Paul Krugman Lets Loose: No Longer Ruled By "Monsters" Last night wasn't just a victory for tolerance; it wasn't just a mandate for progressive change; it was also, I hope, the end of the monster years. What I mean by that is that for the past 14 years America's political life has been largely dominated by, well, monsters. Monsters like Tom DeLay, who suggested that the shootings at Columbine happened because schools teach students the theory of evolution. Monsters like Karl Rove, who declared that liberals wanted to offer "therapy and understanding" to terrorists. Monsters like Dick Cheney, who saw 9/11 as an opportunity to start torturing people.

Barack Obama to be America's first black presidentGeorge Bush and John McCain praise Democratic winner as record numbers turn out to vote in historic election source

^^^Gheele, We [uK] have nothing compared to this two year 2 billion dollar campaign. Though we are only 60 million and smaller than Texas or California in land mass. It has been interesting and I loved the Obama campaign they were tough and focused, kind of like what I would want in a political movement back home.

Gheele, I have respect for all my people in SOL, even old Crazy horse who is my latest frienemy. As for Che, he is a lovely bloke, liberal and all. As for your question, the US elections are not about substance its all about perception, there are no manifesto's or plans, just rehearsed talking points and shouts of "Liberal" and Joe the plumber and allot of rubbish. Obama is a brilliant polished politician even more so than Clinton and he had a great environment and a weak GOP to deal with. I could not imagine a Sarah Palin getting any sort of respect in Britain or going on News night to face jeremy Paxman? Or the British public taking foreign policy advice from Joe the Plumber, that would be unthinkable and that’s why I find the American system and media quite annoying. They have a great system that took control of continental America but that system includes deluding the average citizen talking down to them and pretending they are so brainless that one has to present politics as entertainment. Hence why Saturday Night Live and the Daily show are taking seriously and have huge followers, you will only know why this is the case if you watched CNN and fox in comparison to the British news oulets. The UK is a tougher climate but hey we had Blair who was not much on substance and Brown who is struggling because he has too much of it.

^^^Its hope adeer, a new President who has visited NFD and dressed up as a Somali elder, not to mention his daughters name is So-Malia The world is changing and we must also change and meet the challange.

lool. I am a resident so I could not vote, but maybe in his second term I will be able to insha Allah. I am doing well brother, bussy with family and work. I hope all is well with you in Liberal Boston. "Live in interetsing times, an old Chinese proverb." Is tonight not gonna be interesting?

The Obama way

Somaliland should extend support to Al Shabaab, thus they bombed them Now Norf asks why should we not support the "struggle". Well the struggle in their minds is to bomb targets that they do not control, such as Hargaysa and Bossaso. Thus either you support them or not but one can not sit on the fence. Al Shabaab are a bunch of morons and those who thought they could use them against Yusuf or the south or to get recognition have just woken up.

Somali teen executed for adultery had been raped-UN Tue 4 Nov 2008, 15:51 GMT NAIROBI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday that a Somali stoned to death by Islamists on accusations of adultery was a 13-year-old girl who had apparently been raped while visiting her grandmother. In the first such public killing by the militants for about two years, she was placed in a hole and stoned to death on Oct. 28 in rebel-held Kismayu port in front of hundreds of spectators after local leaders said she was guilty under sharia law. Witnesses said at the time that the victim was a 23-year-old woman. "However, reports indicate that she had been raped by three men while travelling on foot to visit her grandmother in the war-torn capital Mogadishu," U.N. children's agency UNICEF said. "Following the assault, she sought protection from the authorities, who then accused her of adultery and sentenced her to death," it added in a statement. "A child was victimized twice -- first by the perpetrators of the rape and then by those responsible for administering justice." UNICEF said the incident highlighted the vulnerability of girls and women in Somalia, which has suffered civil conflict for the last 17 years. In the latest cycle, Islamist rebels are fighting the government and their Ethiopian military backers. Islamist spokesmen could not be immediately reached to respond to the U.N. accusation. Human rights group Amnesty International identified the girl as Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow and said she was killed by 50 men who stoned her to death in a stadium in Kismayu, in front of around 1,000 spectators. Her father and other sources told Amnesty International that she had been raped by three men. When the family attempted to report the rape to the al-Shabab militia who control Kismayu, she was accused of adultery and was detained. None of the men she accused of rape was arrested. "This was not justice, nor was it an execution. This child suffered an horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayu," David Copeman, Amnesty's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement. "This killing is yet another human rights abuse committed by the combatants ... in Somalia, and again demonstrates the importance of international action to investigate and document such abuses, through an International Commission of Inquiry," he said. (Additional reporting by Adrian Croft in London; Editing by Jon Boyle) (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://africa.reuters.com/) (nairobi.newsroom@reuters.com; +254 20 222 4717) © Reuters 2008. All Rights Reserved. | Learn more about Reuters

