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Green Equals Green

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:21:33 PM

Al Gore could become world's first carbon billionaire

Al Gore, the former US vice president, could become the world's first carbon billionaire after investing heavily in green energy companies.

Last year Mr Gore's venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology.

The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/6491195/Al-Gore-could-become-worlds-first-carbon-billionaire.html
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Israel Constantly Being Threatened

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:19:51 PM
Israel: Gaza rockets can reach metro Tel Aviv

By AMY TEIBEL (AP) – 1 day ago

JERUSALEM — Hamas militants in Gaza have successfully test-fired an Iranian rocket able to reach Israel's largest urban center, the country's military intelligence chief said Tuesday.

Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee that the rocket could fly 37 miles (60 kilometers), and strike metropolitan Tel Aviv, Israeli media reported.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD9BO27I05

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It is Looking Like Saturday is the Day for Government Controlled Health Care in the House

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:17:55 PM

House Sets Saturday Vote on Health Care Overhaul

The House is moving toward a floor vote Saturday on its big health care overhaul, after Democratic leaders worked to nail down votes from some of their members who want stronger anti-abortion language in the bill.

House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise M. Slaughter said Wednesday that the rule for considering the sweeping health care legislation will encompass anti-abortion language put forward by Brad Ellsworth , D-Ind.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003240601
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Latest Numbers from NY-23

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:15:57 PM
I don't know when all the precincts will be counted, but here are the latest numbers from NY-23:

New York - County Vote Results
November 04, 2009 - 06:00PM ET (i) = incumbent
= winner
= runoff
U.S. House - District 23 - Special General
County Precincts Bill Owens
(Dem) 		Dede Scozzafava
(GOP) 		D. Hoffman
(Con)
Total 581/606 65,908
49%		 7,385
6%		 60,442
45%

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_county/NY_US_House_1103.html?SITE=NYSAR&SECTION=POLITICS
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Important Win for Conservatives for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:14:08 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: The more restrained candidate wins

Joan Orie Melvin, a Republican, defeated Jack Panella, a Democrat, to win a 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday. Her margin of victory was 53-47 percent. (Secretary of State's election results page.)

When Melvin takes office in January, the court's philosophical balance will be 4-to-3 for the -- pick the term -- more judicially restrained, conservative, "rule of law," less activist, Republican. The Republican advantage could figure in the decennial legislative redistricting.

http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2009/11/pennsylvania-su-3.php

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Some Interesting Stimulus Numbers

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:56:28 PM
STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO – 14 hours ago

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there.

The Georgia nonprofit's inflated job count is among persisting errors in the government's latest effort to measure the effect of the $787 billion stimulus plan despite White House promises last week that the new data would undergo an "extensive review" to root out errors discovered in an earlier report.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMNoef6xDenBbHWO0Im6rIjDmAgAD9BOJH300

 


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This Story Made Me Laugh Because Kirk Wants Palin to Endorse Him After He Voted for the Biggest Tax Increase in American History

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:55:27 PM

IL-Sen: Kirk Seeks Palin Endorsement

Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk penned a memo to Republican poobah Fred Malek hoping to secure an endorsement from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his Senate candidacy, according to a copy of the memo obtained by the Fix.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/il-sen-kirk-seeks-palin-endors.html

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Some Dems Worried About Their Seats

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:55:25 PM

Democrats feeling angst over 2010

By Alexander Bolton - 11/04/09 06:00 AM ET

Vulnerable House and Senate Democrats want their leaders to skip the party’s controversial legislative agenda for next year to help save their seats in Congress.

In the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections, they don’t want to be forced to vote on climate change, immigration reform and gays in the military, which they say should be set aside so Congress can focus on jobs and the economy.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/66219-democratic-angst-over-10
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Obama Once Again Stands with and Sides with the Brutal Iranian Regime

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:53:10 PM

White House hoping violence in Iran won't spread


Wed Nov 4, 10:39 am ET

WASHINGTON – The White House is calling for an end to violence in Iran as security forces there crack down on anti-government protesters.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday that Obama administration leaders are following reports of the unrest and "hope greatly that violence will not spread."

