Democrats protest E-voting supplier

30May06

Business Week reports that Democrats are protesting the use of a particular company for supplying voting machines for U.S elections. Before you get all excited that the Dems have grown a spine… no, they are not talking about Diebold and their CEOs promise to deliver Ohio to Bush, but about a Venezuelan company, no doubt [...]

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Bush Tracker Update

30May06

Forbes: Rep. Lewis (R) Subject of Federal Probe
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles has opened an investigation into House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis and his dealings with a lobbyist with connections to disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

Corruption

NYT: C.I.A. Aide's House and Office Searched
Federal agents conducted searches on Friday at the office and [...]

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Mandelian evolution

30May06

Over at Business Week, wunderkind gets all radical and suggests we throw open the border. Funny thing with liberal ideas that sit around long enough… they get picked up by conservatives and neo-liberals . We have been calling for action against Saddam for a few decades. Bush thinks of the same thing, for the [...]

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Geek fight clubs

30May06

CNN reports that geeks are now joining fight clubs to liberate their inner macho child:
CNN.com – Computer techs turn to fisticuffs for fun
MENLO PARK, California (AP) — They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
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