By Lillian Rasmussen and Darnell Washington, Newsophile Staff WritersWEST PALM BEACH, FL -- After injecting himself into the Democratic primary earlier this year with "Operation Chaos," which was intended to cause inter-party infighting and weaken Democratic unity, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has refused to concede the defeat of John McCain, referring to Barack Obama's landslid
Yepey! Even I, would go for Obama as President of the United States and we call it GOBama! The place where President Barack Obama spoke his final speech has been flooded with his supporters. Once again, America made his history. See the the Pres. Barack Obama: First Speech HQ via CNN.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: FIRST SPEECH [...]
After 22 months of campaigning and over a billion dollars spent by Obama's campaign team, he has eventually secured his place in the White House.According to the BBC Obama took 349 of the electoral college votes with McCain taking just 162.Obama took key swing states early on, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Illinois and Pennsylvania all going to the democrats, compared to their republican past i
As the projected results stream in from America, it appears increasingly likely that Senator Barack Obama will be elected the next President of the United States. Notably, it appears he has won Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and New Hampshire; Florida looks likely to vote Democrat too. It is possible that Mr Obama might even clinch around 360 electoral college votes (where I expected Mr Obama to e
Freethinker and I have been saying all during the primaries up until now that the polling techniques in use in the mainstream media are disproportionately disregarding minorities and cell-phone only users.Why?Well if you think about it, the marketing firms that sell the lists used for polling are based on sales, purchases made, inquiries filled out, etc; basically the lists that include home phone
Democracy and free market capitalism are the two ideals that have guided America since the beginning of the country. Then, three weeks ago, things began to change. Nobel prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, said that the meltdown of Wall Street was to free market capitalism what the fall of the Berlin Wall was to Communism. He probably has it right, but only time will tell. And now, with the
Check out the early voting updates and exlusive Stats to show Obama is losing out to McCain from voting updates states like Georgia, North Carolina and a poll vote of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania
Block the Vote by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. & Greg Palast in the current issue (#1064) of Rolling Stone.Don’t worry about Mickey Mouse or ACORN stealing the election. According to an investigative report out today in Rolling Stone magazine, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast, after a year-long investigation, reveal a systematic program of "GOP vote tampering" on a massive scale.Republican Sec
I've commented before about the BBC's - well - shit coverage of the US election and they are still featuring stories about a McCain comeback.Ain't going to happen.Much as they, and many others, were talking about a Hillary comeback well after it became statistically impossible.I should have laid a bookies bet when the odds were a lot better.I had an interesting conversation about this at the weeke
Largely overshadowed by media coverage of tonight's US Senate vote on the rescue package for America's banking industry, a batch of opinion polls released today show a striking shift of support away from John McCain and towards Barack Obama, which could mark a decisive turning point in this year's presidential campaign.New polls from InsiderAdvantage/PollPosition, CNN/Time, Suffolk/WSVN and Quinni
Below, people can watch landslide and flood report by Reuters on India. Presently, India is suffering from major landslide and flood situations at various parts. Heavy Manson rains have caused huge damage at many places in India. Many hilly states like Himachal have suffered many Landsides where more than dozen people have died and landslides have caused damage to lot of local property. Presently,
... IF A LANDSLIDE WOULD SLIDE LAND?Jimmy ZI am starting to think (not BELIEVE yet, mind you) that it just might be possible that a McCain vs Obama general election goes HUGE to McCain, and it's a rout beyond anyone's expectations even a short time ago. Barack is - without question in my mind - in total free fall.In fact, Obama has become so completely desperate, he was heard at a VFW gathering re
A mudslide in Nanai Road in Patong Beach around midday cost the lives of three Burmese workers, who were picking up construction equipment on a construction site. The landslide happened because of the (ongoing) rains of the last monsoon front to hit Phuket.As reports in local media go, one of the workers was buried initially by the mud falling from a steep incline in the construction project of a
It appears the delegate math is finally coming in to focus. With a rush of Superdelegates of the course of today, and the likely outcomes of Montana and South Dakota, Senator Barack Obama will have clinched the Democratic nomination for president. I would not be forthcoming if I didn't admit my excitement at this outcome. I think it will be interesting to see how the media covers this story. Will
Over the last two years, land prices have shown a northward trend. Now, it’s time now for a realty check. Record land auction at Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex- like the Rs 46,000 per square ft buy by Wadhwa Builders in November 2007 are passe. The last auction at BKC, by Jet Airways, has seen rates [...]
