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posted by gr8fuldaniel | 12:51 PM
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Saturday, August 04, 2007
Politics - State curtails e-voting - sacbee.com
New National Hero...Debra Bowen!!
State curtails e-voting
L.A. system decertified; restrictions on two others
By Kevin Yamamura - Bee Capitol Bureau
Last Updated 1:09 am PDT Saturday, August 4, 2007
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A13
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, bowing to fears of computer fraud, Friday decertified Los Angeles County's electronic voting system and sharply curtailed the use of two other machines that California counties had hoped to use to conduct the February 2008 presidential primary.
She said she would allow unlimited use of one system, Hart InterCivic, as long as security and auditing safeguards are implemented.
But in the case of two major companies -- Diebold Election Systems and Sequoia Voting Systems -- Bowen said she would allow just one machine per polling place, apparently to provide an accessible option for disabled voters.
Electronic voting critics had unsuccessfully lobbied Bowen's predecessor to stop the machines' use in California. More than three dozen California counties have invested millions of dollars in the technology and some will be forced to replace many machines by February under Bowen's order.
"I reject the notion that I should not require changes in security simply because counties already own (the machines)," Bowen said.
The tested systems are used by 43 of California's 58 counties and by 9 million out of 15.7 million registered voters, according to UC Berkeley.
Bowen, a Democrat who was skeptical of electronic voting during her tenure in the state Senate, commissioned $1.8 million in tests this spring by the University of California to explore the security faults of three electronic voting systems.
She had said she would issue a decision by Friday to comply with a requirement to give counties six months' lead time to make changes.
But she delayed acting for hours, finally holding a press conference at her downtown office as midnight approached.
Stephen Weir, president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, questioned her decision-making process, saying Bowen could and should have waited until Monday to act.
Weir said Bowen is moving the ball "in the wrong direction" because she used an improper system to test the machines. He said her decision essentially tells "the voting community out there 'your voting system is damaged, but we're going to fix it.' That doesn't feel good to me."
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Weir failed to explain why a "damaged voting system" is to be preferred. Fucking retard!
Now other states are going to be dumping their broken systems like bad habits! Hoo Rah!
State curtails e-voting
L.A. system decertified; restrictions on two others
By Kevin Yamamura - Bee Capitol Bureau
Last Updated 1:09 am PDT Saturday, August 4, 2007
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A13
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, bowing to fears of computer fraud, Friday decertified Los Angeles County's electronic voting system and sharply curtailed the use of two other machines that California counties had hoped to use to conduct the February 2008 presidential primary.
She said she would allow unlimited use of one system, Hart InterCivic, as long as security and auditing safeguards are implemented.
But in the case of two major companies -- Diebold Election Systems and Sequoia Voting Systems -- Bowen said she would allow just one machine per polling place, apparently to provide an accessible option for disabled voters.
Electronic voting critics had unsuccessfully lobbied Bowen's predecessor to stop the machines' use in California. More than three dozen California counties have invested millions of dollars in the technology and some will be forced to replace many machines by February under Bowen's order.
"I reject the notion that I should not require changes in security simply because counties already own (the machines)," Bowen said.
The tested systems are used by 43 of California's 58 counties and by 9 million out of 15.7 million registered voters, according to UC Berkeley.
Bowen, a Democrat who was skeptical of electronic voting during her tenure in the state Senate, commissioned $1.8 million in tests this spring by the University of California to explore the security faults of three electronic voting systems.
She had said she would issue a decision by Friday to comply with a requirement to give counties six months' lead time to make changes.
But she delayed acting for hours, finally holding a press conference at her downtown office as midnight approached.
Stephen Weir, president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, questioned her decision-making process, saying Bowen could and should have waited until Monday to act.
Weir said Bowen is moving the ball "in the wrong direction" because she used an improper system to test the machines. He said her decision essentially tells "the voting community out there 'your voting system is damaged, but we're going to fix it.' That doesn't feel good to me."
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Weir failed to explain why a "damaged voting system" is to be preferred. Fucking retard!
Now other states are going to be dumping their broken systems like bad habits! Hoo Rah!
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 12:37 PM
Welcome to Hart InterCivic
Welcome to Hart InterCivic
Hart Civic is the only voting system which has been given
Debra Bowen said she would allow unlimited use of one system, Hart InterCivic, as long as security and auditing safeguards are implemented. Link in next post
Hart Civic is the only voting system which has been given
Debra Bowen said she would allow unlimited use of one system, Hart InterCivic, as long as security and auditing safeguards are implemented. Link in next post
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 12:04 PM
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Dept. Of Political Assassinations: Who Ordered the Execution of NFL/Army Hero Pat Tillman? - Wonkette
Who Ordered the Execution of NFL/Army Hero Pat Tillman? - Wonkette: "In his writings — Tillman wrote constantly in letters and diaries and e-mails — the NFL star who became an Army Ranger after 9/11 had concluded the Afghanistan War was fake and the Iraq War was a criminal setup.
The Pentagon still has his diary that he kept with him in Afghanistan, where he was killed, and they won’t release it to his family."
~~snip~~
Just today, Donald Rumsfeld refused to testify on the subject of Tillman’s assassination before Congress on Wednesday.
White House Counsel Fred Fielding has, of course, already “refused to issue certain documents to the committee because of executive privilege.”
