http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:57:43 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:57:43 Super excited. Is anybody else going to go see it.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5894 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:39:18 Prosecutors laid out the case Friday against a Durham man charged with killing a 4-year-old boy and 28-year-old-woman, saying he led a “religious” group of women and children who called him “Lord” and feared him.

Peter Lucas Moses, 27, faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Jadon Higg... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5893 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:09:32 So I watched this movie a few days ago and I loved it. There was one song in the movie by Kelly Price called tired and I fell in love with it. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for similar songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOzfujTwDIA&feature=channel_video_title ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5892 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:38:59 She just had twin girls. They are a month early. One weighs 2 pounds 2 and the other is 2 pounds 9. My mom called from the hospital and said everyone is fine.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5891 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:54:25 http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/06/20/1695724/mcgees-fate-uncertain-after-felony.html

Idaho Sen. John McGee spent Father’s Day in the Ada County Jail.

He was arrested on charges of grand theft and drunken driving after what witnesses said was bizarre behavior and statements early Sunday mor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5890 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:44:22 SAN ANTONIO, June 20 - Latino groups and individuals have joined forces to file a lawsuit in federal court in order to have new Texas House and congressional maps drawn that reflect the demographics of the Lone Star State.

The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5889 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:43:26 JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday vetoed legislation that would have required voters to show photo identification at the polls and allowed some ballots to be cast before Election Day.

In his formal veto message, Nixon said the bill would disenfranchise voters who don’t have acces... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5888 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:33:14 http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/scott-launches-newspaper-writing-campaign-himself

Gov. Rick Scott, the rare statewide politician who doesn't read Florida news, is asking supporters to send a letter to their local newspaper editor praising his work as governor. The ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5887 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:21:20 HARTFORD, Conn. — The dust has barely settled on Connecticut’s contentious 2010 U.S. Senate race to replace retiring former Sen. Chris Dodd and candidates are already back on the campaign trail, this time gearing up to replace the retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman in 2012.

Several have hired political ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5886 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:19:37 Election junkies, to say nothing of Team Obama, are trying to figure out how the President gets to 270 electoral votes next year. Probably next to nobody has figured Tennessee's 11 electoral votes into that calculus, given the double-digit drubbing John McCain laid on him in 2008.

But if this pol... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5885 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:13:02 yay for the blue state women.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5884 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:24:54 While the New York Legislature appeared poised to pass a law legalizing same-sex marriage, a Broome County judge has allowed a man to proceed with a libel suit against a woman who alleged he was gay, finding that under appellate case law, the imputation of homosexuality was defamation per se.

Mar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5883 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:17:58 Though it's one of, if not the most Republican states in America (Wyoming gives it a run for its money), Utah has one exceptionally popular elected Democrat, U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, who has won elections in dark-red districts for 10 years, survived an effort to redistrict him out in 2002, and even g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5882 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:14:48 Maps revising Virginia's legislative districts have been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice for use in the General Assembly elections later this year, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Friday afternoon.

Those plans to redefine the 140 state House and Senate territories based on Ce... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5881 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:46:08 http://www2.wjtv.com/news/2011/jun/09/naacp-and-mississippi-democrats-challenge-redistri-ar-1950890/

The NAACP is appealing a three judge ruling concerning the 2011 Mississippi elections. Last month, a three federal judges ruled the state should hold this year's elections under the current distri... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5880 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:44:44 MADISON — Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said Friday that he'll wait until after summer recall elections targeting Republican state lawmakers to announce whether he'll run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Herb Kohl.

Thompson has repeatedly toyed with the idea of r... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5879 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:35:52 http://www.rollcall.com/news/ex-rep-chris-shays-interested-in-senate-bid-206358-1.html

Former Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) told Roll Call he is "very interested" in launching a Senate bid to replace retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I).

"We are looking into it very closely," Shays said Friday, noting... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5878 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:33:16 For the last four years or so, there have been three very poorly kept secrets in Washington state politics: that Dem incumbent Chris Gregoire would not seek a third term, and that Democratic Rep. Jay Inslee and Republican AG Rob McKenna would vie to replace her in 2012. Secret #3 got unveiled last w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5877 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:32:13 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hC9BRSPGCnaIUqrmhGK-XF0zfDNQ?docId=7122747

ZAGREB, Croatia — Stone-throwing extremists disrupted a gay pride march in Croatia on Saturday, a day after the Balkan country was given the green light to join the European Union.

At least ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5876 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:13:07 So me my sister,her boyfriend,and my uncle were sitting in the living room and he basically yells I can't wait until you get a boyfriend charlie. I have not told my uncle I'm gay because he is ultra conservative and I don't really want to hear it. My uncle did not say anything. My sisters boyfriend... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5875 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:56:13 JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates have filed suit against Jackson's public school district, claiming officials at one alternative school respond to minor violations by shackling children to railings and poles for hours at a time.

Critics of the Capital City Alternative School in Jackson say... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5874 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:22:23 Washington state GOP Attorney General Robert McKenna will formally launch his campaign for governor Wednesday, two Republicans with knowledge of the kick-off tell POLITICO.

McKenna, by far the Evergreen State's most popular Republican, is set to announce his gubernatorial bid at Sammamish High Sc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5873 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:23:21 Republican Governor Terry Branstad remains unpopular with his approval rating falling to 39% with 47% disapproval, slightly worse than his -4(41/45) rating in April. This compares to a 10 point victory margin in 2010. Branstad's falling approval reflects a pattern seen nationwide as voters express b... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5872 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:21:39 http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/123160978.html

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold was the top pick for governor and the U.S. Senate in a straw poll among delegates this weekend at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention in Milwaukee.

The strawpoll was conducted by WisPolitics.com

Delegat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5871 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:31:45 Sarah Palin says she isn't considering a 2012 candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat from Arizona.

The former Alaskan governor tells KNXV-TV that running for Senate is not her plan and that she hasn't considered a Senate candidacy in Arizona.

Her comments came Friday during a brief interview at Phoe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/ccharles000/5870 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:30:13