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Election Reform Groups Formally Oppose Public Disclosure of All Voting System Software
RELEASE Black Box Voting, Voters Unite, Democracy For New Hampshire and Others - Advocating For Vendors Or Voters? Saturday, April 07, 2007 CONTACT: Kathy Dopp, kathy.dopp @gmail.com To quote Brad... ...
Military Spending Gets Forty Per Cent of Every Income Tax Dollar
By Pamela Schwartz As taxpayers prepare to meet this year's April 16th tax deadline, they may want to consider that almost 40 cents of every tax dollar is spent on past and present military spending,... ...
The Rovian Era
The New York Times writes: "Turn over a scandal in Washington these days and the chances are you'll find Karl Rove. His tracks are everywhere: whether it's helping to purge United States attorneys, coaching... ...
House Votes to Limit No-Bid Contracts
The House voted to limit no-bid federal contracts Thursday, alleging abuses and citing huge losses in contracts for Katrina recovery and Iraq reconstruction. "This surge in contract spending has enriched... ...
Rep. Waxman Calls for Hearings on Halliburton Move to Dubai
Halliburton, the energy services giant and controversial defense contractor, said Sunday it is opening a new corporate headquarters in Dubai in the Middle East. The planned move surprised longtime critic... ...
The administration goes for broke
In These Times by Hans Johnson 03/06/07 It has become conservatives’ equivalent of handshakes at a union hall. Professing aversion to government and venom toward taxes before the right-wing rank-and-file... ...
How Far is Iran from the Bomb?
By RAY McGOVERN Former CIA analyst That was one of the key questions asked of newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell at a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing on Tuesday.... ...
Families defeated in phone mast battle
DAVID BALE 23 February 2007 08:40 A battle to stop a mobile phone mast being built close to homes in Thorpe St Andrew has ended in defeat for the campaigners. Families were furious when they learnt T... ...
Another supplemental spending bill for the war on Iraq
The Free Liberal by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) 02/16/07 Never mind that the American people showed their dissatisfaction with the war in the fall elections. Congress lacks the political will to stand up... ...
Auditors: Billions more may be wasted in Iraq
The U.S. government is at risk of squandering significantly more money in an Iraq war and reconstruction effort that has already wasted or otherwise overcharged taxpayers billions of dollars, federal investigators... ...