12.27.2008

Up next in Senate recount: Which ballots to count

The Minnsota Star-Tribune reports:

All must agree on absentee votes; result could tip scales.

Beginning a critical new stage in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, the campaigns of Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken are expected to spend today and Sunday identifying absentee ballots that they believe were improperly rejected and should now be counted.

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John Lennon Has an Important Message For You

12.24.2008

Ohio TV Station: Was GOP "IT Guru" Crash Accident Or Murder?

"Ohio TV Station: Was GOP "IT Guru" Crash Accident Or Murder?"
The story of whistleblower, key witness about to testify that 04 election was stolen, GOP IT guru, threatened by Rove, warned of his safety thru sabotage & feared for his life Connell who died in a fiery plane crash has finally been picked up by TV's MSM.

http://digg.com/politics/Ohio_TV_Station_Was_GOP_IT_Guru_Crash_Accident_Or_Murder?OTC-em-st1

12.23.2008

DN!: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating Torture Laws

Susan Wilk has sent you a story from Democracy Now!, a daily independent radio and TV news program:

Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York has urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and other senior Bush administration officials for violations of the law relating to the torture of prisoners in US custody. Nadler is the chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [includes rush transcript]

To read, listen to, or watch the whole story:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/23/rep_jerrold_nadler_d_ny_calls


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12.22.2008

Video: Steven Spoonamore Named Connell

Rove Threatened Blackmail - Background

More Background
http://thejournal.epluribusmedia.net/index.php/state-news/ohio-news/34-ohio-news/127-rove-threat-to-blackmail-gop-it-mastermind-triggers-immunity-request-to-ohio-ag-by-election-lawyers

Thrown Under the Bus

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 PRNewswire-USNewswire

Michael Connell, the Bush IT expert who has been directly implicated in the rigging of George Bush's 2000 and 2004 elections, was killed last night when his single engine plane crashed three miles short of the Akron airport. Velvet Revolution ("VR"), a non-profit that has been investigating Mr. Connell's activities for the past two years, can now reveal that a person close to Mr. Connell has recently been discussing with a VR investigator how he can tell all about his work for George Bush. Mr. Connell told a close associate that he was afraid that George Bush and Dick Cheney would "throw [him] under the bus."

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayRel...

Connell Had Cancelled Previous Flights

Connell had canceled at least two previous flights on fear of sabotage.

The man who knew too much


An article in the Telegraph (UK):
 


Scott Horton's take:

A Troubling Black Box Death
By Scott Horton

Michael Connell was well-known to those who follow the "black box" voting drama. A voting technology expert from Akron, Ohio, Connell faithfully served the Republican Party, and in particular its chief electoral guru, Karl Rove-faithfully, that is, up until a few months ago. Under subpoena and court order, Connell was compelled to testify about his role in managing the 2004 election tabulations in Ohio. In that race, Connell both served as information technology consultant to the Bush-Cheney campaign and, under contract with the state of Ohio, managed the vote tabulation from servers he maintained in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He emerged as the focal witness in the current controversy over voting machine manipulation in Ohio. In 2004 exit polls put Kerry on top, but official results in black box districts, strongly at variance with the exit polls, gave the state, and the race, to Bush. After Connell was reportedly threatened by Karl Rove, an attorney for the plaintiffs in the litigation appealed to Attorney General Mukasey for protection late last summer. Now Connell is dead, the victim of a crash on the approach of his plane to the Akron airport on Friday. The Akron Beacon Journal reports:
Mr. Connell, founder and chief executive of New Media Communications in Richfield, died instantly when the single-prop airplane he was piloting crashed into a vacant house about three miles short of the Akron-Canton Airport. State Highway Patrol Lt. Eric Sheppard said Mr. Connell's plane was in communication with the airport control tower just before the crash, but he could not detail whether the radio transmissions were calls for help. "We have no reason to believe at this point it was anything other than an unfortunate crash," Sheppard said.
Connell had recently come into public view in connection with a lawsuit raising allegations of vote fraud in 2004:
Šthe lawsuit alleges that by 9 p.m. on Election Night 2004, the results were switched from the state server to one set up by Connell's, in the former Pioneer Bank Building in Chattanooga, Tenn. It is alleged the same server was used to bundle and remove White House e-mails regarding the 2005 federal prosecutor firing scandal. Mr. Connell tried to fight the subpoena, but a judge ruled against it and he gave a deposition on Nov. 3. It was through the fight over the subpoena that attorneys who brought the case learned that Mr. Connell and his wife had allegedly been threatened with federal prosecution by Rove.
Bob Fitrakis, one of the Columbus attorneys who filed the lawsuit, a former Green Party candidate for president and a political blogger known for his conspiracy theories on election stealing in Ohio, said word of Mr. Connell's death ''sent a chill down my spine."
Larisa Alexandrovna also links Connell to another important technology controversy: the "disappearance" of millions of emails connected with Karl Rove from the White House servers. The emails had been repeatedly subpoenaed and the White House had claimed they were "lost," a response which few are buying.
Mike Connell set-up the alternate email and communications system for the White House. He was responsible for creating the system that hosted the infamous GWB43.com accounts that Karl Rove and others used. When asked by Congress to provide these emails, the White House said that they were destroyed. But in reality, what Connell is alleged to have done is move these files to other servers after having allegedly scrubbed the files from all "known" Karl Rove accounts.

Connell may very well have died as a result of an innocent accident, but the circumstances are such that some observers will never believe that. He will be viewed as "the man who knew too much."
NYU professor and Harper's Magazine contributor Mark Crispin Miller discusses the case on today's Democracy Now.

