Juan Cole: "The Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission announced Monday that only 1 percent of ballot boxes 'did not meet international standards.' Of 31,000, only a couple hundred are being discarded, the majority of them in Baghdad province. The commission said that tossing out those ballot boxes would not affect the over-all distribution of seats in parliament."
TalkLeft: "The ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights will be filing federal lawsuits today over Bush's warrantless NSA electronic surveillance program. The ACLU will file its suit in Detroit and CCR will file in New York."
SFGate.com: "Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday blasted the Bush administration as 'one of the worst' in U.S. history and compared the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to a plantation where dissenting voices are squelched." Thanks to TalkLeft for the link.
Stygius: "I hope folks are paying attention to the latest attacks on Shell's facilities in Nigeria's Niger Delta, considering that area's oil is supposedly an 'alternative' to Mideast dependence, and is often powering American vehicles and utilities. This isn't some rabble trying to steal a few gallons of sweet, sweet crude; by all indications their attacks have been planned, coordinated, and sustained. As far as West Africa goes, that's about all it takes to be a viable political alternative to the current regime. The responsible group calls itself Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
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