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Entries tagged with elections
Interesting Links for 24-05-2016
May
.
24th
,
2016
01:00 pm
Fascism crushed by 0.6 percent
"This comprehensive defeat proves that fascism can never win, at least once postal votes are taken into account."
(tags:
amusing
parody
worrying
politics
the-far-right
fascism
Europe
Austria
voting
democracy
elections
)
Interesting Links for 12-08-2015
Aug
.
12th
,
2015
01:00 pm
Labour bans 1,200 people from leadership contest vote
(tags:
politics
Westminster
Labour-party
voting
news
elections
)
Interesting Links for 09-05-2015
May
.
9th
,
2015
01:00 pm
The country is screwed, the electorate is evil ... but here are nine reasons to be cheerful
'We live on a coldly rotating speck in an ocean of total nothingness, and nothing we do can ever truly matter. All is blackness and abstract cruelty. There is no point to us, and soon we will be gone. The universe will spin on, oblivious.'
(tags:
amusing
elections
Guardian
silly
)
Interesting Links for 10-12-2014
Dec
.
10th
,
2014
12:00 pm
Emily Brothers, the first openly transgender person to run for Westminster from a major party
(tags:
politics
trans-issues
equality
Westminster
elections
)
A brief history of trans parliamentarians « Complicity
Corrects the previous post with a list of other trans candidates
(tags:
Interesting
politics
trans-issues
relates-to-another-of-today's-links
Westminster
equality
history
)
Interesting Links for 13-05-2014
May
.
13th
,
2014
01:00 pm
Lies, damn lies and European election leaflets: five tricks to watch out for
(tags:
Interesting
lies-damn-lies-and-statistics
lies
image
design
elections
democracy
Westminster
UK
Guardian
)
Interesting Links for 27-03-2013
Mar
.
27th
,
2013
04:00 pm
Do four out of five people really believe in prayer? | Science | guardian.co.uk
No. 4/5 people are able to think up an answer to "What would you pray for?"
(tags:
prayer
posttofacebook
belief
via andrew ducker
lies damn lies and statistics
statistics
polling
religion
fail
Christianity
interesting
Church of England
culture
)
David Miliband to quit as MP, taking up dream charity job in New York triggering South Shields by-election - Mirror Online
'intends to step down with immediate effect, triggering a by-election in May'
(tags:
politics
jobs
employment
posttofacebook
news
westminster
interesting
Labour party
charity
unconfirmed report
)
BBC News - Brick up spare rooms, urges Labour MP Frank Field
'said landlords should "brick up" doors and "knock down the walls" in defiance.'
(tags:
tax
protest
money
bedroom tax
government
interesting
)
Video: water appears frozen in sine wave - Boing Boing
(tags:
SCIENCE!!!
posttofacebook
awesome
clever
BoingBoing
video
science
)
Police Issue ‘Scratch and Sniff’ Cards to Help Weed Out Marijuana Growers | TIME.com
(tags:
police
drugs
crime
UK
weird
wtf
)
PGN-The Philadelphia Gay News. Phila gay news. philly news - Archive looking for Philly gay couple from 1950s ceremony
'they likely eagerly awaited the return of their photos of the big day — which they may soon finally receive, nearly 60 years later.'
(tags:
photos
history
posttofacebook
bigotry
marriage
culture
photography
lgbt
awwww
)
21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous
'pay much, much more than other countries do for the exact same things'
(tags:
posttofacebook
fail
america
money
wtf
healthcare
)
Ed Miliband to join Scooby Doo Gang
'admitted last night that his brother David becoming the head of International Rescue is more impressive than him becoming prime minister. But he now believes he can leapfrog his brother by joining an organisation that has a much better 'hit-rate' in apprehending evil-doers'
(tags:
politics
silly
posttofacebook
parody
amusing
westminster
The Daily Mash
cartoons
)
South Shields: Why bother with a by-election?
It's been Labour since 1935, and in that time, only one MP there has had a local connection, he was the only one from there to not become a cabinet minster.
(tags:
posttofacebook
safe seats
elections
UK
westminster
electoral reform
interesting
democracy
)
Interesting Links for 16-03-2013
Mar
.
16th
,
2013
04:00 pm
U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty and shatter tribal structures - U.N | Reuters
(tags:
america
death
drones
military
news
pakistan
technology
unitednations
war
waronterror
)
All-women shortlists save Labour from near-total male domination
'Party will use female-only lists in choosing 52 parliamentary candidates – after men win 17 out of 18 open contests'
(tags:
democracy
elections
labour
politics
sexism
uk
westminster
)
Interesting Links for 22-02-2013
Feb
.
