Independent Political Report

Michigan Green Party 2008 candidate Edward Pinkney reportedly released from prison

By paulie on December 26, 2008 3:39 PM

Posted at Detroit Greens. See previous posts for context.

Rev Pinkney home in time for Christmas
Fri, 12/26/2008 – 10:56 â€” Lou
Reports are circulating that Rev Pinkney was released from prison and was home in time for the holiday.

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Brian Miller: ‘Libertarian National Committee Deathwatch Part 1’

By paulie on December 26, 2008 3:25 PM

Posted at Delaware Libertarian by Brian Miller. Excerpt:

As the LNC continues to lurch towards collapse, with the latest news of mass layoffs at HQ, I’ve decided to begin tracking those things leading the national party to irrelevance, even as state and local parties gain power.

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Philadelphia Inquirer: ‘Rethinking Nader’s appeal’

By paulie on December 26, 2008 1:17 PM

Posted in The Philadelphia Inquirer – Lightning Round:

A Pennsylvania appeals court may have gotten the law exactly right in rebuffing former presidential candidate Ralph Nader’s legal challenge over an $81,000 bill for court costs.

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Green Party of Michigan opposes auto bailout

By paulie on December 26, 2008 12:22 PM

Mailed to [email protected] by Lou Novak

Not one job saved, not one community protected

Statement of Fred Vitale, Chairperson, Green Party of Michigan

The Green Party of Michigan strenuously opposes the $17.4 billion bailout for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.…

Mark Rutherford: Merry Christmas – and thanks to our elected Libertarians

By paulie on December 25, 2008 4:42 PM

Posted at Mark W. Rutherford’s Electing Libertarians

Merry Christmas and thanks for all who helped make 2008 a very, very good year for the Libertarian Party of Indiana and the Libertarian Party.

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UK: Social Liberalist Party

By paulie on December 25, 2008 4:31 PM

http://voteliberalist.org/

The Social Liberalist Party is a liberal party. It’s about freedom and social progress. We were set up because we want the fundamental reforms needed to make Britain a better country to live in.

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Season’s greetings from the Boston Tea Party

By paulie on December 25, 2008 3:56 PM

http://bostontea.us/node/153

23 December 2008 Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, and Felicitous Eid. Or we could just say happy holidays, meaning no disrespect to any particular holiday celebration.

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Update on the Libertarian Party Radical Caucus

By paulie on December 25, 2008 3:48 PM

The current incarnation of the LP radical caucus was created in 2006 by Susan Hogarth and other party members unhappy with the outcome of the 2006 party platform vote.…

UK Green Party Parliamentary candidate Peter Tatchell: ‘allowing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s alternative Christmas message is aiding and abetting a homophobic tyrant’

By paulie on December 25, 2008 3:24 PM

From pinknews.co.uk:

Channel 4’s decision to allow Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to deliver the Alternative Christmas message is aiding and abetting a homophobic tyrant says gay rights campaigner and Green Party Parliamentary Candidate Peter Tatchell.

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