Connell was warned not to fly



MCM


Mike Connell was warned not to fly before plane crash

Mike Connell was warned not to fly before plane crash
By Wayne Madsen
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Dec 22, 2008, 00:27

(WMR) -- WMR has learned from knowledgeable sources in Ohio that Republican Party computer networking guru Mike Connell was warned not to fly in anonymous warnings conveyed to principals in the ongoing federal civil lawsuit of King Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood Association v. Blackwell, stemming from GOP-engineered vote fraud in the 2004 Ohio presidential election, as well as a potential Ohio racketeer-influenced criminal organization (RICO) criminal proceeding against former Bush White House aide Karl Rove and Blackwell, in the conspiracy to illegally steer Ohio's 20 electoral votes to the Bush column in 2004.
Connell's Piper Saratoga single-engine plane crashed during the evening of December 19 in Uniontown, Ohio, as it was preparing to land at Akron-Canton airport. There were no other passengers and Connell was killed in the crash. Connell had flown to College Park, Maryland, the previous day. Connell, who lived in Akron with his wife Heather and four children, often flew to Washington for activities related to his IT businesses.
Connell's name surfaced as a key player in Rove's election fraud conspiracy after this year's July 17 Columbus news conference hosted by Cliff Arnebeck, the Ohio attorney who has been representing plaintiffs in the federal civil suit against former Republican Secretay of State J. Kenneth Blackwell. On the phone at the conference was John McCain campaign adviser and computer security specialist Stephen Spoonamore who identified Connell as a key player, as well as potential trial witness, in the GOP's conspiracy to flip Ohio votes in the 2004 election.
Spoonamore and Connell had reportedly worked together on foreign elections in programs sponsored by the International Republican Institute (ISI) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Both had traveled abroad together on special election projects to ensure "fair voting" procedures.
For the first time, WMR has learned that the GOP vote flipping conspiracy was in place earlier than the November 2004 general election and was used to deny votes to Democratic candidates John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich in the March 2, 2004, Democratic primary. John Kerry won the primary with 52 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Edwards and 9 percent for Kucinich.
After Connell was identified as a potential witness in the civil case against Blackwell and a possible criminal Ohio RICO case against Rove, Blackwell, and perhaps others, the plaintiff attorneys received a tip from a high-level source in the McCain presidential campaign that Rove had issued a threat against Connell. Connell had worked for the 2008 McCain presidential campaign on the development of its web pages.
WMR has learned from our Ohio sources that five threats against Connell were conveyed to the election fraud plaintiff attorneys with the last tip being "Connell is in danger." One of the threats reportedly made by Rove to Connell was that Connell could forget about a pardon from President George W. Bush if he did not "take the fall" in the event criminal charges were brought and that his wife Heather, who was used as a majority stockholder for one of Connell's web design companies, GovTech Solutions, would be prosecuted for illegal lobbying. Connell's other company is New Media Communications, Inc.
We have also learned that one additional tip was relayed to Connell's wife and it was to the effect that Connell "was in danger and he should not fly his plane."
Connell's firms received contracts to place its servers behind the House of Representatives firewall courtesy of then-House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney (R-OH), later jailed for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying-influence peddling scandal. Connell also designed and ran the web sites for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Judiciary Committee. WMR has learned that through effective GOP control of these web sites, the Bush White House was able to monitor all committee e-mails and documents, including planning documents for House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

We have also learned that Connell's IT firm did classified web site development work for the CIA.
Based on the threats against Connell, the federal judge hearing the civil suit King Lincoln v. Blackwell,conveyed to Connell that the court would protect him if he came forward. On October 17, 2008, Connell's attorneys attempted to quash an October 8, 2008, plaintiff subpoena for his court appearance. On October 31, U.S. Judge Solomon Oliver denied the motion to quash the subpoena and ordered Connell's deposition to proceed on November 3, the day before Election Day. WMR has learned that on Friday, October 31, Connell was nervous and "beet red" during the hearing to quash the subpoena. On Monday, November 3, Connell was composed and it is believed that his top shelf law firm had been selected by Rove to represent Connell for the deposition. Rove's intent was to ensure that there would be no deposition from Connell before the November 4 election.
WMR has also learned that Connell was prepared to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the election fraud in Ohio and other states but that the offer of testimony was not acted upon senior staffers for House Judiciary Committee Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). A source in Columbus told us that some of Conyers' senior staffers on his committee and in is office are not to be trusted on issues related to election fraud.
In addition, Rove and the Bush White House attempted to forestall testimony by election officials in Mahoning County and Youngstown, Ohio, on election fraud in 2004 by promising to have former Rep. James Traficant (D-OH), who is currently imprisoned after being convicted of corruption, released early in return for their silence. Traficant is not scheduled for release from federal prison until Sept, 2, 2009.
Previously published in the Wayne Madsen Report.
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12.21.2008

MIKE CONNELL DEAD


Stark Co. plane crash: Who was Michael Connell?


Michael Connell was killed when the Piper Supercub he was piloting crashed three miles short of an Akron-Canton Airport runway. He leaves behind a wife and four children.

Connell, 45, of Bath Township, is considered to be one of the Republican Party's top computer experts. He led the companies that designed websites for the GOP and a virtual who's-who list of republican political leaders including President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, as well as national organizations. Connell developed a host of federal government software and data management systems. Connell is also said to be a close confidant of the Bush family.
Earlier this year Connell was subpoenaed to testify in an Ohio federal court regarding voter fraud just days before the November presidential election. His alleged intimate knowledge of White House and Capitol Hill email systems has been a hot topic of conversation for Washington insiders regarding the Karl Rove/White House email scandal.
Connell founded New Media Communications, based in Cleveland, is the CEO of GovTech Solutions, based in Akron, and is associated with several other successful IT, marketing and advertising enterprises. His companies have won numerous awards for the development of political websites, marketing campaigns, and use of technology. New Media Communications placed third on the prestigious Weatherhead 100, a list compiled by Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management that recognizes Northeast Ohio's fastest growing companies.

© 2008 WKYC-TV

courtesy: www.connelldonatelli.com

Karl Rove and Death

This message from Mark Crispin Miller is so disturbing, I am posting it without comment, in its entirety:

Back in the Nineties, the right compiled a "Clinton death list," and kept it circulating as a part of their long propaganda drive against that president. They also spread a lot of rumors of a coming federal crackdown, muttering of black helicopters in the skies, and "jack-booted thugs" preparing to drag all good patriots away.

All that stuff was paranoid mythology, based loosely on some actual events (the FBI's assault at Ruby Ridge, which took place under Bush the Elder, and the massacre of the Branch
Davidians in Waco) and lots of heated fantasy (such as the notion that the Clintons whacked
Vince Foster).