22nd
,
2013
04:00 pm
George Galloway refuses to debate with Israeli student at Oxford | Politics | guardian.co.uk
Stay classy George. To refuse to recognise Israel is one thing but to refuse to debate with someone because of their nationality is quite another.
(tags:
politics
posttofacebook
fail
bigotry
George Galloway
Israel
Respect party
racism
wtf
)
8 New and Necessary Punctuation Marks - CollegeHumor Article
(tags:
communication
amusing
typography
punctuation
)
Warren Ellis » Download Wristbands, or: How To Give Books Away At Parties
'There’s something to be said for learning from the awful, twisting spasms of the music industry.'
(tags:
music
books
living in the future
technology
advertising
clever
interesting
ebooks
internet
business
)
BBC News - In pictures: Renegades - the heavy metal sub-culture of Botswana
'a case study of an underground minority rebelling against the status quo, redrawing the borders of both heavy metal and orthodox culture in Botswana.'
(tags:
photos
music
posttofacebook
heavy metal
awesome
alternative
Africa
alternative culture
photography
culture
)
CSM8 Elections – EVE Online |Dev Blog
The EVE player council is switching to using STV for its elections
(tags:
geeky
art imitates life
computers
EVE online
reform
gaming
awesome
amusing
elections
electoral reform
voting
)
Interesting Links for 12-10-2012
Oct
.
12th
,
2012
05:00 pm
BBC News - World of Warcraft hobby sparks US political row
'Ms Lachowicz's liking for back-stabbing and poison in WoW raise questions about her "fitness for office", [Maine Republicans] claim.'
(tags:
posttofacebook
World of Warcraft
geeky
computer games
culture
elections
democracy
Democrats
Republicans
America
politics
dude...
wtf
what the everliving fuck
)
'Softball-Sized Eyeball' Washes Up In Florida; Can You I.D. It? : The Two-Way : NPR
(tags:
posttofacebook
amusing
Cthulhu
sea
biology
bio
)
BBC News - New York's High Line: Why cities want parks in the sky
'Once an elevated freight railway track, New York's High Line is now an oasis for pedestrians.'
(tags:
wildlife
environment
culture
cities
interesting
)
BBC News - Looking back to the future of video games
'many developers have been looking backwards of late and spending their time resurrecting games that are five, 10 and 20 years old.'
(tags:
history
nostalgia
technology
computers
computer games
geeky
gaming
posttofacebook
interesting
)
Terrifying French children's books - in pictures | Books | guardian.co.uk
They look awesome!
(tags:
culture
fiction
children
fear
amusing
)
Terrifying French children's books (with images) · jennycolgan · Storify
'But where is papa?' - more similar stuff
(tags:
children
fiction
culture
amusing
France
fear
wtf
)
Interesting Links for 19-05-2012
May
.
19th
,
2012
05:00 pm
Does House of Lords reform affect Conservative election hopes? | Unlock Democracy
Conservatives: "Waaah! We lost votes! Lords reform is awful!" And then you look at the polling numbers, and see their polling numbers were dropping for over a month and a half before that, due to the Murdoch/Brooks links, the Budget, the Health and Social Care Bill, the Jeremy Hunt stuff…
(tags:
Lords
Lords Reform
image
Conservatives
Westminster
democracy
elections
interesting
)
Monmouth to be world's first ‘Wikipedia town’ - Telegraph
'‘Monmouthpedia’ project includes 500 new articles in 25 languages, as Wikipedia seeks to offer comprehensive coverage of an entire town.'
(tags:
living in the future
awesome
information
culture
wikipedia
interesting
)
Interesting Links for 05-03-2012
Mar
.
5th
,
2012
04:00 pm
BBC News - Russia election 'clearly skewed' for Putin - OSCE
(tags:
elections
Russia
Putin
corruption
politics
interesting
)
Interesting Links for 06-12-2011
Dec
.
6th
,
2011
04:00 pm
The Muppets Are Communist, Fox Business Network Says - The Huffington Post
'Last week, on the network's "Follow the Money" program, host Eric Bolling went McCarthy on the new, Disney-released film, "The Muppets," insisting that its storyline featuring an evil oil baron made it the latest example of Hollywood's so-called liberal agenda.'
(tags:
wtf
Fox News
fail
muppets
interesting
news
journalism
via Andrew Ducker
culture
)
AFP: Russian bloggers fume over pre-election cyber attacks
'"It's very easy to figure out that Russia is having elections tomorrow: Livejournal is down," wrote Nadia Ivanova.'
(tags:
interesting
culture
Russia
hacking
crime
politics
elections
)
News Desk: Russian Elections: Faking It : The New Yorker
Interesting account from a journalist at a Russian polling station count.
(tags:
interesting
politics
Russia
comment
)
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