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California: LP and PFP at odds over pending initiatives

This June 3rd, Californians voting in the statewide primary will face two initiative constitutional amendments concerning eminent domain – continued fallout from 2005’s US Supreme Court decision on Kelo v.

Convention Chat

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Will someone score me some goodies?

I know this is kind of off-topic, but a hobby of mine is collecting political memorabilia. I’ve got an assortment of signs and bumperstickers from every campaign I’ve ever worked on… plus a good amount of third party stuff and major party presidential primary material.…

Nolan’s Run: Looking Back at 2004

Apparently some filmmakers were following Gary Nolan around in 2004, with the aims of making a documentary about his campaign for President. It’s been shown at atleast one film festival, but I’ve actually never heard about this project.…

C-SPAN announces schedule for LP convention

I just got off the phone with a very nice woman from C-SPAN’s main office in Washington. She informed me that the Libertarian National Convention will be covered on Saturday and Sunday only, and that the times will be as follows:

Saturday – Coverage begins at 9:00 p.m.…

Communist Party renovates headquarters

The Communist Party USA has recently completed an energy efficient renovation of their national headquarters in Chelsea, Manhattan. The Orlando Sentinel reports:

The Reds went “green” for their $1 million overhaul, including various environmentally conscious features in the design.

More on Ventura and Barkley

There has been wild speculation, especially in the last couple of days, that either Dean Barkley or Jesse Ventura will run for Senate in Minnesota against Norm Coleman-(R) and Al Franken-(D).…