Election 2006: A War Referendum
• by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar)[This is A LOT better than the title might suggest.] The November election is shaping up as a national referendum on the war in Iraq – and the GOP, AKA the War Party, is in deep trouble.
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Marine Corps Issues Gag Order in Detainee Abuse Case
• LA TimesThe US Marine Corps has threatened to punish 2 members of the military legal team representing a terrorism suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay if they continue to speak publicly about reported prisoner abuse, a civilian lawyer from the defense team
Arizona Dairyman Down but Not Out
Dave Gallagher"I am sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to the government that's given to my competitors... The government has no business being in the milk pricing and structuring business"
A call for help from N. Korea?
• APCould N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il be using the provocation of a nuclear test simply as a bargaining chip to get the aid he needs to placate his people and stay in power? Pyongyang's recent nuclear test could actually be a desperate cry for help.
U.S. Intel: N. Korea Planning Another Nuke Test
• CBSNo sooner had an analysis of air samples taken by an Air Force plane over the Sea of Japan confirmed that the North Koreans had indeed set off a nuclear device, than U.S. intelligence picked up signs of activity at an underground test site,
Swedish politicians think taxes are to high
• TelegraphSweden's 9 day-old government has been left reeling by revelations that 3 of its new ministers evaded taxes or failed to pay television license fees for years. Maria Borelius, the trade minister, 46, resigned on Saturday, after admitting she pai
Crop insurers piling up profits
• Washington PostIn 2002, a small upstart insurance company approached the federal government with an idea. The company, Crop 1, was one of 16 firms that sold federally subsidized crop insurance policies to farmers under rates set by the government. (and the rest i
Displease a lobbyist, get fired
• LA TimesFor 5 years, Allen Stayman wondered who ordered his removal from a State Department job negotiating agreements with tiny Pacific islands nations -- even when his bosses wanted him to stay. Now he knows. Newly disclosed e-mails
Minutemen committee aids GOP
• Washington TimesA political action committee created by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, whose financial accountability has been challenged by MCDC members, has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to support GOP candidates
Security Analysis of Diebold Voting Machines
• Princeton Univ.Here's the report of the previous video showing how you can steal an election using Diebold voting machines.
How to steal an election using Diebold machines
• Gizmodo(Video Link)For those who'd like to see a demonstration of how an election can be stolen using Diebold voting machines, heres a 10 minute video showing how it can be done.
Jobs and Deficits(Fraud v Truth)
• Etherzone(Ed Henry)Finally, a few of the major media reporters are beginning to notice that the job situation in America is not all that it's cracked up to be. By following payroll taxes, we've know this for a long time. In fact, the situation is relatively s
FBI raid 4 homes, 2 offices in Weldon probe
• Philadelphia InquirerFBI agents investigating US Rep. Curt Weldon(R-Pa.) conducted 6 raids this morning - including at the homes of his daughter and a longtime friend. In all, agents executed 4 search warrants in the Philadelphia area and 2 in Jacksonville, Fla
Hoekstra met with Iranian Arms Man
• Raw StoryThe Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Peter Hoekstra(R-MI), has recently held meetings in Paris with front man working for Iranian arms dealer and Iran-Contra figure Manucher Ghorbanifar
France to ban smoking in all public places
• ABC News(Is this next if Arizona passes the iniative on the ballot about smoking?) Smoking will be banned in all public places in France starting next February. Smoking is a well-known French past time but the Prime Minister, Dominque de Villepin
TV-to-cell phone project is a go!!!
• Sign On San DiegoWireless techno giant Qualcomm's $800 million endeavor to deliver TV to cell phones got a boost yesterday when the FCC voted to allow the project to move forward as long as it limits interference with broadcast TV stations.
Montana Libertarian for US Senate, Stan Jones, tells it how it is
• You Tube (Video Link)See what happens when you let those damn libertarians in the debates...
Something To Talk About
Remembering a Legend One Ball and One Fence at a Time
Rachel GluckBuck O’Neil’s response to his lack of induction into The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” left not only The Host, but many Americans, including
100s evacuated amid Hawaii aftershocks
• APA strong earthquake shook Hawaii early Sunday, jolting residents out of bed and causing a landslide that blocked a major highway. Hundreds of hotel guests and hospital patients were evacuated, and aftershocks kept the state on edge.
Teen questioned for online Bush threats ... a year later
• APUpset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com.
Our thug in Palestine
• Daily TelegraphTo his enemies he is ruthless and corrupt. But to his allies in the West, Mohammed Dahlan is a potential Palestinian saviour to stand up to the radical Islamic group Hamas. Secular and tough – some say brutal – Mr Dahlan, a member of the Fatah par
There was a plan for Iraq - but it was torn up
• Daily TelegramWhen, in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the retired US Army General Jay Garner was asked to take over the post-war humanitarian mission, he certainly possessed the credentials for the job. Who better, then, for Defence Secretary, Donald Rum
Politicians caught on Internet candid cameras
• ReutersWant to catch a senator napping during a congressional hearing? Or letting a possible racial slur slip out at a campaign rally? YouTube.com -- the latest weapon in US politics where a candidate's missteps can be viewed by hundreds of thousands of
China fears consequences of North Korea collapse
• APA huge flow of refugees, a stronger U.S. presence in the region and economic pressures that could impact the stability of its government -- those are the worst fears for China in the event its neighbor, North Korea, collapsed.
TSA screener faces theft charge
• APA screener with the Transportation Security Administration was arrested after a passenger reported that she took money from the passenger's wallet.
The strange vote for Iraqi Federalism
• Missing LinksThe Iraqi parliament voted 140 to none to approve the federalism-procedures bill. Or did they? The NY Times said so. But the Iraqi paper Azzaman said the vote was 138 to nothing, representing 50% of the membership + 1
Collaborators must feel the pain - The First Mack Attack
Ernest HancockWhat? You didn't think a Revolution was about being nice did 'ya?
Arizona Secretary of State Debate in Phoenix (Video) Hancock - Torres - Brewer
• Clean Elections VideoStatewide Debate
Army "Big Brother" Unit Targets Bloggers
• DefenseTechBloggers: "Big Brother is not watching you, but 10 members of a Virginia National Guard unit might be." The Manassas-based Guardsmen are on assignment to clamp down on both "official and unofficial Army Web sites for operational securi
U.N. imposes stringent arms sanctions on N. Korea
• ReutersThe U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test in a resolution that Pyongyang called a "gangster-like" action.
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