American elections

Carnegie’s interactive feature: “How do Americans View the World?”– Romney’s moment of loss— Occupy Wall Street Is Back—- The September 11 Digital Archive- An Americana roundup

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One Year of Occupy. One Year of Journalist Arrests. from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Josh Stearns has been tracking “press suppression and journalist arrests,” which became a regular occurrence since the start of Occupy Wall Street on September 17, 2011. “As press, protesters and police converge in New York City for the one year … Read more

Americana roundup: Obama Speech Tops Facebook Mentions… September 11 as experienced on the International Space Station..

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Obama, Romney Take Over the Web With Advertisements from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick   Obama Speech Tops Facebook Mentions from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick   September 11, 2001 as experienced on the International Space Station from Boing Boing by David Pescovitz On September 11, 2001, US astronaut Frank L. Culbertson watched the aftermath of the … Read more

Meanwhile in Europe… A Eurosphere roundup: Hollande’s love life, France’s Roma policy, News from Eurozone crisis…

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France: New Pro-Roma Employment Policy Strikes a Nerve from Global Voices Online by Chellsy Alis Manning [All links forward to French articles unless otherwise stated] The recurring tensions surrounding ?nomadic? Eastern European migrants have yet again made the news this summer in France. On August 22, 2012, a new policy was enacted by the French … Read more

New heights at Copyright trolling: “YouTube Flags Democrats’ Convention Video on Copyright Grounds- American elections roundup

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Congress releases report on the effects of patent trolls, could this mean litigation? from The Next Web by Emil Protalinski YouTube Flags Democrats’ Convention Video on Copyright Grounds from Wired Top Stories by Ryan Singel A seemingly rogue copyright complaint brought down the Obama campaign’s live feed of its own convention Tuesday night, just minutes … Read more

Eastwood moves in, Obama responds. Roundup in American Elections

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Obama responds to Eastwood’s empty chair stunt from Hurriyet Daily News Hollywood tough guy Clint Eastwood made a bizarre cameo Thursday at the Republican convention, veering into a surreal conversation. Eastwooding! Clint?s ?Invisible Obama? Routine Inspires Meme from Mashable! by Annie Colbert Obama Tweets Response to Eastwooding Meme: ?This Seat?s Taken? from Mashable! by Samantha … Read more

An Americana roundup. Online tools for American elections. Obama rulez on the Reddit session…

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Reddit Rising: Community Site Just Had Its Coming-Out Party from Mashable! by Christina Warren   How Obama Won the Internet ? in an Hour from Mashable! by Chris Taylor   This Is What Barack Obama Looks Like Doing a Reddit AMA from Mashable! by Annie Colbert   Romney confirmed as rival for White House against … Read more

looks like Romney cheats at Twitter, US Government?s list of digitally monitored words and an Americana roundup

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Mitt Romney gains 120.000 new Twitter followers in 2 days. All robots? from social media vb by Lien Brusselmans Mitt Romney gains 120.000 new Twitter followers in 2 days time, while normally he has about 3.000 new followers per day. Here’s some statistical, as well as visual evidence these new followers are very likely to … Read more

“7 other treaties the U.S. hasn’t ratified”…Theda Skocpol explains why the upcoming presidential election is one of the most important in US history and an Americana roundup

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Why the upcoming presidential election is one of the most important in US history: an interview with Theda Skocpol, Theda Skocpol from open Democracy News Analysis – by Theda Skocpol This interview conducted at the Kennedy School in Boston was first published in Juncture, the new international journal of the Institute for Public Policy Research. … Read more

Americans who are “off the grid”, Incarceration in US and more…an Americana roundup

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Off the Grid There are growing number of people who have decided to live light on the earth to not be a part of problem anymore I spent the last few years with four of them striving for harmony with nature in the most pristine corners of United States. ************ United States: Occupy Wall Street … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: France Adopts a New Biometric ID Card; Greece debt relief; and more…

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“A Time Bomb For Civil Liberties”: France Adopts a New Biometric ID Card from EFF.org Updates by maira This post has been authored by Angela Daly, international legal fellow On Tuesday March 6, the French National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) passed a law proposing the creation of a new biometric ID card for French citizens with … Read more

“Evolving Narrative of Barack Obama” and more from US…

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Evolving Narrative of Barack Obama from The Global Language Monitor by admin Three Distinct Narratives during Presidency President Obama?s State of the Union Address earlier this week provided the Global Language Monitor the opportunity to analyze the changing Obama Narrative since he rose to the national prominence some five years ago. GLM found three distinct … Read more

Americana roundup: google site for 2012 Presidential Election and more…

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Google Launches New Site With Resources for the 2012 Presidential Election from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler Facebook, NBC Joining Forces to Host Social Presidential Debate by Alex Fitzpatrick Keeping up with the 2012 U.S. election with Google.com/Elections from The Official Google Blog by A Googler From the nineteenth century?s pamphlets to the twentieth century?s TV … Read more

EFF focuses on FBI’s next generation identification… and Americana roundup

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The FBI’s Next Generation Identification: Bigger and Faster but Much Worse for Privacy from EFF.org Updates by jlynch This week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and several other organizations released documents from a FOIA lawsuit that expose the concerted efforts of the FBI and DHS to build a massive database of personal and biometric … Read more

So, Obama starts his campaign with social media….

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  Obama 2012 takes off as rivals ‘hit treacle’ from Mark Mardell | The Reporters by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The 2012 presidential race is on. Kinda. At the moment, it feels more like a wade through treacle – so slow is the pace of President Barack Obama’s opponents. Mr Obama can be unambiguous that … Read more

oh by the way, it was the “One year anniversary of Obama?s broken promise to shut Guantanamo Bay”

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One year anniversary of Obama?s broken promise to shut Guantanamo Bay, Aisha Maniar from open Democracy News Analysis – by Aisha Maniar If the president of the United States had kept his word, Guantánamo Bay would have closed down by this day last year. Signing a decree to this effect was one of the first … Read more