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Source: www.moreover.com --- 42 days ago
Daily Nation Jul 10 2008 1:12AM GMT ... Source: www.thedailystar.net --- 2 days ago
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday asked the country's top bureaucrats to overcome "partisan" concerns and concentrate on holding free, Fair and credible upazila and general elections. ... Source: nation.ittefaq.com --- 19 days ago
UNB, Dhaka It is very difficult but not impossible to hold free and Fair elections under the state of emergency, visiting UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Hazel Blears has said. "It is very difficult to have elections with state of emergency…But I don't think it's impossible to have a free and fare election if there is a state of emergency," she said at a press conference yesterday afternoon at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Dhaka. ... Source: www.ipsnews.net --- 22 days ago
PHNOM PENH, Jul 30 (IPS) - An attempt by Cambodia’s four main opposition parties to reject the result of national elections, in which the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) was returned in a landslide, has met with little support from local and international organisations monitoring the poll. ... Source: etalaat.com --- 30 days ago
Thiruvananthapuram: Condemning the increased militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister A K Antony Sunday said the government was committed to hold free and ... Source: www.voanews.com --- 15 days ago
Election Commission officials say Polls have sent positive message that future elections will be free and Fair ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 30 days ago
Candidates Fair & Forum a part of 'Take Your Soles to the Polls' Campaign DETROIT, JulyDETROIT, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Detroit Branch NAACP willhost two candidates fairs & forums. The candidates fairs & forums will beheld on Tue ...
Source: www.nydailynews.com --- 8 days ago
Mayor Bloomberg is sending several messages with his endorsement of three Democrats today. First, it's a safe bet his selections are designed more to make a statement than to sway Democratic primary voters who probably don't put much stock in the candidates a Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent backs (unless that support turns into cash and helps shape their respective messages). NOTE: A reader just pointed out that Bloomberg Polls very high among Democrats, to which I replied that he has enjoyed a high approval rating across the political spectrum for some time now, but that somehow hasn't translated into votes for the candidates he has endorsed in the past - although, to be Fair, they weren't Democratic Senate candidates. This is also probably not about Bloomberg's desire to run for governor in 2010 (something he has insisted he won't do) as he isn't winning friends or currying favor among the establishment with these picks. It is, however, clear that Bloomberg, like so many others these days, is hedging his bets when it comes to the question of who will win the battle for control of the Senate. While he has pledged to keep supporting the Senate Republicans, recently sending them a check for $500,000, Bloomberg is also making it clear his oft-repeated mantra of supporting those who support the city has nothing to do with party affiliation . "It's clear these endorsements were about votes on particular issues: Mayoral ...
Source: www.mediabistro.com --- 14 days ago
Washington Post: Paris for Prez? Washington Examiner: Former D.C. tax office workers plead guilty in loan fraud N.Y. Times: Maureen Dowd: McCain's Green-Eyed Monster L.A. Times: Perchlorate found in Martian soil USA Today: Favre to Packers: Please let go - Game on Politico: Obama stalls in public polling ABC News: Healing After Tragedy: Chapman Copes With Loss of Daughter CBS News: Texas Executes Mexican-Born Killer Fox News: Southern California Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Baffles Experts CNN: Obama squeaks by McCain in Polls Wall Street Journal: You Still Can't Write About Muhammad MSNBC: Dinosaur descendant to become a father at 111 Congressional Quarterly: 2008 Election Forecast: Ohio Is THE Battleground State NPR: Miss. Senate Race Duked Out At County Fair Roll Call: Gingrich to Join GOP Protest Bloomberg: Freddie Mac Posts Fourth Straight Loss, Cuts Dividend New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media ... Source: www.independent.co.uk --- 10 days ago
It's that slow-news time of year, when PR firms try to promote clients by releasing pointless Polls to a gullible media. Seems Fair, so here's a couple. First up, as it were, is dating site gay-PARSHIP.co.uk ; decathlete Daley Thompson tops their poll of British Olympians gay men would most like to date, with a resounding 33 per cent of the votes (must be the moustache). Sir Steve Redgrave is not far behind, on 28 per cent. Dame Kelly Holmes wins the lesbian poll with a landslide 48 per cent, Denise Lewis trailing in second with 19 per cent. Sir Steve does come top of BA's Top Five Olympic British Competitors poll, though. In other news: BA come 18th in customer satisfaction poll by 'Which?' magazine. ...