Qaramada midoobay oo sheegtay in Gabadh yar oo Soomaali ah oo dhawaan maliishiyada shabaabiyiintu dhagax ku dileen la kufsaday dilkeeda ka hor. NAIROBI, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Jamciyadda Qurumaha ka dhaxaysa ayaa maanta oo salaaso ah waxaa ay ku dhawaaqday in gabadh 13 jir ah oo dhawaan maliishiyada shabaabiyiintu ay dhagax ku dileen magaalada Kisaayo la fara xumeeyay ka hor intii aan la dilin. NAIROBI, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Jamciyadda Qurumaha ka dhaxaysa ayaa maanta oo salaaso ah waxaa ay ku dhawaaqday in gabadh 13 jir ah oo dhawaan maliishiyada shabaabiyiintu ay dhagax ku dileen magaalada Kisaayo la fara xumeeyay ka hor intii aan la dilin. Waxaa ay Qaramada midoobay sheegtay in gabadhaasi ay booqaneysay ayeeyadeed markii lagu sameynayay fara xumeynta waxaana warka kasoo baxay Qaramada midoobay uu kusoo beegmayaa iyadoo saaka ay shabakada carmooyin.co daabacday war bixin lagu sheegay in baaritaan wariye yaasha shabakadu sameeyeen lagu ogaaday in gabadhaas ay faraxueeyeen lix ka mida maliishiyada shabaabiyiinta kadibna si ay ceebta isu dhaafiyaan ay sheegeen in ay xad gudubay oo Dilka gabadhan oo dhacay 28-kii bishii lasoo dhaafay ayaa waxaa uu ahaa kii ugu horeeyay ee maliishiyada islaamiyiintu sameeyaan muddo laba sanadood ah. Qaramada midoobay waxaa ay sheegtay in ay heshay war bixin sheegeysa gabadhaas in ay kufsaden maliishiyooyin xili ay lugeyneysay iyadoo kusii jeeday guriga ayeeyadeed ay kunooshahay. “Markii ay taasi dhacday ayay isku dayday in ay la xariirto maamulka deegaanka ka jira oo ay weydiisatay in ay wax ka qabtaan dhibatadii ku dhacday ragii geystay laakin nasiib darro iyadii ayay ku xukumeen in dhagax lagu dilo”ayaa lagu sheegay war bixin maanta kasoo baxday hey’ada qaramada midoobay ugu qaabilsan dhinaca daryeelka caruurta. “Gabadhaas laba jeer ayaa lagu xad gudbay kan hore waxaa uu ahaa kufsigii ay kula keceen maliishiyada hubesyan kan labaadna waxaa uu ahaa dilkii xaq darada ahaa ee lagula kacay”ayaa mar kale lagu yidhi warka kasoo baxay UNICEF. WARBIXINTA OO DHEER OO ENGLISH AH KA AQRISO WEBKA REUTERS CINWAANKA HOOSE

