[MCM] David Earnhardt's email to CLEVELAND SCENE

2009-01-24 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
To the Editors: James Renner's attack on investigative reporter Larisa Alexandrovna in the Mike Connell article was completely unfair - especially since he never even contacted her for her side of the story. I would encourage you to read the many impressive and thorough stories Ms.

[MCM] Another letter to CLEVELAND SCENE

2009-01-25 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
To the Editor: James Renner's response to Mark Crispin Miller's article on the Mike and Heather Connell story makes me think fondly of my days in Washington DC. It's what's called a non-denial denial. Slandering another person's character with no evidence is a classic version, used by people

[MCM] An Ohioan's email to CLEVELAND SCENE

2009-01-25 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
To the Editor: Instead of journalistic documentation, Mr. Renner chose to malign Ms. Alexandrovna's character and honesty in words reeking of Karl Rove. No surprise, as Connell's story leads directly back to Rove. At the expense of Renner's own integrity, his slanderous attack leaves us with

[MCM] More about restraining orders

2009-01-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Here are two responses to Jason Leopold's email on restraining orders: one from William Boardman, an assistant judge in Vermont, and one from Julie Sigwart of Take Back the Media. (If anyone can shed some light on how they get restraining orders in Ohio-- Connell lived in Akron, which is in

[MCM] Tell Arlen Specter to STOP BLOCKING HOLDER'S CONFIRMATION!

2009-01-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Dear Supporter, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is using cagey political maneuvers to hold up confirmation of President Obama's Attorney General nominee, Eric Holder. Call Sen. Specter's office today and tell him to stop the hold up! The confirmation of President Obama's choice for

[MCM] Obama seeks space weapon ban

2009-01-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Challenges loom as Obama seeks space weapons ban Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:14am EST By Andrea Shalal-Esa - Analysis http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50O15X20090125 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge to seek a worldwide ban on weapons in space marks a dramatic shift

[MCM] Cops can frisk passengers at will, SCOTUS rules (unanimously)

2009-01-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
US Supreme Court says passenger can be frisked Monday, January 26, 2009 http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-scotus-pat-down,0,1115752.story WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers have leeway to frisk a passenger in a car stopped for a traffic

[MCM] A call for truth re: GOP's phone-jamming scheme in NH 2002

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
This was the operation that helped John Sununu win his Senate seat in 2002--the same year that Saxby Chambliss, Wayne Allard and Norm Coleman also won in their respective states. That sweep resulted in the Senate shifting back into the hands of the Republicans, who'd lost it when Jim Jeffords

[MCM] Specter to vote for Holder

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Specter Announces a Vote for Holder Sen. Arlen Specter concludes his news conference on Capitol Hill after saying he would support the nomination of Attorney General-designate Eric Holder. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press) By Carrie Johnson Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), ranking member on the

[MCM] What did Holder say to Specter?

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Sen. Specter Backs Holder-- But What Did Holder Promise? By davidswanson Created 2009-01-27 23:25 http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/print/39350 Sen. Arlen Specter reportedly [1] backs Eric Holder for Attorney General, now that Holder has satisfactorily answered his questions. But what were

[MCM] Coleman's team has altered ballots; MN recount trial stalled

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Marks on Ballots Snag Minnesota Recount Trial By Patrick Condon Associated Press Tuesday, January 27, 2009; A08 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602150_pf.html ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 26 -- The trial on Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount stalled on its first

[MCM] Lamar Waldron at McNally-Jackson Bookstore, NYC!

2009-01-28 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Carlos Marcello, the godfather who confessed to JFK's murder-remain secret, despite the 1992 law requiring their release. Lamar's talk will be hosted by Mark Crispin Miller Tuesday, February 3 7:00 p.m. McNally-Jackson Bookstore 52 Prince St. (b/t Lafayette and Mulberry) 212-274-1160

[MCM] Urgent alert from Don Siegelman!

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Dear Supporter, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairman John Conyers have stood up against Karl Rove. Voice your support now and ask them to keep up the fight! I need your help. Two important statements have been made this week: --- Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on Fox News Sunday and said,

[MCM] Torture Airlines operating in Nevada?

