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Fwd: [I-S] Gallup state numbers predict huge Obama loss

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Gallup state numbers predict huge Obama loss

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Gallup released their annual state-by-state presidential approval numbers yesterday, and the results should have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue very worried. If President Obama carries only those states where he had a net positive approval rating in 2011 (e.g. Michigan where he is up 48 percent to 44 percent), Obama would lose the 2012 election to the Republican nominee 323 electoral votes to 215.

Gallup adds:

Overall, Obama averaged 44% job approval in his third year in office, down from 47% in his second year. His approval rating declined from 2010 to 2011 in most states, with Wyoming, Connecticut, and Maine showing a marginal increase, and Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Jersey, Arizona, West Virginia, Michigan, and Georgia showing declines of less than a full percentage point. The greatest declines were in Hawaii, South Dakota, Nebraska, and New Mexico.

 

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Re: Fwd: [LA-F] A declining industry

Sadly, when they finally disappear in physical
form, they will not be
missed.
---
some will not be missed ... others will.

some newspaper companies have evolved


On May 15, 8:55 am, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ----------
>
>  by Richard Northhttp://eureferendum.com/feed/rss-feed.xml#2012-05-14T07:37:22.4556744...
>  [image: circulation
> 5609jb.jpg]<http://www.eureferendum.com/images/circulation%205609jb.jpg>
>
>  We have been looking at current newspaper circulation figures,  published
> by the ABC circulation bureau, with some interesting results.
>
>  The last time we
> looked<http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=69763>,
> for instance, the circulation of *The Times* newspaper had dropped to the
> daily average of 413,233, a year-on-year loss of 11.38 percent. Four months
> later, the same paper is selling 393,187 copies a day, representing an
> increased rate of loss at 12.59 percent, year on year.
>
> For *The Times* this is a particularly savage blow, as the expected
> result<http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1027766/>of Murdoch's paywall
> strategy was that it would prompt an immediate rise in
> readers buying printed issues. The immediate response, following the
> introduction of the paywall in July 2010 was a fall in circulation, with it
> dropping below the half-million mark on August 2010 (494,205).
>
> Then, having cut its cover price to 50p, the *Daily Mail* registered a
> circulation of 2,169,690, a 2.45 percent increase on July and its best
> circulation figure of the year. But now it stands at 1,991,275 copies a day
> – not quite the same precipitate fall, but a decline nonetheless. At the
> turn of the century, the paper was doing 2.35 million sales a day.
>
> This illustrates a more general
> trend<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom...>,
> right across the board, where decline in sales is universal and
> well-established. In August 2010, for instance, *The Guardian*, already in
> the decline, was selling 272,112 copies a day. November 2011 saw it selling
> 226,473.
>
> This April, by contrast, sees 214,128 copies a day, representing a
> year-on-year-decline of 18.86 percent. The turn of the century saw it
> selling 401,560 copies a day, and it was to peak two years later (2002) at
> 411,386. In ten years, its circulation has nearly halved.
>
> Another of the so-called quality newspapers, *The Daily Telegraph* was
> making 673,010 sales a day in August 2010. It managed only 594,644 in
> November 2011, and in April this year could only make 576,790 average daily
> sales, representing a year-on-year fall of 9.82 percent.
>
> This century, the paper peaked in 2001, with copies at 1,022,263 a day
> being sold. Its current circulation level is not so very far from a fifty
> percent decline, in just over ten years. But in 1980, it was doing 1.44
> million copies a day, compared with the *Mail's* 1.95 million.
>
> The Sundays, over the recent period, are showing declines similar to those
> of their daily counterparts. *The Sunday Telegraph* on November last was
> doing 465,389 copies a day. Now it is down to 455,378 per day, from its
> all-time record in 1980 of 1,017,000 copies, and from its 21st century peak
> of 822,931 in 2001.
>
> You have to go back to 1966, however, to see the peak for the *Observer*,
> when it topped out at 881,000 copies each Sunday. The turn of the century
> saw it decline to 416,460 and now it stands at a pitiful 252,802,
> representing a 16.61 percent year-on-year decline.
>
> Still, of course, the newspapers are reaching huge numbers of people, but
> the industry is unmistakably in decline, and with it goes its authority. In
> ten years' time, some of the titles we see on the news stands will no
> longer exist.
>
> However, given their current standard of writing, their choice of writers
> and their lacklustre grasp of the issues, their authority will have
> dissipated long before that. Sadly, when they finally disappear in physical
> form, they will not be
> missed.<http://umbrellog.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1010539>
>
> --
> Sean Gabb
> Director, The Libertarian Alliance (Carbon Positive since 1979)
> s...@libertarian.co.uk <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 's...@libertarian.co.uk');>  Tel: 07956 472 199 Skype: seangabb
>
> Postal Address: Suite 35,  2 Lansdowne Row, London W1J 6HL, England
>
> Donate <http://www2.libertarian.co.uk/?q=node/220> to the Libertarian
> Alliance
>
>  http://www.seangabb.co.ukhttp://www.libertarian.co.uk
>  http://libertarianalliance.wordpress.comhttp://richardblake.me.uk/http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/seangabbhttp://www.facebook.com/sean.gabb
>
> What would England and the world have been like in 1959 if there had been
> no Second World War? For one possible answer, read Sean Gabb's novel * The
> Churchill Memorandum<http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/ref=a9_sc_1?rh=i:aps,k:churchill+me...>
> *. If you like Bulldog Drummond and Biggles and the early James Bond, this
> will be right up your street. Or look
> here<http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sean-Gabb/e/B0034Q418E/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0>to
> see other books by Sean Gabb, or
> here <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Blake/e/B005I2B5PO/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1>to
> see books by Richard Blake.
>
>  circulation 5609jb.jpg
> 221KViewDownload
>
>  sean.vcf
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by Richard North
http://eureferendum.com/feed/rss-feed.xml#2012-05-14T07:37:22.4556744-07:00

