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发帖数: 512 | 1 The current market bears a striking resemblance to another range-bound,
election-burdened year. So how'd that one end?
SOMETIMES, A WRITER HAS TO stretch and twist to find a patch of market
history that matches up neatly with the present one. (Trust me.)
But it's become easy to draw parallels with 2004, a year that's been a
touchstone for this column for a while—a corrective, digestive, trading-
range-burdened election year, one that saw an economic slowdown from
strong levels that incited "doub... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 79 | 2 Openly gay mayor elected in Houston
Houston became the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor on
Saturday after a hotly contested run-
off election that gave gay and lesbian supporters a symbolic victory
following defeats over legalizing same-
sex marriages in California and Maine.
“The voters of Houston have opened the door to history,” Annise Parker
told supporters at a convention center
in Houston. “I know what this win means to many of us who never thought we
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发帖数: 22013 | 3 ☆─────────────────────────────────────☆
soloroom (soloroom) 于 (Tue Dec 15 23:29:54 2009, 美东) 提到:
Openly gay mayor elected in Houston
Houston became the first major U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor on
Saturday after a hotly contested run-
off election that gave gay and lesbian supporters a symbolic victory
following defeats over legalizing same-
sex marriages in California and Maine.
“The voters of Houston have opened the door to history,” Annise Parker
told supporters at a convention |
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发帖数: 6301 | 4 US Elections: The impact for online poker
November 6th, 2008
As the dust settles on the 2008 US elections that sent Barack Obama to the
White House and increased the Democratic majorities in both houses of
Congress, many online poker players are wondering what impact these
political shifts will have on the state of online gambling in the US.
The immediate impact in the markets was a positive one, suggesting that
investors believe the elections will increase the potential for legal,
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发帖数: 184 | 5 Official in China Says Western-Style Democracy Won’t Take Root
A Chinese legislative official has said that China will not adopt Western-
style democracy, marking a rare instance in which a member of the government
here openly rejects Western-style liberal political reforms
The official, Li Fei, said in an interview published Saturday on the Web
site of China Daily that “different countries have different election rules
and a socialist China won’t follow Western election campaigns.”
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发帖数: 4825 | 6 http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2012/01/leadership-el
This year the people who run the world will change—and so could the ideas
they espouse
AMONG the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Britain’s
David Cameron is the only leader who seems (more or less) certain of still
being in power at the end of the year. Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy face
presidential elections which they may well lose. Dmitry Medvedev has
already ceded the Russian presidency back to Vladimir Put... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 8 Posted on Advocate.com October 25, 2010
Angry LGBTs Could Sway Election
By Advocate.com Editors\
Gay activists are going Green, going Republican, and in some cases not
planning on going to the polls this year at all.
Democratic candidates are likely counting on support from gay voters to help
avoid big losses on November second. But according to an Associated Press
article, LGBT voters in Obama’s hometown of Chicago offer “a snapshot of
what some are calling the 'enthusiasm gap' between voters w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 9 WASHINGTON - Republican angst about 2012 is growing.
Nearly three months into the year, it appears the GOP field of presidential
candidates is narrowing. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and former Alaska
Governor Sarah Palin have looked increasingly less likely to run as of late.
That leaves a front pack of four: former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,
former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour,
and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia.
Normally,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 10 Posted on Advocate.com March 03, 2012 06:30:18 PM ET
Rick Santorum Will Unmarry Gay Couples If Elected
By Jeremy Kinser
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum says, if elected, he'll try to unmarry
the more than 100,000 legally wed gay couples in the U.S., reports the San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Chronicle states that there are "18,000 married gay and lesbian couples
in California and at least 131,000 nationwide according to the 2010 census,
conducted before New York state legalized same-sex marri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2232 | 11 The Associated Press
ASUNCION, Paraguay: Newly elected leftist leader Fernando Lugo said Tuesday
that Paraguay would establish diplomatic relations with China for the first
time in history in a bid to boost foreign investment and trade.
"If other nations have trade and diplomatic relations with continental China
, why should we stay behind?" said Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, whose
election Sunday ended 61 years of one-party rule.
