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1: 47 State Exit Poll Analysis Confirms Swing Anomaly

" In the 12 critical states (CO,FL,MI,MN,NE,NV,NH,NM,OH,PA,WI,IA) the average discrepancy was a 2.5% red shift (= total movement of 5.0%), nearly twice that in the safe states. " - Jonathan Simon

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00142.htm


2: Why Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For Milk?

MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering in New Zealand.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0310/S00003.htm


3: PMA National What’s On

Please note: vigils, rallies and meetings for peace relating to the war against the people of Afghanistan are generally not included in these listings as they are being circulated in more regularly updated messages. Details of those vigils, rallies and ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0111/S00127.htm


4: CALTECH/MIT: Exit Poll's Bush Vote Underestimate

1. A series of claims have been made in recent days alleging that discrepancies between exit poll results and the presidential vote in certain states provides evidence of malfeasance in those states. These claims seem to be concentrated on states using ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0411/S00140.htm


5: Faun Otter: Vote Fraud - Exit Polls Vs Actuals

Within parts of the U.S. progressive community there is already widespread concern that electronic voting fraud may provide an explanation for the astonishing 8 million vote gain made by George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential U.S. election.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00072.htm


6: Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program

Publication of this story marks a watershed in American political history. It is offered freely for publication in full or part on any and all internet forums, blogs and noticeboards. All other media are also encouraged to utilise material. Readers ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00065.htm


7: Bald-Faced Lies About Black Box Voting Machines

Diebold voting machines are used in 37 states. The entire state of Ohio is considering dumping its old system to buy Diebold. Georgia already did. The Diebold files, supposedly secret voting machine files left on an unprotected web site for nearly six years ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00078.htm


8: Sludge Report #154 – Bigger Than Watergate!

In This Edition: Bigger Than Watergate! - How To Rig An Election In The United States - Fantasy vs Reality - How We Discovered The Backdoor - Evidence Of Motive - Evidence Of Opportunity - Evidence Of Method - Evidence Of Prior Conduct - Consistent Unexplained ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00064.htm


9: Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud

Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0310/S00211.htm


10: Images: Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their Planes

The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0312/S00024.htm


11: Pics: Tanks Used Against Anti-War Protestors In LA

LOS ANGELES, November 9, 2004 - At 7:50 PM, What were first reported to be tanks and now identified as Marine APCs showed up at an anti-war protest in front of the federal building in Westwood.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00161.htm


12: Sludge Report #164 - Vote Fraud 2004 - WTF!!!

In This Edition: Today Was Stolen Election Action Day : Show Me The Votes or Where Did George Suddenly Get 11 Million New Friends : Thinking The Unthinkable – If We Vote Fraud Theorists Are Correct : & Much More

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00124.htm


13: Intel Sources Say SIS Investigating Maori Party

Exclusive: Intelligence sources have revealed the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has launched a major covert operation investigating the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, its members, networks and associates.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00144.htm


14: Oil And War Fraud Traced to the White House

Fraud Traced to the White House - How California’s energy scam was inextricably linked to a war for oil scheme - http://www.yuricareport.com/ - By Katherine Yurica

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00184.htm


15: Images: Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te Papa

In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0210/S00234.htm


16: Steve Weissman: Who Counts in Ohio?

Is Team Bush stealing the presidential election in Ohio? And, if it is, can the rest of us do anything to save our embattled democracy?

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00158.htm


17: Carter Holt Harvey completes Tissue sale

On 12 May 2004 Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) advised the market that the agreement to sell its Tissue business and 50 per cent interest in Sancella to Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) had become unconditional.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0405/S00229.htm


18: Meeting Aligns Industry and Education Provider

Waiariki Institute of Technology's skill, course structure and approach to education in wood processing and forestry were highly praised during a visit to the institute's Waipa campus and wood-processing mill by the Forest Industries Council CEO Stephen ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0406/S00051.htm


19: Turning Waste Wood Into Profit

Tokoroa Company Central Wood Recyclers (CWR) has developed a waste wood recovery business that reduces the impact of commercial forestry on the environment and provides an alternative fuel for industrial use.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0405/S00238.htm


20: Trust Regears For Future

The Crown Forestry Rental Trust (CFRT) is transforming itself into a streamlined organisation focused on achieving results quickly and efficiently. A number of positions are in the process of being advertised and an announcement regarding the appointment ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0405/S00227.htm


21: Kathmandu shocked by explosion

A powerful explosion at Sundhara in Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon has destroyed more than Rs. 30 million worth of property. The building under construction was owned by the Karmachari Sanchayakosh (Government Employees' Provident Fund). ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0411/S00132.htm


22: Why Did John Kerry Abandon His Crew In Battle?

In the heat of battle, John Kerry abandoned his crew. Not in Vietnam. No, John Kerry abandoned us here in Ohio and around the country at precisely the moment we needed him most....when the fire was heaviest and we were taking the heaviest casualties....right ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00153.htm


23: Jitters In Nigeria's Oil Region Again!

THE alleged designs by agents of the Nigerian government to muffle the freedom and endanger the life of Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), the militia group agitating for improved socio-economic ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0411/S00139.htm


24: O'Rourke: Now Is The Winner Of Our Discontent

LOS ANGELES, November 11, 2004, (columnleft.com) -- What an interesting time to be a Democrat, in an odd, 'post-Nagasaki' sort of way.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00159.htm


25: Nato Security Force To Stay The Course In Kosovo

The top United Nations envoy for Kosovo today appealed to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members providing the troops that keep the peace in the ethnically-divided province to "stay the course" and maintain adequate force levels to ensure ...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0411/S00131.htm


26: Hobbs: The Push For Peace

Hon Marion Hobbs 'The Push For Peace' Inaugural Armistice Day symposium Auckland War Memorial Museum, 10.15am, 12 November 2004

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0411/S00302.htm


27: Photo-Essay 2: Tell Us Is This Liberation?

GRAPHIC IMAGES MAY DISTURB: The purpose of information sharing is to empower individuals to make informed choices. If publishing these images causes those, who would support more killing to consider their decisions, then publishing is justified.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0304/S00005.htm


28: Albania: Disability and the right to marry

Amnesty International today expressed grave concern about draft amendments to the Albanian Family Code that would bar marriage to people with certain mental and physical disabilities.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0411/S00126.htm


29: Dogbitingmen Digest –12 November 2004

DogBitingMen is home to Mediacow, Ben Thomas, David W Young, Mister Neil Falloon and The Funniest New Zealander Alive. http://dogbitingmen.blogspot.com/

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00162.htm


30: Govt Responds To SIS - Maori Party Story

In response to media enquiries about a story appearing today on the Scoop website, a spokesperson for the Prime Minister said: "Any rational reading of s 4AA of the NZ Security Intelligence Service Act would confirm how laughable this is."

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0411/S00296.htm

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