Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!

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Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!
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Like wot we do for such a shorthanded and unpaid group of newshounds? Independent of corporate influence and driven by news content and context?
Please consider going here: http://shortyawards.com/about/
and filling out “@shortyawards I nominate @globalpunditorg for a Shorty Award in #news because…”
we’d feel somewhat vindicated for the hard work we’ve done [...]

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Kwik News: Upcoming, Donate!, and Election Night…

admin @ October 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet

stay tuned while we bring you a look at a first had account of Women in Afghanistan, a legal med-pot user who was jailed in Toronto’s Don Jail and forced to take narcotics by the medical staff against his will, a direct look at returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, a visit from some Korean war, Vietnam War, WWII, and Gulf War 1.0 vets for Remembrance Day, and a talk with the daughter of one of America’s finest songwriters - Woody Guthrie.

We also launch our weekly newsmagazine FM Radio show, which will be streamed live and available as a podcast. We’ll have amazing interviews with authors and newsmakers, and special weekly features from Davis Fleetwood…and so much more.

Not to mention the great submissions from writers and other contributors.

So won’t you consider chipping in a coupla bucks?

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Al Franken v Norm Coleman (and Al Gore): Sunday Night Live, Tuesday Night Reckoning

admin @ October 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Norm Coleman, incumbent Republican Senator faced SNL alum, Air America broadcaster, and DFL challenger Al Franken and Independence Party candidate at the end of a week that saw Franken polling ahead of Coleman in a solid 43-34 percent lead. Barkley makes up the rear with 18 percent. The poll of 1,084 likely voters conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International between Sept. 30 and Oct. 2, was released by the Star Minnesota Tribune Poll.

Coleman found himself on the defence for much of Sunday’s debate, the first of five scheduled meetings in one of this election cycle’s most-watched, and most expensive Senate races.

Coleman and Franken traded barbs, with Dean Barkley occasionally joining in to criticise Coleman on his continued support of the war in Iraq. Other issues such as the $700 billion bailout bill, education, and questionable ads run by the Coleman campaign were discussed.

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How Third Parties Will Navigate Around Denied Access

admin @ September 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) requires 15% in at least five national polls to participate in the debates and the current, two-party candidates have acquiesced to the thresholds created by the CPD. Garnering 15% in five national polls is a high bar but not unachievable IF there were actually five national polling firms that fairly included third party and independent candidates.

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JOIN US! POST DEBATE OPEN - VIDEO BLOG DISCUSSION 23:59 EST, SEP 26

admin @ September 25, 2008 # One Comment

You are invited to join GlobalPundit.Org eMagazine for a post - debate discussion HERE starting at 11:59 EST, Sept 26
We invite anyone and everyone to come discuss the evening’s debate and any ensuing issues and topics surrounding it. This will be our inuagural Video BlogCast and we hope you enjoy it.
Tell all your political-nerd friends, wonks, revolutionaries, voyeurs, pundtwits, and other good folk. We plan on implementing a few cameras and having some special guests - as time and technology permits. So whether you spent the night doing a shot of tequila after every time John McCain said “My Friends…”, or chugged beer as you counted “one Mississippi…two Mississippi…” over Barack Obama’s long, pseudo deliberative pauses, all the better.

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