Alternative View 2006 - for john schou

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16.05.2006 X 1 Houston crime lab analysts skewed reports to fit police theories in several cases,
ignoring results that conflicted with police expectations because of a lack of
confidence in their own skills or a conscious effort to secure convictions
17.05.2006 X 1 Apparently, the [vote] machines were broken when polls opened this morning
-- they keep spitting out the paper tape that keeps the tally of the vote [City of
Philadelphia] - Of course it is JUST a coincidence that all 100+ machines
broke in the exact same fashion on voting day
17.05.2006 Seattle Times 1 Bush hits new lows in latest poll - How can a 33 be a "new low" when he hit
29 just a few days ago? {10-15% is realistic}
17.05.2006 X 1 The NSA denies that it practices retaliation against whistleblowers. Yet, Tice is still being
monitored by the agency ... reminded him that he was required to report problems to
―appropriately cleared individuals‖ at the NSA or Dept. of Defense before talking to any
congressional committees—and reinforced that no one in either the House or the Senate
Intelligence Committees was cleared to receive the information he wished to divulge - NSA has
just declared that it is above the laws of the US
18.05.2006 X 1 President Bush is predicting victory for Republicans in November
congressional elections based on a record of promoting freedom and
opportunity at home and abroad - "Diebold guarantees the results!"
18.05.2006 Guardian 1 Gen. Hayden says US gov. eavesdropping programme is perfectly legal
18.05.2006 BAZ 1 Ein US-Bundesrichter hat die Klage des Deutsch-Libanesen Khaled el Masri
gegen den Geheimdienst CIA abgewiesen. In einem Prozess würden
Staatsgeheimnisse öffentlich gemacht {Standard für öff. Verbrechen}
19.05.2006 CNN 1 Israeli fence is example for US - Does that include building it 50 to 100 miles
inside Mexican territory?
19.05.2006 Alternet 1 Placing National Guard troops on the border could be a violation of the Posse
Comitatus Act ... a law [passed in 1878] that prohibits the use of U.S. troops
for domestic law enforcement
20.05.2006 Huffington Post 1 Thousands of Katrina victims in FEMA trailers receive eviction notices
20.05.2006 Alternet 1 Why are Gore and Kerry polling worse than Bush? - Because the American
people have come to realize that the Republicans and Democrats are just two
faces of the same crowd of criminals
20.05.2006 SF Gate 1 The House passed a budget that increases funding for what is known as the Reliable
Replacement Warhead program from ~$25 million the White House requested to
$52.7 million. That is a relatively modest amount of money for a program that could
end up costing > $100 billion over the next several decades
20.05.2006 Yahoo 1 "We have an entire generation who imagines their member of Congress in an
orange jumpsuit" .. the common prison uniform. "It's like members of
Congress don't have any shame"
20.05.2006 Bellaciao 1 On track to exceed $530 billion this year, Pentagon spending is now higher
than at any time since World War II, even though our military is smaller today
than at anytime since 1946. America‘s huge defense budget now exceeds the
rest of the world combined
21.05.2006 Coastal Post 1 3 members of the Illinois General Assembly have introduced a bill that urges
... to initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of the US .. for
willfully violating his Oath of Office to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the US and if found guilty urges his removal from office and
disqualification to hold any other office
21.05.2006 X 1 Bush has implicitly defied the Supreme Court's ruling that Congress could legally give certain
executive branch officials (such as, a special prosecutor) the power to act independently of the
president or the executive branch. He has said that the Constitution gives him control over all
executive officials regardless of what Congress enacts
21.05.2006 BAZ 1 In amerikanische Gefängnisse sind zeitweise jede Woche mehr als 1000 neue
Häftlinge eingeliefert worden. Zwischen Sommer 2004 und Sommer 2005 seien fast
2,2 Millionen Menschen - oder jeder 136. US-Bürger - inhaftiert gewesen [M/W 10:1]
In der Altersgruppe der 25- bis 29-jährigen jungen Männer: [11,9% der Schwarze
inhaftiert, 3,9% der Hispanics, 1,7% der Weissen]
21.05.2006 CBS 1 Fletcher had pardoned his entire administration - other than himself - for any
charges that could result from a probe into allegations of hiring misconduct ...
is valid, Kentucky high court says
22.05.2006 Wired News 1 A file detailing aspects of AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security
Agency's warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San Francisco
courthouse. But the public cannot see it because, at AT&T's insistence, it remains
under seal in court records ... AT&T claims information in the file is proprietary and
that it would suffer severe harm if it were released
22.05.2006 Wired News 1 The ATT/NARUS/NSA spy setup - The original whistleblower document