In Tehran, Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons Wednesday on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition's first major show of force on Tehran's streets in nearly two months.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_iran


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They Should Stay Out of All Primaries

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:52:06 PM

Cornyn: ‘We Will Not Spend Money in a Contested Primary’

November 04, 2009 12:00 PM

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: With Republicans grappling with the fallout of an intra-party battle that may have cost them a House seat, the head of the Senate Republican campaign effort is making a pledge that may ease some of the anger being directed at the party establishment.

"We will not spend money in a contested primary," Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told ABC News in a telephone interview today.

"There's no incentive for us to weigh in," said Cornyn, R-Texas. "We have to look at our resources. . . . We're not going to throw money into a [primary] race leading up to the election."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/11/cornyn-we-will-not-spend-money-in-a-contested-primary.html


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Pelosi is Happy with the Results

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:48:34 PM

Pelosi dismisses Dem losses in Virginia and New Jersey

Most House Democrats tried to put a good face on Tuesday's election results, saying they picked up two more votes for a sweeping health care bill that could be on the floor as early as Friday.

But it can't make it any easier for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she works to corral the last holdouts she needs to pass legislation overhauling the nation’s health care system.

Of course, the speaker, who told POLITICO recently she's "not big on showing weakness," brushed aside questions about how the Democratic gubernatorial losses in Virginia and New Jersey would impact her final tally and instead trumpeted the two special election House wins.

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Iran's War Against the United States Began 30 Years Ago Today

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:26:54 PM

Iran Hostage Crisis: 30 Years Later

SLIDESHOW: Fox News remembers 444-day standoff over 66 Americans taken hostage at U.S. embassy in Tehran
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Final Results from New Jersey

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:01:02 AM
New Jersey - Summary Vote Results
November 04, 2009 - 06:53AM ET (i) = incumbent
= winner
= runoff
Governor - General
6242 of 6305 Precincts Reporting - 99%

Name Party Votes Vote %
Christie, Chris GOP 1,140,134 49%

Corzine, Jon (i) Dem 1,040,404 45%

Daggett, Christopher Ind 132,919 6%

Kaplan, Kenneth Ind 4,600 0%

Steele, Gary Ind 3,456 0%

Cullen, Jason Ind 2,687 0%

Meiswinkle, David Ind 2,477 0%

Petris, Kostas Ind 2,427 0%

Pason, Gregory Ind 1,988 0%

Stein, Gary Ind 1,568 0%

Leinsdorf, Joshua Ind 998 0%

Lindsay, Alvin Ind 726 0%

http://elections.nj.com/dynamic/files/elections/2009/by_state/NJ_Governor_1103.html?SITE=NJNEWELN&SECTION=POLITICS
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Final Results from Virginia

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:00:16 AM
Governor

Last Reported: Nov 4 2009 12:08AM EST
Robert F. "Bob" McDonnell		 1,157,672 58.64% Precincts Reporting:
    2,508 of 2,516 (99.68%)

Voter Turnout:
    1,973,927 of 4,713,061 active voters (41.88%)
    1,973,927 of 4,955,755 total voters (39.83%)		 Votes by County/City

Votes by District

R. Creigh Deeds		 814,032 41.23%

Write In		 2,223 0.11%

https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virginia.gov/election/DATA/2009/37C2EDEB-FACB-44C1-AF70-05FB616DCD62/UnOfficial/2_s.shtml
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Maine Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Law

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:54:35 AM

Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage Law

Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed

PORTLAND, Maine -- Voters in the northeastern state of Maine repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage.

Gay marriage has now lost in every single state -- 31 in all -- in which it has been put to a popular vote. Gay-rights activists had hoped to buck that trend in Maine -- known for its moderate, independent-minded electorate -- and mounted an energetic, well-financed campaign.

With 87 percent of the precincts reporting, gay-marriage foes had 53 percent of the votes.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/03/gay-marriage-vote-close-maine/

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