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1: Wellstone
Plane Was Out Of Control – Media
Survey
The following is a summary of the facts available at this time via the media, surrounding Senator Paul Wellstone's airplane crash of 10-25-02. Judge for yourself, was this more likely an assassination or an accident?
2:
Scoop
Archive: UQ Wire: Pentagon Plan to Provoke Terrorist
Attack
This column stands foursquare with the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, when he warns that there will be more terrorist attacks against the American people and civilization at large.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/9b/f4/200211051158.80720242.html
3:
UQ
Wire: Gore Vidal‘s The Enemy
Within
Gore Vidal is America’s most controversial writer and a ferocious, often isolated, critic of the Bush administration. Here, against a backdrop of spreading unease about America’s response to the events of 11 September 2001 and their aftermath, we publish ...
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4:
LOTR
Two Towers New Zealand Premiere Date
Set
Roadshow Film Distributors is delighted to announce the New Zealand Premiere of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, will be held on Wednesday 18th December at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington.
5:
US
Elections 2002: America Lost
In a tragedy for America and the world, the Republican Party has taken control of both houses of the U.S. Congress. This means George W. Bush's disastrous agenda will be able to go forward unchecked.
6:
The
Thomas E. White Affair – The Documents
The following are the source documents (emails, charts and spreadsheets from Enron Energy Services) which were used by freelance journalist Jason Leopold for his expose about U.S. Army Secretary Thomas E. White’s direct involvement in crooked accounting ...
7:
Streets
of London: Scoop Chats With Billy
Bragg
English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg isn’t politically backwards in coming forward. Although Billy’s quick to point out he’s also written lots of apolitical tracks, he’s world renowned for his political lyricism and commentary on workers’ rights, ...
8:
Wellstone
Plane Crash Media Survey -
Updated
A summary of the facts available at this time, surrounding Senator Wellstone's airplane crash of 10-25-02. (Updated 11-01-02 – note this posting is an update of… Wellstone Plane Was Out Of Control – Media Survey )
9:
Sludge
Report #143 - Think People!!! The Fix Was
In
In This Edition: Think People!!! The Fix Was In - Who Now Rules The World
10:
Clark's
Crony Capitalism Doesn't Stop With
Ross
Helen Clark's secret sweetheart deals with big business mates don't end with the Armstrong sacking, ACT New Zealand Economic Development Spokesman Deborah Coddington said today.
11:
Clampdown
On Illegal Street Racing
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road in Otara and ...
12:
US
Election 2002: Senate Races - A Runner
Stumbles
The sudden departure of Robert "The Torch" Torricelli from the New Jersey Senate race evokes no end of sports metaphors. He fumbled. He choked. He dropped the baton. He hit the wall. The Torch is passed. It looks bad for the Dem team.
13:
Voting
Machine Company Demands Removal Of
Articles
ES&S, who makes 56% of the voting machines in the United States, has threatened to sue the owner of Talion.com unless she removes articles about voting machines from her web site.
14:
Sam
Smith: The Party's Over
What happened on November 5, 2002 was the culmination of a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party that began more than a decade ago under the leadership of a group of conservatives, corporadoes, and con men who convinced their political colleagues ...
15:
Questions
For Oral Answer - 7 November 2002
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Prime Minister: What were the items on the agenda provided by the then Chairman of Television New Zealand, Dr Armstrong, for her dinner at Vinnies with him, the former Prime Minister of Australia, Paul Keating and Kristy McDonald ...
16:
Open
Letter to the Democratic Party - Ralph
Nader
The Democrats should have an easy time winning control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in next week's election. Recession is deepening, unemployment is rising, and corporate corruption headlines are proliferating. Health care costs, drug prices ...
17:
Bernard
Weiner: Inside Karl Rove's Election
Diary
Now, THAT was fun! The liberals never knew what hit 'em. Clueless, those guys. But, based on our polling and focus groups, your's truly knew weeks ago. That's why I could safely send George out on the hustings for that last-minute pick-me-up to the ...
18:
Philip
J. Rappa: Rhapsody For
Democracy
There is a lunatic king in our midst. A monarch crowned by an irrelevant parliament, a man whose character traits exude a convoluted contrivance of being cavalier, insincere, incompetent, and arrogant.
19:
Stateside
With Rosalea - One in twenty
Poor George. The golden apple slipped from his grasp, after all. Ironically, the Republicans' success in the South, on the East Coast and in the Midwest was probably the cause of their loss here in the California Governor's race. By the time the polling ...
20:
“Royal
Tour” unprecedented opportunity for
NZ
The Royal Tour, a one-hour Discovery Channel documentary is ready to screen on television screens across the United States. The programme follows Prime Minister Helen Clark as she takes Emmy Award winning writer and producer Peter Greenberg through New Zealand, ...
21:
UQ
Wire: 911 - They Let It Happen On
Purpose!
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
22:
The
Dirty And Deadly Secrets Of Khamisiyah
In Khamisiyah, southern Iraq, 1991, a man made plague was unleashed. Some of the world’s deadliest chemical and biological warfare agents were housed in Khamisiyah, a sprawling desert bunker complex – and then released into the atmosphere.
23:
Questions
Of The Day Transcript - 6 November 2002
1. IAN EWEN-STREET (Green) to the Minister of Agriculture: When did the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry presentation on how "conditional release" may assist in achieving coexistence between GE and other forms of agriculture first appear ...
24:
Scoop
Feedback: Caption Contest For Dubya
Photo
The folks over at sharetrader.co.nz have been having a whole lot of fun coming up with captions for the picture of George W. Bush featured on Scoop yesterday.
25:
Images:
Aliens Take Over Wellington City
Streets
Aliens, acrobats and assorted freaks took control of a central Wellington street today, much to the amusement and bewilderment of bystanders caught up in the invasion.
26:
Egg
on face for Maharey over unemployment
increase
Social Services Minister Steve Maharey has egg on his face after crowing that unemployment was on its way down, today’s household labour force survey figures in fact show an increase.
27:
Republicans
Poised For Senate Victory
The Republican Party is poised to win control of both houses of Congress in the mid-term elections with a victory in Minnesota, and a fightback in South Dakota.
28:
Libz
Back Turia Declaration of Independence
Call
"Finally Tariana Turia has got something right"! exclaimed Libertarianz Leader Russell Watkins. "She is absolutely right," he says agreeing with Turia, "the Government has no right to tell Maori how they should cope with family violence, health and ...
29:
Control
Of Senate Riding On Wellstone's Old
Seat
The US mid-term elections appear to be proving the wisdom of the pundits with pretty much everything going exactly as expected. It is a very, very, very, close run thing.
30:
UQ
Wire: Pentagon Plan to Provoke Terrorist
Attack
This column stands foursquare with the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, when he warns that there will be more terrorist attacks against the American people and civilization at large.
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