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Live Blogging the Primaries/ Caucuses : John McCain

21:52 H — Maegan la Mala

John McCain is making his victory speech in Dallas after winning Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island, and Vermont and winning the GOP nomination. He's using the good 'ole standards of national security, Iraq, Saddam Hussain (wait isn't he dead already), weapons... Read more »

Topics: Politics - US Presidential Race 2008

Live Blogging the Primaries/ Caucuses: Mike Huckabee Takes his Bow- Hillary Clinton Takes Rhode Island

21:11 H — Maegan la Mala

Mike Huckabee is speaking to his supporters using a baseball metaphor (middle America loves baseball right?). This is how Huckabee's going down with a baseball story? Nothing deep or political? Huckabee said he just called McCain , congratulated him, and... Read more »

Topics: Politics - US Presidential Race 2008

Live Blogging the Primaries/ Caucuses

21:04 H — Maegan la Mala

The CNN en Espanol female reporter is bugging, asking if John McCain would choose a "minority" - be it person of color or woman as a running mate. Not a bad strategy idea but I doubt that the mainstream Republicans... Read more »

Topics: Ohio - Politics - Texas - US Presidential Race 2008 - Vermont

Live Blogging the Primaries/Caucuses

20:53 H — Maegan la Mala

So I decided while my partner watches soccer I can watch pundits talk crap on tv and throw in my 2 cents. As we have it at the moment, the Texas polls close in few minutes with Obama winning and... Read more »

Topics: Ohio - Texas

Are Colombia, Ecuador & Venezuela Ready to Get Their War On?

12:42 H — Maegan la Mala

The media is all over the story that Ecuador and Venezuela are ready to declare war on Colombia. Ecuador and Venezuela have cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and sent troops to their respective borders with the nation run by Alvaro... Read more »

Topics: Colombia - Ecuador - Politics - US Presidential Race 2008 - Venezuela

His Panic : Geraldo Rivera Won't Shake Lou Dobbs' Hand

11:59 H — Maegan la Mala

While promoting his new book on ABC's The View, Geraldo Rivera said he wouldn't shake hands with Lou Dobbs and other media hate mongers. He has no problem with the term illegal immigrant though. I just love how Barbara... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Immigration - Politics - TV

Patricia Troncoso "Mapuche" Activist Reinstates her Hunger Strike in Chile

10:19 H — Maegan la Mala

Patricia Troncoso aka La Chepa, a Chilean activist working in solidarity with the indigenous Mapuche community in Chile, has reinstated the hunger strike that landed her in a Temuco hospital after stating that the Chilean government hasn't kept their end... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Chile - Mexico

Stuff White People Like : The Idea of Soccer (futbol)

09:15 H — Maegan la Mala

The blog, Stuff White People Like, is controversial because of its' broad definition of whiteness (which I've gotten spanked for as well and will not get into here again although I'm sure a commenter will spur me to), but sometimes... Read more »

Topics: Internet - Race - Sports