What is the White House doing with “certain documents” about Pat Tillman’s murder?
Says Pat Tillman Sr.: “The administration clearly was using this case for its own political reasons. This cover-up started within minutes of Pat’s death, and it started at high levels. This is not something that people in the field do.”
The Pentagon still has his diary that he kept with him in Afghanistan, where he was killed, and they won’t release it to his family."
~~snip~~
Just today, Donald Rumsfeld refused to testify on the subject of Tillman’s assassination before Congress on Wednesday.
White House Counsel Fred Fielding has, of course, already “refused to issue certain documents to the committee because of executive privilege.”
What is the White House doing with “certain documents” about Pat Tillman’s murder?
Says Pat Tillman Sr.: “The administration clearly was using this case for its own political reasons. This cover-up started within minutes of Pat’s death, and it started at high levels. This is not something that people in the field do.”
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 6:30 PM
BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan - USATODAY.com
BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan - USATODAY.com: "The permit exempts the BP plant at Whiting, Ind., 3 miles southeast of Chicago, from a 1995 federal regulation limiting mercury discharges into the Great Lakes to 1.3 ounces per year.
The BP plant reported releasing 3 pounds of mercury through surface water discharges each year from 2002 to 2005, according to the Toxics Release Inventory,"
~snip~
GW Cheney thought bubble:
It takes a lot of lube to fuck over millions of Americans....
The BP plant reported releasing 3 pounds of mercury through surface water discharges each year from 2002 to 2005, according to the Toxics Release Inventory,"
~snip~
GW Cheney thought bubble:
It takes a lot of lube to fuck over millions of Americans....
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 10:45 AM
California City to Transform Red Light Cameras Into Spy Cameras
California City to Transform Red Light Cameras Into Spy Cameras:
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"Because California law currently forbids the use of red light cameras for spying, the proposed ordinance urged deletion of the following passage from the Vehicle Code Section 21455.5: 'Confidential information obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles for the administration or enforcement of this article shall be held confidential, and may not be used for any other purpose.'
Oakland recommends this passage be replaced with, 'Photographic records may be used by law enforcement agencies for any law enforcement purpose.' One observer suggested Oakland's red light program may be a Trojan Horse. "
*snip*
....while only miles away, in Sacramento.... we were sprayed with pesticides by crop dusters last night..... be docile citizen... These cameras were surveillance capable BEFORE they were installed
*snip*
"Because California law currently forbids the use of red light cameras for spying, the proposed ordinance urged deletion of the following passage from the Vehicle Code Section 21455.5: 'Confidential information obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles for the administration or enforcement of this article shall be held confidential, and may not be used for any other purpose.'
Oakland recommends this passage be replaced with, 'Photographic records may be used by law enforcement agencies for any law enforcement purpose.' One observer suggested Oakland's red light program may be a Trojan Horse. "
*snip*
....while only miles away, in Sacramento.... we were sprayed with pesticides by crop dusters last night..... be docile citizen... These cameras were surveillance capable BEFORE they were installed
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 8:43 AM
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Ex-VP Mondale accuses Cheney of power grab ~ Raw Story
This all changed in 2001, and especially after Sept. 11, when Cheney set out to create a largely independent power center in the office of the vice president. His was an unprecedented attempt not only to shape administration policy but, alarmingly, to limit the policy options sent to the president. It is essential that a president know all the relevant facts and viable options before making decisions, yet Cheney has discarded the "honest broker" role he played as President Gerald Ford's chief of staff.
Through his vast government experience, through the friends he had been able to place in key positions and through his considerable political skills, he has been increasingly able to determine the answers to questions put to the president -- because he has been able to determine the questions. It was Cheney who persuaded President Bush to sign an order that denied access to any court by foreign terrorism suspects and Cheney who determined that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Whatever authority a vice president has is derived from the president under whom he serves. There are no powers inherent in the office; they must be delegated by the president. Somehow, not only has Cheney been given vast authority by President Bush -- including, apparently, the entire intelligence portfolio -- but he also pursues his own agenda. The real question is why the president allows this to happen.
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FULL WASHINGTON POST COLUMN CAN BE READ AT THIS LINK
Appalling!! ~~g
This all changed in 2001, and especially after Sept. 11, when Cheney set out to create a largely independent power center in the office of the vice president. His was an unprecedented attempt not only to shape administration policy but, alarmingly, to limit the policy options sent to the president. It is essential that a president know all the relevant facts and viable options before making decisions, yet Cheney has discarded the "honest broker" role he played as President Gerald Ford's chief of staff.
Through his vast government experience, through the friends he had been able to place in key positions and through his considerable political skills, he has been increasingly able to determine the answers to questions put to the president -- because he has been able to determine the questions. It was Cheney who persuaded President Bush to sign an order that denied access to any court by foreign terrorism suspects and Cheney who determined that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Whatever authority a vice president has is derived from the president under whom he serves. There are no powers inherent in the office; they must be delegated by the president. Somehow, not only has Cheney been given vast authority by President Bush -- including, apparently, the entire intelligence portfolio -- but he also pursues his own agenda. The real question is why the president allows this to happen.
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FULL WASHINGTON POST COLUMN CAN BE READ AT THIS LINK
Appalling!! ~~g
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 1:20 PM
