sábado, 6 de febrero de 2021

Newsvine - fundraising

Source: BBC News

Terminal cancer sufferer and fundraiser Jane Tomlinson said she felt more fear than excitement ahead of her 4,200-mile charity bike ride across America.

Shriner Whistleblower Vernon Hill has called on the Florida Bar Association to take action against Shriners corporate attorney Jay Fleisher.

Source: washingtonpost.com

Even RNC chairman Ken Mehlman says that the Internet has proved much more lucrative for Democratic candidates than it has for Republicans.

An aspiring blogger has decided to turn to the internet to help him with a dilemma: his car is dying and it would be financially tough to afford it on his own.

Source: latimes.com

A TV ad by state Treasurer Phil Angelides excoriates Controller Steve Westly for raising campaign cash from "a corrupt Chicago businessman" — yet Angelides apparently sought fundraising aid from the same man.

We all want to change the world, but most of us are content doing it armchair-quarterback style with one hand on a cold one and the other one flicking the channel changer.

Source: MMORPG.com

Major League Baseball and MMO Gaming come together in this fund-raising event for ALS.

Source: New York Observer

It's always interesting when McCain has one of his "maverick moments." Pretty much any day now we'll undoubtedly see him hugging the president, embracing Falwell, and claiming on Meet The Press that he no longer believes that Limbaugh, Savage, and Dobbs help to "fuel the proble …

Source: go.reuters.com

When Amnesty International wanted to raise awareness about violence against women in Mexico, it turned to Jaguares, one of the country's most popular rock bands.

Source: bloomberg.com

Democrats outdid Republicans last year in attracting political donations from investment banks, brokerages and fund managers for the first time since 1994, helped by support from hedge funds and companies such as Merrill Lynch & Co.

Source: bloomberg.com

If this wasn't the saddest thing you ever read, it would certainly be the funniest...but it's like our politicians aren't aware of the absurdity of their own actions. Somebody given them a clue.

Source: boston.com

In a 34-page opinion, US District Judge Emmet G Sullivan said the FEC failed to give "a reasoned explanation" for its decision not to issues rules to require so-called "527" groups to register as federal political action committees and face the same strict fundraising, spending an

Source: bluenc.com

NRSC survey intentionally disguised as tax documents.

Source: toledoblade.com

The indictment of Tom Noe last week on 53 felony charges has Statehouse power brokers asking lots of questions.

Source: newsargus.com

'Ernest "Sonny" Neupert is determined to ride diabetes into the ground... Billing his trip "Uncle Sonny's Bike-A-Thon to Battle Diabetes," he started out last April and expects to wind up back home in Paisley, Fla., in mid-February.'

Source: usatoday.com

Isn't this just more proof that ALL corporate political contributions should be banned? Only then will politicians be accountable to the people who elected them instead of their corporate "masters".

Source: sfgate.com

As if being on the lam from the Norwegian courts and getting the cold shoulder from environmental groups isn't enough, FFF's sudden success has swamped Leona and Tommy, who still operate the site themselves. They bear the brunt of not just most of the copulation on the site but also the billing, Web-page creation and other business elements.