Obama Sweeps Dixville Notch, Harts Location Rating: 4.0 of 512345 Font Font close windowElection Day was not even a half an hour or so old when Barack Obama won by a landslide—in the New Hampshire towns of Dixville Notch and Harts Location. Does it foreshadow something for the general election? Maybe, maybe not. Dixville Notch is a village in northern New Hampshire of seventy five people, including this year twenty one registered voters. Harts Location is in the center of New Hampshire with twenty nine voters. Both towns garner some free publicity every election and primary by opening the polls at midnight and voting in time to announce the results a few minutes later. The results in 2008 are encouraging for Barack Obama. In Dixville Notch, Barack Obama garnered fifteen votes to McCain's six. In Hart's Location, Barack Obama got seventeen votes, McCain ten votes, and Ron Paul two votes. Are these early results indicative of a larger trend? George W. Bush won the general election in Dixville Notch and Harts Location in 2000 and 2004. On the other hand President Bush did not win New Hampshire in 2004. But on the other hand both towns tend to go Republican in the general election. And on yet the other hand Barack Obama won the 2008 Democratic Primary in Dixville Notch and Harts Location even though Hillary Clinton carried New Hampshire handily. The last RealClearPolitics poll average put Barack Obama ahead of John McCain in New Hampshire by ten points. However John McCain is considered very popular in New Hampshire, where his maverick image tends to appeal to the cantankerous, independent streak on the typical New Hampshire voter. John McCain won the New Hampshire Primary in both 2000 and 2008. So New Hampshire is still considered a long shot possibility for a John McCain pick up if the sampling methods of the polls, which tend to favor Democrats, prove to be wrong and thus understating John McCain's strength. New Hampshire has four electoral votes, nto very many compared to larger states considered battlegrounds such as Florida, Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. But if the election is close, and a few of the late polls suggest that it might be, New Hampshire might be a prize worth snatching.

Being from a region and supporting it is not a bad thing. thus this argument is useless.

Election 2008 Obama : McCain :RCP Average National 51.7 44.2 Obama +7.5 Battlegrounds Obama :McCain RCP Average Florida 48.5 46.0 Obama +2.5 Ohio 49.0 45.2 Obama +3.8 North Carolina 47.8 47.8 Tie Virginia 50.0 45.8 Obama +4.2 Colorado 50.5 45.0 Obama +5.5

Laizy dear you are right Auntie had no effect on the democratic candidate. Camir, lets make it an SOL night Tommorrow insha Allah.

Nice one, new faces and some old.

I think Coleman has done allot to foster the Somali vote. Thus we might get a split vote, Obama for Pres and Coleman for senate.. How do you see the overall election NN, you was always a keen observer of politics.

The Duke's prediction, though I am a bit shocked at the November 1st suprise, news that Obama's Kenyan aunt was in the country illegaly has taken me a back a little. However considering the early votes and the energy of the democtratic voters. Obama should win on Novemebr 4th. And the red states that I belive he will win are. 1. Virginia 2. North Carolina 3. Colorado 4. New Mexico 5. Nevada 6. Iowa Florida and Ohio look troublesome but Obama might win them as well. States that he will come close are . Montana Georgia Arizona One of the Dakotas....

Obama takes campaign into Republican Obama's team demonstrated its confidence of victory by yesterday announcing it is to extend its campaign deep into the Republican heartland, even into John McCain's home state Arizona. While warning against complacency, Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, yesterday told reporters he was "thrilled" by the support for the Democratic candidate among early voters. "The die is being cast as we speak," he said. "We think we have built up an advantage in all the states, so that Senator McCain on election day is not just going to have to carry the day, but carry it convincingly." But McCain's camp, defiant of Obama's poll leads and the US media, which has all but written him off, claimed McCain was on the verge of a surprise result. "We're pretty jazzed up about what we're seeing," his campaign manager, Rick Davis, told reporters. "We are witnessing, I believe, one of the greatest comebacks since John McCain won the primary." With strong Democratic turnout in early voting, Obama's team expects to hold all the states that John Kerry won in 2004 and add Republican states from Colorado to Virginia. They are to advertise in Arizona for the first time, and are putting fresh resources into Georgia and North Dakota. The decision to target Arizona may be designed to try to spook McCain, who has not campaigned in his home state, assuming it was solid. Florida, one of the states that has decided past elections, remains too close to call. Plouffe described the Obama campaign as building to a crescendo this weekend, with 1.4 million volunteers in 770 offices. Early voting figures have raised their hopes of taking Georgia, which has been a no-go area for Democrats. Obama was set to take a break from campaigning last night to take his daughters out for Halloween, but he is due to visit eight states in a final burst of campaigning before election day on November 4, and Al Gore yesterday made an emotional return to Florida, where his hopes for the White House evaporated in the 2000 elections. The McCain camp, meanwhile, is diverting resources to a last-minute advertising blitz. Mike DuHaime, a McCain adviser, said canvassers had contacted 5.3 million potential voters over the last week, either by phone or in person, compared with 1.9 million at the same stage in 2004. McCain will spend the weekend canvassing in Virginia and New Hampshire. DuHaime disputed a poll in the New York Times suggesting McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, was a drag on his campaign - with 59% saying she was not ready to be president. He said she had attracted 20,000 to a rally on Thursday, in contrast with 800 for Obama's running mate, Joe Biden. But a longtime McCain ally and former Republican cabinet member, Lawrence Eagleburger, speaking on National Public Radio on Thursday was categorical in saying Palin was not up for the job.

