After the exciting initial contests in Iowa (Santorum), New Hampshire (Romney), South Carolina (Gingrich) and Florida (Romeny) which were at first wide open contests, February Republican Primarys will not be as exciting and the winner is nearly known before hand. While this may lead to some upsets, it is doubtful that any will occur. Today’s Nevada Caucus is a perfect example. With results due from about 1am Irish time. Mitt Romney is expected to win by a 20 point margin, the only...
Though I am not a chritian (still not sure what I am) I am always heartened of reports in the press of Churches that a Pro-LGBT. One of those churches is the Episcopal Church in the United States. Two Bishops in California have released guidelines for clergy to allow gay marriages to take place in their church. The marriage itself will not be carried out by a clergy member but by the civil registrar. The two Bishops, Marc Andrus,...
Okay let me clarify a few things first about my position on Iraq etc. 1. I was opposed to the war in Iraq2. I believe the International Community now have a role in ensuring Iraq does not become a Failed State okay on with the post. I found this on Speigel Online via Toytown How German Intelligence Helped Justify the US Invasion of IraqBy Erich Follath, John Goetz, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark Five years ago, the US government...
hehehe, serious blogging will return tomorrow!
Via gay news blog California drug officials launched an $11-million barrage of billboards, bus wraps, cable TV ads and a website Thursday aimed at discouraging gay men from using methamphetamine, an illegal stimulant linked to risky sexual behavior and the spread of HIV. The Website is an excellent resource and the TV ad is very good. I’ve posted about Cystal Meth, or ‘TINA’ or whatever you want to call it, before and again these are worth a look. Of...
Well its coming down to a wisker in New Mexico. At the moment tallies from the reporting precincts have Clinton on 49% of the vote and Obama and 48%. Its been neck and neck there since yesterday and neither candidate can pull ahead. New Mexico has 26 delegates for convention and think it will play out like this across the US. Clinton and Obama will trade wins and states whos delegates dont cont cause they broke party rules (Michigan...
A big gap between the last post and this one and only 2 extra states have 100% of precints reporting. I reliase that Eastern Time US is six hours behind me! Here we go ConnecticutDems: Obama wins here with 51% of the vote giving him 26 delegates. Clinton gains 22delegetes on 47% of the vote. Reps: McCain easily wins this primary on 52% of the vote. Romney is in second on 33% while Huckabee is a distant third with...
Heres a rundown of full results as at 10am CET DelewareDems: Obama wins here with 53% of the vote leaving Clinton behind on 43%. In the important delegate race, Obama gets 9 to Clintons Reps: McCain wins here with 45% of the vote giving him 18 delegates. Romney comes second with a 33% of the vote and Huckabee comes third with 15%. The important threshold for delegates in 15%. IdahoDems: Obama streaks ahead here and wins with 79% of...
These are the results I have at hand from CNN at 9am CET. With 24 states holding contests its a biggie. Especially with delegate rich states as California and New York being the big ones. All percentage figures are of Precints Reporting results unless otherwise stated. AlabamaDem Primary: Obama (99% precincts reporting)Rep Primary: Huckabee (99% precincts reporting) AlaskaDem Caucus: Obama (98%)Rep Caucus: Romney (90%) ArizonaDem Primary: Clinton (82%)Rep Primary: McCain (81%) ArkansasDem Primary: Clinton (87%)Rep Primary: McCain (87%) CaliforniaDem...
Good Morning,I hope no one is suffering from ill effects of superstitions linked to lunar eclipses!!! (or still suffering from hangovers from the Irish Blog Awards or whatever they got up to at the weekend!!) An Nuachtr ar an maidin seo! Fine Gael are to introduce a bill into the Dáil this week to outlaw the sexual “grooming” of children on the Internet. (Breakingnews) This is well overdue having been on the order paper since 2004! A new poll...
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