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September 13 Anti-Palin Rally in Anchorage; Biggest in Alaska’s Recent Memory
A couple weeks ago, right after Sarah Palin delivered a speech at Anchorage’s convention center, a group of community organizers led a grassroots effort to convey their disapproval of Palin. The “Alaska Women Reject Palin” rally was held outside the Loussac Library, the subject being that Sarah Palin is a poor representative of Alaskan women and men. A group of friends originally concocted the idea, spreading news of their proposed gathering via flyers and notices in the newspaper. To their great surprise, hundreds of people showed up in support, sporting homemade signs. An organizer walked the crowd with a counter and claimed up to 1400 or 1500 people (and a little less than a hundred counter-protestors) came to protest Palin.
The news was poorly covered in states other than Alaska.
VP Debate Live-Blog
(Electric Elliot's live-blog after the fold. DON'T FORGET TO REFRESH FOR UPDATES.)
...more.Live-Blogging the VP Debate
This Thursday, for the first time in the history of the universe, The Melon's Electric Elliot will be live-blogging the Vice-Presidential debate. Who's winning? Who's losing? Can one really win a lose a debate with this magnitude of pandering? One thing is for sure, with Electric Elliot at the helm (yes, I'm speaking in 3rd person) everyone will be burned.
Join me at 6pm PST and for an hour and a half of pure verbal murder on these Veep hopefuls. Who came up with Veep anyway? Isn't VP abbreviated enough? F*cking media idiots!
Barak Obama Reggae Song by Cocoa Tea
I still can't imagine why this song isn't already an international phenomenon.
US Government working on "Pre-Crime Detector"
In another installment of "Holy shit, are we really doing that?!?", today I bring you news of US Department of Homeland Security's Project Hostile Intent. This is a series of cameras, infrared detectors, and other sensor devices that scan a crowd and look for, supposedly, people who have hostile intent. Really, the scanners are looking to see if people seem overly nervous or frightened. The goal is to find terrorists in a crowd before they actually do anything. Just think what happens when we install these in airports. Everyone who's nervous and running late for their flight is going to have cops come up and question them extensively while they're trying to make it to their flight. Everyone who loses their bag is going to have to deal with an hour of police questioning before they can start the long process of recovering their luggage....more.
Bailout Protesters in Tacoma
Yesterday, on my way to film the Tacoma School Board, I stopped to talk with some individuals in a group of twenty or so demonstrators who were protesting the proposed $700 billion bailout by the Bush administration. Here's what I found out...
Tacoma Bailout Demonstrators from The Melon on Vimeo.
SHEEP in Wolves' Clothing
Taking aim at GOP running mate, Sarah Palin, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund recently released this gruesome video depicting the aerial killing of wolves over the Alaskan wilderness.
...more.OBAMA VS MCCAIN (ENERGY)
The following analysis was prepared by an individual with more than three decades experience working in the U.S. and European energy industries. He has asked to remain anonymous because he currently serves as an executive member of a publicly traded corporation. However, he has authorized me to release information related to his experience working as a consultant to various oil, wind and tidal energy companies - that he has played a significant role in the development of hydrogen and ammonia fuel alternatives - and that he is regularly consulted by various members of the United States Congress regarding the development of alternative energies.
I asked him too compare and contrast Senators Obama and McCain's energy platforms. He responded with the following article.
...more.Colorado Crazies
The top three craziest politicians in Colorado – including my own representative!
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