Election 2008 Obama McCain RCP Average National 50.2 43.8 Obama +6.4 Battlegrounds Obama : McCain RCP Average Florida 48.5 : 45.0 Obama +3.5 Ohio 49.2 : 43.4 Obama +5.8 North Carolina 48.6 : 46.1 Obama +2.5 Virginia 51.0 : 44.5 Obama +6.5 Colorado 51.0 : 44.4 Obama +6.6

Qudhac adeer, I understand your anger. However the people you spoke about as some said are living in a Sonmali territory just like any other. What evidance do you have they commited this crime?. Is it not ammusing that some of you thought that such acts in Mogadishu were ammusing and proved that the south were idiosts now the fitna is happening in Hargaysa and all you can do as a bully is take your anger on refugees. Qudhac, did you hear that Al Shabaab held a meeting in Burco? and that they have memebrs from your regions? Qudhac how could foreigners plant such bombs without local help? Three major carbombs, placed in startegic areas, could this be done by refugeess who have no money, no local knowledge? Come on saxib deal with the real issues and stop attacking helpless refugees who see Somaliland as just that land of Somali's.

Sh. Shariif oo ka dagay Jowhar 1 Nov 1, 2008 - 6:37:31 AM Gudoomiyaha isbahaysiga mucaaradka ah ee ARS Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed iyo wafdi uu hogaaminayo ayaa maanta ka gaaray degmada Jowhar ee xarunta Gobolka Sh/dhexe. Wafdiga Sheekh Shariif ayaa waxaa ka mid ahaa; xoghayaha arimaha dibada ee isbahaysiga ARS Col. Cumar Xaashi Aadan iyo xoghayaha warfaafinta Sheekh Axmed C/llaahi iyo Daahir Max'ud Geelle. Xubnaha uu horkacayo Sheekh Shariif ayaa waxaa magaalada loogu soo dhaweeyay si diiran, waxaana ka mid ahaa mas'uuliyiinta soo dhaweeyay gudoomiye ku xigeenka Maxkamadaha Sheekh C/qaadir Cali Cumar. "Ujeedad socdaalkeenu waa mid ku saleysan sidii aan kormeer ugu kala bixin lahayn qaybo dalka ka tirsan, una ogaan lahayn xaaalada shacabka Soomaaliyeed maamul ahaan iyo nolol ahaan" ayuu yiri Sheekh Axmed C/llaahi. Mas'uulkan ayaa intaas ku daray in qorshahooda uu ka mid yahay inay la kulmaan maamulada ka jira goobaha ay gacanta ku hayaan; isla markaana ay la kulmaan odayaasha iyo waxgaradka goobaha ay booqanayaan. Xoghayaha warfaafinta ayaa wuxuu ka gaabsadeen inay faahfaahin ka bixiyo goobaha ay socdaaladooda ku bixin doonaan, waxaana lagu wadaa in Sheekhu uu meel fagaare ah kala hadlo shacabka Jowhar. Sheekh Shariif iyo wafdigiisa ayaa kasoo duulay Magaalada Nairobi ee dalka Kenya halkaasoo ay kaga soo qaybgaleen shirkii IGAD, waxaana dhawaan heshiis dhigaya xabadjoojin ay dhexmaratay ARS iyo DF. Gudoomiyaha Isbahayisga ARS ayaa waxay noqonaysaa markii ugu horeysay oo uu dib ugu laabto dalka, tan iyo dabayaaqadii 2007, markaasoo laga itaal roonaaday Midowgii Maxkamadaha oo uu horkacayay. Garowe Online, Jowhar

