Video posted front and center at peaceandfreedom.org:

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In a lengthy piece focusing on Cindy Sheehan’s previous efforts, including her independent run for Congress against Nancy Pelosi, the Hill reports:
Five years and a new president later, however, Sheehan will be sleeping under the stars again, and for the same cause. Her new coalition, Peace of the Action, is launching the Camp OUT NOW! [...]

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One of the most successful Green Party politicians in California and the nation, Ross Mirkarimi, has switched his party affiliation from Green to Democratic.  He is a San Francisco City Supervisor and member of the appointed California Coastal Commission.  He was the party’s only elected official in San Francisco, and holds the same seat that [...]

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If you’re in California, check out ballot access reform advocate and Libertarian candidate for California Secretary of State Christina Tobin’s newly announced schedule (Tobin is also getting help from some of the more prominent and respected ballot access reform advocates in the nation, like Richard Winger and Ralph Nader):
Christina Tobin Announces Schedule of Speaking Events [...]

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From the Mercury News in California:
Five years ago, there were 158,000 registered Greens, or 0.95 percent of California voters. By January this year, the number had shrunk to 111,000, or 0.66 percent of the electorate.
The party knows of just 33 Greens holding elective office, ranging from members of the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board to a [...]

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An interesting article from Ballot Access News:

The election for California Secretary of State has three well-known election law activists this year, although the type of election law activism each has engaged in are very different from each other.
Christina Tobin is the only candidate seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. Here is her web page. She [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
Tobin to speak at drug policy forum in San Francisco
Today, Free & Equal has several interesting tidbits to bring to your attention.
First, our founder and chairwoman, Christina Tobin, recently appeared on FOX Chicago Sunday, the weekly political show for FOX Chicago News. Those who missed it can look for the video on [...]

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At the Feb. 14 meeting of the Libertarian Party of California Executive Committee meeting, there was discussion of whether to pass a resolution opposing any registration fee at the 2010 Libertarian Party national convention.  The topic was deferred to give ExCom members time to read a brief in defense of the fee by Libertarian National [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
NEWS ADVISORY
Tobin For CA
3201 Baker St. San Francisco, CA 94123
PHONE (415) 599-5222
FAX (866) 240-1138
Email: info@tobinforca.org
Web: www.tobinforca.org
National Publicity and Endorsements for Tobin for CA Rolling In
San Francisco (Feb. 22, 2010) – Electionline, a daily news collector run by the prestigious Pew Center, on February 22 included the story from Independent Political [...]

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=57038
by zennie62
by way of GP.org

In a day filled with John Mayer, Megan Fox, snow storms in New York and DC, and new 9-11 photos, it’s important to stop and take a look at local citizens who want to make Oakland better. Don MacLeay is one, and he’s the Green Party candidate for Mayor of [...]

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From the Times-Standard in Mendocino County, California:
Patricia Welch, chairwoman of the Humboldt County Republican Party, said that, as of Friday, no Republican has announced their intention to challenge Chesbro.
But a Green Party candidate has.
William Meyers, who lives in Mendocino County near Point Arena, has announced his intention to challenge Chesbro for his seat and, according [...]

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NEWS ADVISORY
Tobin For CA
3201 Baker St. San Francisco, CA 94123
PHONE (415) 922-9779
FAX (866) 240-1138
Email: media@tobinforca.org
Web: www.tobinforca.org
Christina Tobin to Formally Announce Candidacy for California Secretary of State
San Francisco (Feb. 19, 2010) – Christina Tobin, Founder and CEO of The Free and Equal Elections Foundation, will appear in front of the office of the [...]

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Greece is the insolvent, bankrupt country that threatens to bring down the entire EU (European Union) with its exploding and toxic national debt. But it’s just one of the PIGS- Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. The EU is damned if they do, damned if they don’t. If they choose to bail out Greece in order to save the union, soon they’ll have much bigger bankrupt nations to deal with (Portugal and Spain are next in a long Conga line). There isn’t enough money in all the world to bail out all of them. The EU is in big trouble.

But the real problem is that Greece isn’t the worst Greek tragedy on the horizon. Greece is only “the canary in the coal mine.”

America is Greece- except on a much grander scale.

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Posted by Ernest Hancock at Freedom’s Phoenix. H/T Chuck Moulton in comments on a previous IPR post.

California’s Libertarian Party State Convention provided an opportunity for 3 of the 4 declared candidates for National Chairman to make presentations. (Ernest Hancock – Wayne Allen Root – Mark Hinkle – George Phillies, not in attendance)
Candidates [...]

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Ballot Access News:
Frederic von Anholt says he will file paperwork on February 18 with the California Secretary of State, in preparation for for his independent candidacy for Governor. The petitioning period does not begin until April and runs through August. He will need 173,041 valid signatures, due August 6. See this story.
As noted earlier, if [...]

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