Source: www.politics.ie --- 1 day ago
by Idrone (Posted Yesterday, 9:51 pm) Interesting turn of phrase on today's RTE online poll... At least we now know for sure who's the real boss out in Tellyland. RTÃ.ie News Poll 19 August 2008 Should immigrant students be segregated until they can speak English? Yes, it's not Fair to the other kids No, what kind of racist Blueshirt idea is that? View Results PollDaddy.com View Previous Interactive Polls href="http://www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?f=164&t=40004"> ...
Source: clipmarks.com --- 11 days ago
clipped by: debbyski Clip Source: www.nytimes.com Bush is hobbling out of office, the economy is in the toilet, voters are sick of the war and the party’s wunderkind candidate is raking in money hand over fist. So why is the presidential race a statistical dead heat? The pundits have offered a host of reasons, but one in particular deserves more exploration: racism. As Obama gently put it in his race speech , today’s racial “resentments aren’t always expressed in polite company.” However, they can be — and possibly will be — expressed in the privacy of the voting booth. Some might say that turnabout is Fair play, citing the fact that 89 percent of blacks say they plan to vote for Obama. That level of support represents a racial advantage for him, too, right? Not necessarily. Blacks overwhelmingly vote Democratic in the general election anyway. According to CNN exit Polls John Kerry got 88 percent of the black vote in 2004. Think racism isn’t a major factor in this election? Think again. ... Source: tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com --- 19 days ago
As most of you know, I am a very big Obama supporter. This does not, however, make me a "kool-aid drinking Obamanut cultist," much as some would like to label me as such. I have not been without my Fair share of criticism against Obama when it has been warranted. But recently, I have found very little at all for which I could find criticism for him. His overseas trip went beautifully and he has been consistently and brilliantly responding to the McCain campaign and their baseless, negative attacks. So, what is Obama doing wrong? Or rather, what is McCain doing right? Even having to ask this question is worrying to me, but I cannot help but ask it right now. Despite the fact that conventional wisdom would dictate that McCain's campaign is in shambles and getting desperate, the numbers are not reflecting the same. Polls have been showing an ever-closing gap between the two candidates. Ok, I can brush that aside. I don't put a lot of faith in Polls. But what does worry me is when I see an ever-closing gap on the Intrade Prediction Markets. I have studied Prediction Markets excessively and almost obsessively at times since the beginning of the Primary, and it worries me to see Obama's numbers dropping and McCain's rising. For the first time since Obama clinched the nomination, he has dropped below 60%. What's going on here? I certainly cannot see anything particularly wrong with what Obama has been doing. I am thus forced to believe that Mc ...
Source: nation.ittefaq.com --- 27 days ago
Staff Reporter Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohmmad yesterday said foolproof securities to be in place on the eve of local Polls. At least 367 polling centers were marked as vulnerable out of 587 centers in four City Corporation areas, IGP told the reporters at a press briefing at the Police Headquarters About 65 polling centres out of 141 centres are considered vulnerable in nine municipal areas, IGP added. He said security would be provided in three phases to ensure free, Fair and credible election. ... Source: maitland.yourguide.com.au --- 30 days ago
A trio of grandfathers is teaming up to represent the east ward on Maitland City Council to ensure the growing city receives “more than its Fair share” of government services and infrastructure. Current councillor Peter Garnham, 53, will run for re-election in the September 13 Polls, supported by fellow long-time Maitland residents Grant Black and Barry Hill as independent candidates. ... Find more results for Fair Polls on RSSMicro.com |
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Although Minnesota Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty is not beloved by all in the Gopher State, he has maintained a consistent level of job approval throughout his gubernatorial tenure. In nearly 60 public opinion Polls of Minnesotans conducted since early 2003, Pawlenty has dipped below the 50 percent mark in job approval in less than 10 of them. Pawlenty enjoyed some of the best marks of his career in 2007, when his most notable actions included a firm stance against the DFL on tax issues in the state. Overall, across more than a dozen Polls that year, Pawlenty had an average job approval rating of 56 percent, with just a 40 percent average disapproval rating. This +16 net rating is very impressive for a governor who never received a majority of the vote in either of his two successful gubernatorial campaigns. However, as Pawlenty has become part of the constant chatter of possible vice-presidential running mates to John McCain, his ratings have taken a bit of a hit: Pawlenty’s disapproval numbers have averaged 45 percent this year, and his approval numbers have fallen a bit to 53 percent. His net approval rating has been cut in half to +8. By another measure, Rasmussen has also measured Pawlenty’s rankings as higher in Polls conducted at the end of 2007 (50 percent “excellent” + “good” versus 49 percent “Fair” + “poor”) than compared to those conducted in 2008 (46 percent “excellent” + “good” versus 54 percent “Fair” + “poor”) – a 9- ...
Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. For Whom the Times Polls ( Vanity Fair ) Bruce Feirstein: Last week, I clicked on a link from Drudge to a New York Times story. That brought up a pop-up window at the Times site, asking if I wanted to take a survey concerning readers' attitudes toward the paper. As I began to take the survey, the questions became curiouser and curiouser, with specific inquiries about Judith Miller, the "General Betray Us" ad, the Times ' coverage of Israel. Dude, You Stole My Article ( Slate ) Jody Rosen: Since 2005, the Bulletin of Montgomery County, Texas, has published dozens of stories under Mark Williams' byline that appear to be copied, whole or in part, from other periodicals. Uncovering these sources is a matter of choosing the right phrases to dump into Google, not a difficult feat for anyone moderately attuned to writerly rhythms. Often, the keywords leap right out at you. Journalist Seeking Paycheck? Try India ( Salon ) So, what's an underemployed journalist to do? Some move on to academia or cross over to the dark side of public relations. But a few forward-thinking souls are heading to a land where journalism jobs not only aren't disappearing, but are more plentiful by the day: India. In recent years, India's steamroller economy has diversified well beyond tech and outsourcing, including a big boom in the news media. continued... New Career Opportunities Daily: The best ...
Filed under: Culture , Online , Polls , Meta (about Joystiq) Digital Unrest's Chris Simmons originally made this comic in April 2006 , and we subsequently crashed his servers . The strip has bee remade this week with new art and, given that it never got a Fair shot last time, we're going to throw it in again this week. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Chris. Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomic. Polling after the break; be sure to vote for your favorite! Orderly Debate (Digital Unrest) The World May Never Know (Fanboys Online) Bluetooth Headset (CAD Minis) For Your Consideration (Penny Arcade) Rupees Cannot Buy Hearts (MNC) The Fundamental Theorem of War (2P Start) Anguish (Penny Arcade) Giving Birth (Castle Vidcons) (Not game-related, but make sure you read PVP Online's five-part FoxTrot/Family Circus "tribute" ) Continue reading Weekly Webcomic Wrapup revisits the classics Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
What's going on at the Associated Press? First, it publishes an article about how the McCain campaign feels the New York Times editors are like a blogger " sitting at home in his mother's basement and ranting into the ether between games of Dungeons & Dragons ." Then, a few hours later, it publishes a piece about presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama being afraid to debate McCain in a town hall format. Honestly, with Fair and balanced coverage like this from America's leading wire service, who needs Fox News? (emphasis added throughout, photo courtesy Weekly Standard): Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from rival John McCain's challenge for a series of joint appearance s, agreeing only to the standard three debates in the fall. In May, when a McCain adviser proposed a series of pre-convention appearances at town hall meetings, Obama said, "I think that's a great idea." In summer stumping on the campaign trail, McCain has often noted that Obama had not followed through and joined him in any events. Obama's reversal on town hall debates is part of a play-it-safe strategy he's adopted since claiming the nomination and grabbing a lead in national Polls. Advisers to the Illinois senator, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss strategy, say Obama is reluctant to take chances or give McCain a high-profile stage now that Obama's the front-runner . For those un ...
It was another fairly bad polling day for Barack Obama, and we are getting to the point where it would be hard to describe the election as anything other than "too close to call". But most of that has been driven by the rapidly tightening national numbers . This set of state polling isn't quite as bad as it looks for Obama: The most disappointing for result for Obama is probably in Indiana, where SurveyUSA has John McCain pulling into a 6-point lead after having trailed by a single point last month. Why so disappointing? Because Obama has been investing heavily in Indiana while McCain has not. A couple of caveats, though. Firstly, investments in the ground game may not show up in the Polls in the first place. And secondly, the partisan leaning of the sample has shifted a Fair bit more Republican than the last edition of this poll. It's possible that, as McCain enthusiasm grows (and Bush fatigue wanes ), more Republican-leaning independents are now willing to identify themselves as Republican. It's also possible that we're just looking at some static. It is officially time for Obama to be worried in Minnesota , where SurveyUSA marks the third consecutive poll to show him with a lead of only 2-4 points? Our model says ... maybe not qute yet. There has certainly been a pretty big shift in the raw numbers in the Gopher State, but there aren't really any demographic explanations for it -- Obama hasn't lost much ground in demographical ...