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发帖数: 428 | 14 Obama plans election victory party as police steel themselves for riots if
McCain wins vote
By David Gardner
Last updated at 11:41 PM on 23rd October 2008
Barack Obama is already planning a £1.5million election victory party -
while police prepare for the possibility of riots across America if the
White House vote goes against him.
With most polls predicting Mr Obama will make history by becoming America's
first black president on November 4, a giant stage is being built in a
lakefront park |
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发帖数: 1001 | 15 Confident in an Election Day win, the campaign looks to lower supporters'
expectations on concerns their hopes of 'change' are unrealistic, a senior
aide says
FOXNews.com
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By Tim Reid, The Times of London
Barack Obama's senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations
for his presidency if he wins next week's election, amid concerns that many
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发帖数: 100 | 16 There is no doubt that history was made yesterday. An African American man
was elected President of the United States, a seemingly impossible scenario
even just a couple of years ago. Back then, anybody would tell you that the
chance of a black becoming president is lower than winning a power ball.
After all, people do win power balls, but blacks do not become presidents.
Until now!
Mountains do not rise over night. What happened on Election Day reflects a
giant leap by the American democracy, b |
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发帖数: 7918 | 17 How Obama Haters May Help Democrats in Midterm Elections
By MARK HALPERIN Mark Halperin 1 hr 45 mins ago
The late, longtime New Yorker critic Pauline Kael was said to have expressed
confusion over Richard Nixon's landslide re-election in 1972 - because no
one she knew had voted for him. To borrow that notion, conservatives today
imagine that everyone views the current occupant of the White House as they
do: Barack Obama is the worst President ever. Conventional wisdom posits
that this potent rig |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 Obama Putting Election Concerns Ahead of Jobs by Deferring Keystone XL
Pipeline Decision, Critics Say
By Susan Jones
November 11, 2011
Pipeline Lawsuit
On Thursday, Obama dodged a politically sensitive situation by deferring a
long-awaited decision on extending TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline
further into the United States.
Labor unions -- a key Obama constituency -- support the pipeline extension
because of the union jobs it would create, but environmental activists and
anti-'Big Oil' groups... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 Chris Matthews: Obama’s Smile Is Worth Five Or Ten Points In The General
Election
February 7, 2012 Posted by TWB
Chris Matthews is the epitome of an “in the tank media figure.” Who could
ever forget his comments during the 2008 election that forever labeled him
with the nickname tingles? Commenting about Obama’s interview with Matt
Lauer before the Super Bowl, Matthews said that Obama’s smile was worth
five or ten points in the general.
Chris Matthews’ open fondness of Barack Obama ads anothe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 Author
- Steve Milloy Saturday, March 24, 2012
Queensland has decisively rejected Labor, reducing them to a political rump
who may not even achieve party status (10 or more seats in the new
parliament). While State issues have strong influence in State elections
this is a severe repudiation of Labor and its National policies – notably
the despised carbon tax and the assault on State revenues through an
additional profits tax on mining States’ main exports of coal and iron ore
(mainly afflic... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 CALGARY — Premier Alison Redford dropped the writ Monday on what is
expected to be Alberta’s most contentious election in decades, as oil-rich
Alberta grapples with how to manage its resources in the face of an
increasingly hostile central Canada.
After 41 years of majority rule, the Progressive Conservatives are facing a
well-organized, well-funded scrap against the right-leaning Wildrose Party,
led by former journalist Danielle Smith. A win on April 23 would likely
confirm the PCs as Canada’s ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 Two stories in one day taken together add up to a de facto reversal of
current immigration law, and effectively declare open borders for non-
criminal illegal aliens. First the Obama administration plans to grant
amnesty to young illegal aliens.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and
begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.
S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. The election-year
initiative addresses a top priority... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4324 | 24 http://www.examiner.com/article/poll-of-polls-obama-vs-romney-s
Sahit Muja: With just 16 days left before the presidential election, Mitt
Romney has sustained the momentum he gained from the debate. A series of
polls conducted over two weeks of likely voters showed that Mitt Romney
gained ground on President Obama nationally and in all swing state polls.