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
In this case, what happens in Vegas should not stay in Vegas. MCM Nevada shouldn't tolerate Torture Airlines by GEORGE KNAPP http://www.lasvegascitylife.com/articles/2009/01/08/opinion/knappster/iq_26152313.txt Few eyebrows were raised on Sunday when an otherwise-obscure Boeing 757 slipped

[MCM] On Obama's Executive Orders

2009-01-29 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
The New Yorker Posted by Jane Mayer January 25, 2009 Behind the Executive Orders http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/01/behind-the-executive-orders.htmlhttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/01/behind-the-executive-orders.html On Thursday, President Barack Obama consigned

[MCM] Iraq honors al-Zaidi with big shoe memorial

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/node/3563#comment-8505Iraq Honors Hurler With Sofa-Sized Shoe by http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/user/17jimstaro - 01/29/2009 - 20:27 This new statue has been erected in Tikrit Iraq to commemorate the shoe attack on President George Bush when he visited

[MCM] Bush lawyer told Rove not to talk!

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Is there such a thing as ex-executive privilege?! Only if George W. Bush is still in power, our Maximum Leader, once and future king. MCM http://www.pubrecord.org/law/652-letter-to-rove-says-he-has-absolute-immunity-and-can-ignore-subpoena.htmlALong-Lived Privilege? Bush lawyer directs Rove

[MCM] On America's two-tiered justice system

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Les Miserables 2.0. MCM The definition of a two-tiered justice system by Glenn Greenwald (updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV) http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/01/28/prosecutions/ Aside from the intrinsic dangers and injustices of arguing for immunity for

[MCM] Write and write and write about Rove's wrongs!

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Here (attached) is a great letter from Jeff Adams to Rep. Conyers. Go thou and do likewise. Karl Rove must be hauled off and imprisoned for contempt of Congress. This is not a liberal argument, as some have argued (or asserted); or, if it is, then liberal means respectful of the Constitution

[MCM] Congress: Use INHERENT CONTEMPT to grab Karl Rove!

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From David Swanson: Conyers Letting Rove Delay for Weeks That's the story now. The excuse is supposedly a delay from the White House. But Congress has no need of the White House to enforce its own subpoenas and should not want its help. Conyers should ask the Capitol Police to do for Rove

[MCM] Pelosi's DC office contact info

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Office of the Speaker H-232, US Capitol Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-0100 mailto:sf.na...@mail.house.govsf.na...@mail.house.gov --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News From Underground newsgroup.

[MCM] Insubordination in the Pentagon?

2009-01-30 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Insubordination In the Pentagon? By http://www.talkleft.com/user/Big%20Tent%20DemocratBig Tent Democrat, Section http://www.talkleft.com/section/obamaadminObama Administration The http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/30gitmo.html?_r=1NYTimes story on

[MCM] GA voter ID law upheld in federal court

2009-02-01 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
In its finite wisdom, the federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld GA's voter ID law, based on SCOTUS's war-on-terrorism argument that it's permissible to take pre-emptive measures to halt voter fraud--whether there is any voter fraud or not! MCM Georgia's voter ID law upheld in federal

[MCM] Obama maintains CIA renditions (and may expand their use)

2009-02-01 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool The role of the CIA's controversial prisoner-transfer program may expand, intelligence experts say. By Greg Miller February 1, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-rendition1-2009feb01,0,4661244.story Reporting

[MCM] Query re: Eudora (email only)

2009-02-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Does anyone out there use Eudora, and know it fairly well? I'm having a problem with it, and could use some help (and Eudora's HELP options are no help). MCM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's

[MCM] Sunnis threaten violence over Iraq's calm election

2009-02-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Iraq tribes threaten to take up arms over poll Mon Feb 2, 2009 6:18pm GMT By Fadhel al-Badrani http://uk.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUKL2359664http://uk.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUKL2359664 RAMADI, Iraq, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Tribal sheikhs who helped drive al Qaeda militants

[MCM] They seem NOT to be concentration camps

2009-02-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Here are two items on the legislation to create emergency centers--I referred to them as concentration camps--on military bases: an email from Mary Magnuson, recounting her exchange with one of Rep. Alcee Hastings's staffers, and Hastings's own speech when he presented HR 645 on the House

[MCM] Navy fighting gangs in California

2009-02-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
'The Naval Postgraduate School is trying to figure out how to stop violence anywhere in the world, why not start in our own backyard,' Farr said. Why not? Because the US military has no business fighting crime on US soil. Rep. Farr could maybe use to do a little reading on our history. MCM

