22 November 2004
one of the best political songs of the year
17 November 2004
potty patrol
BBC NEWS: Toilet summit opens in Beijing
|"The entire toilet movement is taking on the world scale. People are saying, 'We want good toilets'....because you see a toilet is a basic human right and this basic human right has been neglected. So the world deserves better toilets..."|
on a related note...TOILET PHOBIA!
|Vicki has toilet phobia - she has a phobia of not being able to go to the toilet in a public place. It sounds funny, but it's something that has made her life a misery.|
|"The entire toilet movement is taking on the world scale. People are saying, 'We want good toilets'....because you see a toilet is a basic human right and this basic human right has been neglected. So the world deserves better toilets..."|
on a related note...TOILET PHOBIA!
|Vicki has toilet phobia - she has a phobia of not being able to go to the toilet in a public place. It sounds funny, but it's something that has made her life a misery.|
11 November 2004
more on vote tallies
The Consortiumnews.com
|While it’s extraordinary for a candidate to get a vote total that exceeds his party’s registration in any voting jurisdiction – because of non-voters – Bush racked up more votes than registered Republicans in 47 out of 67 counties in Florida. In 15 of those counties, his vote total more than doubled the number of registered Republicans and in four counties, Bush more than tripled the number.|
|While it’s extraordinary for a candidate to get a vote total that exceeds his party’s registration in any voting jurisdiction – because of non-voters – Bush racked up more votes than registered Republicans in 47 out of 67 counties in Florida. In 15 of those counties, his vote total more than doubled the number of registered Republicans and in four counties, Bush more than tripled the number.|
06 November 2004
feeling a little alienated in the US?
Virtual Canadian
|Many talk about fleeing the United States to Canada, but between the hardships of relocation, and the difficulty of obtaining actual Canadian citizenship, that may not be an option for many. There's also the lingering desire to stay and try to do some good in the States. The solution: become a Virtual Canadian. It's idealist protest, combined with pragmatic reality.|
|Many talk about fleeing the United States to Canada, but between the hardships of relocation, and the difficulty of obtaining actual Canadian citizenship, that may not be an option for many. There's also the lingering desire to stay and try to do some good in the States. The solution: become a Virtual Canadian. It's idealist protest, combined with pragmatic reality.|
05 November 2004
Renouncing your citizenship
Electing to Leave (Harpers.org)
|Given how much the United States as a nation professes to value freedom, your freedom to opt out of the nation itself is surprisingly limited.|
|Given how much the United States as a nation professes to value freedom, your freedom to opt out of the nation itself is surprisingly limited.|
voting machine fraud?
Black Box Voting
|Black Box Voting has taken the position that fraud took place in the 2004 election through electronic voting machines. We base this on hard evidence, documents obtained in public records requests, inside information, and other data indicative of manipulation of electronic voting systems. What we do not know is the specific scope of the fraud. We are working now to compile the proof, based not on soft evidence -- red flags, exit polls -- but core documents obtained by Black Box Voting in the most massive Freedom of Information action in history.|
|Black Box Voting has taken the position that fraud took place in the 2004 election through electronic voting machines. We base this on hard evidence, documents obtained in public records requests, inside information, and other data indicative of manipulation of electronic voting systems. What we do not know is the specific scope of the fraud. We are working now to compile the proof, based not on soft evidence -- red flags, exit polls -- but core documents obtained by Black Box Voting in the most massive Freedom of Information action in history.|
