Author: Cali Scribe

Surprise! Diebold finds flaws!

Actually picked up this story from a Macintosh news website — after Googling it on Google News, it’s getting some inside-section play on some of the US newspapers, but nothing in the big sources (NYT, WaPo,...

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The Ugly American — Case 5,483

Americans have been getting a bad rap in the last few years…mostly deservedly. I even heard a travel tip for Americans going abroad: say you’re Canadian. Well, Canadians might not want to be associated with us...

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CA-11: "Anybody but Pombo"

This pretty much sums up what the San Jose Mercury News has to say about this race. It’s good news for anyone seeking to bring some sanity back to California’s 11th Congressional district: Give the nod to Pombo...

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The REAL "Golden Rule"

I was cruising the front page diaries over at Daily Kos, and came across this little tidbit in the opening of mcjoan’s “1st Quarter FEC Filings” thread: Santorum was another of those big spenders, $2.06M, while...

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It’s the Media’s Fault!

It looks like the Bush stance on the war in Iraq is not only should the dead be buried without publicity, without fanfare, but that we shouldn’t even mention when they’re killed. Your husband’s been killed? Who...

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