BOGOTA: At least seven people were killed and 13 were missing after a landslide crushed homes in a poor area of the Colombian city of Medellin, northwest of Bogota, civil defense officials said. It appears the landslide was triggered by heavy rains that have battered Colombia since mid-April and left 11 people dead, [...]
From: Steve Hildebrand, BarackObama.com
Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:22 PM
You’ll like this.
This morning someone forwarded me an email sent by the arm of the Republican Party that raises money for their Senate candidates.
The subject of the message was “Democrats Win Landslide Victory,” and the writer, Republican former Senator Bill Frist, admits: “I have [...]
Great news!The European Parliament has passed a resolution against DU weapons in a landslide vote. The dangers of these weapons are becoming more commonly known every day, and this is a great step by a government body to fight the proliferation of these weapons.If you do not know about the horror of depleted uranium weapons, then I would encourage you to read the following article about these weap
A house owned by Izaura Gomes Faria that is located in the Fusam neighbourhood, Bairo Pite suburb, sub-district of Dom Eleixo (Dili District) was ruined by a natural disaster (landslide) that occurred at noon on Tuesday (22/4). Although no one was killed, all of the owner's possessions were also hit by the landslide and were scattered about outside where the house stood. The bedroom and wardrobe w
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3 1/2 Months Ago, Clinton Campaign Predicted "Landslide"Hubris n. : Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.Back on November 15--a mere 130 days ago--the Clinton campaign was of a very different mindset than the one exhibited today.Cocky, brash--dare we say it?--arrogant and in the full throes of hubris, the campaign was more of a Clinton Early Inauguration Committee than a campaign braintrust.This is what Clinton chief strategist Mark Penn told The Hill on November 15 2007.Mark Penn, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) chief strategist, said Thursday that the Democratic front-runner would get 360 electoral votes if the election were held tomorrow and she faced former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R).The Clinton campaign was totally convinced that they would roll over all comers,
Early and unofficial results show the Palang Prachachon (People Power) party loyal to Thaksin Shinawatra has won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday's election. The PPP has taken 220 of the 400 seats in constituency voting, and has won 35 of the 80 party-list seats. If those results are confirmed in official vote-counting Sunday night and Monday, the People Power party would easily capture more than the 241 seats needed to form a government itself - with no need of a coalition. Observers cautioned there are several roadblocks ahead, even after final vote-counting is confirmed. For one thing, there are dozens of challenges alleging vote fraud, many against PPP candidates. It must be stressed the results are unofficial, and based on a combination of exit polls and early vote results trickling in as reported by news media at polling stations. Although Bangkok media agreed that early counting gave the PPP an outright majority, pollsters who conducted exit
Vladimir Putin proves Bush's soul searching judgment may very well have been inaccurate; his United Russia party is poised to win in a landslide amidst cries of vote rigging by the Kremlin;Campaigning for Russia's parliamentary election ended on Friday with President Vladimir Putin's party on course for a landslide victory and opposition groups voicing fears of widespread ballot-rigging.[...]One of Putin's most vocal critics, former chess champion Garry Kasparov, said the vote would be illegitimate because, he said, the Kremlin would rig the result.Officials deny any such rigging campaign and Putin has said he expected the election to be fair and transparent.Kasparov, who served five days in prison this week for organizing an illegal demonstration, urged voters to spoil their ballot papers on Sunday in protest."We must show people that these elections are absolutely illegal and illegitimate," Kasparov told a news briefing. He is not running in the election and his opposition coalit
Look at this...
Looks like someone's had some dodgy Polish builders in.
But this is a massive landslide in Australia that killed no one. It's a coalmine and high levels of rain caused water to build up that put too much stress on the earth, and it slide away.
What a great country, it's so chilled that a hug amount of land can collapse, and no one's in a panic.
Still, coal production is down, which means pretty soon they won't have as many briquettes to use on the barbies. No that's what they'll panic.
