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The results of the 22nd congressional district in Texas: Democratic Lampson 76,743 52% 100% of precincts reporting Republican Sekula Gibbs 61,813 42% Libertarian Smither 9,008 6% In case you don’t recall that’s the district formerly occupied by Tom Delay! Who would’ve thought a year ago that a democrat would win it today! The democrats have taken back the house in both Washington and Lansing and in Arizona, Barry Goldwater would have been proud. Arizona became the first state in the union to vote to reject a ban on single sex marriage. Up in North Dakota, voters told their legislature to butt out of decisions on abortion and [...] I just stumbled across a very interesting site called Maps of War that features a variety of animated maps of the middle east. The Imperial History map is particularly fascinating if you’re unfamiliar with the history of region. Over the last five millenia there have been a succession empires that rose and fell and these [...] A lot of people know of President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address to the United States just before leaving office in January 1961. That’s the one where he warned people about the dangers of letting the military-industrial complex have too much power. If you’ve never seen it, it definitely worth watching especially in this time when [...] |
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