Whereas Clinton's enemies made much of his imaginary homicides and fascist plans, they've
mostly been stone-silent on the subject of Bush/Cheney's overt strikes against US democracy
(e.g., the Patriot Act, etc.)--and on the many unexplained and/or suspicious deaths that have occurred throughout the dark years of this presidency.

The list is long. There's Ray Lemme, the Florida investigator who, just after he told Clint Curtis that he'd nailed the truth about the Bush Republicans' election fraud, "committed suicide" in Georgia; Deborah Palfrey, the "DC madam," who threatened to go public with her client list, then suddenly "committed suicide"; Athan Gibbs, whose company, TruVote, which specialized in non-computerized vote-counting, was starting to compete with Diebold and ES&S et al.--and who died young on a highway when his car was crushed by a big truck; Don C. Wiley, the Harvard biologist who also suddenly, and wholly inexplicably, "committed suicide" (a terminus apparently related to the Bush regime's own work with lethal germs).

There are a lot of others, too. Instead of trying to name them all, let's concentrate for now
on those with clear links to Karl Rove.

From Velvet Revolution:

Karl Rove was working with Phil Gramm when a witness died:

In 1985, Gramm was linked to a campaign contribution shakedown run out of a Small Business Administration (SBA) office in El Paso. He was never subjected to a complete investigation or negative press coverage, however, because on February 19, 1988, a leased Rockwell Aero Commander 680 crashed and exploded shortly after taking off from El Paso International Airport. All aboard, the pilot, his wife and son, were killed. The pilot was local businessman Don McCoy who, a day earlier, had agreed to give testimony in an FBI investigation that had threatened both Senator Gramm's protégé at the SBA, and some of the city's most prominent business leaders.

Karl Rove was one of Enron's biggest shareholders. Questions surround the "suicide" of Enron's Cliff Baxter.

Rove was working on John Ashcroft's Senate campaign when his opponent, Mel Carnahan, was killed in a plane crash. Ashcroft lost the race.

Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash after speaking out loudly and publicly against starting the Iraq War. Rove was the political strategist in the White House.

[For an overview of the abundant evidence of foul play in Wellstone's case, see

And now Mike Connell. Quite the pile of bodies following Rove around.

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12.17.2008

Minnesota Recount Updates Dec 17th - Video

Coleman Adds Challenges As Board Asks For Them To Be Reduced

230+ Franken challenges left to count as board reconvenes 9am

MN Supreme Court to hear recount case

Franken campaign spokesperson believes that the recount will be completed on Friday.

Watch it all live on The UpTake! (provided here for your convenience)

12.13.2008

Nobel Economist: Bail Out Homeowners, Not Banks

"We should be helping at the bottom end, not at the top," he says.

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New GOP Memo- actual Union Busting MEMO

1. This is the democrats first opportunity to payoff organized labor after the election. This is a precursor to card check and other items. Republicans should stand firm and take their first shot against organized labor, instead of taking their first blow from it.More at link

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Judicial Ruling Brings Franken Closer to Senate Win

Al Franken received a lot of good news in his attempt to wrest, from Stormin' Norm Coleman, the Senate seat once held by Paul Wellstone. Franken's odds of winning improved a great deal after a judicial ruling and one from the Minnesota SoS.

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12.09.2008

Election News from Mark Crispin Miller

CA: Humboldt County - Local elections office commended
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_11161383

CA: Humboldt County - Editorial - A glitch that should never have been
http://www.times-standard.com/editorials/ci_11161384

CA: Humboldt County - Our Votes are Too Important...

CA: Humboldt County - Diebold Voting Software Lost Ballots in California County
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/unique-election.html

12.05.2008

Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says

"If true (the official state and newspaper numbers show a margin more favorable to Coleman, owing to the many challenges each campaign has logged), the tally underscores just how incredibly close the Minnesota race has become."Regardless of the outcome, he should challenge the rejection of the absentee ballots in court.

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11.30.2008

The Republican Noise Machine's Rumor

They are trying so hard to promote a rumor that has been circulating for about 6 months now, that Obama has something to hide on his birth certificate.

Reason Magazine took a look at it here: Read About It

Snopes has also taken a look at it: Read the Snopes Analysis


Analyst: Senate may decide Minn. election

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A statement by US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., makes it more likely the Senate could intervene in a . . .

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Minnesota Recount Frequently Asked Questions

Recount Frequently Asked Questions by the Star Tribune

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White House Lobbies Against Fed Global Warming Regulations

The Bush White House continues to subvert the rule of law and impede action on global warming. To avoid action on global warming despite a direct order from the Supreme Court, Bush’s people have brazenly flouted their Constitutional obligation to faithfully execute the law, ignoring science, ignoring Congressional subpoenas, even ignoring the EPA.

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11.29.2008

11.28.2008

Franken-Coleman Recount, 11/27/08: MSM Gets It Wrong Again

TThe MSM would have you believe that the Board's decision on the rejected absentee ballots is that it was A Serious, Perhaps Fatal Blow To Franken's Campaign. But, if you watched the coverage of the board meeting over at The UpTake, Minnesota's groundbreaking citizen-journalism video site, you saw something completely different.

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11.27.2008

NASA scientist cites 'global-warming emergency'

NASA physicist says public awareness lags about the 'hundreds of millions' of people worldwide will sufffer from lack of water, rising seas. Atmospheric carbon dioxide is already at 385 parts per million, well over the 350 parts per million, or less, that is considered "safe," Hansen said. And more warming is already in the pipeline because of iner

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Howard Dean for Education Secretary

But no one can dispute that Howard Dean was right about the 50 state strategy, and this undoubtedly helped Barack Obama and a lot of Democratic congressmen and senators get elected. He's also been exactly right on the policy issues. Shouldn't the Obama administration reward competence?

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Al-Zawahiri Has a New Rant

He got one thing right: The American economy is corrupt and usurious.
Here is the summary of his new commentary that I read. By the way, to save you some trouble: he makes no mention of the Mumbai attacks.
http://bnonews.com/news/22.html
Pres.-elect Obama, this is the guy that needs to get gotten, more so than bin Laden.

