Sunday, February 08, 2009
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Gerry Canavan
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1:18 PM
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Labels: Barack Obama, health care, Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, politics, the Cabinet, the Senate
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Election results are now coming in for the day's primary and caucuses:
Louisiana (closed primary, and please note the reports of dirty tricks)Meanwhile, Kansas is Huckabee country.No reports yet, but the exits look good.Results are coming in now, extremely slowly. At less than 1% in, it's Barack up 49 to 37. According to CNN's exits, analyzed here, this is likely the closest match of the night.
...at 14% in, it's Barack 54%, Clinton 37%.
...MSNBC calls it. Barack sweeps!
Nebraska (caucus)
CNN has already called it for Obama. With 74% of the precincts reporting, it's Obama 67, Clinton 33. Good numbers.
Washington (caucus)No official call yet, but reports all day have sounded very good for Obama, with huge margins all over Seattle and elsewhere.CNN's called this one too.
With 37% reporting, it's Obama 67, Clinton 32. More very good numbers.
...and Louisiana!
...and Washington!
Has McCain been crowned too soon?
Posted by
Gerry Canavan
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8:30 PM
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Labels: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Huckabee, John McCain, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington
Monday, June 04, 2007
I, _________________ do voluntarily agree to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as beverages, from tobacco in every form, and from the flesh of animals; to promote social, moral, and political freedom; to maintain the observance of all good and righteous laws, and to otherwise conform to the rules adopted by a majority of the Vegetarian Settlement Company.
—Declaration from the Constitution of the Vegetarian Settlement Company
MetaFilter has a great post up this morning about the history of Kansas's Vegetarian Settlement Company, including a memoir from one of its settlers (Went To Kansas: Being A Thrilling Account Of An Ill-Fated Expedition To That Fairy Land, And Its Sad Results).
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Gerry Canavan
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9:18 AM
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Labels: Kansas, Utopian communities, vegetarianism