Decius wrote:
] ] A widely published investigative journalist was tackled,
] ] punched and arrested Sunday afternoon by a Palm Beach
] ] County sheriff's deputy who tried to confiscate his
] ] camera outside the elections supervisor's headquarters.
]
] ...
]
] ] A sheriff's spokesman and a county attorney later said
] ] the deputy was enforcing a newly enacted rule from
] ] Elections Supervisor Theresa LePore prohibiting reporters
] ] from interviewing or photographing voters lined up
] ] outside the polls.
]
] If I had to guess, this new rule was likely a response to
] requests that people film voter intimidation.

This happened near where I work. I heard it on the radio this morning. According to the local radio report, the photographer was getting right up in peoples faces and taking pictures of them and was repeatedly asked to back off by the people and the police.

I knew this story would take off when I heard it, but it sounds like he was just being an asshole.

RE: Deputy tackles, arrests journalist for photographing voters

Jello wrote:
] Suprnova torrent of Stewart on crossfire. Currently very
] fast...

You can find this on ifilm.com also.

RE: John Stewart Crossfire Torrent

] *These issue statments were collected from the
] candidates' Web sites and campaigns, from speeches and
] public statements, and news articles.

How about a nice simple checklist to see where the candidates stand on the main issues of the campaign. No partisanship or bias (that I can see anyway), just a simple checklist. This is the best one that I coudl fine.

NBC 4 - Politics - Compare Candidates On The Issues

Decius wrote:
] janelane wrote:
] ] ] Because of a budget crunch, California has suspended a
] ] ] tax credit that reimbursed teachers up to $1,500 for
] ] ] classroom supplies. Meanwhile, a $250 federal tax
] ] ] deduction for teachers that helped defray
] out-of-pocket
] ]
] ] ] spending expired this year.
] ]
] ] I. Hate. [expletive]. [expletive]. [expletive]. President
] ] Bush.
]
] Well, this isn't only Bush's fault.
]
] However, it is bullshit. The words "business expense" come to
] mind.

Exactly! This is the state of california more than Bush. I mean, sure it would have been nice to continue the 250 Federal deduction, but that is also getting Congress off their dead asses to do somethign as well, not just the president.

You should be pissed at the State of California.

RE: CNN.com - Teachers lose tax breaks for class expenses - Sep 16, 2004

k wrote:
] ] "We want to bombard (the Republican sites) with so much
] ] traffic that nobody can get in," said CrimethInc, a
] ] member of the so-called Black Hat Hackers Bloc. It's one
] ] of several groups planning to distribute software tools
] ] to reload Republican sites over and over again. These
] ] FloodNet programs are similar to hackers' distributed
] ] denial-of-service attacks, which overwhelm a server with
] ] thousands and thousands of simultaneous requests for
] ] information.
]
] [ These fucksticks again?! Jesus, would someone please deny
] them their first amendment rights? The article notes that
] jackass from HOPE too. I feel like JK needs to get on this
] now, come out strongly against this shit, and call for
] proscecuting these morons the same way you would any other
] DDoS attacker. Because if some shit happens, you can bet the
] wingers will do everything they can to tie such shenanigans
] directly to the kerry campaign. Take two minutes now to avoid
] an ugly news cycle later. -k]

My bigger concern would be that they condemn *ALL* hackers for the actions of these fucktards! I heard whispers of this at HOPE where they, or their agents, went around trying to recruit people to participate. I knew then that it would be bad news for all of us. Prepare to be basted by the mass media on the evils of hacking again. Right when we were making some headway too. :(

RE: Wired News: Hackers Take Aim at GOP