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1:
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 ...
2:
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 ...
3:
Djibouti:
Jailed outspoken opposition
leader
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Daher Ahmed Farah, an opposition party leader and director of his party's newspaper.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Time
to End the Dodginess - Intelligence
Unglued
The glue that holds the Intelligence Community together is melting under the hot lights of an awakened press. If you do not act quickly, your intelligence capability will fall apart--with grave consequences for the nation.
5:
Dennis
Hans: Sixteen Dishonest Words
If you’re scratching your head and wondering how the Bush administration had such an easy time persuading much of the news media of the necessity to wage war on Iraq, simply look at their performance over the weekend.
6:
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 ...
7:
The
Useless Invasion Sketch (After Monty
Python)
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (played by John Cleese) walks down the street carrying THE IRAQUI INVASION (played by an empty parrot cage). He walks into THE WHITE HOUSE (played by a cheesy storefront) and addresses COLIN POWELL (played by Michael Palin).
8:
Cialis
captures just under half of NZ
market
In its first few months in New Zealand, the second generation treatment for erection problems, Cialis, captured just under half of the erectile dysfunction market.
9:
How
To Justify Iraq War If WMD’s Aren’t
Found?
Since the start of the war in Iraq four months ago, 212 American soldiers have been killed, including 79 who have died since May 1, when President George Bush declared an end to major hostilities in Iraq. It’s unclear how many Iraqi civilians perished ...
10:
UQ
Wire: The Dubious Suicide of George
Tenet
Things have reached a pretty pass indeed when you apologize for making a mistake, but nobody believes your apology. So it is today with CIA Director Tenet, and by proxy George W. Bush and his administration.
11:
World’s
biggest woodpecker species feared
extinct
Cambridge, 11th July 2003 – BirdLife International researchers have expressed their fear that the stunning Imperial Woodpecker, Campephilus imperialis, may now be extinct after an expedition to the last area reporting sightings of the bird found no evidence ...
12:
Scoop
Image: A God's Eye View Of Te Wai
Pounamu
An image from NASA's MODIS Satellite of New Zealand's South Island after recent snowfalls.
13:
Advice
For Reporters: Follow The Niger Forgeries
So, the head of CIA has fallen on his sword to protect his boss. Yet this feels like Watergate, with the floodgates poised to open wide. I've been pleased in recent days to discover that the corporate media actually has a pulse. I'd like to suggest a ...
14:
Global
Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter
#40
Thanks to the 100 people who braved a wintry Friday night on US Independence Day July 4 to protest outside the US Consulate over the continuing military occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and the NZ governments participation in that occupation.
15:
Naomi
Klein On Plans to Privatize Iraqi
Industry
U.S. Plan to Privatize Iraqi Industry May Signal New 'Bomb Before You Buy' Doctrine - Interview with Naomi Klein, author and columnist, conducted by Scott Harris
16:
Sustainable
New Zealand: What is Your
Problem?
The other day I was asked by a student: What is your problem? I’d been moaning about the fuzzy thinking behind the sustainable development clause in the new Local Government Act passed last year. I’m sure he meant it in a caring, sharing, rhetorical kind ...
17:
U.S.
Election Integrity Flaw Discovered At
Diebold
Recently, technicians and programmers for Diebold Election Systems, the company that supplied every single voting machine for the surprising 2002 results in the state of Georgia, the company that is preparing to convert the state of Maryland to its ...
18:
Flatulence
Tax Just Government Hot Air
ACT New Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today said that farmer organisations should not, under any circumstance, cooperate with the Government over the imposition of the new flatulence tax.
19:
Hard
News 16/07/03 - The
Fundamentals
Thank goodness for the resumption of international rugby this weekend: the absence of actual play was creating a vacuum for doubt, recrimination and the messianic Cult of Mehrtens ... http://publicaddress.net/default,hardnews.sm#post539
20:
Arafat,
Abbas Approve Terms of
Reference
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas on Monday worked out an agreement sorting out presidential and premiership powers, with formulas specifying the terms of reference and the follow-up mechanism of the negotiating process with ...
21:
Learning
to Speak About Each Other
As a recent immigrant to New Zealand, I am getting used to the way things work here. Every day, I get off the bus and walk past Winston Peters’ giant sign about immigration and treaty costs. And every day, I pick up a copy of the New Zealand Herald and read ...
22:
Yemen
& Saudi Arabia Hand In Hand To Fight
Terror
Yemen & Saudi Arabia Hand In Hand To Fight Terror By Adnan Abdullah for Scoop.co.nz
23:
200%
Mission Success for Air Force
Deployment
Two Air Force Orion technicians have contributed to Number 5 Squadron attaining a 200% mission success rate during their deployment to the Middle East.
24:
Press
Briefing by Scott McClellan - July 15
2003
Q Two quick questions, one on Iraq. When the President said of Saddam Hussein, we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in and he wouldn't let them in, why didn't he say that, when the inspectors went into Iraq?
25:
Roger
Kerr Speech - Does Policy
Matter?
This talk is about economic growth. Economic growth matters for people because it brings with it things like higher incomes, wider choices, more leisure and better environmental quality. Economic growth, driven by increases in productivity, is the ...
26:
Malaysia:
Charges against students must be
dropped
Seven students arrested in June 2001 for participating in a peaceful protest against the Internal Security Act (ISA) had their trial resume today (14 July) after a number of postponements. Amnesty International expressed concern that the charges violate ...
27:
Envoy
Meets Iraqi Governing Cl Visits Syria &
Iran
Visiting more of Iraq's neighbours in his efforts to help create a stable, democratic and sovereign country, top United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello arrived in Damascus today for talks with Syrian President Bashir al Assad.
28:
UN
Radio: US, UN Agree to Liberia General
Approach
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said he is satisfied with the approach the United States is taking on the situation in Liberia and he said the United States and the United Nations have "more or less agreed to a general approach on the Liberian ...
29:
Security
Council backs UN troops in Sierra
Leone
The members of the Security Council today agreed to "respond quickly" to Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recent proposal for a modified, four-stage reduction in the military strength of the United Nations mission in Sierra Leone, the President ...
30:
White
House to Improve Process for Bush
Speeches
White House to Improve Clearance Process for Bush Speeches - But stands by its policy to rid Iraq of WMD... Washington -- Improvements will be made in the process that is used to clear presidential speeches, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer ...
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Peter Dunne: Luxon Gets Out His Butcher's Knife - Briefly
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Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban
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