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In Putin’s Russia, Sham Election Votes for YOU

By Montag @ 1:01 PM
Filed under: Simulacrum of Democracy

February 29, 2008

ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA approach, and the big question seems to be, can Putin and Medvedev coerce— with naked power —enough of the population to vote to give them their “mandate”:

The authorities’ biggest concern is that voter turnout won’t be high enough to make the election appear legitimate.

[NPR: Critics Say Political Opposition Silenced in Russia]

One of these days, Dear Reader, you’ll see where I’m heading with all of this stuff. I’m just saying we might take a lesson here in mitigating our own sham elections.

And… We’re Live

By Montag @ 9:14 AM
Filed under: the stump

All the bells and whistles aren’t up and running yet, and our code doesn’t all validate, but the place is looking fairly respectable, so here we are. Please come here for all your future Stump Lane needs.

What better day than February 29th, “Leap Day” to “leap” (see what I did there?) to the new site.

[The prior] incarnation of Stump Lane is now dead.

Of course, you can still go to the old place to see the most recent posts, or visit the deep archives.

There will be content here… soon.

Please update your links, and for goodness’ sake add us if you haven’t already!

(UPDATED) The Future of Stump Lane: COMING SOON

By Montag @ 7:52 AM
Filed under: the stump

February 28, 2008

This site is under construction for the changes promised here.

The old site is still there and will remain at http://www.stumplane.us/wordpress/

UPDATE: Rebuilding the ol’ blogroll. If you’ve happened to notice, and you happen to link to Stump Lane from your site, might I trouble you to update your link? (http://www.stumplane.us/blog/)

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