We have been looking at current newspaper circulation figures,  published by the ABC circulation bureau, with some interesting results.

The last time we looked, for instance, the circulation of The Times newspaper had dropped to the daily average of 413,233, a year-on-year loss of 11.38 percent. Four months later, the same paper is selling 393,187 copies a day, representing an increased rate of loss at 12.59 percent, year on year.

For The Times this is a particularly savage blow, as the expected result of Murdoch's paywall strategy was that it would prompt an immediate rise in readers buying printed issues. The immediate response, following the introduction of the paywall in July 2010 was a fall in circulation, with it dropping below the half-million mark on August 2010 (494,205).

Then, having cut its cover price to 50p, the Daily Mail registered a circulation of 2,169,690, a 2.45 percent increase on July and its best circulation figure of the year. But now it stands at 1,991,275 copies a day – not quite the same precipitate fall, but a decline nonetheless. At the turn of the century, the paper was doing 2.35 million sales a day.

This illustrates a more general trend , right across the board, where decline in sales is universal and well-established. In August 2010, for instance, The Guardian, already in the decline, was selling 272,112 copies a day. November 2011 saw it selling 226,473.

This April, by contrast, sees 214,128 copies a day, representing a year-on-year-decline of 18.86 percent. The turn of the century saw it selling 401,560 copies a day, and it was to peak two years later (2002) at 411,386. In ten years, its circulation has nearly halved.

Another of the so-called quality newspapers, The Daily Telegraph was making 673,010 sales a day in August 2010. It managed only 594,644 in November 2011, and in April this year could only make 576,790 average daily sales, representing a year-on-year fall of 9.82 percent.

This century, the paper peaked in 2001, with copies at 1,022,263 a day being sold. Its current circulation level is not so very far from a fifty percent decline, in just over ten years. But in 1980, it was doing 1.44 million copies a day, compared with the Mail's 1.95 million.

The Sundays, over the recent period, are showing declines similar to those of their daily counterparts. The Sunday Telegraph on November last was doing 465,389 copies a day. Now it is down to 455,378 per day, from its all-time record in 1980 of 1,017,000 copies, and from its 21st century peak of 822,931 in 2001.

