Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Delegates:	Pledged	Super	Total	Needed
Obama	1,609.5	292.5	1,902	123
Clinton	1,444.5	273.5	1,718	308
Remaining	189	230	419
(2,025 delegates needed for victory)

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by openthread

Wed May 07, 2008 at 06:50:02 PM PDT

John McCain, Worth the Fighting For:

For a long time, Robert Jordan was the man I admired above almost all others in life and fiction … a hero for the twentieth century, my century.

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Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:30:01 AM PDT

John McCain, Worth the Fighting For:

For a long time, Robert Jordan was the man I admired above almost all others in life and fiction … a hero for the twentieth century, my century.

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Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:15:01 PM PDT

JIbber jabber.

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Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:55:01 AM PDT

JIbber jabber.

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Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:40:01 PM PDT

JIbber jabber.

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Today in our tour of Latin American music, I give you the brilliant Carlos Vives. Vives has made a career out of modernizing the vallenato -- a Colombian variation of the cumbia that hails from the nation's coastal region. Little vallenato groups (accortion and percussion) roam the beaches and play for partygoers, something I hope to experience first-hand some day -- kos

This was his breakout hit. His song "Amor Latino" is my ring tone when my wife calls.

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Sun May 04, 2008 at 06:50:02 PM PDT

Jibber jabber.

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Sun May 04, 2008 at 05:40:01 AM PDT

We'll start this morning off with Dominican Juan Luis Guerra, my favorite merenguero and perhaps the greatest living poet in Latin America. Except that this song isn't a merengue, but a mambo -- kos

p.s. Perhaps his best (and certainly most political) song, circa 1992:

This video was reportedly banned in several Latin American countries.

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Sat May 03, 2008 at 06:10:01 PM PDT

The Minutemen also hate Thalia and Boricua Fat Joe -- kos

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Sat May 03, 2008 at 05:00:01 AM PDT

The Minutemen hate Paulina Rubio -- kos

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Fri May 02, 2008 at 06:55:01 PM PDT

The Minutemen hate Paulina Rubio -- kos

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Fri May 02, 2008 at 05:55:01 AM PDT

Being Latino rocks -- kos

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Thu May 01, 2008 at 06:45:01 PM PDT

I've got homework for you guys: If you live anywhere near a Salvadoran restaurant, give it a shot. Try pupusas, our national food. Make sure you eat it the way it's supposed to be eaten (ask for instructions).

For some reason, I was under the impression that more people had tried them, but apparently not -- kos