[MCM] Clarification re: Truman/MacArthur

2009-02-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
and insisted with going up thr 38, bombing China and the like. One lesson there for the present, is that Truman removed him from his post, only after having accepted all his disastrous judgements. Wrong and late. e On 2/3/09 3:51 PM, Mark Crispin Miller mailto:mark.mil...@nyu.edumark.mil...@nyu.edu

[MCM] Obama's silent on the long catastrophe of Reaganomics

2009-02-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
The new Great Communicator ... isn't Obama is stumbling in the stimulus debate -- and public support is dropping -- because for 30 years Republicans have lied about the role of government. Now he's got to tell the truth. By Joan Walsh Feb. 04, 2009 |

[MCM] Rove flips the bird at Congress (once again)

2009-02-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Rove says he won't comply with congressional subpoenas Filed by John Byrne http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=14203 Lawyer signals Rove cooperating with Justice Dept. Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove won't comply with congressional subpoenas, according to a newspaper

[MCM] Don't let Congress cut Saturday mail delivery!

2009-02-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Stephen Crockett: The 5 day delivery scheme is the dumbest idea ever proposed by the Postal Service. It will save very little money. It will cost jobs. It will totally screw consumers. Millions of us will end up paying late charges on bills and higher credit card rates by mail delays.

[MCM] Rove's machine still persecuting Dems in Alabama

2009-02-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Political Prosecutions Continue in Alabama http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/01/abramoff-trail-is-siegelman-prosecutor.html George W. Bush might no longer be our president, but the political prosecutions that started under his watch are continuing--particularly here in Karl Rove's

[MCM] On the impossibility of bipartisanship

2009-02-08 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Via Kim Kaufman: From John Cole's http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=16770Balloon Juice: I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and

[MCM] Is Obama latest Justice pick a Tort-Deformer?

2009-02-08 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Is Obama's Office of Legal Policy Pick a TortDeformer? KIA FRANKLIN http://www.tortdeform.com/archives/2009/02/is_obamas_office_of_legal_poli.html#trackbackshttp://www.tortdeform.com/archives/2009/02/is_obamas_office_of_legal_poli.html#trackbacks From the

[MCM] Is the old media sustaining the old politics?

2009-02-08 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02062009/watch.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02062009/watch.html Is the old media sustaining the old politics? News and analysis with NYU journalism professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen and political journalist and Salon.com blogger Glenn

[MCM] Obama backs Bush/Cheney on renditions

2009-02-10 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability-- resoundingly and disgracefully http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/index.html?source=newsletterGlenn Greenwald http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/09/state_secrets/print.html The Obama DOJ today embraced one of

[MCM] Your tax dollars at work (for NASCAR at Military.com)!

2009-02-10 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From C.S. Bryan: Gee, propaganda like this? Taxpayer money well spent: http://www.military.com/entertainment/nascar/ CB - Original Message - From: Mark Crispin Miller mailto:mark.mil...@nyu.edumark.mil...@nyu.edu To: mailto:newsfromunderground@googlegroups.comnewsfromunderground

[MCM] Needy Christian broadcasters skew older, more right-wing

2009-02-14 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Bailout for Christian Broadcasting? By http://www.religiondispatches.org/bloggers/jonathanlwalton/Jonathan L. Walton February 13, 2009 http://www.religiondispatches.org/tags/christian%20radio/ It's back to the basics for Christian broadcasters, as hard times bring them back to their their

[MCM] January stories from Consortiumnews.com

2009-02-15 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Robert Parry: Editor's Note: Because we've been publishing more stories, some readers say they miss some that fly by. So, each month, we'll point out some special stories from the previous month. Here is a selection from January 2009, focusing on the end of the Bush era and the start of

[MCM] Homer gets robbed

2009-02-16 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
The folks behind The Simpsons get it, which means that lots of people get it. Do they watch The Simpsons in the White House? MCM From Betsy Harding: Hi Mark, I just saw a new episode of The Simpsons that focused on election theft. It starts with a businessman from Springfield being honored

[MCM] Siegelman To WH counsel: Don't compromise with Rove!

