Patchwork 3: what we have and what’s so bad about it

I started this series with the assumption that everyone reading it would already be a hardened veteran of UR’s brutal, disorienting assaults on everything that is good and decent and true. This is obviously a counterfactual. And even for many hardened veterans, I fear, the Patchwork series has proved a rough ride. Here at UR we have a very different approach from most who would like to “change the world.” Rather than actually trying to market our designs, presumably by making them sound familia

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Liberalism = Genius?

http://catholicexchange.com/2008/11/27/114558/ By Media Research Center, Catholic Exchange, November 27th, 2008 If there is a dreadfully overused word in the giddy countdown to the Obama inauguration, it is “smart.” Not just “smart,” but also its stronger cousins like “Brilliant” and “Genius.” These words have been offered shamelessly for nearly every person assigned a role by President-Elect Obama. They are assembling an “all-star cabinet.” This was not an honor for those having attended a

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Nigeria: Verdict On Yar’Adua’s Election Before Xmas (AllAfrica.com)

A full panel of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi is planning to deliver judgment before Christmas on two separate petitions maintained by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari against the electoral victory of President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua in the last presidential poll.

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Three Presidential Frontrunners in the Philippines (Angus Reid)

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – People in the Philippines are leaning towards three candidates to replace Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, according to a poll by Social Weather Stations. 29 per cent of respondents would vote for current vice-president Noli de Castro in the 2010 presidential election, down two points since June.

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Catching the Sarah Palin Fever (with 10 Stupidest Moments)!

Barack Obama may have won as the new President of the United States but the clear winner in the 2008 US Elections is no doubt, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate- Gov. Sarah Palin! But election is over, why won’t people leave her alone and give her peace?!

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The True Meaning of the 2008 Election

This past presidential election was the first time that the people, and not party establishments, lobbyists, the courts, or the “politics of personal destruction,” chose the two major presidential candidates. For the first time in recent memory, the voters had the final say.

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Students Vote Pete Pizza Winner of National School Lunch Election (Lexington Clipper-Herald)

(ARA) – Student voters from across the country have made their decision, and Pete Pizza is taking the national prize as winner of the Vote for School Lunch 2008 Presidential Election.

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U.S. missile shield – November 17, 2008

The U.S.’ planned European missile defence shield, a principal feature of the Bush administration’s foreign policy, appears destined for the dustbin after Barack Obama’s recent presidential electionBarack Obama victory.

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Sierra Leone: Count Down to SLAJ Presidential Election – What Do You Think? (AllAfrica.com)

Attempts have been made to sound the opinion of certain groups of people about their perception of what they expect from the next SLAJ leadership after their historic elections next Saturday. It is the public that care about news and one of facts, objective and well balanced.

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How politics will change the web

Online activism will have an impact far beyond the 2008 US Presidential election, notes regular columnist Bill Thompson.

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