JetBlue said it would offer a chance to win free, round-trip tickets to other countries for disgusted customers whose preferred presidential candidate loses the election. The company is planning to give away more than 1,000 tickets.
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“When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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A Danish politician is trying to stand out from his rivals in national elections by appearing in X-rated campaign posters wearing nothing more than a cowboy hat, a holster, and a determined gaze. John Erik Wagner, 51, who is running for prime minister as an independent, has become known as “the naked cowboy” for the racy ads, which he’s posted […]
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Authorities in an east Indian state have made it mandatory for candidates contesting village elections to have a toilet in their home as part of a move to improve sanitation in the country, a senior official said. On Wednesday, the Bihar state assembly passed an act mandating that candidates must confirm that they have a toilet inside their home in […]
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“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” – Plato
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“In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
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“Throw a few chairmen of the board in jail for polluting the air and water, and you’ll see pollution disappear quite rapidly…. You would also probably see some pretty drastic prison reforms.” – Fortney H. “Pete” Stark
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“It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.” Margaret Mead
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