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Missouri Constitution Party on the Radio this Saturday

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Via constitutionparty.com: The popular St. Louis Saturday morning radio program, “The Randy Tobler Show”, has invited 3 of our metro St. Louis leaders on the radio for one hour! Please listen LIVE to 97.1 FM or ON-LINE at www.971Talk.com at the 8:00 hour this Saturday morning, Dec. 12.

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Illinois: Green Dan Kairis Defeats Democratic Party Machine

December 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy: Sent in today (Dan Kairis website) Dan Kairis, long-time resident of South Elgin, IL and Green Party candidate for the 14th Congressional District, defeated the Democratic Party’s attempt to remove him from the February 2, 2010 primary election ballot. Kairis was represented by Andy Finko, an attorney [...]

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Nolan Chart: New Hampshire’s turn for an Independent?

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Excerpt from an article by Tully below. In addition to the independent candidates mentioned in the article, Joe Kennedy is running in Massachusetts, and the Moderate Party of Rhode Island fits the general theme of moderate independent alternatives in New England. To the south of New Hampshire, Independent candidates are polling ahead of Democrats and [...]

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The Australian Sex Party’s Fiona Patten Detained by Victorian Police

December 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Sean Nicholls & Leesha McKenny Smh.com.au WHAT HAVE WE HERE?The Australian Sex Party’s candidate in the Higgins byelection on Saturday, Fiona Patten, may lodge an official complaint with the Australian Electoral Commission after she was detained by Victorian police on the morning of the poll. Patten gained an impressive 3.27 per cent of the [...]

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Pat Buchanan: ‘Ron Paul’s hour’

December 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Pat Buchanan was the Reform Party presidential candidate in 2000, and Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 1988. Posted in The American Conservative: The decades-long campaign of Ron Paul to have the Government Accountability Office do a full audit of the Federal Reserve now has 313 sponsors in the House. Sometimes perseverance [...]

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Boston Globe: Democratic candidate Martha Coakley wants Joe Kennedy included in Massachusetts US Senate debate

December 11th, 2009 · 15 Comments

by Matt Viser Boston Globe LYNN — US Senate candidate Martha Coakley suggested today that she would not agree to debates unless long-shot candidate Joseph L. Kennedy is included, a strategy that appears to be an effort to make the contest a three-person affair. “I think it’s very important at this stage in the game [...]

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Moderate Party of Rhode Island: ‘Why it matters now, more than ever’

December 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: time is now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why it matters now, more than ever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two years ago now, this effort began as a journey of one. Now, we count more than a thousand followers and we are on this journey together. Through conversations with friends, colleagues and neighbors, it is clear that Rhode Island [...]

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Chuck Baldwin: ‘Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War?’

December 11th, 2009 · 48 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com According to an obscure report in the European Union Times (EUTimes.net), “Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued an order to his Northern Command’s (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to ‘begin immediately’ increasing his military forces to 1 [...]

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LPHQ: Help us celebrate the 38th birthday of the Libertarian Party!

December 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

via email and LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, The Libertarian Party was founded 38 years ago on December 11, 1971. One of the founders, David Nolan, remains active within the party and is slated to speak at our 2010 National Convention in St. Louis over Memorial Day weekend. (Details for the convention, including prices [...]

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Green Party activist quoted about Long Island Power Authority

December 11th, 2009 · 9 Comments

In 2009, the Suffolk County Legislature is considering LIPA accountability bills. In 2008, New York Governor David Paterson had vetoed a bill that would give some accountability to the Long Island Power Authority. Commentator and investigative reporter Karl Grossman has published quotes from the 2008 situation by local Green Party activist Ian Wilder in part of his background on the LIPA news.

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