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THE world has watched the American Presidential election with mounting disbelief as tales of incompetence and skullduggery have emerged. None of these electoral misdeeds have surprised me - but I am puzzled that they have taken this long to be uncovered. I know they occur: I fixed an election myself. In 1976, I was a campaign worker for Jimmy Carter and during the Democratic primaries, I was sent to Pennsylvania for a day to help out in any way I could. The night before the election, I was told I would be a poll-watcher in a district in South Philadelphia....

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Apparently PBS has turned Joshua Muravchik's book Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism into a 3 hour documentary. They showed it in July but PBS in NYC is rerunning it late at night and other PBS stations may do so, as well. His book does a good job of explaining why socialism and democracy don't miss. I didn't hear about it so I thought a posting here might be useful to anyone who is interested.

Portland, May 26, 10:00 p.m."HI, MY NAME IS JOSS WHEDON. Before we begin the special screening, I have a little story I want to tell you. It's about a TV show called Firefly." I'm sitting in a movie theater in Portland and along with 200 other fans, I'm staring at a 20-foot-tall projection of the bleary, peanut-shaped head of Joss Whedon--creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer; he's snarkily introducing Serenity--the partially-completed film we're about to watch. We're paying to see this unfinished movie four months before its release date. It's the second of three rounds of sold-out sneak-preview screenings, scheduled...

Fox News had its own response to the demonstrators. The news ticker rimming Fox's headquarters on Sixth Avenue wasn't carrying war updates as the protest began. Instead, it poked fun at the demonstrators, chiding them. "War protester auditions here today ... thanks for coming!" read one message. "Who won your right to show up here today?" another questioned. "Protesters or soldiers?" Said a third: "How do you keep a war protester in suspense? Ignore them." Still another read: "Attention protesters: the Michael Moore Fan Club meets Thursday at a phone booth at Sixth Avenue and 50th Street" - a reference...

THE LINGERING PROBLEMS WITH ROE V. WADE, AND WHY THE RECENT SENATE HEARINGS ON MICHAEL MCCONNELL'S NOMINATION ONLY UNDERLINED THEMBy EDWARD LAZARUSelazarus@findlaw.com Thursday, Oct. 03, 2002 Within the circle of former clerks to Justice Harry Blackmun, I have more than occasionally been taken to task for breaking with the party line and sharply criticizing Roe v. Wade, the opinion that will forever stand as the Justice's most famous contribution to American jurisprudence. But over the years, I've come to believe even more strongly that my initial doubts about the decision were valid. Over the last few weeks, as the Senate...

This Wednesday, the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered election officials to replace Robert Torricelli's name on the November statewide ballot for United States Senator with that of Frank Lautenberg. What should observers make of the court's decision and the surrounding legal and political issues? In the grand tradition of law school exams, where students are given an interesting fact pattern and a short deadline, we will try to "spot" some of the major issues and provide some preliminary analysis. [For the rest of the article, click here.]

Do we have funny business going on in Florida? The latest Yahoo numbers at 99% reporting are only 11,000 apart. This number has dropped, within 99% reporting for several changes now, from about 56,000 to 11,000. Do we have some funny business going on here? Any danger?

Bon Jovi rocks at benefit for Gore Published in the Home News Tribune 10/05/00 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIDDLETOWN -- Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore clapped with and cheered a crowd of paying supporters at a million-dollar party and concert last night hosted by rock star Jon Bon Jovi at his elegant riverfront estate. Read the rest of the article here.

All Freepers are welcome to watch the Tokyo Freepers gather today to celebrate Independence Day in Tokyo via the Shibuya 109-2 Web camera (Java Required). There are always a lot of people there (it is a famous meeting spot) but we will be holding up a large American flag for the web camera a few times so you can pick us out of the masses. Full details on the meeting can be found in this thread or you can visit The Tokyo Freeper Web page. You can keep control of the web camera (it can pan around and zoom) ...

Please see The Tokyo Freeper Web page for a copy of the following announcement and more details about the Tokyo Freeper group. The Fourth Tokyo Freepers Meet on the Fourth of July! The fourth meeting of the Tokyo Freepers is scheduled for July 4th (Independence Day). We will meet at 1:00PM at Shibuya station near the famous the statue of Hachiko and wait around until 1:30PM to give people time to show up and so Freepers around the world can watch us on the Shibuya 109-2 Web camera (don't worry if you are shy, it is a long shot ...