The massive seat of control over the US Economy and monetary policy, the Federal Reserve, will most likely finally come under close scrutiny by federal investigators. Rep. Barney Frank has finally pushed forward action on a bill, originally introduced by Rep. Ron Paul in 1983, that will bring important public eyes to the inner workings [...]
Software included on Premier Election Solutions’ (previously known as Diebold) voting machines has recently been revealed to contain a “Delete Logs” button. This allows a user to delete any of the voting logs in the machine with no backups or way to trace the original logs.
Auditing logs are required under the federal voting-system guidelines, which [...]
Today’s linkdump is an assortment of beats by Clark, ecological housing, and bizarre marine life. The air is filled with smell of bread that we are baking – the last loaf turned out nearly perfect. Added more flour and some honey this time; will hopefully turn out moist and delicious. Gardening will happen soon, as [...]
Johnny Brainwash of dysnomia has an excellent rundown of the current couple of contentions among the US Senate seating “arrangement”.
I’ve been watching the recount, if not as closely as I’d like, and it’s been odd how Franken manages to scrape together a few more votes every step of the way. Not to say that the [...]
The Swedish Pirate Party has been gaining new members at a fantastic pace. Starting out with absolutely no support and the opposition of the media, the infamous group has been growing steadily beyond the bounds of what was initially thought to be a small interest-group. In recent polls, it seemed that they have the support [...]
