BREAKING - NYT - "Police Seize Forged Ballots Headed to Iraq From Iran"

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Tuesday December 13, 2005 · 7:53 PM PST

2005/12/13 · 19:53

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 13 - Less than two days before nationwide elections, Iraqi border police seized a tanker on Tuesday that had just crossed from Iran filled with thousands of forged ballots, an official at Iraq's Interior Ministry said.
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The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the Iranian truck driver told the police under interrogation that at least three other trucks filled with ballots had crossed from Iran at different spots along the border.
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At a news conference on Tuesday, hours before the ballot seizure, the American ambassador in Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad, spoke of what he said were overt Iranian attempts to influence events in Iraq.

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Thursday December 08, 2005 · 11:29 PM PST

2005/12/08 · 23:29

Months ago, I was inspired to write two diaries about the senseless shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

It's late, but I wanted to revisit it and share a few more of my thoughts, in light of this new occurrence. Read More

blackberry blogging from post wilma florida

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Thursday October 27, 2005 · 4:34 PM PDT

2005/10/27 · 16:34

Reporting from palm beach county, florida. Myself and sections of my city got power at about midnight last night. I still don't have internet, hence the blackberry. Many thousands of people chasing the rumor of fuel, and those few stations that have the supply, electric, and facilities to pump it. I witnessed a line perhaps 2 miles long at 5:00 am at a station which was able to pump off generator. Read More

Review-Journal Hack Job on Sen. Reid Fails

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Friday September 30, 2005 · 1:58 PM PDT

2005/09/30 · 13:58

This is headlined by Drudge as "Money connected to Dem Leader Reid; Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors..." Obviously Drudge thinks this is some sort of counterpunch to the Delay story...

"Let's see, we have all the keywords - Dem Leader, Senator Reid, money, indictment..."

The implication is that Reid may have been laundering Federal money through this Church. But it just doesn't work.
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Spewing Bloggers

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Thursday September 15, 2005 · 9:31 PM PDT

2005/09/15 · 21:31

I'm improving and reposting my comment in reply to Kos's misleadingly titled diary earlier today, Suing Bloggers, since it didn't receive a reply in the 600+ comment pie fight, because I think people need to know since Kos used the bully pulpit to talk out his ass, and maybe just because I've got the right to... This diary will be deleted in 5..4..3..2.. Read More

Jean Charles de Menezes - Marked for Death.

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Sunday July 24, 2005 · 11:49 PM PDT

2005/07/24 · 23:49

I've been reading up on the execution-style killing of this innocent person; I'm haunted by it, since he was born the same year as I and I see a certain familiarity in his face. Read More

Some Thoughts on the Police Killing in London

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Sunday July 24, 2005 · 6:30 PM PDT

2005/07/24 · 18:30

First off, allow myself... to introduce myself. I probably don't align with the far left of the far left, some of whom are on dKos. My most basic principle is to be reality-based and logic-based, rather than elevating dogmas.

So my thoughts on the police killing in London don't come from some standpoint of being completely adverse to firearms or police, or even because I "hate America". I'm just looking at the facts and trying to be logical. Read More

Hey, I Got A Scoop

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Friday July 15, 2005 · 8:59 PM PDT

2005/07/15 · 20:59

I don't know if I'm the late one to the party with this, but I ran across this link. I searched dKos to see if it had already been diarized and didn't find it, so here is the mindless link propagation:

Watching America

What is it?

In the words of the Christian Science Monitor:
'A glimpse of how foreigners feel about the only superpower.'

Up to the minute edited (read: not Babelfish gibberish) English translations of hundreds of foreign news articles. Just a perusal of the main page, with articles for July thus far, is mind-blowing.

Have a nice day.

Pelosi - BRILLIANT

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 7:53 AM PDT

2005/06/23 · 07:53

Nancy Pelosi - "The War in Afghanistan is over."

Seven House Republicans - "WHAT! How dare you! Don't you know that people are still dying there every day, and... uhhh... we still have to find Osama Bin Laden... oh... sh*t."

This is the equivalent of choking someone to death with his own arm. Like injecting a virus into the mothership. Pure brilliance. The only thing we can hope is that the outrage against Ms. Pelosi's outrageous and callous remarks continues; the sound you heard was the sound of 150 million Republican heads popping as they try to mentally contain the concept that the war on Afghanistan is not over until we find Osama Bin Laden, even though Fearless Leader "doesn't really care where he is."

"I'll take Cognitive Dissonance for $1000 please, Alex."

Senator Nelson (FL) - Energy Policy Bill, ANWR, Offshore Drilling

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 · 8:28 PM PDT

2005/06/15 · 20:28

Senator Nelson (FL) has a petition seeking support against language in the Energy Policy bill which would allow drilling off the Florida coast. Sign it, but make sure he knows that saving Florida isn't worth sacrificing ANWR. Read More

AAAACK! - We Are All Dean Screamers Now...

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Friday June 10, 2005 · 7:26 AM PDT

2005/06/10 · 07:26

Some of my thoughts on various Democratic leader responses to their Chairman's opinion. Read More

I Feel Sorry for Rush Limbaugh... Maybe.

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Monday May 23, 2005 · 9:44 PM PDT

2005/05/23 · 21:44

Being laid up with a certain injury, I've decided to use my diary not to talk about the latest zeitgeist, but to diarize my thoughts.

As you may recall, much hay was made in the past of the fact that chickenhawk Rush Limbaugh avoided service in Vietnam due to having a pilonidal cyst, described as "an ingrown hair on one's ass".

Update [2005-5-24 7:40:11 by steppenwulf]: Suggest you don't click on that cyst link unless you have a cast-iron stomach. Sorry to any troubled by recurring images of what they saw. And yes, this is meant to be taken with a side of snark; I tend to have a very dry sense of humor such that others can't detect my snark. It's "stealth snark". After this experience, I'm actually more inclined to believe that El Rushbo and/or his parents probably searched the yellow pages and paid good money for a Dr. who would diagnose that he was 4-F, and pilonidal cyst was likely a good excuse. Read More

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