Rebirth of Reason
by Tibor R. Machan

01/16/06

Yale Law Professor Kenji Yoshino wrote a piece for The New York Times Magazine, 'The Pressure to Cover' [01/15/06], that's a frightening diatribe in favor of a police state. Its ideas pretty much match the worst portions of the Right Wing's Patriot Act -- another piece of evidence that Left and Right are mostly two sides of the same coin. This man proposes that everyone who is dissatisfied with any condition in his or her life has the civil right to seek relief (e.g., be accepted by others on his or her terms.) This idea is to completely abolish the right to free association, so all those whom some do not like will be forced to be embraced by all those who do not wish to be with them...

http://tinyurl.com/cjkss


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Free Market News Network
by Doug Casey

01/13/06

As you know, I think the U.S. is riding for a serious fall; that opinion has historically constrained my ability to capitalize on domestic stock, bond, and property bull markets. At the same time, I like to play to the strong suits in any game. That has led me to the opinion that over time, some foreign countries will do better than the U.S. And that it's only common sense, considering the fate of the dollar, to keep a close eye on commodities in general and precious metals in particular. It's just a question of timing...

http://www.fmnn.com/Analysis/153/3433/2006-01-13.asp?wid=153&nid=3433


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The Price of Liberty
by Lady Liberty

01/16/06

I said at the beginning of this column that many of us use the New Year as an opportunity to look back at our mistakes, and to make resolutions to do better in the coming year. Our mistakes -- re-electing politicians who don't keep their oath, failing to protest when enough voices might engender change or at least delay -- means that freedom was grievously wounded in 2005. If there's even the slimmest chance it can recover, we're going to have to make -- and keep -- some significant resolutions this year...

http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/06/01/16/ladylib.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

01/16/06

The neocons have insisted for years that the first shots of what they call 'World War IV' have already been fired, and we are in for a new cold war (the previous one was WWIII) that is bound to turn hot. Now Niall Ferguson, the British exponent of a new American Empire, has come up with a scenario in which he envisions how the heavy fire might begin -- one that reveals, in its fictionalization of entirely plausible events, all the assumptions and arrogance of a superpower infected with a fatal hubris...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8394


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Press Release: National Election Data Archive January 16, 2006

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb333208.php

Specific Type of Statistical Analysis Can Indicate Vote Count Errors in Past and Future Elections

After over a year of research, the National Election Data Archive (NEDA) has developed a new sophisticated statistical method for indicating whether reported vote counts in any particular election race between two candidates have, or have not, been counted correctly. The method is being made publicly available on the Internet - "Vote Miscount or Exit Poll Error? New Mathematical Function for Analyzing Exit Poll Discrepancy" is publicly available at
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit-Poll-Analysis.pdf and will enable independent analysts to objectively evaluate the validity of any past or future election results.

Given the continuing controversy over the large exit poll/vote count discrepancies in the 2004 presidential election, the number of computer glitches primarily favoring one candidate over the other, and allegations that electronic vote tampering may have been responsible, a scientific method for analyzing exit poll data appears essential for restoring faith in U.S. democracy.

The method presented is compared with several prior analyses of the 2004 exit poll/vote count discrepancy by pollsters Edison-Mitofsky, NEDA, the Election Sciences Institute, and others. Errors in those earlier reports, which led to problematic conclusions, are noted and contrasted with the more correct analysis method presented in this latest report.

Method to be Used on 2004 Ohio Presidential Election Data

NEDA will shortly be releasing a report using this analysis method for Ohio's 2004 presidential election. It will provide striking support for corrupted Ohio vote counts of sufficient magnitude to reverse the outcome of the election.

The National Election Data Archive (NEDA) is a nonprofit organization of statisticians and mathematicians devoted to the accuracy of U.S. vote counts. NEDA is currently seeking support to build a national public election data archive to make detailed precinct-level vote-type election data available for immediate post-election independent analysis of voting patterns.

For further information contact:
Kathy Dopp,
MS, Mathematics, NEDA, President
kathy@uscountvotes.org

National Election Data Archive (NEDA)
http://electionarchive.org

Tennessean

01/15/06

Although it's illegal for legislators to accept campaign money during a regular legislative session, they can -- ironically -- accept contributions during the special session on ethics. Many legislators and good-government groups were unaware of the loophole as the high-profile session began on Tuesday with rhetoric about the need for reform. But some lobbyists and others whose job is to influence public policy were well versed in the fine print of the campaign rules. Only hours into the debate, The Tennessean has learned, special interests began offering campaign contributions to lawmakers. Representatives of several political action committees, or PACs, approached the House and Senate Republican caucus seeking to donate not long after Gov. Phil Bredesen gave his opening speech to the General Assembly, said Thomsen Smith, fundraiser for the caucus...

http://tinyurl.com/d3zsl


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Indianapolis Star

01/15/06

Rep. Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican implicated in a lobbying corruption investigation, said Sunday he will step aside temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee. 'Unfortunately it has become clear to me in recent days that the false allegations made against me have become a distraction to the important work of the House Republican Conference and the important work that remains ahead for the House Administration Committee,' Ney said in a written statement...

http://tinyurl.com/dyde2


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Chicago Tribune

01/16/06

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sunday reiterated his reservations about President Bush's legal authority to order domestic spying, noting that Congress had not given Bush a 'blank check' for warrantless eavesdropping. But Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said he is prepared to listen to the administration's case during the congressional hearings he intends to convene next month. If the hearings determine that the president broke the law, 'the remedy could be a variety of things,' including impeachment or criminal prosecution, 'but the principal remedy ... under our society is to pay a political price,' Specter told ABC's 'This Week'...

http://tinyurl.com/8879b


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Rep. Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican implicated in the Abramoff lobbying corruption investigation, said Sunday he will step aside temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011606Z.shtml

http://www.spacewar.com/news/BMD_Focus_The_Polarization_Of_The_Pacific.html


Informant: Alice Slater