Jowhar: Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed & Imaanshihiisa Magaalada Jowhar. 1. November 2008 Jowhar(AllPuntland)- Hogaamiyaha Mucaaradka ee dawladda Faderaalka ee Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa soo gaaray Magaalada Jowhar oo ujirta Magaalada Muqdisho masaafo dhan 90 KM. Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed waxaa soo dhaweeyey Masuuliyiin ka tirsan Kooxaha Mucaaradka ee dawladda Faderaalka ee Soomaaliya, isagoo amaankiisa aad loo adkeeyey. Kooxaha amaanka ee Maxkamadaha Jowhar ayaa aad uadkeeyey amaanka Magaalada Jowhar, waxa ayna wararku sheegayaan in uu maalmaha soo socda la kulmayo Odayaasha & waxgaradka Magaalada Jowhar. Xubin ka tirsan Mucaaradka dawladda Faderaalka ee Soomaaliya ayaa usheegay AllPuntland in uu Sheekh Shariif wadayo dadaalada nabdeed ee ka socda gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. Gudoomiyaha Isbaheysiga Dibu xoreynta Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed wuxuu heshiis xabad joojin ah la saxiixday dawladda Faderaalka ee Soomaaliya, isagoo markan doonaya in ay nabad ka dhalato gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. Magaalada Jowhar ayaa ka mid ah goobaha ay Maamulayaan maamulada taageersan Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed wuxuuna saacadaha soo socda la kulmayaa masuuliyiin ka tirsan Maamuladaasi, isagoo kala hadlaya xaaladaha dalka Soomaaliya. Sheekh Shariif ayaa dalka Soomaaliya meel ka mid ah cagta soo dhigey labo sanno in ka badan oo ku maqnaa meelo banaanka ah gudaha dalka Soomaaliya, isagoo cabsi ka qabay in hadii uu yimaado meel ka mid ah Soomaaliya uu qabsado dagaal ay ku soo qaadayen ciidamada dawladda Faderaalka ee Soomaaliya & Kuwa Itoobiya, oo markoo horeba ka saaray gudaha dalka Soomaaliya. Dhaqan galinta heshiiskii dawladda Faderaalka ee Soomaaliya & Mucaaradkeeda hubeysan gaar ahaan Kooxdan uu hogaamiyo Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed, waxaana ka soo horjeestay Ururka Al- Shabaab oo horey u ahaa Garab ka mid ah Maxkamadihii laga saaray Soomaaliya sannadkii 2006-dii. F. C. Geylan AllPuntland

Gawaari Dagaal oo ay wataan Maleeshiyo ka tirsan Al-Shabab oo ka soo ambabaxay Kismaayo kuna so jeeda Degmada Marka ee G/Sh/Hoose. Warar Aan Caawa ka helnay Degmada Kismaayo ee G/j/Hoose ayaa ku waramaya in halkaas ay ka soo baxeen ilaa 6-Gawaarida Dagaalka kuwaas oo ku soo jeeda Degmada marka ee G/Sh/Hoose. Soo ambabaxida Gawaaridaan ayaa timid markii maleeshiyo ka tirsan Ururkaan xalay saq dhexe loo laayey in ay ka dambeeyeen Dilkii Nuuriye Cali Faarax oo ahaa raga wakiilka G/Sh/Hoose uga ahaa Yuusuf Indhacade. Maleeshiyadaan Shababka ah ee soo aaday Marka ayaa waxaa Hogaaminaya Sarkaal ka tirsan Kooxda Raaskambooni oo ay dhanka Milatariga Wadaagaan . Degmada Marka ayaa hada ah mid aan wax maamul ah ak jirin , Waxaana Degmada ka soo baxay Saaka isaga iyo intii Ciidamo ah ee ku haray Cali ganey oo ahaa ragii ka hoos shaqeyn jiray Nuuriye Cali Faarax. Dad Badan oo adorooso Xaaladaha Sh/hoose ayaa Saadalinaya in Sh/Hoose ay galeyso gacan cusub oo ah Islaamiyiin saafi ah oo aan cidi ku milneyn , waxaana dhamaaday gabi ahaanba Maamulki wajiyada badnaa ee Indhacade uu daaha gadaashiisa ka maamulayey