DA reveals evidence against Cheney, says 'don't let it die'

Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra spoke to two Texas television stations Wednesday night regarding his investigation of injustice within the prison systems which led to the indictment by a Texas grand jury of Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, along with other officials.

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Minnesota Recount Likely to End Up in Court, Regardless of Winner

This analysis comes from a post on Digg by ThoughtLover (love the name):
After browsing around trying to figure this out, it appears that Minnesota state law does not allow rejected absentee ballots to be included in a recount, of which there are estimated to be about 6-12k. Many estimations expect Franken to gain votes in the 3000+ contested ballots (currently Coleman has ~100 more contentions). Even with Franken's expected gains, generally people seem to think Franken will lose the recount by about 50 votes. At this point, everything is within the margin of error.

As Minnesota's Canvassing Board doesn't feel they have the authority to make a ruling, this will go to the courts, no matter who wins the recount, to see if the rejected absentee votes can be counted. According to arguments made before Minnesota's Canvassing Board, according to an article in the Wall Stree Journal by John Fund...

Read the WSJ article here
... the court case will likely revolve around:
1) A Minnesota law requiring "complete voting activity be reported."
- Sounds weak to me. Ballots that are legally disqualified and legally denied recount could be reported as "discarded".
2) Equal Protection argument from Bush v Gore (I'm no expert on this ruling)
- This infamous Supreme Court ruling that decided that the different standards of counting ballots across Florida violated the equal protection clause. Similarly, Minnesota's rejected absentee ballots (vs other rejected ballots) are being treated differently. However, similar cases since Bush v Gore have failed because of Bush v Gore's controversial “limited to the present circumstances” ruling that has limited it as being a precedent.
3) Washington State's disputed 2004 governor's race
- A controversial ruling which released names and led to a scramble to obtain written oaths from people declaring how they had intended to vote. The Democrats won because they started their efforts sooner.

All very confusing... my brain hurts.

11.26.2008

Howard Dean for Education Secretary

I love this idea! But no one can dispute that Howard Dean was right about the 50 state strategy, and this undoubtedly helped Barack Obama and a lot of Democratic congressmen and senators get elected. He's also been exactly right on the policy issues. Shouldn't the Obama administration reward competence?

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Canvassing Board rules against Franken in MN Senate recount

Minnesota's Canvassing Board voted unanimously Wednesday to reject a request from Democrat Al Franken to count thousands of rejected absentee ballots in the recount of votes in his Senate race against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.

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11.25.2008

Minnesota Recount Updates Nov 25

From RawStory: Franken Finds 6,400 Uncounted Absentee Ballots
With the recount in the razor-thin Minnesota U.S. Senate race continuing into its second week, Democratic candidate Al Franken's campaign says it has uncovered 6,400 rejected absentee ballots and will ask a state board to count at least some of those votes.

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From CQ: Norm Coleman Gains Votes in Today's Recount
But with about a fifth of the total votes still to be re-tallied after six days of hand-counting — and each side poised to challenge close to 2,000 ballots when the state canvassing board reconvenes in mid-December — a decision in the year’s closest Senate contest still is likely weeks away.

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Richard Clark for Head of CIA

This article lays out the case for making Richard CLark the head of the CIA.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/richard-clarke-for-cia-di_b_146043.html





11.24.2008

Nate Silver Is Predicting a Franken Win

Not buying the prediction, but hoping for it anyway. From the article on fivethirtyeight.com:

"An analysis of precinct-by-precinct returns available on the Secretary of State's website, however, suggests that Franken's position is somewhat stronger than it appears, and that he may in fact be the favorite to prevail in the recount process."


Here's the whole story.

11.22.2008

Challenged Ballots in Minnesota Recount

This site shows a few of the challenged ballots and lets you vote on who gets the vote for each example.

It is worth your time. Check it out.

Mike Connell: Key Player in White House Email Funny Business

An interesting article about Mike Connell, Bush/Rove's "IT" guy (technology adviser).

Connell met with cyber security expert Stephen Spoonamore:
"to learn how to destroy data on White House computer hard drives. This was during the height of the United States Attorney scandal and during the tenure of Connell's former employee, David Almacy, as director of the White House Internet and E-Communications Director."


http://www.velvetrevolution.us/prosecute_rove/

Two Whistleblowers Say 2002 Senate Race Was Rigged

Diebold Vote Company Whistleblower and GOP Cyber Security Expert Both Say That 2002 Chambliss Senate Race Was Rigged

Reported by Velvet Revolution:

A former Diebold vote machine contractor who was in charge of preparing the 2002 election between Saxby Chambliss and Max Cleland has stated that the software patches placed on the voting machines in the weeks prior to the election could have rigged the election in favor of Republican Chambliss.
Read all about it

Watch the interview with the Diebold whistleblower:



Watch the cyber sleuth interview:

Video: Humorous Take on the Minnesota Recount

Minnesota Recount: Friday Nov 21st

Recount details: Friday's results

11.21.2008

UPDATED: Hearing on Cheney indictment turns chaotic

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) — A county prosecutor who brought indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday about special treatment for high-profile defendants as a routine motions hearing descended into chaos.

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO:

For People Who Want to Follow the Recount Moment to Moment

Recount Blog

Franken Gains on Coleman in 2nd Day of Recount

Vote margin shrinks to 129, but it's not all good news. The number of challenged ballots is mounting.

Read Brad Friedman's report

Go to Minnesota's Recount Page

11.18.2008

Cheney, Gonzales, Indicted

The first of many times that Cheney and friends will be indicted.

"Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been named in a South Texas grand jury indictment on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners being detained in Willacy County federal detention centers, The Associated Press said."

It's been a weird month. This kind of weird, I can handle.

11.14.2008

Alaska recount update: Saturday 11/15

The Alaskan U.S. Senate recount trend favors Begich, who is now ahead by 1022. The state will count about 40 percent of remaining ballots today and the rest early next week.

http://www.adn.com/elections/senate/story/588675.html

11.13.2008

Mike Malloy - I Will Never Forgive--MUST HEAR

Mike Malloy lays the case out for why the American People should never forgive the Republicans for what they have done to America. Check out www.novamradio.com! This is a MUST HEAR for every American.

