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Introduction: Imagine, if you will, an alternate universe in which a confused old man - Joe Buckstop - stumbles into the presidency, and spends his entire term in his basement. Each evening, an aide walks downstairs and serves him his bowl of soup, and engages him in conversation about current events, in a losing effort to keep his mind hale. Tonight's episode is an excerpt from the ongoing series, "Evening Soup with Basement Joe," by John F. Di Leo, a fictional chronicle of the events of 2021, a political satire available in paperback or eBook from Amazon. "Hey, is da...

Chicago New Party Update by Bruce Bentley About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership meeting in July. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on local activities and to hear appeals for NP support from four potential political candidates. The NP is being very active in organization building and politics. There are 300 members in Chicago. In order to build an organizational and financial base the NP is sponsoring house parties. Locally it has been successful both fiscally and in building a grassroots base. Nationwide it has resulted in 1000 people committed to monthly contributions. The...

ELECTION 2002Libertarian loses ballot ruling, will try again in U.S. court Monday By BRYAN LONGAtlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer The Libertarians have one last chance to put Wayne Parker's name on the 11th Congressional District ballot. On Friday, Parker lost his case in Fulton Superior Court, but he will try again Monday morning in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. Parker turned in roughly 18,000 signatures --- almost twice the number needed for third-party candidates to get on the ballot. In mid-September the Secretary of State's office said more than 8,400 signatures were not valid and Parker would not be a candidate....