From the Independent Grandma for Texas campaign:
the Houston Chronicle, Chris Bell’s hometown newspaper, has just issued a strong endorsement for Carole Keeton Strayhorn for governor. “Only Carole Keeton Strayhorn,†the newspaper says, “has the experience and savvy to win election to the governorship and then use the office to improve public education and change the course of Texas for the better.â€
The article can be viewed online here.
Bush is drinking again! (Late Late Show)
Craig Ferguson thinks President Bush might be drinking again.
U2 is hosting a scavenger hunt, and it’s a far cry from the kind you played as a sticky-fingered child. Bono and his merry Irish men are hosting a lyric hunt that will feature a grand prize of an all-expense-paid trip to see U2’s Vertigo tour, featuring openers Pearl Jam, at the Aloha Stadium in Honolulu — and it will be held online via websites around the world, including exclusively Dose.ca in Canada.
Banners featuring lyric excerpts from tracks on the band’s forthcoming U218 Singles, a best-of compilation, will be posted on various international websites, which fans must locate after reading clues posted on U2.com. Each excerpt will have one highlighted letter, and once fans collect all the letters, they can use them to answer a question posted on U2.com. Those who answer correctly will be eligible to enter to win the grand prize.
The great hunt begins on Monday and will run until Nov. 6.
U218 Singles will be released Nov. 21 and features songs spanning the band’s massive career, from Boy (1980) to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004). The disc will also include two new tracks recorded at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London: “The Saints Are Coming,†featuring political punks Green Day, and a yet-to-be-titled track.
From Allafrica:
Plateau State Security Council has approved deployment of soldiers and armed policemen to maintain peace and order in Jos metropolis and environs.
Commissioner of Information, Mr Yakubu Dati, told newsmen in Jos, that the deployment was to forestall further breakdown of law and order.
Dati said the state government was responsible and would not fold its arms and watch law abiding citizens suffer.
He said “the political situation in the state was tense due to some individuals bent on destabilising the state.”
From Allafrica.com:
The speedy happening of unsavoury events in Plateau State calls for circumspection in view of its implication on constitutionalism, democracy and national stability. Plateau State is one of the volatile hot beds in the northern region that is susceptible to eruptions at the slightest provocations and this forms a salient reason why government must thread softly.
Attempts by six members of the State House of Assembly last week to convene in an attempt to forcefully impeach Governor Joshua Dariye was repelled by those averse to such move.Two persons were shot dead while the Deputy Senate-President Ibrahim Mantu’s home was razed along with some cars. Anti riot policemen and soldiers from the 3rd Armoured Division of Nigerian Army, Rukuba, Jos have been on patrol to maintain the fragile peace in the state capital.
Peace has eluded the state as the parties involved are not ready for cease-fire.This is worsened by the reported withdrawal of security details to the state governor. EFCC have for sometime been after Governor Joshua Dariye because of allegations of graft levelled against him.The 14 lawmakers loyal to him have been EFCC’s stumbling block in getting him impeached so that he can be prosecuted.
From the BBC:
The impeached governor of Nigeria’s Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has spoken from hiding for the first time, saying he is still in power and has not fled.
Mr Fayose, who has not been seen since Saturday, was impeached for corruption along with his deputy on Monday. She is now challenging the move in court.
The governor told Nigerian TV by telephone that his sacking was a coup attempt and he feared for his life.
Several high-ranking Nigerian officials have condemned the impeachments……If the Ekiti State matter is not resolved, it could turn into a major crisis for the whole country, our correspondent says…
…Early last week, Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye was served with an impeachment notice in controversial circumstances that sparked riots in the central state.
Political tension is high in Nigeria ahead of elections due next April.
While we we were in Jos we were told that many of the electrical problems were due to the government trying to flush out someone – it may have been Dariye. According to a friend who’s spent time in Nigeria there were riots the day after we left Jos and 40 people were killed. I still haven’t seen a report on it yet.