The latest Gallup national poll shows Mitt Romney with the largest lead over
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发帖数: 2980 | 26 请看这一段，
Jewish voters are not a large percentage of the electorate, but their
numbers are important in places like Florida and Ohio. Democrats will be
shocked at the Jewish vote totals on election day. If I know 100 Jews...the
vote breakdown was around 80% for Obama in 2008. Not this time. Obama has
thrown Israel under the bus and treated Netanyahu with disrespect. This time
around it's about 50% to 55% with my 100 Jewish friends. That's enough of a
change to tip a few key states like Florida and... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1875 | 27 Romney admits that he already lost the election!
He called Obama to congratulate Obama for winning 2012 election! |
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发帖数: 29846 | 29 The following reports were received via the Breitbart News ELECTION TIP LINE
(n*****[email protected]) between 8:20 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST, Election Day,
November 6. We have been overwhelmed by your response — there are literally
hundreds more reports — we are trying to post as many as possible. The
overall feeling is that Republicans are turning out in force — and voters
feel like they are part of something big, something historic and wonderful:
1. I've been voting in the same district in Scottsd... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 by Jammie
Obama covered up Benghazi and now we know he covered up his IRS scandal. It
also helped that the media enable the Benghazi cover-up. So we have a man
elected to office under false pretenses. Memo to the GOP: Cooperate on
nothing and spend all your time investigating the obviously corrupt
administration.
“Imagine if we — if you can — what would have happened if this fact
came out in September 2012, in the middle of a presidential election? The
terrain would have looked very differen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 Obama Delays 2015 ObamaCare Enrollment Until After 2014 Midterm Elections
by Jammie
Why do we even have a two-party government when this maniac can just rewrite
the laws himself?
The Obama administration plans to push back by a month the second-year
start of enrollment in its health program to give insurers more time to
adjust to growing pains in the U.S. law, a move that may stave off higher
premiums before the 2014 congressional elections.
The enrollment period, previously scheduled to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3300 | 32 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: unceasing (老母鸡和鸡蛋), 信区: Military
标 题: 和党砖家McCain: Hillary Would Be President If Election Were Held Tomorrow
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Feb 23 00:00:16 2014, 美东)
PIERS MORGAN: Two final points, Senator, about the 2016 presidential race.
Michele Bachmann in a new interview said she thinks many Americans aren't
ready for female president. She said directly, "I think there was a cachet
about having an African-American president because of guilt. People don't
hold that guilt f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 A top IRS official considered going public with the agency’s targeting of
conservative groups at a hearing just months before the 2012 presidential
election but ultimately decided against revealing the bombshell news,
according to a new report from a GOP-led House committee.
Then-Deputy Commissioner Steven Miller wrote in an email in June 2012, about
a month before a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing, that he was
weighing whether to testify to “put a stake” in the “c4” issue --
apparentl... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 34 第一回注意到这事儿，还是纽约初选之前希拉里跟桑德斯辩论时，桑德斯说啥，她高八
度跟着说啥。
这两天，老Trump在twitter上贴了一个奥巴马08年攻击希拉里的竞选广告，”Hillary
Clinton will say anything to get elected“，才明白这老太为啥在辩论时总高八度
重复桑德斯的观点。
这回奥兰多枪击案，希拉里马上抛开罩着她的奥巴巴，开始讲”radicalized Islamic
terrorism“，跟奥巴的腔调完全不一样啊。
作为一个资深”say anything to get elected“的大吹，八年前就把希太概括如此准
确，真是师傅给徒弟戴帽子，一戴一个准。 |
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发帖数: 2215 | 35 https://www.yahoo.com/news/watchdog-group-accuses-clinton-campaign-of-
election-law-violations-214054242.html
A nonpartisan watchdog group Thursday called for a federal investigation of
Hillary Clinton’s campaign committee, accusing it of illegally accepting
millions of dollars worth of “opposition research” and other assistance
from Correct the Record, an outside super-PAC, in violation of U.S. election
laws. |
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发帖数: 149 | 36 看得懂英文的话，麻烦下次引用全一点。
The Campaign Legal Center also filed complaints with the Federal Election
Commission to initiate probes of Donald Trump’s campaign, and two super-
PACs backing it, for similar violations of laws barring “coordination”
between political campaigns and outside groups.
