The Kessler Syndrome: What is it? How could it threaten our political stability and human rights? How could it threaten humanity?
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A Trouble of the Modern Age: The Kessler Syndrome
Vote Early and Vote Often: The Genius of the Obama Campaigns use of Text Messaging and Other Forms of Mass Communication
The origin of the phrase Vote Early and Vote Often is usually attributed to Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson, a highly corrupt Republican politician who ruled the city from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1931 to 1935. The phrase itself described how political partisans could easily game the democratic voting process. As verifying...
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