2009-02-16 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Sam Stein Siegelman To White House Counsel: Don't Compromise With Rove February 16, 2009 03:24 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/16/siegelman-to-white-house_n_167355.html One of the likely victims of potential Bush White House lawbreaking is urging President Barack Obama not to

[MCM] Op-scan demos in NYC (starting tomorrow, 2/17)

2009-02-16 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Teresa Hommel: The NYC Board of Elections has set up 5 public demos of the two optical scanner systems seeking certification to be sold in New York State. The schedule is below. Please try to attend at least one demo. The two vendors are: ESS

[MCM] Obama seeks delay on Rove subpoena

2009-02-17 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
See also Raw Story's articles below. MCM McClatchy Washington Bureau Posted on Tue, Feb. 17, 2009 Obama seeks delay in deciding on Rove subpoena Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: February 16, 2009 06:50:48 PM

[MCM] Internet voting? (No!) Voice of the Voters tomorrow night (2/18)

2009-02-17 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Voice of the Voters! 8PM ET Wednesday, February 18 Heard on 1360 AM Philadelphia and on the Internet www.voiceofthevoters.org OR http://wnjc.duxpond.com/ Special Guest: Tom Geairn, Internet communications and security professional; founder and president of the security and infrastructure

[MCM] Obama sends more troops to Afghanistan

2009-02-17 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Obama OKs more Afghan troops, sources say 02/17/2009 @ 4:07 pm Filed by Associated Press http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_OKs_more_Afghan_troops_sources_0217.html WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has signed off on an increase in U.S. forces for the flagging war in Afghanistan, defense

[MCM] DHS passed protest info to MD State Police

2009-02-18 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Homeland Security reportedly passed protest information to Maryland police The Associated Press 3:31 PM EST, February 17, 2009 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-police-spying0217,0,907231.storyhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-police-spying0217,0,907231.story SILVER SPRING -

[MCM] Paul Minor still tormented by (Obama's) DoJ--WHY?

2009-02-20 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Larisa Alexandrovna: Update on Paul Minor situation... http://www.atlargely.com/2009/02/update-on-paul-minor-situation.html If you do not know who Paul Minor is, see here. Or read through my PRM series, links are at end. In short, he is another Don Siegelman. Both men allege that they

[MCM] Why hasn't Obama fired BushCo's US Attorneys?

2009-02-20 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From: Magginkat: 51 US Attorneys did not resign. Are re some still pursuing Bush Political prosecutions?? How many of these remaining 51 US Attorneys were hired through http://crooksandliars.com/2007/05/23/monica-goodling-admits-she-crossed-the-line/Monica Goodling and

[MCM] True statements can be libelous, says US court

2009-02-20 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
With malice aforethought A US court ruling threatens to overturn the American legal principle that truth is an absolute defence against libel http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/dankennedyDan Kennedy http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/feb/17/us-media-libel Perhaps Jay

[MCM] Newspapers vanishing will help the right

2009-02-20 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
While some see the decline of U.S. newspapers as largely their own fault, the danger to American democracy is that this trend will increase the influence of the right-wing media, says Robert Parry. For the full story, go to

[MCM] Will Rove testify next week?

2009-02-20 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Bush Attorney, DOJ in Intense Talks Over Rove's Congressional Testimony By Jason Leopold The Public Record Thursday, 19 February 2009 17:07

[MCM] All-important hearings in Pima County, AZ, tomorrow morning!

2009-02-22 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Those concerned about election fraud take note: There is a crucial hearing tomorrow morning (Monday 2/23) in Pima County, AZ, longtime scene of vast election theft, primarily by the GOP. Here's a rundown on the situation, by Dave Griscom: BREAKING: Pima County (AZ) Republican Party Throws

[MCM] An Idiots' Guide to India

2009-02-22 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
An Idiots' Guide to India By Hirsh Sawhney Guardian (UK) February 21, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/20/danny-boyle-india Slumdog Millionaire's implication that western values offer a way out of the slums is a dangerous myth When India's call centres

[MCM] Joel Kovel fired by Bard College

2009-02-22 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Prof. Joel Kovel, the author of a broad range of extraordinary writings, has been fired by Bard College for his works on Israel and Zionism. The following press release comes from a group called the Committee for an Open Discussion of Zionism. Below that is Kovel's own statement on his ouster.

