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 Posted February 24th, 2006 at 5:09PM
The internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines reveal that votes were time and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the election, sometimes in the middle of the night.
Black Box Voting successfully sued former Palm Beach County (FL) Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore to get the audit records for the 2004 presidential election.
After investing over $7,000 and waiting nine months for the records, Black Box Voting discovered that the voting machine logs contained approximately 100,000 errors. According to voting machine assignment logs, Palm Beach County used 4,313 machines in the Nov. 2004 election. During election day, 1,475 voting system calibrations were performed while the polls were open, providing documentation to substantiate reports from citizens indicating the wrong candidate was selected when they tried to vote.
Another disturbing find was several dozen voting machines with votes for the Nov. 2, 2004 election cast on dates like Oct. 16, 15, 19, 13, 25, 28 2004 and one tape dated in 2010. These machines did not contain any votes date-stamped on Nov. 2, 2004.
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This confirms the reports that we heard immediately following the 2004 election. Continue on to the Black Box Voting forum topic for more info. And I’d like to state right here, that this isn’t a partisan issue. Fraud and inaccuracy in the voting process is something everyone should be informed about and working to combat.
Discuss this issue at Surfing on a Rocket
Posted December 19th, 2005 at 11:19AM
Just a quick note to say that I’m back in the US. I still need to write about a bunch of things, mainly Brussels and Amsterdam. And probably a holistic look back at the semester abroad. But for now, I’m not going to be too active, since I’m home, on dial-up, and have better stuff to do.
Posted October 17th, 2005 at 4:06PM
Marijuana Arrests For Year 2004: 771,608, Record High; FBI Report Reveals
Special News Release:
Marijuana Arrests For Year 2004: 771,608, Record High; FBI Report Reveals Pot Smokers Arrested In America At A Rate Of One Every 41 Seconds
October 17, 2005
Washington, DC: Police arrested an estimated 771,608 persons for marijuana violations in 2004, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised 44.2 percent of all drug arrests in the United States.
“These numbers belie the myth that police do not target and arrest minor marijuana offenders,” said NORML Executive Director Allen St. Pierre, who noted that at current rates, a marijuana smoker is arrested every 41 seconds in America. “This effort is a tremendous waste of criminal justice resources that diverts law enforcement personnel away from focusing on serious and violent crime, including the war on terrorism.”
Of those charged with marijuana violations, 89 percent – some 684,319 Americans – were charged with possession only. The remaining 87,289 individuals were charged with “sale/manufacture,” a category that includes all cultivation offenses – even those where the marijuana was being grown for personal or medical use. In past years, approximately 30 percent of those arrested were age 19 or younger.
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Marijuana arrests have more than doubled since 1993.
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Jesus H. Christ.
I really recommend the NORML e-mail newsletter. It really has a lot of useful info, and they don’t flood your box. They’re averaging about two or three a week.
Posted June 30th, 2005 at 11:10PM
The New Napalm in Iraq
Firebombing for human rights?
— By Barb Jacobs, Utne.com
June 30, 2005 Issue
First it was weapons of mass destruction. Then it was to get rid of Saddam Hussein. Now it’s to spread democracy. All arguments supporting the war in Iraq have some sort of humanitarian slant that, ironically, neglects the human cost of the war.
The Independent recently reported ($$) that, unknown to British officials, the United States has used Mark-77 (MK77) firebombs, a flaming napalm-like gel that sticks to its victims, in Iraq. The Iraq Analysis Group, which researches the effects of the war on Iraqis, told The Independent that the US “apparently lied to UK officials” about its use of “internationally reviled weapons that the UK refuses to use.”
Although the British acknowledgment of American use of MK77 has caused a stir in Parliament, the issue is not new. As pointed out by Information Clearing House, last fall another UK newspaper, the Mirror, reported American use of firebombs in Fallujah, saying, “Since the American assault on Fallujah there have been reports of ‘melted’ corpses, which appeared to have napalm injuries.”
On its website, the US State Department denies reports that napalm-like weapons were used in Fallujah, but confirms that “Mark-77 firebombs … were used against enemy positions in 2003,” and maintains that it has not used any illegal weapons in Iraq.
The Independent says the US has sidestepped the UN Convention on Certain Chemical Weapons, which banned the use of incendiary weapons against civilians, by claiming the firebombs were used only against military targets. Then again, the US didn’t really have to get around it, as it’s not a party to the convention anyway.
Also check out Incinerating Iraqis; the napalm cover up.
A public service announcement, folks.
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