Election Fraud Suspected In Utah… Four Times The Population Registered To Vote…
From CNN

Voting appears to be very popular in Daggett County, Utah. Daggett County has registered 947 voters for Tuesday’s election. According to the most recent Census figures, that’s four more than the county’s population in 2005.
A spokesman for Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says complaints of vote-stuffing in the county are being investigated. Democrats suspect County Clerk Vickie McKee is letting outsiders swell the Daggett County registration rolls to give Republicans an advantage. The Democrats also say the father of a Republican deputy running for sheriff has 14 adults registered at his household. McKee hasn’t responded to messages from The Associated Press.

Just In: Voting Machines Woes Cause Early Delays

It’s unanimous. Read the story here.

by Dave Thomas

As the Oscar race heats up, I have to admit that I’m more interested in Borat and Bond (though one of those might actually be a contender).
NOVEMBER 3
THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE
WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Tim Allen vs. Martin Short. Whoever wins, we lose.
WILL IT SUCK?
Well, only as much as The Santa Clause 2 or The Wild. Same writers. The director is a holdover from Clause 2 as well. Normally, I’d be pretty psyched for a film that starred Kevin Pollack as Cupid, but somehow that isn’t happening here.
HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Flushed Away will be an issue, but there’s a lot of Tim Allen love out there. $72mil.
WILL ANYBODY REMEMBER IT AT OSCAR TIME?
No. But if this movie were coming out in March for some reason, you can bet Allen and Short would present.
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BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Sacha Baron Cohen pisses off an entire country.
WILL IT SUCK?
Critics say that this may be the best (and most offensive) comedy of the year. Larry Charles directs, which is a master stroke given the vein of comedy being mined here.

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Our favorite political action group, The Campaign To Defend the Constitution (DefCon), has been kind enough to invite Robert Lanham to participate in a “live chat” today, Thursday November 2 at 2pm.
You can sign up and listen here.
If you’re not familiar with DefCon, you should be. The organization has much in common People for the American Way, only with a special emphasis on keeping the Evangelical Right in check. Rapture-Ready Fundamentalists take note: both aforementioned organizations are run by secular humanists propagating the agenda of the Beast.
Lanham will be discussing his new book, The Sinner’s Guide to the Evangelical Right, theocracy, the Rapture, megachurches, the evangelical Vatican and, if there’s time, the health benefits of semi-solid fermented milk products.
About DefCon:

The Campaign To Defend the Constitution is an online grassroots movement combating the growing power of the religious right. We will fight to uphold the First Amendment’s guarantee of separation of church and state and will oppose efforts to control and distort religion, education, science and culture in ways that ultimately threaten the health and well-being of American society.

Here’s what DefCon had to say about our book: “This book is hilarious… [Lanham] didn’t skimp on his research. The book provides a telling overview of the religious right’s leadership, the beliefs they espouse, and just how incredibly absurd and hypocritical they are.”
You can pick up a copy of The Sinner’s Guide to the Evangelical Right here

From Think Progress

Blogger Mike Stark was assualted by supporters of Sen. George Allen (R-VA). One of CNN’s affiliates asked Allen for comment on the incident, and CNN reported that he responded, “Things like that happen.”

Watch the video here
At least there’s hope. He’s down in the polls.