[MCM] Magic Bus

2009-02-22 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
My friends at Ig Publishing have a new book out--and it was reviewed in today's Times Book Review. Take a gander. MCM MAGIC BUS: On the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to Inida Read the New York Times review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/books/review/Sternt.html?ref=firstchapters Buy it on

[MCM] Coleman's malicious mischief

2009-02-22 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Brad Friedman: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6934Dead In Its Tracks: An Anatomy of Norm Coleman's Failed Effort to Contest MN's U.S. Senate Election Sanctions are now warranted against the former Republican Senator, according to the legal analysis of a veteran attorney and political

[MCM] A comment on Norm Coleman's fight

2009-02-22 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Wise words from Jonathan Simon: The status of this election contest is deeply troubling. It has become increasingly apparent that the Coleman position is devoid of merit, yet his team plods on, delaying the seating of a U.S. Senator at a time when every vote has become essential to the new

[MCM] Rove stiffs Conyers (again), and Obama gets more time to dodge the case

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Glynn Wilson: Karl Rove, the former political adviser to President George W. Bush, was a no-show again this morning at the House Judiciary Committee, sources say, where he once again faced a to testify under oath about his role in political prosecutions and firings from his perch in the

[MCM] US arms dealer, whacked in Baghdad, knew too much, some say

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From The Sunday Times February 22, 2009 Shot arms dealer 'knew too much' Dale Stoffel told top brass of endemic corruption before his hit-style murder Sarah Baxter in Washington

[MCM] Bard's president on Joel Kovel

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
President, Bard College Clayton Eshleman wrote: dear President Botstein: I am a poet and translator and an old and close friend of one of the poets on your faculty, Robert Kelly. Today I was sent a report on Joel Kovel's firing by Mark Crispin Miller. I read the report and want to write you

[MCM] Obama is incredibly dangerous, says new CBS VP

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
New CBS VP: Obama is Incredibly Dangerous CBS News Pick Claimed Democrats are Bad People http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ira-forman/cbs-news-pick-claimed-dem_b_168688.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ira-forman/cbs-news-pick-... Today, I learned that CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York

[MCM] New Yorker plants a wet one on Rahm Emanuel

2009-02-24 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/Glenn Greenwald Ryan Lizza's People Magazine love letter to Rahm Emanuel http://mobile.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/23/lizza/index.html White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel -- who

[MCM] COVER-UP IN PIMA COUNTY

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
For those who care about an honest voting system in this country, this is an exceedingly important story. Please read it through, and pass it on. (Go to the original site for live links.) MCM February 25, 2009 The (Non) Results of Monday Morning's Superior Court Hearing in Pima County, AZ By

[MCM] Sue Schmitz--another political prisoner (and where is AG Holder?)

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/02/has-bush-doj-produced-another-political.htmlHas Bush DOJ Produced Another Political Prisoner? The answer to our title question apparently is yes after

[MCM] CBS's Jeff Ballabon tied to Jack Abramoff

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
New CBS News VP tied to Jack Abramoff scheme Muriel Kane -- Wednesday February 25, 2009 http://rawstory.com/news/2008/New_CBS_News_VP_was_client_0225.htmlhttp://rawstory.com/news/2008/New_CBS_News_VP_was_client_0225.html Jeff Ballabon hired by CBS News as senior vice president for

[MCM] Rashid Khalidi and MCM in NYC (3/3)!

2009-02-25 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
First Tuesdays Series: Rashid Khalidi Author of Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East (Beacon Press) This monthly series hosted by author and activist Mark Crispin Miller features authors whose books tackle political and public issues from a stance outside

[MCM] Rocky Mountain News is gone

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Rocky Mountain News closing after Friday edition By CATHERINE TSAI, AP Business Writer Catherine Tsai, Ap Business Writer - 19 mins ago

[MCM] Vote for credit card reform!

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.creditcardreform.org/Take Action http://www.creditcardreform.org/newsroom.htmlNewsroom http://www.creditcardreform.org/learn.htmlLearn More https://secure.consumersunion.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cell_CreditCardStoryShare Your Story http://www.creditcardreform.org/about.htmlAbout

[MCM] Would better stats improve e-voting?

