Last night former Independence Party Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura made an appearance on Bill Maher’s show Real Time, which airs on HBO. They talked about many topics, including Ventura’s refusal to support the two party system, electing independents, and “alternative voting,” which is more commonly known as instant runoff voting or ranked choice voting (they described it somewhat inaccurately, so go here for more info).…
Posts published in April 2010
Libertarian Party Chair Candidate Hancock Predicts Economic Collapse, Violent Revolution
By wredlich on April 17, 2010 12:33 PM
Libertarian National Committee Chair candidate Ernest Hancock responded to 10 questions posted on IPR for him by saying they will be answered by videos on a DVD he will be mailing to LP national convention delegates. …
Press Release: PA Statewide Earth Day Protest
By Ross Levin on April 17, 2010 11:06 AM
On Thursday, April 22, the groups below will be gathering outside the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s regional offices – as one – to call for:
• an immediate moratorium on all horizontal hydrofracturing in the Commonwealth, including in our state forests and on floodplains,
• an immediate freeze on all new Marcellus Shale drilling permits throughout Pennsylvania,
• the immediate suspension of the Delaware and Susquehanna River Basin Commissions’ authority to approve drilling-related water withdrawals anywhere in their respective watersheds, and, if necessary,
• the immediate resignation of DEP Secretary John Hanger.…
Nevada US Senate poll includes eight ballot-listed candidates
By Ross Levin on April 17, 2010 9:21 AM
From Ballot Access News:
On April 16, the Las Vegas, Nevada Review-Journal published the results of a poll that the newspaper itself commissioned. The poll listed all eight candidates who will be on the ballot, which is rare for polls.…
Chris Hedges: ‘How the corporations broke Ralph Nader and America, too’
By Ross Levin on April 17, 2010 9:14 AM
Read the full piece here. Hedges is a journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his war reporting at the New York Times.
Ralph Nader’s descent from being one of the most respected and powerful men in the country to being a pariah illustrates the totality of the corporate coup.
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Alaskan Independence Party to hold convention on April 23rd
By on April 16, 2010 7:50 PM
http://www.akip.org/convention2010.html:
To all Alaskans, AIP Members, IOU’s, State Committee Officers and voting Delegates of the AIP, we are at this time updating our notice of the bi-annual 2010 Statewide Convention of the AIP State Committee.…
Democratic Socialist Director: Sarah Palin More of a Socialist than Obama
By on April 16, 2010 6:14 PM
via http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/
by N.J. Beachum
benzinga.com
In a statement that surprises absolutely no one who has any kind of grasp at all of what socialism actually means, the director of the Democratic Socialists of America stated that Obama, contrary to popular belief, is not a socialist – and that Sarah Palin is far more representative of his organization’s beliefs.…
Fire Dog Lake ponders endorsing Dennis Spisak (OH Governor, Green)
By IPR Contributor on April 16, 2010 4:43 PM
Emailed to [email protected] by Vaughn Stull:
Fire Dog Lake ponders endorsing Dennis Spisak (OH Governor, Green)
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/40556
FDL, Please Support Dennis Spisak for Ohio Governor
By: El Duderino
I am asking FDL to formally endorse Green Party candidate Dennis Spisak for governor of Ohio.…
Libertarian Party blog and Monday Message: Convention, Tea Parties, and Boortz
By on April 16, 2010 4:37 PM
Via http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-monday-message-convention-tea-parties-and-boortz and email. IPR Note from Paulie: although this reposting is late as far the April 15 tea parties go, the rest is still relevant, and IMO it is relevant as far as providing a comment-accepting forum regarding what goes out over LP.org…