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Blackwater likely to be fined millions in Iraq weapons case

Charged with illicit arms trafficking with some of the weapons are believed to have ended up on the country's black market, but no criminal charges have been filed in the case.No charges, no arrests, no contracts canceled and any fines will be added to the next contract amount, no doubt. War is a racket!

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Dem Pulls Ahead in Alaska Senate Race by 814

Begich, who was losing after election night, now leads Stevens by 814 votes -- 132,196 to 131,382 -- with the state still to count roughly 40,000 more ballots over the next week.

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TED STEVENS BEHIND BY 3 VOTES

Mark Begich just took the lead in Alaska's senatorial race this evening announced the Alaska Division of Elections

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11.10.2008

How to tell if your position on something is wrong

Of course this doesn't apply to the users of Digg.

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Simple Device Invented in 1833 May Lead to Cheap Hydrogen

A modern team of Italian researchers has uncovered a device invented by fellow Italian G.D. Botto in 1833 that can be used to generate hydrogen with inexpensive, everyday parts. By reflecting sunlight from two parabolic mirrors onto a hollow tube wrapped in metal and filled with water, the device generates enough electricity to produce hydrogen

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Barack Obama: His policies

The Obama in-tray will be full to bursting when he settles down in the Oval Office. But where does he stand on the major issues facing America?

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Palin Blamed for Death Threats Against Obama

Sarah Palin's rhetoric produced a spike in death threats to the Obama family.

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11.09.2008

They Call it Obama Backlash

I call it KKK.

R Reich: The Mini Depression and the Maximum-Strength Remedy

Robert Reich on shoring up the demand side of the economy. Government spending is the key, because none of the other components of demand - Consumers, Investments and Exports - can do the job right now.

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Bushies’ Final Crime Spree Targets Our Public Lands!

In their final weeks of misrule, the loyal corporate servants who are the Bushies' Federal appointees are using our Federal govenment to shovel our national wealth over to their private masters. While the Fed and Treasury Bushies get most of the attention, other Bushies beaver away to deliver two great prizes: Federal regulations & Federal lands."

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Alask-anomalies!

 From Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground"

"...In Alaska, more people voted for George W. Bush in 2004 than for Sarah Palin on Tuesday despite an identical 61-36 margin of victory. Yes. Only four years ago 54,304 Alaskans got off their sofas and voted for Bush, but decided to sit home and not vote for Palin in 2008. In turn, I have to ignore the 30,520 Alaskans who felt progressive enough in 2004 to vote for John Kerry, but weren't inspired to vote for Barack Obama. I would have to glance past the 1,700% increase in the Democratic caucus in February, the 20,991 newly registered voters, and the three largest political rallies in Alaska's history. I would also have to forget the people I stood in a long line with to early vote. It would be helpful not to know every other presidential election since Alaska began keeping records has had a larger turn out than the one we just had with our own Governor on the ticket. Try not to remember 12.4% more Alaskans showed up for the August primary as compared to four years ago, before the Palin nomination. Don't think about the Lower 49's record voter turn out this year either. Try to delete the memory file, though difficult, that 80% of us approved of Sarah Palin just two months ago.

...In the balance hangs the fate of Alaska's Senate and House seats. We still don't know if we have elected the now convicted felon Ted Stevens, or Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich. We still don't know if Don Young and his million dollar legal problems will defeat former State Representative Ethan Berkowitz and his dreams of Washington DC. Alaska hasn't had Democrat representation in Congress since Mike Gravel lost his senate seat in 1980.

Four years ago,
313,592 out of 474,740 registered voters in Alaska participated in the election-a 66% turnout. Taking into account 49,000 outstanding ballots, on Tuesday 272,633 out of 495,731 registered Alaskans showed up at the polls; a turnout of 54.9%. That's a decrease of more than 11% in voter turnout even though passions ran high for and against Barack Obama, as well as for and against Sarah Palin! This year, early voters set a new record. As of last Thursday, with 4 days left to vote early, 15,000 Alaskans showed up-shattering the old record set in 2004 by 28%! Consider the most popular governor in history-and now the most polarizing-was on the Republican ticket. Consider the historic nature of this race; the first African American presidential candidate EVER! The second woman to ever make a presidential ticket; and she's one of our own. Despite that, we're supposed to believe that overall participation DECREASED by 11%. Not only that, but this historic election both nationally and for Alaska HAD THE LOWEST ALASKA TURNOUT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL RACE EVER!!!

Are we to believe Don Young came from an 8 point average polling deficit to win by 8 points-a whopping 16 point turnaround??? Remember how historic the pundits thought Hillary Clinton's come from behind New Hampshire
Primary victory was? She trailed Barack Obama by 9% in the pre primary polls and ended up winning by 2 points. It was called the most "stunning comeback in political history." On Election Night, Don Young topped Hillary Clinton's startling and unprecedented comeback.

Furthermore, there were nearly three thousand Alaskans, (2,783) that voted yet left the hotly contested congressional race blank. In the highly publicized senate race, complete with a nationally covered trial that ended with seven felony convictions for the incumbent, 1,392 Alaskans submitted a ballot and failed to register a vote in the senate race. I'm not sure statistically what that means, but it strikes me as odd that well over a thousand Alaskans would wait in long lines and not cast a vote in either the senate race or the congressional race-especially since there was only one ballot measure. In addition, this particular election had an extra high degree of local interest with Governor Palin on the national stage.

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11.08.2008

Most Minn. Senate 'undervotes' are from Obama turf

By BRIAN BAKST – Associated Press
21 hours ago

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of votes in the tight, still-to-be decided race for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota shows that most ballots lacking a recorded choice in the election were cast in counties won by Democrat Barack Obama.

The finding could have implications for Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, who are headed for a recount separated by the thinnest of margins — a couple of hundred votes, or about 0.01 percent.

About 25,000 ballots statewide carried votes for president but not for the Senate race. Although some voters might have intentionally bypassed the race, others might have mismarked their ballot, or optical scanning machines might have misread them.

A recount due to begin Nov. 19 will use manual inspection to detect such ballots.

Meanwhile, Coleman is using the state's open records law to ask Minnesota and all 87 counties for access to voting data and other records, questioning gains Franken has made since Election Day.

