Archive for December, 2007
Blogging from Iowa - 5 Days Before Caucus
It’s been a learning experience - something to chalk up technical shortcomings as I work as technical lead with a team covering the political caucus in Iowa.
We have one PC Laptop and one Mac. The PC power cord broke and left us with the Mac to depend on.
This was a bit of a challenge as […]
Posted: December 30th, 2007 under Video Blogging, Government, Journalism.
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Attorney Russ Schenewerk - Interview on the Missouri Bar’s failing Public Defender System
How my pro-bono clients do you have?
Russ Schenewerk : I take anywhere from 4 to 6 pro bono referrals from the public defender’s office (in an attempt to lighten their load a lttle) and advise and/or represent anywhere from 20 to 40 indigent and/or disabled clients annually in the Branson area
Are there any other attorneys […]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 under Missouri Judicial.
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View United States Congressional Spending Via Google Earth
WASHINGTON, DC – Members of Congress know where the money is going: now citizens can, too. The Sunlight Foundation today released a Google Earth application that plots the locations for almost 1,500 earmarks in the House Defense Appropriations bill. This graphic illustration of defense earmarks gives anyone with an Internet connection a bird’s eye view […]
Posted: December 18th, 2007 under Mapping.
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Missouri Governor’s Race - Jay Nixon and Matt Blunt - Contribution Refund Policy - (AP Wire)
AP NewsBreak: Blunt, Nixon trying to redirect refund checks
By DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press Writer
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Posted: December 18th, 2007 under Missouri Politics.
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Russia makes 1st nuke shipment to Iran (Associated Press Wire)
Dec 17, 2:59 PM EST
By JIM HEINTZ
Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has made its first shipment of nuclear fuel to an Iranian nuclear power plant at the center of the international tensions over Tehran’s atomic program, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
The United States and Russia said the delivery gave Iran another reason to suspend […]
Posted: December 17th, 2007 under Government.
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Mitt Romney Critiques Huckabee calls him Un-Republican
The primary race is interesting. Hardliners battle for candidacy and then revert to populist rhetoric for the general election. Mitt Romeny and Mike Huckabee are fighting for the sympathies of the religious conservatives but don’t expect the battle to stay out of the gutter. Here’s the latest:
Dec 15 12:29 PM US/Eastern
By JIM KUHNHENN
Associated Press Writer
HUMBOLDT, […]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Government.
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Four Foreign National’s Arrested and Charged With Being Illegal Agents of a Foreign Government
FOUR FOREIGN NATIONALS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BEING ILLEGAL AGENTS OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
Three Venezuelans and an Uruguayan national were arrested […]
Posted: December 14th, 2007 under Government.
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FORMER CONGRESSIONAL CHIEF OF STAFF PLEADS GUILTY TO HONEST SERVICES FRAUD CONSPIRACY
Released by United States Department of Justice
WASHINGTON – Russell James Caso, Jr., 34, of Rockville, Md., a former Chief of Staff to a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Representative A), pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, the Justice Department announced today.
Caso’s guilty plea was taken before U.S. District […]
Posted: December 14th, 2007 under Government.
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Blogging Springfield
Springfield is the big sister city to the north of Branson and ranks the third largest city in Missouri. Over the last 10 years an urban art and nightlife culture has emerged and over the course of a day I realized just how involved I am in it.
I hitched a ride with Mrs. Purvis, the […]
Posted: December 6th, 2007 under Springfield.
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