My subject line alludes to David Brock's The Republican Noise
Machine, which is still the
best book on the history of that juggernaut.
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Right-Wingers Are Desperately Trying to Destroy Obama, and the
Cowardly Corporate Media Are Helping
By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted April 16,
Just before Election Day, I debated one of Diaz de la Portilla's
brothers, a lawyer working
for the GOP. It was on Al Jazeera, whose gigantic Middle Eastern
audience could not possibly
have grasped the truth re: Florida's elections, because my
adversary's every statement was a whopping lie, and
Why did Spain reverse itself re: prosecution of Bush/Cheney's torture team?
As Barry Sussman notes here, it makes no sense in light of how Spain dealt
with Pinochet:
Mark:
This ruling is wholly inconsistent with the Spanish court's handling of the
Pinochet matter. The court claims that, If one
Cliff Arnebeck replies to Michael Collins:
Michael:
In regard to the destroyed 2004 Ohio ballots, it was not generally
reported that the matter of criminal activity in that election was
referred to the criminal division of the Ohio AG's office, as part of
a settlement exploration in our King
Tedisco (i.e., the GOP) is fighting tooth and
nail to wipe out Democrat Scott Murphy's
lead in the election to fill Gillibrand's House
seat. This has now entailed a wholly groundless
challenge to the absentee ballot cast by Gillibrand herself.
As you'll see in the comment below (by Kads),
Nate
From John Ennis:
As long as Brunner's term as Ohio S.O.S. is still being evaluated, I
would like to offer my appraisal.
While in Ohio in 2008, both for promoting my election theft doc Free
for All! as well as organizing for Video the Vote, the issue of early
voting was fiercely fought by the
Whatever Russia does to thwart democracy is unacceptable, and that
includes their fiddling
with the vote in Moldova, and their apparent steps to get the OSCE to
pull its punches (see below).
I have to note, however, that the OSCE's coverage of our own
elections under BushCo
was quite poor, as
That's really not the most important item in this article, but it was
so outrageous
that I had to put it in the subject line.
What's most significant in this (rather murky) article is the trend
toward all electronic
voting in Williamson County, Texas, and the link between that move
and early
and our government, he added, will indemnify all those who have been
fined or penalized
in any way, and represent them in congressional investigations.
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Holder: CIA Officials Will Not Be Charged for Harsh Interrogation Tactics [sic]
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Thursday that CIA
