When are people going to get the idea that Diebold cannot make a voting machine? It looks like a provision related to the dispensaries of medical marijuana in CA was voted on and the decision was very close. Supporters of the ballot demanded a recount only to find out after the machines had been sent [...]

This is a pretty cool article to see this morning. The International Herald Tribune reports that North Korea has reached an agreement to dismantle all of it’s nuclear facilities by the end of the yea in exchange for 950,000 metric tons of fuel or the equivalent value in economic aid. Yes that’s a lot of [...]

Rawstory has an extensive analysis of Blackwater, it’s connections to the white house, it’s ramp up from a $1-million a year contractor to a $1-billion a year contractor as well as on going investigations into murders by Blackwater employees and other events that have had no repercussions or charges brought against the Blackwater ops that [...]

Apparently there is a law in Michigan that the state govt cannot function while the budget isn’t balanced. Unfortunately it’s one of the most economically depressed states and it seems that is exactly what has happened. It looks like the governor proposed a “comprehensive” list of items to bring them out of this budget crisis [...]

Awesome, AT&T (“God”) has handed down it’s new Terms of Service (TOS) to all it’s customers (yes YOU, all of you that bought an iPhone): From now on, AT&T can terminate your connection for conduct that “tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.” So yea, AT&T loves [...]

Todd Swarthout sent in that Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler Magazine has gotten so sick of the corruption and double-talking of the “moral majority” that he’s offering a $1 million reward for anyone that can provide irrefutable evidence of adultering or sexually deviant government officials. You can read this to get an idea of [...]

This is gold. Essentially more than 1/2 the members of the house don’t show up when voting is taking place, so what the other members do is run around the room voting for them by clicking the vote buttons on their desks. According to house rules, it’s illegal and subject to discipline and is enforced [...]

Hidden in a bill (of how prisoners are treated) that passed through the house, and is heading to the senate:

It’s nice to finally see some details coming out of London’s obsession with installing CCTV’s at every inch of the city. I’ve read statistics that there is 1 camera for every 3 people, and on your way to work in the morning you will be photographed on average of 12 times. How much did this [...]

CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) has released it’s yearly report with the 22 most corrupt congressmen and women along with full reports on why/how those members of congress got into the report in the first place. A handful of the members (Calvert, Doolittle, Feeney, Jefferson, Lewis, Miller, Mollohan, Murphy, Renzi and Young, [...]

CNN reports that the Blackwater security firm (read: band of well-paid ex-military personnel that have absolutely no oversight) has been banned from Iraq by the Interior Ministry following a Sunday blood-bath that left 8 civilians dead and 14 wounded. The over-privatization of this war combined with the relentless gold-rush by private companies to Iraq to [...]

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (from here on out referred to as the “Bullshit Foundation Funded by the Bush/Cheney Agenda, BFFBCA for short) has issued a report that paper trails for e-Voting can actually reduce the chance that a voter’s vote is counted accurately. So… if we suddenly do away with the only audit [...]

NOTE: Duplicated for distribution sake. Beginning in October 2007 the Department of Homeland Security will open a new office called the National Applications Office (NAO) charged with civil/domestic intelligence gathering. (Video here) This new division of Homeland Security was conceived entirely by the Executive Branch, with no Congressional input, and will serve as a clearinghouse [...]

Original Story Snippet: He put on his turn signal and entered the lot which, aside from Kenline’s cruiser, was essentially vacant. After stopping the car, the police officer approached and began questioning Darrow about what he was doing. When Darrow declined to discuss his personal business, the police sergeant exploded. Although the video clearly shows [...]