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Category Archives: Political Geography
Morning Awful: Southern Death Penalty
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Share the post “Morning Awful: Southern Death Penalty”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Regular readers will know that I have mixed feelings on the death penalty, yet there is no denying that execution has been applied unequally. In fact, looking at this map from The … Continue reading
When NO Means NO, Dennis Kucinich
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Share the post “When NO Means NO, Dennis Kucinich”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Not content with the fact that the newly redistricted Congressional district in Ohio chose Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur as their candidate to run against Joe the Plumber, Dennis Kucinich has traipsed … Continue reading
The Redistricting Song
Share the post “The Redistricting Song”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailProPublica has made an animated musical introduction to the various ways in which politicians attempt to game redistricting issues to the benefit of their own party or side.
The Free State of Osborne
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Share the post “The Free State of Osborne”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFor those who missed it, Huffington Post offers a nifty look at “micronations” — places where someone has declared the existence of an independent state without gaining international recognition. Having read about Sealand … Continue reading
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Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)
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Share the post “Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Operation Mushtarak began this weekend. The Obama military is going to war under the banner of a non-English noun. Mushtarak is defined as “common,” “joint,” “combined,” “concurrent,” or “collective;” in the … Continue reading
The Emperor’s New Map
Share the post “The Emperor’s New Map”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe AP has stirred my inner map geek at exactly the right time. A million-dollar map is on rare public display: The map created by Matteo Ricci was the first in Chinese to show … Continue reading
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A Map For Redmond
Share the post “A Map For Redmond”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVoila. The emphasis is on cognitive details rather than accurate cartography. Objectives and the physical and human terrain are emphasized. The northern areas are where the “Northern Alliance” chiefs and tribal allies live. Up … Continue reading
Mapping the GOP
Share the post “Mapping the GOP”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The map above comes from a new Gallup poll. Bottom line: Since Obama was inaugurated, not much has changed in the political party landscape at the state level — the Democratic Party continues to … Continue reading
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Global Disasters Map
Share the post “Global Disasters Map”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis nifty map comes via my new favorite blog, The Map Scroll. Original is here.
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Mapping the GOP
Share the post “Mapping the GOP”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom the true story files: I’m a political geography nut because of Dr. Green. He was a ‘blue dog’ Democrat with great, big paintings of donkeys in his office. One day he held up a … Continue reading
