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Welcome to edition #3 of the Carnival of Politics - a recap of the best from the past week. This edition is available at our website here

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Obama and McCain: What Do Their Commencement Speeches Reveal?
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
Can we discern a candidates ideology and leadership style by examining the way they talk to graduating students? A look at the graduation speeches from Senators Obama and McCain.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Gallup: Obama Up By 3
5 Votes, submitted in Independent
Barack gained one since yesterday, but the race remains very tight.

The details…
These results are based on interviews conducted July 7-9 with more than 2,600 registered voters nationwide, and are little changed. Both candidates are actively out on the campaign trail, and news media continue to devote substantial resources to coverage of the campaign, but [...]

"Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter"
5 Votes, submitted in Independent
Those were the words from President Bush to world leaders at the recent G8 Summit…and the response was understandably shocked.
From the Telegraph:
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.
He then punched the air while [...]

Ads And Reality
5 Votes, submitted in Other
Fun in food-packaging from Germany. The processed ones are actually pretty accurate, but fast food? Oy.

The Colombia Free Trade Agreement
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here's a libertarian look at who has to be bribed for a Free trade agreement.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Gallup: Obama Maintains Slim 2 Point Lead
5 Votes, submitted in Independent
No change from today to yesterday…

The details…
Voter preferences appear to be quite stable at this time. Since June 24-26 polling, when the candidates were even at 44%, the percentage favoring Obama has ranged from 46% to 48% while the percentage preferring McCain has varied between 42% and 44%.
More tomorrow…

The Screwing Of Cork
5 Votes, submitted in Other
I linked to a piece on the decline of cork-use in wine bottles. Audubon magazine has a great recent article on the environmental impact. Many historic cork forests sustain a rich biodiversity, it turns out.

Jesse Jackson disses Obama on race
5 Votes, submitted in Right
Distraction.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Sneaky Creationists
5 Votes, submitted in Other
Derbyshire goes after the creationist Discovery Institute.

The Next Greatest Generation Interview: How Young Americans Will Save Us All
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An interview with the authors of Millennial Makeover. We discuss young Americans, how we utilize the internet for political action, our impact on the 2008 Elections and on the future of American politics and culture.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Original Intent of The Preamble
5 Votes, submitted in Other
One thing I loved in school was government and law. I just loved learning about what our government does, what the laws are and such. I have actually not taken too much on the subject, but it still is very interesting to me. One of my assignments for my Senior year was to take a closer look at original intent.

What Every American Needs to Know (and Do) About FISA Before Tuesday
6 Votes, submitted in National
Tim Ferriss, author of the Four Hour Work Week, interviews Daniel Ellsberg, the fellow who released the Pentagon Papers which is credited with ending Nixon's reign as well as the Vietnam War, where they discuss revisions to FISA, the Federal Information and Surveillance Act.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Internet Sweatshops
5 Votes, submitted in Other
N’Gai Croal discusses user-generated content: Whether these 21st-century worker bees can be said to be having fun (is it really entertaining to update a Wikipedia entry?), there's no question that their moonlighting has value even if they're not being compensated....

Obama Must Channel Nixon In Ending The War
5 Votes, submitted in Other
So says John Taylor: It’s Sen. Obama who’s displaying Nixonian subtlety in the calibration of his war policy. Like RN with Vietnam in the 1966 and 1968 elections, Obama has enjoyed the benefit of being able to say that the...

Obama Hints At Sebelius As VP?
5 Votes, submitted in Independent
He was quoted yesterday…
“I love Kathleen Sebelius. I think she is as talented a public official as there is right now. Integrity. Competence. She can work with all people of all walks of life, but I promised that I am not going to say anything about my vice president until I actually introduce my vice [...]

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Veggie burger shortage in Seattle
5 Votes, submitted in Local
Vegetarians may be out of burger luck this Fourth of July weekend. (And apparently, meat eaters as well). The Times reports that Gardenburger meatless patties are disappearing from Seattle area supermarket shelves and restaurant menus due to production delays.

Hunger-striking Gitmo inmate returns to his job with Al-Jazeera
5 Votes, submitted in Right
The Green, Green Grass of Home

May Fundraising: Obama Down, McCain Up
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
Fundraising numbers for the month of may are in and while Senator Obama raised $22 million, by any normal measure an amazing haul, it was his weakest month for the year and came as his rival Senator McCain pulled $21 million marking his best month of the year. The two are about equal, Obama with [...]

A Comic Tribute to Hillary Clinton
5 Votes, submitted in Humor
"Hey, did you all see Hillary's concession speech over the weekend? She gave a lovely, lovely speech. She was gracious, very complimentary. And she said she wanted Barack Obama to...

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The Stupid Drug War
5 Votes, submitted in Other
Jacob Sullum comments on the new World Health Organization study: ..one thing that's clear is the point made by the WHO researchers: Drug use "is not simply related to drug policy." If tinkering with drug policy (within the context of...