而且这是报案，没有verdict,没有conviction.
of
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发帖数: 455 | 37 牛金贵说总统要discipline ，有个big trump 一个little trump，big trump的时候就
是个historical figure。还说起rigged election，牛金贵说了历史上就是有election
being stolen～～犀利的很～～ |
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发帖数: 499 | 38 2000年，2004年小布什得票的全国总人数低于DEM，但选举人票超过，获得总统，成为
美国历史上唯一总得票率低于50%的总统。
尤其2004年，FL的关键票直接作假，就多出1000多票，当时结巴当州长。但DEM戈尔最
后还是放弃了。
2012年GOP直接搞定众议院。你让软泡怎么说？rigged election，GOP还能控制众议院？
当然，实际上这些都是假象，election确实rigged了，GOP和DEM背后的金主一直在细腻
的操作，DEM得到总统大位，就让GOP得到众议院。GOP得到总统大位，DEM就控制众议院
。让两党表面制衡，来欺骗选民。让美国傻逼选民一直以为自己生活在幸福的民主中，
实际上就是背后金主控制一切。
今年川普横空出世，直接破坏了这些平衡共治，所以遭到GOP和DEM的疯狂追杀。
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发帖数: 27064 | 39 Obama aka @POTUS aka @WhiteHouse
2008: "Dems have rigged elections before"
2016: "Nobody thinks you can rig elections in America" |
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发帖数: 24733 | 41 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: dramawatcher (狗蛋大), 信区: Military 标 题: Re: 请反对/不了解80
-20的人看看今天他们发的email (转载) 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 21 14:
22 :42 2016, 美东)
发信人: Quaker (Oatmeal), 信区: SanFrancisco 标 题: Re: 请反对/不了解80-
20的人看看今天他们发的email (转载) 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Aug 20 22:06
发信人: abracadabra (abracadabra), 信区: USANews 标 题: Re: 请反对/不了
解80-20的人看看今天他们发的email (转载) 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Aug 20
20:44:43 2015, 美东)
哈哈，我再来挖坟。
2012 年选举前撒的传单：
http://www.mitbbs.com/article/USANews/31370247_3.html
发信人: zing20 (五湖四海)... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 341 | 42 That's not true. After the second video, 70% of Republicans think the
election is rigged, which means more and more people will watch the election
, and it will be harder for Hillary to cheat. |
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发帖数: 625 | 43 Info from inside the FEC: the Democrats may rig the elections https://
guccifer2.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/info-from-inside-the-fec-the-democrats-
may-rig-the-elections/ via @wordpressdotcom |
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发帖数: 2918 | 46 President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad
review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that
rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia's
meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday.
U.S. intelligence officials have accused Russia of hacking into Democratic
officials' email accounts in an attempt to interfere with the presidential
campaign. The Washington Post reported Friday that the CIA has conclud... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5818 | 48 A very interesting article, here is link
Some quote:
"Democratic governor winning a pretty solid blue state is not the most
shocking. The massive changes in the House of Delegates are another thing"
"Vogel and Adams were known as strong Trump supporters, whereas Gillespie
was known as an establishment Republican who tried to embrace Trumpism
without talking about Trump. Vogel and Adams performed state-wide roughly
the same as Trump did, whereas Gillespie just got crushed. Gillespie only
lost his... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24733 | 49 冥猪党加油啊，跑步冲向极左纳粹党。哈哈哈哈
California Democratic Party doesn't endorse Feinstein re-election bid
The California Democratic Party will not endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s re
-election bid this year, with delegates at the party’s annual convention
giving the majority of votes to her top primary challenger, progressive
State Sen. Kevin de Leon.
De Leon got 54 percent of the vote, compared to 37 percent for the more
moderate Feinstein, according to results released Sunday. But neither
Democrat will recei... 阅读全帖 |
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