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20 Sep 2010 09:21

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World: Swedish anti-Muslim party does well in elections

  • 5.7% of the vote for far-right anti-Muslim group source
  • » In the U.S., that percentage means you lose. But Sweden uses a parliamentary system. In Sweden, that means that they just won 20 seats in parliament, enough to affect the country’s balance of power. A harbinger of bad things?
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26 Mar 2010 14:14

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World: The early Iraqi election results were just announced. Twitter reacts



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25 Mar 2010 08:38

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U.S.: GOP Senators succeed in forcing another (#&(@&( health care vote

  • A couple of minor parliamentarian rules were broken. Senate Republicans are going out of their way this week to kinda be total )&#&# about the health care reconciliation bill, with stalling tactics, crazy amendments and such. Late last night, they succeeded at turning the reconciliation process into a pain in the butt, finding minor parliamentary problems with the bill (regarding Pell grants) that force a new House vote. Great. source
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15 Mar 2010 10:47

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World: French people decide Nicolas Sarkozy’s political party sucks

  • 25% of French people voted for Sarkozy’s center-right UMP party
  • 29% voted for France’s Socialist party, the biggest share of votes
  • 47% of votes went to three leftist parties, including Socialists source
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