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2008 Election Protection Toolkit
Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, has done us all a favor and released her 2008 Election Protection toolkit as an ebook. It’s like Cliff notes of Bev’s 8+ years of experience on the front li...
Those Who Cast The Votes Decide Nothing. Those Who Count The Votes Decide Everything
The Security Group at the University of California in Santa Barbara has released a video that shows attacks carried out against the Sequoia voting system. The video shows an attack where a virus-like ...
Black Box Voting 2008 Election Protection Toolkit
Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, has done us all a favor and released her 2008 Election Protection toolkit as an ebook. It’s like Cliff notes of Bev’s 8+ years of experience on the front li...
Beef Exporters Can’t Test for Mad Cow Disease
In a ruling last week a federal appeals court has ruled that Beef exporters are banned from testing their cattle for mad cow disease without the approval from the USDA (United States Agriculture Depar...
A Glimpse Of Hope On The Electronic Voting Horizon
A tiny bit of good news on the electronic voting horizon. Barbara Simons, an accomplished computer scientist and e-voting expert, was recently appointed to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Boa...
Louisiana Asks Court To Reopen Child Rape Case
Louisiana recently lost their case in front of the Supreme Court and therefore denied them from executing child rapists. Personally I feel they do not deserve to breath the same air anyone else does a...
Protections Restored for Rocky Mountain Wolves
Great news for wolf lovers. Wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho who were about to be slaughtered in wolf hunts this fall have been given a temporary reprieve in the decision of U.S. District Judge Do...
Foreign Oil……Our Biggest Threat
We are in the middle of an economic crisis brought on by our dependence upon foreign oil imports that are running the prices of necessary commodities up to astronomical prices. The dependence on forei...
Medicare Part “B” Aid Program Will End
Across the country low income senior citizens and disabled people will lose help paying their Medicare part B premiums next Monday because the federal money that funded the program has dried up. The H...
High Gas Prices, A Look Backwards
Question: What’s your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline? President Bush: “Wait, what did you just say? You’re predicting ...
Judge Overturns Medical Examiners Autopsy Reports In Favor Of Taser International
I know that today they are going to the polls in my neighboring state of North Carolina and in Indiana as well but what has really gotten my attention is a Judge in Ohio. He has ruled that medical exa...
Five Years and Counting….The War In Iraq
Today is an anniversary of sorts. Today five years ago we as a nation invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq. At the time we were led to believe that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction point...
Bush Vetoes Bill Banning Waterboarding
The shameful presidency of Bush has fallen to a new low - even for him. President Bush has vetoed legislation on Saturday that would have outlawed waterboarding - a technique that simulates drowning w...
EPA Chief Stonewalls Senate About Supreme Court Compliance
Well it has been nearly a full year since the Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by the Supreme Court to determine whether greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles should be regulated. EPA Admi...
New Energy Bill Goes To The Senate, Expect The Big Oil Flunkies To Howl Like Mad
You remember that last week the Congress once again passed an energy bill giving tax incentives for wind, solar and other renewable fuels. Well right on cue the big oil lackeys in the Senate are howli...
House Passes New Energy Bill….Look For Strong Opposition From the Senate And The White House
With the price of oil above $100 a barrel, Congress is again taking action to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and support the domestic production of renewable energy. The House of Represen...
The Time to Act Is Now To Prevent Amnesty For The Telecoms
As the debate on extending the Protect America Act goes on now would be a really good time to contact your Congress man or woman and tell them to not vote for amnesty for the telecoms. I just watched ...
After 19 Years Exxon Still Fights Paying Damages For Valdez Spill
It has been nearly nineteen years since the disaster of the Exxon Valdez running aground and dumping eleven million gallons of crude oil into the then pristine, Prince William Sound. The spill covered...
Keith Olbermann’s Special Comments On Bush And the FISA Bill. BUSH IS A LIAR!
Keith Olbermann really lets loose on Bush with both barrels. He gives a great account of how Bush has lied to us and Congress. I have been seeing through those lies for the past 7 years but hav...
Things Have Gone From Bad To Worse For Wolves In Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.
Terrible news for the wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies. This past Thursday the Bush/Cheney Administration stripped these amazing animals of vital federal protections, offi...