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/02/e-voting-fixes-will-get-us-nowhere-without-statistics.arsThis piece is notable, first, for its revelation that the US legal system evidently has no interest in the problems of e-voting. So notes Arlene Ash, a biostatistician at BU's School of

[MCM] Leahy, Pelosi differ on probing BushCo's crimes

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agree on investigating Bush administration abuses but differ on granting immunity, reports Jason Leopold. For the full story, go to

[MCM] Consumer groups oppose Gitenstein appointment

2009-02-26 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.tortdeform.com/archives/2009/02/consuer_groups_oppose_gitenste.htmlhttp://www.tortdeform.com/archives/2009/02/consuer_groups_oppose_gitenste.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News

[MCM] Mayor resigns after sharing racist email

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
This was Grose indeed. MCM Mayor To Resign After Watermelon Email Outrage LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) http://cbs2.com/local/Los.Alamitos.Email.2.945592.html The mayor of a small Orange County city says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White

[MCM] Gitenstein is OUT

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Velvet Revolution: 2/27/09: Success: Mark Gitenstein out of consideration Two weeks ago, we made a major push to oppose Mark Gitenstein to head the DOJ's Office of Legal Policy. We did a post on VR, sent out a press release to the national wires, personally contacted Gitenstein to ask

[MCM] BushCo's complicit SEC

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/business/Here are a couple of hot items. It turns out, first, that the SEC was alerted re: the thievery of Allen Standford over five years ago. And we've learned that BushCo had a hotline that enabled shady financiers to shut off SEC investigations. For more

[MCM] Blood shortage in NYC

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
BLOOD SHORTAGE IN NEW YORK METRO AREA NYU Langone Medical Center Appeals for Help Regional Blood Shortage Update Supplies of Crucial Types O, A, AB, and B Negative and Positive Blood Rapidly Decreasing Blood Donor Program Urges All

[MCM] No more second chances for Karl Rove

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Don Siegelman: Dear Supporter, My friends at CREDO Mobile/CREDO Action have been very supportive of my fight for justice and have been active in the push to have Karl Rove come forth and testify. I've included one of their action alerts below and I hope you'll

[MCM] Watch and learn (amazing)

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
The Crisis of Credit Visualized and brilliantly so, by Jonathan Jarvis: http://vimeo.com/3261363 MCM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News From Underground newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send

[MCM] Court rejects Obama bid to stop wiretapping suit

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Court rejects Obama bid to stop wiretapping suit By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer - 30 mins ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_go_pr_wh/warrantless_wiretaps WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has lost its argument that the state

[MCM] GOP prefers Palin in 2012 (and that's no joke)

2009-02-28 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
The only way that this extremist party can come back is through vote suppression and election fraud--which were the means they used to sieze power in the first place. And they are planning it right now, with voter ID laws rammed through in state after state, and SCOTUS getting set to gut the

[MCM] That's, Adopt your COUNTY!

2009-03-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Re-Media Election Transparency Coalition, http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/ PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS EMAIL TO YOUR LISTS On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Mark Crispin Miller mailto:mark.mil...@nyu.edumark.mil...@nyu.edu wrote: First Tuesdays Series: Rashid

[MCM] And that's MARCH, not October (d'oh!)

2009-03-02 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Re-Media Election Transparency Coalition, http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/ PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS EMAIL TO YOUR LISTS On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Mark Crispin Miller mailto:mark.mil...@nyu.edumark.mil...@nyu.edu wrote: First Tuesdays Series: Rashid Khalidi

[MCM] Obama's media problem (and ours)

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.truthout.org/030109YObama's War with the Right ( Media) Saturday 28 February 2009 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/022809.html» http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/022809.htmlby: Robert Parry, Consortium News In a startling ambitious budget message, President Barack Obama has

[MCM] Susan Lindauer's 9/11 warning

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Now that her long ordeal is over, Susan Lindauer tells of her attempt to warn the Bush regime about 9/11--and their immediate attack on her for doing so: For five years, I was the poster child for President Bush's retaliation against Americans who opposed his War Policy in Iraq. In March, 2004

[MCM] Yoo et al. gave BushCo total power; CIA destroyed 92 videos of TORTURE

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Secret Justice Department memos asserted that President George W. Bush had unlimited power to prosecute the war on terror on American soil, reports Jason Leopold. For the full story, go to

[MCM] Thom Hartmann leaves Air America

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Thom-Hartmann-Leaves-Air-A-by-Rob-Kall-090302-67.htmlThom Hartmann Leaves Air America; With Interviews With Thom, AA CEO And More. By Rob Kall Thom Hartmann is with a new radio syndicator, leaving Air America with a loss of over 60 radio

