Work The Polls Big Projected Turnout Means It’s All Hands On Deck For The General Election On Election Day, Bernalillo County usually needs 2,500 poll workers—a one-day, 14-hour job that could arguably be among the most important in the [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 31, 2008 News County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Hot Polling Action #16 Do You Think The Federal Government Should Challenge New Mexico's Medical Marijuana Law? This week Simon McCormack writes about the legal gray area that has presented itself since medical marijuana was made legal in New Mexico [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 31, 2008 Blog Back pain, cured. Legal troubles, intensified.
Overseas Bump Barack Obama was warmly received on his tour of the Middle East and Europe, but it was unclear how his trip would be [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 31, 2008 Blog Obama’s speech in front of 200,000-plus Germans helped him in the polls.
Letters Batman Bust [Warning: spoiler alert] I thoroughly enjoyed 2005’s Batman Begins . But I’m bewildered by the apparent love affair with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark [...] Alibi \ Jul 31, 2008 News
Reel World Duke City Shootout Seven filmmakers handpicked from around the country had seven days to shoot, edit and premiere 12-minute screenplays. Now the race is over, and [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jul 31, 2008 Film
Secret Knowledge: Dodge Abqjournal.com’s Annoying Ad Roadblock In what can only be seen as a colossal lack of good judgment, the Albuquerque Journal’s website continues to ignore basic access etiquette [...] Jerry Cornelius \ Jul 31, 2008 Blog Hey, this doesn’t look like the story I wanted to read. Oh well. Click here.
Noise Toys This circuit-bent Pikachu with spikes through his body is particularly satisfying if you had younger siblings who forced you to watch episodes of [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 31, 2008 Blog
Week In Sloth The Week In Sloth "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" (Bravo 10 p.m.) First it was the real housewives of Orange County. Then it moved to New York [...] Alibi \ Jul 31, 2008 Film
Music To Your Ears Old Main Fest Ii Just when you thought you were done shaking off your hangover from the last Old Main Fest (held in May at the Albuquerque [...] Laura Marrich \ Jul 31, 2008 Music
Answer Me This What did a Denver court decide about protesters in Albuquerque? What was found under the Atrisco land grant? How many voters in one [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jul 31, 2008 News