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The Anniversary of the Assassination of Folke Bernadotte af Wisborg: September 17 1948 |
by Lest We Forget The Righteous Peacekeepers
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17 Sep 2004
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Count Folke Bernadotte, special UN Mediator to Mid East ...responsibile for saving 20,000 Jews from Himmler was assassinated this day, September 17 1948. The man directly responsible for his death, Nathan Friedman-Yellin was sentenced, pardoned after 5 months and was allowed to serve on Knesset |
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Democrats: Pussycats Against Republicans, But Tigers Against Nader |
by Dave Lindorff
dlindorff (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
17 Sep 2004
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Astonishingly, the Democrats had a chance to try and keep George Bush's name off the Florida ballot this November. They took a pass and instead have been fighting, and so far succeeding, in keeping Ralph Nader off instead. |
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Our worst fears: Vote Tampering |
by Bev Harris
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17 Sep 2004
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By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created in the Diebold central tabulator, a program installed in 1,000 locations, which controls both paper ballots and touch-screens, each system handling up to a million votes at a time. Full story After invoking the 2-digit trigger, this second set of votes can be changed so that it no longer matches the correct set of votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks. It is not too late to do so, and the corrective measures are relatively simple. This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness. It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version adjustments, and has been in place for four years. |
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News :: International |
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 9/17/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! |
by Dan Roberts
outfarpress (nospam) saber.net (unverified) |
16 Sep 2004
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A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.2MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. China, Russia, and Netherlands. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Politics |
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JP Free Skool Needs Organizers (and classes are welcome too!) |
by JP Free Skool
tfiori (at)earthlink.net (unverified) |
16 Sep 2004
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Oregon Wilderness Plan Exemplifies Best of Bush Policy |
by Press Release from Agenda For America
agenda (nospam) cheneybush.com (unverified) |
16 Sep 2004
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Senator's bravery in the face of public opinion earns him award; new
Forest Service mascot unveiled
The Bush campaign is awarding its first annual "Healthy Forestry"
award to Senator Gordon Smith, R-OR, for finding a way to convert
19,000 acres of prized wilderness into a highly valuable tree farm.
Converting the partially burnt Siskiyou "roadless areas" to tree
farming, despite 70% public opposition to "old growth" logging, will
mean not only the creation of several dozen temporary jobs, but also
will guarantee that the area will never again be subject to "old
growth" and "roadless" restrictions, and will remain forever open to
logging regardless of public opinion. |
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