Coleman campaign manager Cullen Sheehan complained of "statistically dubious and improbable shifts that are overwhelmingly accruing to the benefit of Al Franken."

The Coleman campaign cited a 100-vote gain that Franken picked up from Mountain Iron, in St. Louis County, on Thursday night.


The rest of the story

Coleman Fails in Attempt to Block Counting of Absentee Votes

Coleman Tried to Block Some Votes from Senate Race Recount
Sen. Norm Coleman has failed in an attempt to block some absentee ballots from being counted in his close race with Democrat Al Franken. Franken was at last count trailing by about 220 votes.



An Associated Press analysis of votes in the tight, still-to-be decided race for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota shows that most ballots lacking a recorded choice in the election were cast in counties won by Democrat Barack Obama.

The recount is scheduled to begin on Nov 19.

Palin's Dog?

Pakistan Declares Death Penalty for 'Cyber Terror'

Oh NO. American officials can have some pretty over-the-top reactions to hackers and so-called cyber terrorists, but the death penalty? C'mon, Pakistan.

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11.06.2008

Vote Counting Funny Business in Texas?

I wanted to know the final percentages in Dallas County for the presidential election so that I could brag that Dallas went blue, only to notice some funny business in Ft Worth's total.

Bump!

Steve Sack

Al Franken's Razor-Thin MN Senate Race Counted on Flawed Opt

UPDATE: A typo brings the race closer. The race is only 221 votes apart, triggering an automatic recount.

PLUS: Details on 'What in the Hell Happened in Alaska' and Georgia and Oregon...

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11.04.2008

Fired Up? Ready to GO!!

Obama: "Fired Up? Ready to Go!": Great video from last night. http://tinyurl.com/57xpjb Thanks for Tweeting it, Americablog!

http://tinyurl.com/57xpjb

Mercenary Firm Offers to 'Detain Troublemakers' on Election

CIA-linked private military contractor Evergreen Defense & Security Services offered to post sentries at Oregon polling stations on election day, "detaining troublemakers" and making sure voters "do not get out of control."

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11.03.2008

New Footage of WTC7 and WTC1 Collapses

This footage was posted November 1, 2008 by "GldBr," a user who signed up the same day the new footage was posted and has no other videos on the account. The videos contain no soundtrack but show clear views of both the WTC1 and WTC7 collapses, apparently from the roof of a nearby building. It is unclear at this time who shot the footage or why it is just making its first appearance on the Internet at this time.


The new footage of the WTC7 collapse starts with an extreme close-up and zooms out just before the collapse: the photographer knows the collapses are imminent.

The image zooms out to show the pyroclastic flows of dust from the demolition engulfing the streets below. Just as the building begins to collapse, a series of explosions can be seen shattering a line of windows along the side of the building on the right side of the frame, consistent with blast squibs.


The unreleased footage of the North Tower collapse starts with an extreme close-up of the building showing a squib well below the area of collapse before jump-cutting to a zoomed-out view of the building as the collapse is already taking place. It is not evident whether these two shots are from the same camera or why they were edited together in this way. The collapse footage shows red-hot areas within the still standing "spire" of core columns not toppled in the collapse and then pans down for a moment. When the camera pans back up, the spire is gone.

The Top 5 Reasons To Vote In Texas Or: Why It Still Means A Thing Even If It Ain't Got That Swing

Big margin = big mandate. The popular vote doesn't put anyone in the White House, but it affects what presidents can do when they get there. Want Obama to be able to actually do the stuff he's been talking about? Pass universal health care? End the war? Then we need a landslide.

The other things on the ballot matter! For example: Congress. Without more support in the House and Senate, Obama will have a hard time getting progressive laws passed. Plus, there are other important local races and ballot questions in some places.

If you don't vote, everyone can find out. Voting records are public. (Not who you voted for, just whether you voted.) Pretty soon, finding out whether you voted could be as easy as Googling you.

Help make history. You could cast one of the votes that elect the first African-American president. If we win, we'll tell our grandchildren about this election, and they'll tell their grandchildren. Do you really want to have to explain to your great-great-grandchildren that you were just too busy to vote in the most important election in your lifetime?

People died so you'd have the right to vote. Self-government—voting to choose our own leaders—is the original American dream. We are heir to a centuries-long struggle for freedom: the American revolution, and the battles to extend the franchise to those without property, to women, to people of color, and to young people. This year, many will still be denied their right to vote. For those of us who have that right, it's precious. If we waste it, we dishonor those who fought for it and those who fight still.

Live your values. Love your country. Vote.

Click here for information about where to vote, what to bring, and when polls close:


http://www.voteforchange.com

McCain Site HACKED!

Breakthrough on Solar Power!

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103130924.htm

11.02.2008

ALERT: "The Count" starts in 2 days: Instructions for Protect the Count

BBV ALERT: "The Count" starts in 2 days: Instructions for Protect the Count

Black Box Voting was asked by YouTube to prepare an easy to follow public education program for Protecting the Count on ELECTION NIGHT and the days that follow. We collaborated with Videothevote.org and Election Defense Alliance. YouTube has created a Channel called Video Your Vote. The Black Box Voting Protect the Count series contains important information and several video clips never before made public.

Please distribute immediately and as widely as you can. EASY INSTRUCTIONS: View the videos that best fit your location.

1. Protect the Count - most locations in America(4 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3_xFb1sWKU
Takes 90 minutes on Election Night. You can even go out after polls have closed. Please also view video # 3, because it shows what to look for to identify tampered poll tapes and the kinds of small errors on tapes that can appear with memory card tampering. Upload any video you take to http://www.videothevote.org/ - Post link or comments for what you found in the state and jurisdiction at http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

2. Protect the Count - Absentee / Central Count (8 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZp3rA1XXjw
(Applies to 13 states with CENTRALLY COUNTED ballots and/or HEAVY ABSENTEE VOTING)
These are the most challenging Protect the Count locations.

