Free Electronics Recycling Saturday - Roseville, MN

Free Electronics Recycling
Saturday 11/22/2008 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Drop off your electronics at the Ecycle IT, Inc. truck, free of charge.

Computer Revolution will be evaluating and offering gift cards for
re-sellable computer equipment.

***The first 100 Participants that donate also get a 15% off coupon
from REI!***

The list of items you can drop off include:
Computers Laptops
Monitors
Electric Typewriters
Calculators
Printers
Scanners
Fax Machines
Copiers
Hard Drives
Telephones
Zip Drives
Cellular Phones
Digital Cameras
Televisions
Servers
VCR's
Modems
Stereos
Gaming Systems
CD Players
DVD Players
Network Cables
Computer Peripherals

For any questions regarding this event, visit
http://www.ecycleIT mn.com or call Mikaela Kramer (651) 635-0211.
* No home or kitchen appliances such as microwaves, vacuum cleaners,
toaster ovens, etc. will be accepted.
*We cannot accept hazardous waste materials such at motor oil, paint,
acetate, turpentine, etc.
*Ecycle IT, Inc. is not responsible for the destruction of your data.
Please be sure to remove any and all data from your unit before donating.

* Location:REI Roseville Overflow Parking Lot across the street from
the store
* Contact:Visit http://www.itexpres smn.com or call Gordy at 612-465-8556
* Cost: Free
* Registration Required? No.
* http://www.itexpres smn.com

Could Allegations Invalidate MN Senate Results?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) ― Allegations have surfaced of voter irregularities involving a paid staffer of Sen. Norm Coleman, and the ramifications could have a profound effect on the outcome of Coleman's race against Al Franken.

A reporter for the Minnesota Independent, a progressive online publication, was working on a story about voter turnout when she overheard that Republican poll challengers monitoring voting at the precinct had brought in Mahamoud Wardere to help voters translate.

The Coleman campaign confirmed that Wardere is a paid member of their staff.

"I made some calls, found out his name and I confronted him and I said, 'Are you Wardare?' And he said, 'Yes, I am,'" said Priesmeyer. "At that poin I said, 'Are you working for Norm Coleman's campaign?' And he said, 'No, I am on vacation today.'"

However, Priesmeyer said voters told her that translators were telling them to vote for Coleman.

"I had already spoken to at least three people who told me that translators were telling them to vote for Norm Coleman," she said.

The issue could end up being the basis of a legal challenge. According to Prof. Joe Daly of Hamline University, state election law has a provision that if there is a deliberate, serious or material violation of state election law, a district court judge must gather the evidence and present it to the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate, who would then decide the merits of the allegations.

The Senate could even revoke the results of the election and decide who would be seated as senator.

The Somali Justice Advocacy Center says they have gotten complaints about Wardare urging voters to vote for Coleman. But Omar Jamal says he has also gotten complaints of voters being pressured to vote for Franken, admitting he had heard complaints centering on both candidates.

Cullen Sheehan, campaign manager for Coleman, said Wardare was working at the polls but he was taking a day off from the campaign, he did nothing inappropriate and he was merely working as an interpreter.

Source: http://wcco.com/election/voter.irregularities.allegations.2.857437.html

Coleman's "suitgate" and smears

Norm Coleman has sunk to historic depths to smear Al Franken and make this election about something, anything other than his own record and the issues that affect the people of Minnesota.

But what Norm Coleman did yesterday was something else entirely, and you need to know the truth.

Here's the story: A Republican businessman in Texas by the name of Paul McKim filed a lawsuit this week against Nasser Kazeminy. Kazeminy is one of Norm Coleman's biggest donors and closest friends - he's the same man who flew Coleman on his private jet to vacations in the Bahamas and Paris.

Only a small portion of the lawsuit has anything to do with Norm Coleman - but the part that does is incredibly serious. McKim's sworn affidavit, since corroborated by a second lawsuit, describes an effort to funnel $100,000 to Senator Coleman.

So are the allegations true? We don't know. In fact, we at the campaign didn't know a thing about this lawsuit, had never heard of this company or Paul McKim, until we read about it in the newspaper.

Then came yesterday. Instead of answering these very serious allegations, Norm Coleman released the most dishonest ad of the year, blaming Al for the lawsuit.

That ad is up on TV right now. And it's a despicable lie. Al Franken had nothing to do with this lawsuit.

Norm Coleman, faced with sworn allegations of a conspiracy to funnel him improper payments, is trying to deflect blame by lying about Al Franken in a TV ad. No matter what candidate you support or what party you belong to, it is a sad day.

More reading on the lawsuit and those involved:
http://mnpublius.com/2008/10/more-on-norm-colemans-relationship-with-nasser-kazeminy/

http://minnesotaindependent.com/12519/the-crunch-coleman-suitgate-pal-nasser-kazeminy-is-among-minnesotas-top-20-political-donors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2008/oct/31/norm-coleman-al-franken-minnesota

Michelle Bachmann ~ toxic for Americans

Fear and division have dominated our nation's politics for far too long. It's time for us to deliver change – a change that moves beyond Democrat or Republican - by sending Congresswoman Bachmann home once and for all.

- At a debate with El Tinklenberg earlier this month, she claimed immigrants are "bringing in disease and violence and every sort of difficulty" to this country.

- In September 2008, Bachmann blamed the financial crisis on a federal program that awarded home mortgage loans "on the basis of race and often on little else."

- In February 2007, Bachmann told a newspaper that Iran had an agreement to take over half of Iraq, that a name had been chosen for that part of the region and that it would be used as a training ground for terrorists.

- In March 2004, Bachmann said on the radio that failure to pass her Defense of Marriage Amendment in the Minnesota Senate would cause the gay community to start "specifically targeting our children."

- In a March, 2008 meeting she said "The big thing we are working on now is the global warming hoax. It's all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax,"