Gavin had 12x the votes of 2nd place, prop A passed and prop H sputtered out.

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Since I know you’re voting today, here are some tricksy links to a few local papers and organizations endorsements:

• SF Bay Guardian
• SF Chronicle
• San Jose Mercury News
• Marin IJ
• SF Bike Coalition
• SF Democratic Party
• SF Green Party
• Sierra Club

For following national and elsewhere election results, check out EV 2008.

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9/11 Is Over - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/opi...

Via Arvind - Before 9/11, the world thought America’s slogan was: “Where anything is possible for anybody.” But that is not our global brand anymore. Our government has been exporting fear, not hope: “Give me your tired, your poor and your fingerprints.”

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Update: Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/bus...

Via NYT: Saying it had the right to block “controversial or unsavory” text messages, Verizon Wireless last week rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon’s mobile network available for a text-message program.

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Verizon Blocks Messages of Abortion Rights Group

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/us/...

Via NYT: Saying it had the right to block “controversial or unsavory” text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon’s mobile network available for a text-message program.

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Why Net Neutrality is Important

Ganked from Digg: http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Why_net_neutrality_is_important_pic

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Anyone notice everything that’s going on in Russia lately? It’s fucking scary.

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WSJ - Karl Rove Resigns

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB11869...

Mr. Rove's departure removes one of the White House's most polarizing figures, and perhaps signals the effective end of the lame duck administration's role in shaping major domestic policy decisions, where the former Texas political consultant was a driving force. Mr. Rove revealed his plans in an interview with Paul Gigot, editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page.

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Bush Makes Children Cry

http://rawstory.c...

The Washington Times reports Jessica Hackerd was left in tears after Bush gave her a wry "yeah, thanks" in response to her query, drawing laughter from the crowd of 400 in Brecksville, Ohio Tuesday. Bush immediately began to backpedal when he saw the reaction from Hackerd, who told the Times she ...

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SFGate - US Health Care

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Filmmaker Michael Moore might be onto something in his new documentary, "Sicko." These days, fewer Americans are buying the claim that the United States has the best medical system in the world.

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