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A landslide injured 13 workers at U.S. firm Freeport's gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua province on Saturday, the company said. The landslide outside the Grasberg mine did not affect company operations, Mindo Pangaribuan, a Freeport Indonesia spokesman, said. "It's a natural incident. The victims sustained light injuries," he said, adding that the injured, all Indonesian workers of the mine, had been taken to the company-run hospital.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com
Costa Rica landslide kills 10 people(Reuters)
Reuters - Ten people were killed andthree others were missing after heavy rains caused an earlymorning landslide that engulfed homes in a small town incentral Costa Rica, the Red Cross reported on Friday.
Venezuela's Chavez spends heavily to help allies(Reuters)
Reuters - Police cars, helicopters, radiostations, health clinics and fertilizer — the deep pockets ofVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez benefit leftist allies and thepoor from Bolivia to Nicaragua, but rankle opposition leaders.
Bush again calls Castro"cruel dictator"(Reuters)
Reuters - President George W. Bush called Cubanleader Fidel Castro a"cruel dictator" again on Friday,apparently unconcerned that the same comment angered Cubanofficials at the United Nations last month.
Texan mayors threaten court to stop border fence(Reuters)
Reuters - Texan mayors on the border withMexico are threatening to take the U.S. government to court andare encouraging
Last week Priyanka Chopra visited some army camps at Tenga, near the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh border. After having interacted and shaken a leg with the army jawans, the actress was heading for Tezpur, enroute Mumbai, when she was caught in a landslide.
Priyanka was caught in a traffic snarl due to flash floods and [...]
Bangladesh faced a terrible tragedy on 11th June 2007. Indiscriminate hill cutting during the last three decades has led to the disappearance of over one hundred hills and partial destruction of hundreds others in Chittagong city, causing environmental hazards and raising the incidence of landslide, experts said. Landslides in last few days killed more than 100 people in the port city, raising such death toll during the last three decades to over 200.Arild Klokkerhaug is an entrepreneur, blogger and the man behind the largest Bangla blogging platform "Bandh Bhanger Awaaj". During this disaster he led from the front to show how the blog community could mobilize in a tragic situation like this. Arild and some other bloggers went to Chittagong and reported about the situation. Bangladeshi Bloggers, students from all over the world started raising funds for the victims.I am also a contributor in somewherein blog community and was involved in raising fund online immediately after the traged
The penultimate episode for the season had me on the edge of my seat from the intro and delivered right through to the end. The general plot was convergence of all the characters in New York thereby setting up next week’s finale. In so doing, there was an election victory, a “miracle” of healing, plenty [...]
 Fleetwood Mac - “Landslide”
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life
Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too
Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down
I stay pretty close to Jalan Dermawan, Hillview Gardens, so I took the opportunity to see for myself what is regarded as one of the more havoc-creating landslides in recent years.The (upslope) road leading to Jalan Dermawan.I initially couldn't find the site, but the very obvious trails of earth and soil led me there.And here's a closer look at the yellow-tinged road:Vehicular tracks were pretty visible - I was expecting officials and some emergency crew to be at the site, like the papers said.True enough, there was already some company in the area.I think the armed forces sent a representative because the fence of Gombak Camp got damaged in the landslide.The site of damage:Jalan Dermawan, off Hillview Avenue.The Jalan Dermawan playground, and its vicinity, has been cordoned off to the public:The blue canvas has been placed over the exposed earth to prevent further landslides.A little to the right:Here's a shot I sneaked - observe the full extent of the damage:And a slight close-up:
As the season nearing to the end, more and more speculations whether our "Heroes" can stop the bomb (exploding man) or not. On the previous episode, Hiro and Ando travel to the future where they meet with "The Future Hiro" and suggest them to go back and kill Sylar just ...
Angela Petrelli is forced to play a bigger role in Nathan, Peter, and Claire's life. The truth about the death of Nathan and Peter's father is finally revealed along with his true identity. When Nathan finds out that he may have a chance to become more than mayor he is ...
{mosgoogle right}KURIHARA, Miyagi -- A massive landslide triggered by Saturday's earthquake in the Tohoku Region has pushed a road more than 300 meters away from its original location, experts said.An aerial photo survey by the Geographical Survey Institute found that an S-shaped road near Aratozawa Dam in Kurihara had moved over 300 meters horizontally away from its original location following a