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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Rogermac
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I read this on BradBlog. It is alarming:
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"Analysts at the Election Defense Alliance (EDA) have confirmed that based on the official results on the New Hampshire Secretary of state web site, there is a remarkable relationship between Obama and Clinton votes, when you look at votes tabulated by op-scan v. votes tabulated by hand:
Clinton Optical scan 91,717 52.95%
Obama Optical scan 81,495 47.05%
Clinton Hand-counted 20,889 47.05%
Obama Hand-counted 23,509 52.95%
The percentages appear to be swapped. That seems highly unusual, to say the least."
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That is a strange perfect reversal, to the 1/100 of a percentage point. The possibility of error needs to be studied with all due diligence
From today's NYT:
"Mr. Clemens has now denied using steroids and H.G.H. in a sworn deposition to the committee Feb. 5 and in the testimony under oath Wednesday. His lawyers said he insisted on the hearing to try to clear his name, a bold move despite the risk of a perjury prosecution. Mr. Waxman said he had offered Mr. Clemens the chance to call off the hearing after depositions were taken last week, but that Mr. Clemens wanted to make his case publicly."
A president can arrange to get his information from underlings who want to please him. But such a president is susceptible to being steered by others who are fully aware of the extent of presidential knowledge --- and of any gaps in it. This is sometimes called living in a bubble.
But a president -- or senator -- who can occasionally use the internet for background information on vital policy matters can avoid this danger and have better control of subordinates. That is another reason why John McCain's lack of internet savvy is alarming. He can be kept in the dark.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a respected organization with highly qualified researchers and engineers, and a reputation for scholarly rigor.
I hope you will invite Dr. Lund to respond, because even if wise public policy calls for smaller cars, the loss of protection provided by greater physical mass is real and will have to be coped with realistically.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
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