[MCM] Election computers OUUTLAWED by Germany's highest court

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
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[MCM] BushCo prepared to gut the First Amendment

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
and allow the military to attack apartment buildings and offices inside the US. Among other things. MCM Extraordinary Measures A new memo shows just how far the Bush administration considered going in fighting the war on terror. By Michael Isikoff | Newsweek Web Exclusive Mar 2, 2009

[MCM] TAKE ACTION to get Rove nailed: Don Siegelman

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Dear Supporter, Keep up the fight for justice! Support Congressional efforts to discover the truth about Karl Rove and the Bush Administration! We can change things and make things better but we have to keep the pressure on to ensure that the right kind of change happens! First: the Senate

[MCM] Here's the new bill--same as the old bill

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Steve Heller on Rush Holt's new bill, ostensibly promoting election reform: http://www.velvetrevolution.us/electionstrikeforce/2009/02/meet_the_new_holt_bill.html Same As the Old Holt Bill I HOPE WE WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN. Bev Harris, founder of http://www.blackboxvoting.org/Black Box

[MCM] Diebold's special button for ERASING audit logs

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Diebold voting system sported 'delete' button: report http://rawstory.com/RAW STORY Published: Wednesday March 4, 2009 Election observers already distrustful of the electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold will have more reason to be wary now. Following three months of

[MCM] Rove, Miers to testify re: US Attorney firings

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Conyers Cuts a Deal With Rove, Miers for Testimony in Attorney Firings Written by Jason Leopold Wednesday, 04 March 2009 15:10 By Jason Leopold The House Judiciary Committee cut a deal with lawyers for George W. Bush that will see his former aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers testify in

[MCM] Don Siegelman's statement on Conyers/Rove agreement

2009-03-04 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From: Don Siegelman: Congressman John Conyers has worked boldly and courageously to break the impasse between Congress and the Karl Rove's claim of Executive Privilege. I congratulate John Conyers in securing this crucial step toward the truth, I commend the House Judiciary Committee and its

[MCM] German high court honors US democratic principles: Paul Lehto

2009-03-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
German High Court's Ruling Strikes Down Electronic Voting Under Principles of Democracy Signed by and Imposed by USA After WWII Paul R Lehto, Juris Doctor lehto.p...@gmail.com Wednesday, March 4, 2009 According to a ruling by Germany's highest court yesterday, computerized voting machines used

[MCM] WH Counsel Craig asked to step down in Rove matter

2009-03-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
White House Counsel Greg Craig Asked to 'Step Down' Jill Simpson Alleges Conflict of Interest by Obama's Attorney Exclusive by Glynn Wilson March 2nd, 2009 http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/03/02/white-house-counsel-greg-craig-asked-to-step-down/ KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - North Alabama attorney and GOP

[MCM] Senate bill would outlaw voter caging

2009-03-05 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
http://www.va.gov/oca/images/senate_seal.jpg UNITED STATES SENATE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:Alex Swartsel (Whitehouse), 202-228-6293 Erica Chabot (Leahy), 202-224-2154 Gil Duran (Feinstein), (202) 224-9629 Dan McLaughlin (Nelson), 202-224-1679 Brian Fallon

[MCM] Appeals Court keeps Don Siegelman in chains

2009-03-06 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
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[MCM] DEMAND THE RELEASE OF JFK FILES!

2009-03-06 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
why those documents should not be public, and the truth about that national trauma not made known to us at last. MCM Subject: WPIX link From: Lamar Waldron Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:15:04 -0800 (PST) To: Mark Crispin Miller Mark, Here is the link to the WPIX JFK story: http

[MCM] Vital info re: Don Siegelman's case

2009-03-06 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Pam Miles: It is vital that everyone understand that today’s ruling in Governor Siegelman’s case IN NO WAY has ANY effect or implication on the political circumstances that surround this case. Every significant development that has come to light – the 60 minutes revelations about Nick

[MCM] Media blacks out single-payer option

2009-03-06 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
* http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3733 * http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=q2NlOuBaImWY2Od33WwysMFT8%2Bf7hCTG * Media Advisory * *FAIR Study: Media Blackout * *on Single-Payer Healthcare* * Proponents of popular policy shut out of debate 3/6/09 * * Major newspaper,

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