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Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 9 Feb. 2007

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
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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]

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[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:

  • Jason Leopold - Trial Reveals Wilson Smear Began Far Earlier [2] , "Bush Admin. Is Focus of Leak Inquiry" [3]

  • [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:

  • Michael Collins - Blackwell’s Actions In Ohio Boost US Voting Rights [2]
  • John Gideon - Daily Voting News For January 30, 2007 [3]

  • [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:

  • Associated Press - Scoop Link: Senators Warn Against War With Iran [1]
  • Le Figaro - Iranians Worry About a Possible American Attack [2]
  • Scott Ritter/The Nation - Stop the Iran War Before It Starts [3]
  • Sunday Herald - US Poised to Strike Iran From Bulgaria & Romania [4]

  • [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:

  • David Swanson - David Swanson: The Bills That Can End the War [2]
  • David Swanson - David Swanson: Lobbying For Impeachment [3]
  • Between The Lines - Reversal on Spying Shouldn't Derail Investigation [4]

  • [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


    MORE SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:

  • Richard S. Ehrlich - How My Book Got Slashed In London's Tate Modern [1]
  • Sam Smith - Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama And Vanna White [2]
  • Rabbi Michael Lerner - Rabbi Michael Lerner: Reflections On D.C. Protest [3]
  • Sol Salbe - Middle East Round Up For January 30 [4]
  • Daniel Patrick Welch - Everything Old is New Again [5]
  • William Fisher - At Our Beck and Gall [6]
  • Jose Maria Rodriguez Gonzalez - Bush contributes to Al-Qaeda and Terrorism [7]
  • Ernest Partridge - Only Americans Can Restore America’s Honor [8]
  • Evelyn Pringle - Zyprexa Judge Sends Invite to NY Times Reporter [9]
  • Bhupal Lamichhaney - Can Terai Movement Be Identified With Atrocities? [10] & Politics Against HR Brings Doomsday For Nepal [11]
  • Dr. Chandrakala - Nepal: Confusion And Finding Scapegoats [12]
  • Norm Dixon - Green Left Weekly: Change The System - Not The Climate! [13]
  • Ramzy Baroud - Shameless in Gaza [14]
  • Tanveer Jafri - Muslims Awareness On Saddam Issue [15]
  • BuzzFlash.Com - Seeing the Full Cheney: America Held Hostage, Yr 6 [16]
  • Associated Press - Scoop Link: Two Charges Dropped Against Watada [17]
  • Bernard Weiner - GOP Elders Take That Long Walk to the White House [18]
  • Narconews - Nancy Davies' Book on Oaxaca's Popular Assembly [19]

  • [1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00384.htm
    [2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00381.htm
    [3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00379.htm
    [4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00002.htm
    [5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00025.htm
    [6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00023.htm
    [7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00021.htm
    [8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00020.htm
    [9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00018.htm
    [10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00017.htm
    [11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0701/S00378.htm
    [12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00016.htm
    [13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00014.htm
    [14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00013.htm
    [15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00012.htm
    [16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00006.htm
    [17] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00005.htm
    [18] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00004.htm
    [19] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00003.htm

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