3. Protect the Count - New England / New Hampshire(5 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV4M12w6tY4
If you live anywhere in New England and can drive to any voting machine location in New Hampshire to observe and video poll closing, please do so. If you live anywhere in America that has polling place results tapes, please look at this video to see what tampered tapes look like.
Contact Protect the Count - New Hampshire organizers at protectthevote@gmail.com
You can view the list for which New Hampshire locations use voting machines here:
http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/157/157.html

4. Protect the Count - New York (9 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmSn4qLdgbU
New Yorkers are probably in the best shape for Election 2008, but not for long. This shows the details of how the counting of the lever machines proceeds after polls close, and gives you the details of the fight New Yorkers will have on your hands in 2009.

I'm counting on you to be as proactive as possible to fight for your voting rights. The actions in the Protect the Count series are self-serve, simple to do, and designed for just grabbing a neighbor or a buddy and taking action. Don't worry about blanketing every area or organizing the whole state. Just pick a place and DO it. I guarantee it will be a fascinating and important experience, and could provide THE crucial evidence in the very undesirable event that the election turns out not to be fair.

Bev Harris
Founder - Black Box Voting
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

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Take This to the Polls: Incident Report

If you don't need it, someone else might.

http://www.wakeupandsaveyourcountry.com/imgs/voters-guide/CMI-14.pdf

When you go to the polls, take an incident report with you. Collecting signed, dated, paper-based evidence of voter fraud, suppression, or inefficiency is the most important action any concerned citizen can take in this "once-in-a-century election."
This is the simplest measure any voter can take:
-Stand at their own polls, watch what happens,
-report evidence on the (downloadable) Incident Report, and then
-fax it in to the Election Defense Alliance.
The Incident Report comes with the EDA's fax number, legal help phone numbers and guidelinesfor poll monitors.
The Indient Report will be used widely in Los Angeles--the largest voting county in thenation--by Work the Vote LA org.
One more thing: If election results go bump late in the night, it may be less of a shock ifpeople are educated in advance.
Votes are being flipped in West VA, Texas and Tennessee. Here's a timely video.
Wake Up and Save Your Country has just released Part Two of the "Turdblossom Lecture Series" to explain HOW voting machines can be preprogrammed to crash or change vote totals using proprietary software.

Please take a look, and share this with your friends and family.

http://wakeupandsaveyourcountry.com/

If you watch only one thing online today, make it this one!

In an interview with Keith Olbermann, John Cleese reads a poem he wrote about Bill O'reilly. It is priceless!

It is also funny to see how tickled Cleese gets upon watching a clip of McCain making a funny gaffe.

http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/11/01/john-cleese-on-joe-the-plumber-john-the-candidate-bill-the-berk/

Campaign song for Obama or McCain. | 12seconds.tv

12sseconds TV is having a contest for the best 12-second campaign song for Obama or McCain. I listened to a few, and liked this one the best.


12challenge: Sing a campaign song for Obama or McCain. on 12seconds.tv

John Cornyn Is a Bush Bum: Throw Him OUT!

Republican Senator John Cornyn has a LONG record of siding with the big corporations instead of the People, especially when people have been wronged, or when the people need more information to make judgements about the safety of their food.

He is "big bad John" alright. He takes money from the big guys at the expense of our safety.

On FOOD SAFETY TRANSPARENCY
Consumers Eat Blind While Cornyn Feasts on Campaign Cash

ON THE ASBESTOS BAILOUT YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT
This report details the behind-the-scenes action, with its huge lobbying campaign, aimed at ensuring passage of one of the most significant bills in Congress – legislation that promises to help victims but ends up being more of a special interest bailout.

Goldman Sachs provided a report to the congressional committee looking into asbestos damage and compensation. A Senate Judiciary Committee staffer declined a Public Citizen request to provide a copy of Goldman Sachs’ financial analysis. Why?

http://www.citizen.org/documents/master%20report.pdf


Legislation on Poverty

On key legislation that would ""lift all boats," Cornyn earned a grade of D. If I had an employee who scored so low, I would let him go. View the report and the legislation that he voted against here:



http://www.issuelab.org/click/download2/2007_poverty_scorecard_rating_members_of_congress/POVERTYSCORECARD.pdf

Halloween Prank or Hate Crime?


This is what was done Halloween night to the Obama sign in an Indiana front yard. So what do you think? Halloween prank or hate crime?

How about both. Story at the link.

http://dragon5616.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/1/165630/516/739/649118

Cheney Endorses McCain

10.28.2008

McCain adviser: Palin is ‘a whack job’

***In convo with Playbook, a top McCain adviser one-ups the priceless “diva” description, calling her “a whack job.”

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10.27.2008

Is Palin a Christian Nationalist?

Another great column from the Anchorage Daily News, people who know Palin better than most: Extreme Christian Nationalists not only believe that the United States was founded as a Christian nation but that its institutions should be run entirely by fundamentalist or evangelical Christians. They believe they have a mandate to purge our institutions

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10.26.2008

10.25.2008

Peace Nobelist: Mideast peace failure a disgrace

Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari said Saturday it is a disgrace that the international community has not managed to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, blaming the failure on a lack of political will.

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Texas clears backlog of executions

A dozen condemned inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's so-called "death watch" cells are being executed at a scheduled rate of two a week over six weeks.

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What to DO if your Voting Machine Flips Your Vote to Republican

Election integrity expert Emily Levy has some suggestions for every citizen:

Before you Vote, be prepared:

  • Bring a video camera (a cell phone video camera will do) to document the vote-flipping when you vote.
As You Vote:
  • Video the machine as you vote.
  • If it flips, tell officials, and call poll supervisors to observe the problem.
  • Alert everyone else in line waiting to vote which machine caused the problem, and warn everyone else not to use it!
  • Fill out a problem report
  • Refuse to vote on that machine
  • Request that the machine be taken out of service
  • Get a serial number of the machine if possible (may be unlikely in many cases)
  • Tell other voters not to vote on that machine
  • Call county/town election office
  • Call local reporters
  • Call voter problem hotlines (eg. 866-MYVOTE1 and 866-OUR-VOTE)
  • Contact bloggers and Election Integrity websites.
  • Raise holy hell.

After You Vote
  • Upload your video to VideoTheVote.org and YouTube, etc.!

4th State (TX) Reports Vote-Flips! Obama/DNC Still AWOL!

