Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 9 Feb. 2007

Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 11:02 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Democracy & S***t: Latest Public Address Blend Includes A Dash Of Scoop & Other S***t
PlameGate: Truthout Reads Between The Lines & Catches A President
Motornet: Karl Ferguson Gets A Thumbs Up For The Alfa 159
American Coup: Blackboxvoting.org Investigates Help America Vote Act. Lobbying
LATEST IRAN WAR NEWS & VIEWS:
Bush Vs Rule Of Law: Hearings Begin In HoR Committee Rooms
MORE SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:

Democracy & S***t: Latest Public Address Blend Includes A Dash Of Scoop & Other S***t

- Last Thursday night's Public Address/Karajoz Big Blend featured Q&A (Questions by Russell Brown) with film makers Matt Heath and Chris Stapp – C**tstables, Back Of the Y, Bogan's Heroes, The Devil Dared Me Too – about their shit. The first few minutes were not recorded because they were shit. The presentation included clips of video shit which you can't see because this is audio and you didn't come. See… Audio/Images: Matt Heath & Chris Stapp Talk Shit [1] Also featured on the night was a more serious discussion about digital democracy featuring a bloke from Google and Alastair Thompson from Scoop. See… Audio/Images: Big Blend Digital Democracy Panel [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00057.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00058.htm

PlameGate: Truthout Reads Between The Lines & Catches A President

- …"T-h-i-s space P-r-e-s," Addington said, spelling out the words. "And then it's got a scratch-through." "So it looks like 'this Pres.?'" Wells asked again. "Yes sir," Addington said. Thus, Cheney's notes would have read "not going to protect one staffer and sacrifice the guy this Pres. asked to stick his head in the meat grinder because of the incompetence of others." The words "this Pres." were crossed out and replaced with "that was," but are still clearly legible in the document. See... Handwritten Notes Implicate Bush in Plame Affair [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00028.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00026.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00380.htm

Motornet: Karl Ferguson Gets A Thumbs Up For The Alfa 159

- The motorway into the city was unusually deserted for a Saturday evening but perhaps not surprisingly given the lateness of the hour. The Nissan Skyline was virtually abreast of me when I noticed it, its passengers craning their necks as they came alongside of the matt silver Alfa 159. See... MOTORNET: Muscled-Up Italian - Alfa 159 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00030.htm

American Coup: Blackboxvoting.org Investigates Help America Vote Act. Lobbying

- We went into this looking for the defense industry contractors we'd heard had lobbied for the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). That legislation has been blamed for the touch-screens (DREs) that showed up all over America. Well, that's not what we found. The real story on who was behind HAVA may come as a surprise to you. It was to us. See... The Road To Boondoggle Paved With Good Intentions [1] MORE AMERICAN COUP NEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00029.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00386.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00011.htm

LATEST IRAN WAR NEWS & VIEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00019.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00024.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00383.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00382.htm

Bush Vs Rule Of Law: Hearings Begin In HoR Committee Rooms

- 10:13 a.m. I'm in the room, but you can view a live webcast here . I've just been handed hardcopies of the upcoming witness statements. If you can find them online anywhere, please post a link beneath this article. See... Live Blogging from Hearings on Bush's Signing Statement [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00022.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00015.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00008.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00377.htm

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Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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