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18
Jul

voting shenanigans in 2002?

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This should be big news as it comes in part from a former McCain advisor, but alleges possible election fixing in favor of Republicans, Senator Saxby Chambliss and Governor Sonny Perdue:
In discussions with RAW STORY, the whistleblower — who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation — said that he became suspicious of Diebold’s [...]

8
May

and it’s funny too

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I give you the results of a Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism survey of a year of The Daily Show, which state, shockingly to all of us I’m sure, that:
The program’s clearest focus is politics, especially in Washington. U.S. foreign affairs, largely dominated by the Bush Administration’s policies in Iraq, Washington politics [...]

14
Apr

nepal is not tibet

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Driving home I was listening to This Week and, as usual, spent much of the time arguing with the people on it. Normally I don’t share because, well, the day has not yet been invented which has enough hours for that. This time though, George Stephanopoulos (oh how I miss Sam Donaldson’s gusto in pronouncing [...]

24
Mar

perspective

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The big Iraq war news of the day seems to be that the death toll of American soldiers has reached 4,000. I expect soon to hear from certain quarters how this milestone signifies the devastating nature of the war and how we must withdraw immediately. Here’s a little perspective on just how “horrendous” that casualty [...]

21
Mar

who watches the watchers? almost no one

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There was a big domestic intelligence conference held in San Francisco this week. The Wired blog Threat Level has an almost exclusive writeup of it. Almost exclusive because
A total of three reporters showed up over two days to hear from officials such as Leonard Boyle who runs the Terrorist Screening Center, Charlie Allen — the [...]