State After State, ES&S iVotronics Are Flipping Democratic Votes to Republican! | What You Can Do About It & Where the Hell Are Those 'Thousands' of Obama/DNC Attorneys?...

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Whaaaaasaaap - 8 years later

10.23.2008

Conscience

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking. -Nicolas de Chamfort, writer (1741-1794)

10.22.2008

Vote-flipping and long lines

Vote-flipping and long lines in early voting, and more from DVN for 10/19/08

From John Gideon:

16 days until Election Day.

Yesterday we reported vote flipping on ES&S iVotronic DREs in Jackson
Co West Virginia. Today we have a report from Putnam Co that votes
are flipping on their iVotronic machines. In every case, in both
articles, the voters are voting for a Democratic candidate and their
votes were being moved to the Republican candidate by the machines.

Already turn-out is proving to be heavier than many jurisdictions
have prepared for. Long lines have been reported in Nevada and New
Mexico, and elsewhere, with voters having to wait for as much as two
hours to vote. Luckily anyone who gave up has the time in the next
two weeks to go vote early. I'm just afraid that Nov. 4 is going to
find long lines at the polls and precincts ill prepared to handle the
number of voters who want to exercise their right to vote.

Featured - WV: Putnam County - More W.Va. voters say machines are
switching votes
In six cases, Democratic votes flipped to GOP
http://wvgazette.com/News/200810180251

Featured - National: Tide of voters could swamp US electoral system
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxI21DYJ8oKUqxQdsZFfYLYiwFVw

National: Specter of voter fraud arises in election
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/10/19/20081019ballots1019.html

National: Black and white beans to voting machines: voting
technologies in America
http://www.examiner.com/x-1076-DC-Politics-Examiner~y2008m10d18-Black-and-white-beans-to-voting-machines-voting-technologies-in-America

National: Voters could swamp US electoral system
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24519278-5013948,00.html

National: Voting issues play out in court
Fraud suspicion has risen sharply since 2000 race
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20081019/NEWS03/810190353

CA: Breaking: Head Of CA GOP Voter Registration Outfit Arrested For
Registration Fraud
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6534

CA: GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest
Mark Jacoby, who was arrested in Ontario and owns a firm hired by the
California Republican Party, violated state registration laws,
authorities say.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud20-2008oct20,0,3842357.story

CO: Voter turnout may top record
County clerks expect 90 percent or higher, thanks to mail-in option
http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10756964

CT: Misstatements In Stamford Advocate
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/?p=857

FL: As Election Day nears, eyes will be on state - no one wants replay of 2000
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-voteissues1908oct19,0,1999754.story

FL: Backers of early voting brace for long lines from logistical snags
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/18/a1a_early_voting_1019.html

FL: Florida voters can ease Election Day chaos
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/opinion/orl-healy1708oct19,0,2557144.column

FL: Russ Lemmon: Election machines sit idly by in Indian River? What
a brilliant idea!
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/oct/19/electionmachines-sit-idly-bygood-idea/

FL: Incumbent McFall, challenger Pynchon face off for Volusia County
elections supervisor
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-velexsuper1908oct19,0,5147832.story

IN: Delaware County - Column: New registrations not as many as some predicted
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20081019/OPINION/810190308

IN: Tippecanoe County - Early vote opens at Purdue Monday
http://www.jconline.com/article/20081019/ELECTION01/810190359

NJ: Elections officials swamped by registrations
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/185/story/289800.html

NM: Day seven: New Mexico, Land of Lost Votes
Wary of the schemes and SNAFUs of past elections, voters in Santa Fe
throng to take part in early voting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/uselectionroadtrip/2008/oct/19/uselections2008

NM: Anxious voters find long lines, grief
Heavy turnout, some confusion at Santa Fe polling site for early balloting
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Long-lines--grief-snag--Santa-Fe-balloting

NV: Record number vote early in Carson City
http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20081019/NEWS/110199979/1070&ParentProfile=1058&title=Record%20number%20vote%20early%20in%20Carson%20City

OH: Glitches fill Ohio voter rolls
Eligibility questions could bring confusion, spur conflicts
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081019/NEWS0106/810190380

PA: Monroe County - Heavy turnout means more lines for Monroe voters
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081019/NEWS/810190332

TX: Brazoria County - Heavy early voting turnout expected
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=6efa027d1ac8473d


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10.21.2008

McCain and the POW Cover-up

The war hero has long sought to bury information about POWs left behind in Vietnam.

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Watch Now: Naomi Wolf film, THE END OF AMERICA



“My sense of alarm comes from the clear lessons from history that, once certain checks and balances are destroyed, and once certain institutions have been intimidated, the pressures that can turn an open society into a closed one turn into direct assaults; at that point events tend to occur very rapidly, and a point comes at which there is no easy turning back to the way it used to be.”

Voter Fraud Article in Esquire

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Gov. Palin’s Worldview

If John McCain seriously thought Gov. Sarah Palin was qualified to be president, it raises profound questions about his judgment.

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NC Early Voters Heckled by McCain Supporters, Tires Slashed

THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION: NC Early Voters Heckled by McCain Supporters, Tires Slashed "Early voters in North Carolina, most of whom were black, were heckled and mocked by McCain supporters as they their cast their ballots Sunday."

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10.18.2008

URGENT: Police Deny Veterans Their Rights

Unbelieveable. Of all the people to lose their rights, I would never have believed this to happen to veterans. You would think that the police would accord VETERANS their Miranda rights. Is this what they fought for?




Honorable soldiers, weary, returning home from war, will now have to fight to get their country back from the corporatists that have seized power over our own beloved country. Once proud, once free, once again, please fight for Me.


Love,
Lady Liberty

10.17.2008

Device Would Allow Conversation with Plants

"The voice services thus acts as a voice dialog proxy for the plant and gives the impression to the person... that they are conversing with the plant."

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Obama camp to Justice: Probe GOP 'sham anti-fraud campaign'

The current spate of trumped-up allegations of "voter fraud" coming from John McCain's campaign and his Republican allies and the FBI's decision to investigate represents exactly the same sort of politicization of justice that is at the root of an ongoing investigation into the firing of federal prosecutors, Barack Obama's campaign alleges.

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