the block with The Next Web, and a Google spokesperson offered the following statement: “We’ve…
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