You have to go back to 1966, however, to see the peak for the Observer, when it topped out at 881,000 copies each Sunday. The turn of the century saw it decline to 416,460 and now it stands at a pitiful 252,802, representing a 16.61 percent year-on-year decline.

Still, of course, the newspapers are reaching huge numbers of people, but the industry is unmistakably in decline, and with it goes its authority. In ten years' time, some of the titles we see on the news stands will no longer exist.

However, given their current standard of writing, their choice of writers and their lacklustre grasp of the issues, their authority will have dissipated long before that. Sadly, when they finally disappear in physical form, they will not be missed.

--
Sean Gabb
Director, The Libertarian Alliance (Carbon Positive since 1979)
sean@libertarian.co.uk  Tel: 07956 472 199 Skype: seangabb

Postal Address: Suite 35,  2 Lansdowne Row, London W1J 6HL, England

Donate to the Libertarian Alliance
 

http://www.seangabb.co.uk http://www.libertarian.co.uk http://libertarianalliance.wordpress.com

http://richardblake.me.uk/ http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/seangabb http://www.facebook.com/sean.gabb

What would England and the world have been like in 1959 if there had been no Second World War? For one possible answer, read Sean Gabb's novel The Churchill Memorandum. If you like Bulldog Drummond and Biggles and the early James Bond, this will be right up your street. Or look here to see other books by Sean Gabb, or here to see books by Richard Blake.

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Fwd: Canadian Libertarian April 2012 Newsletter

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From: Canadian Libertarian Party Newsletter
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Subject: April 2012 Newsletter
To: Bruce Majors <majors.bruce@gmail.com>

