Comments on: Franken-Coleman Recount, 12/06/08: Phase One 99.99999% Done http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:32:41 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751289 cinnamonape Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:28:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751289 <p>Read the linky about Dinkytown at the bottom of Phoenixwoman’s post! Sounds as if there is someone or a group intent on disenfranchising UMinn students. This is the SECOND Time that the disqualification of student voters occurred because they couldn’t produce ITEMIZED utility payments (dormies tend to pay rent that incorporates their utility bills into their payments). </p> <p>Students were first challenged at a student coop in 2006 in the same precinct. After a Court Order these students were allowed to vote provisionally and have their votes counted after the Coop Manager provided itemized utility bills for each student. Now in 2008 someone in the same precinct is turning away on-campus residents in the dorms. Likely some students in the dorms thought the issue was resolved…but were again turned away…some as late as the poll closing time. They were not allowed to cast provisional ballots. And then a batch of ballots “separated out” (WHY and by WHOM?) is misplaced in this SAME precinct?</p> <p>Somethings Stinky in Dinky!</p> Read the linky about Dinkytown at the bottom of Phoenixwoman’s post! Sounds as if there is someone or a group intent on disenfranchising UMinn students. This is the SECOND Time that the disqualification of student voters occurred because they couldn’t produce ITEMIZED utility payments (dormies tend to pay rent that incorporates their utility bills into their payments).

Students were first challenged at a student coop in 2006 in the same precinct. After a Court Order these students were allowed to vote provisionally and have their votes counted after the Coop Manager provided itemized utility bills for each student. Now in 2008 someone in the same precinct is turning away on-campus residents in the dorms. Likely some students in the dorms thought the issue was resolved…but were again turned away…some as late as the poll closing time. They were not allowed to cast provisional ballots. And then a batch of ballots “separated out” (WHY and by WHOM?) is misplaced in this SAME precinct?

Somethings Stinky in Dinky!

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751279 dakine01 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:16:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751279 <p>The MSNBC story IS the WaPo0 story. MSNBC has agreements with them and presnet the stories as printed in the Po0</p> The MSNBC story IS the WaPo0 story. MSNBC has agreements with them and presnet the stories as printed in the Po0

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751274 cinnamonape Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:13:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751274 <blockquote><p>oh please, MSNBC, CNN, & WaPo all reporting on his team deep with “academic elites”…these are some lazy bastids</p></blockquote> <p>Probably got C’s in all their non-”Comm Studies” courses in college. Or cheated.<br /> Note that CNN is cutting their “Science Reporting” Team. Shuck’s science is all just “Theory” anyways. Why’s that different from OPINION or Speculation? ;-(</p> <p>And I suspect that they wet their pants when Obama said that he intended to open the White House to kids who would be exposed to invited presentations by Top Scientists, Artists, Musicians, etc. I hope that they make this something like “Live From Lincoln Center”, and air the lectures on PBS or NPR!</p>

oh please, MSNBC, CNN, & WaPo all reporting on his team deep with “academic elites”…these are some lazy bastids

Probably got C’s in all their non-”Comm Studies” courses in college. Or cheated.
Note that CNN is cutting their “Science Reporting” Team. Shuck’s science is all just “Theory” anyways. Why’s that different from OPINION or Speculation? ;-(

And I suspect that they wet their pants when Obama said that he intended to open the White House to kids who would be exposed to invited presentations by Top Scientists, Artists, Musicians, etc. I hope that they make this something like “Live From Lincoln Center”, and air the lectures on PBS or NPR!

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751271 Phoenix Woman Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:02:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751271 <p>Hello Teddy! I’m late as usual, but per The UpTake, Coleman is currently up by around 97 votes. Maybe. Franken sez he’s up by four. (Yes, four.) <a href="http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenco.html" rel="nofollow">Strib has Coleman up by 192</a>, but that doesn’t take into account the challenged ballots or the rejected absentee ballots.</p> <p>The problem is that the official count is all but meaningless until the challenges are dealt with and the rejected absentee ballots are reviewed and any improperly-rejected ballots accepted into the count. That won’t be done for at least another week.</p> Hello Teddy! I’m late as usual, but per The UpTake, Coleman is currently up by around 97 votes. Maybe. Franken sez he’s up by four. (Yes, four.) Strib has Coleman up by 192, but that doesn’t take into account the challenged ballots or the rejected absentee ballots.

The problem is that the official count is all but meaningless until the challenges are dealt with and the rejected absentee ballots are reviewed and any improperly-rejected ballots accepted into the count. That won’t be done for at least another week.

]]> By: BooRadley http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751254 BooRadley Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:10:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751254 <p>Thanks PW</p> <p><a href="http://digg.com/politics/Franken_Coleman_Recount_12_06_08_Phase_One_99_99999_Done" rel="nofollow">digg</a></p> Thanks PW

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]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751204 selise Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:30:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751204 <p>the one i saw was in my house - maternal aggression. my doc sent me to the er to have a hand surgeon look at the damage done. did some weird cleaning of puncture wounds and everything healed wo problem or even a scar. the cat that bit me (the mom) was my lily cat, the one who is sick now. before and since she has always been miss mellow. unknown kid once picked her up by her back legs and she just hung there and purred. but she would have killed at least one cat that day for sure.</p> the one i saw was in my house – maternal aggression. my doc sent me to the er to have a hand surgeon look at the damage done. did some weird cleaning of puncture wounds and everything healed wo problem or even a scar. the cat that bit me (the mom) was my lily cat, the one who is sick now. before and since she has always been miss mellow. unknown kid once picked her up by her back legs and she just hung there and purred. but she would have killed at least one cat that day for sure.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751187 SouthernDragon Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:20:05 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751187 <p>Had one in my front yard a week ago while I was feeding squirrels. Couple of the outdoor cats in the neighborhood. It is indeed frightening. I broke it up muy pronto. Just put my foot into the middle and shouted real loud. Chucks took a hit or two. Cats normally don’t kill each other but the wounds can become infected and they die from that.</p> Had one in my front yard a week ago while I was feeding squirrels. Couple of the outdoor cats in the neighborhood. It is indeed frightening. I broke it up muy pronto. Just put my foot into the middle and shouted real loud. Chucks took a hit or two. Cats normally don’t kill each other but the wounds can become infected and they die from that.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751177 SouthernDragon Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:16:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751177 <p>Off to a late breakfast (french toast, etc) and chores. Got a lot of reading to catch up on.</p> <p>Really nice to see you here again Wobbs.</p> <p>Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.</p> <p>Namaste</p> Off to a late breakfast (french toast, etc) and chores. Got a lot of reading to catch up on.

Really nice to see you here again Wobbs.

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751175 selise Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:15:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751175 <p>i’ve only witnessed a real cat fight once - and i’m sure if i hadn’t intervened there would have been a dead cat. never seen anything like it before or since.</p> i’ve only witnessed a real cat fight once – and i’m sure if i hadn’t intervened there would have been a dead cat. never seen anything like it before or since.

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751172 Prairie Sunshine Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:13:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/07/franken-coleman-recount-120608-phase-one-9999999-done/#comment-1751172 <p>Book Publisher X who has just laid off staff and is weighing a book deal….hmmmmmm. Plouffe? Or Rove? Which will I buy…..</p> <p>And wouldn’t it be dishy if they had the same release date? Eat shit, Rove…you fed enough to us for years.</p> Book Publisher X who has just laid off staff and is weighing a book deal….hmmmmmm. Plouffe? Or Rove? Which will I buy…..

And wouldn’t it be dishy if they had the same release date? Eat shit, Rove…you fed enough to us for years.

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