This is the third edition of our re-launched Newsletter! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Welcome To The Third Edition of the Canadian Libertarian Party Newsletter APRIL 2012 On Youtube On Twitter On Facebook Join Website Since the last newsletter Before we get to bringing you stories and perspectives from across Canada, we also see a place for the party to give a brief update.  The Libertarian Party of Canada strives to be a part of the conversation, as well as facilitator. Nick Chan, a regional caucus member of the LPC, has taken on the task of building a Shadow Cabinet.  Wikipedia does a decent job of explaining what that is, but Nick has also given us an idea of his vision in an article published below. The hottest region in Canada in terms of growth, is still taking place in Atlantic Canada.  Both Alexander and Peter, who are part of the LPC organization, are building a network and foundation that I am sure will inspire libertarians and like-minded individuals to get involved.  Peter has an aricle explaining the current situation in New Brunswick regarding reorganizing and jurisdictions of government, while Alexander is working on launching a website/blog and possibly making some videos that give Atlantic Canadians solutions from a libertarian perspective. Walter Block spoke at the re-launch of the Vancouver Mises events on April 3rd.  Here is the link to his talk. Paul Geddes, CFO of the Party, gave a speech in March to a group put together by ILS.  We've posted the first third of the speech on the website, and will post the next part in a few weeks.  Be sure to check back periodically for the rest of the article. Michael McConkey gave a speech to the West Coast Libertarian Foundation (WCLF) titled "The Myth of the (Implicit) Social Contract" on April 14, 2012.  There is Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 Last but not least is our wrap-up from the Toronto-Danforth by-election.  There were many people and many dollars that went into this campaign, and everyone should give themselves a well-deserved pat on the back.  Here's how the numbers broke down: Scott (NDP) won with ~60% of the vote at 19,210 votes.  ~43% of 74,500 eligible voters voted, down from 64.9 % in the 41st GE.  John Christopher Recker clocked in at 133 votes, 6th place out of 11 candidates.  We hope the experience here translates into more involvement and a more thourough understanding of what libertarianism is amongst the general population.   Thank you to everyone involved. -Katrina Chowne Shadow Cabinet Dear fellow libertarians,   I'm excited to ask everyone, on behalf of the Libertarian Party of Canada, for your help and support in forming a libertarian think tank.  Our think tank will have many purposes, including shadowing federal cabinet ministers, and much more!   So far there has been much interest from across the country! I hope our think tank will bring libertarians together to debate and brainstorm strategies that will liberate the minds of the canadian public from current government policy.   I think the key word is to liberate, thanks to John Collison who used the word to describe how to liberate current tax laws, etc.  I hope our think tank will help to liberate Canadians by giving them better choices.  Rather than policies and laws formed by the other major political parties, our party think tank will give canadians libertarian strategies that will clearly explain step by step how our party will deal with each political issue.   Just like the Official Opposition Party of Canada serves to criticise and evaluate the current government, we also will do the same.   I welcome and encourage fellow libertarians of all kinds to participate in whatever capacity they can, and to contact me via email to discuss further. So many want to support the Party via membership and supporting candidates, but find our lack of pragmatic solutions of how to get from here to there as something they want to see first before they join.  Creating policy isn't for everyone, but this is your chance to make a real difference in shaping the future of Canadian Law!   Here's to liberating canadian politics!   -N Chan Nick is a regional caucus member of the Libertarian Party of Canada Robert McFazden's Response to an Editorial A Response to a Vermilion Voice Editorial "Attrition Through Legislation", March 19 2012    I was pleasantly surprised and encouraged to read this editorial which expressed concern with the on-going expansion of government regulation and the consequent loss of freedom. I can empathize with your concern about government regulation. As a member of the Libertarian Party of Canada I am concerned about the continued, gradual loss of liberty in our country. I define liberty as the inalienable right of citizens to choose what they do with themselves and their possessions while being responsible to respect the same right for everyone else. This might seem quite benign to most people, but libertarians distinguish themselves from other political parties by expecting governments to respect these inalienable rights of their citizens. Governments that tax away their citizens resources, regulate their citizens lives, and debase the country's currency with fractional banking and other inflationary practices are not consistent with liberty. Unless we are willing to put some effort into maintaining our liberty, it will be taken from us in the name of doing some supposed good. There is never any mention of the cost or other consequences associated with the proposed legislation. Unless we as citizens are willing to actively defend our liberty in the political arena, we will lose it.    Robert has a blog, is a retired college teacher with degrees in agriculture & economics. "My views on religion, politics, & economics integrate seamlessly.   I seek after what is true & libertarianism is part of what I have found" - Robert McFazden, Vermilion, AB Of Thomas Mulcair     The new face of the NDP Thomas Mulcair follows a long line of Quebecois lawyers lusting for the power inherent in occupation of 24 Sussex Drive. It says quite a bit about the NDP's desperation that they would turn to someone who has been with their party for only about an election cycle, to lead their charge onwards and upwards. The election of Muclair represents a significant change - not in ideology but in marketing. The goal of every political party in Canada is to have virtually full control of all activities of the individual. This is immutable, but the rhetoric politicians use to advance this cause is not. Muclair is a small part of a broader strategy the NDP has been engaged in to repackage their brand under more libertarian auspices. Gone are the days when the NDP would call for the nationalization of heavy industry; at least in public. It is often said that libertarians are socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I suggest that this is a false for many reasons. The notion that conservatives are fiscally responsible is controverted by evidence and only the most partisan of observers can possibly express this with a straight face. Conservatives use libertarian rhetoric in fiscal responsibility - that is, they pretend to have our beliefs in order to get people to vote for them. In office they are never hesitant to spend their way to reelection. Nor can a liberal be said to respect the rights of the minority if they do not first guarantee the rights of the individual, for is there a smaller minority than the man who stands alone? Muclair - who recently offered to join the Conservative government in exchange for a cabinet seat - cares for only one thing: Power. He has been a liberal, he is with the NDP, and he wanted to be a conservative. If this leader of the NDP thing doesn't work out, Elizabeth May better watch out! Zak is a full time degenerate, gambler & part time political activist from London Ontario. Send him mail - Zak Young BCTF Strike Deomonstrates Failure of Political Decision-Making

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