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Hurricane Emily, which has now reached Category 3 intensity making her the second official "major hurricane" of the 2005
season - and which is forecast to continue to intensifying to at least Category 4 status - may now to be headed for a
Texas ...
Looks like Karl Rove did break the law, the same federal law that got Martha Stewart sentenced to six months in prison.
It now appears that Rove, President Bush’s chief of staff, may have lied to the FBI in October 2003—a federal crime—when
he was questioned ...
Scoop Video: Here for the first time in New Zealand, Scoop broadcasts recent footage of homes being demolished by the
Robert Mugabe government in Zimbabwe. This video footage includes interviews with victims and human rights spokespersons
inside Zimbabwe. ...
Diebold, the Ohio computer election systems manufacturer, remains under a cloud regarding irregularities in its
tabulation of the 2004 US presidential vote, which led to the reinstalling of George W. Bush. So it may be productive to
explore what ...
I’ve watched with amazement as Dr Donald Brash’s public image has been transformed in the media over the past year. Gone
is the tinder-dry, committed neo-liberal economist with an absolute aversion for the welfare state and an equally
absolute faith in ...
In a speech to the Christchurch CTU/Government post-Budget briefing, CTU president Ross Wilson explains why tax cuts
will cost working people - and the threat posed if National wins the election.
Karl Rove has now given us an astounding insight into PlameGate! According to Karl, Bushevik journalists leaked
classified information TO him! Holy, Batbrain, Karl was the last to know! Will wonders never cease?
In This Edition: JT Gets In the Muthafunkin Ring…with a Female Prime TV reporter Peters As Good as Promises To Go With
National By Attacking Brash Culprit For Press Gallery Ranking Terror Partially Un- masked Thought for the week:
According to the vote tabulators, in the 2004 presidential election George W. Bush won a stunning victory that defied
all odds, particularly those applied by unbiased statisticians. He won despite trailing in most state and national
polls.
The big world story of the last two decades of the twentieth century was the demise of communism as an economic system
and power bloc, and with it the end of the cold war between East and West.
Murray Smith, Maori Affairs Spokesman for United Future urged those on the Maori role to vote for Maori Party candidates
at a political forum in Wellington last week.
The Ministry of Education, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority and the Tertiary Education Commission are to adopt a
joint approach and work much more closely together to build quality and lift performance in education delivery, State
Services Minister ...
13: The Letter
THE HAPS CORRUPTION CULLEN’S LAST BUDGET? ACT’S CHALLENGE ACT’S STRATEGY WELFARE ABUSE COSTING TAX CUTS TACTICAL VOTING
TAX CUTS NOT INFLATIONARY DUNNE HAS DONE THEM QUEEN MAKER THIS WEEK’S POLL
Scoop Report: Contacts in Romania say 11300 homes have been destroyed by flood-waters, and 70,000 animals have
perished. Worst hit is Romania’s south east region where much of the nation’s agricultural heart lies. Concerns exist
for what this means ...
SCOOP LINK: "What I Told The Grand Jury" Matthew Cooper reveals exactly what Karl Rove told him--and what the special
counsel zeroed in on. By Matthew Cooper Time Magazine Monday 25 July 2005 Issue
A solo mum with nine children who is receiving the Domestic Purposes Benefit has refused to name all of their fathers,
ACT Deputy Leader Dr Muriel Newman revealed today.
A new case concerning a government whistleblower on the U.S.-Mexico border appears in Bill Conroy's notebook this week.
It concerns border patrol agent Ephraim Cruz, who last year complained in several internal memos (later leaked to the
press) about ...
In releasing United Future’s list of candidates for the 2005 election, party vice-president, Denise Krum, said today
“This has been a tremendous first term from our caucus of 8 MP's.
A major opinion poll by Fairfax New Zealand /ACNielsen shows National has outstripped Labour in the lead-up to the
forthcoming General Election, setting the stage for a tug-of-love over kingmaker NZ First.
The New Zealand Sign Language Bill, reported back today by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee is another misuse
of Parliament’s law making power, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today.
Squirrelled away in a cosy shoebox at Victoria University, Political Scientist Jon Johannson specialises in political
psychology and leadership. He has just published a book called "Two Titans", a comparative study of Rob Muldoon and
David Lange, and ...
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation has today called for international condemnation of the shooting and injuring by South
African police of 40 people engaged in a peaceful protest demanding fair access to HIV treatment on 12 July.
It appears that Mr. Thomas Friedman has a Muslim problem. He has a great deal of trouble thinking straight when writing
about Muslims; and, as the New York Times’ resident expert on Islam, he displays this malaise frequently, often twice a
week.
Harry awoke from a sound sleep, rubbed his eyes, and wondered if his dream was only a nightmare. He dreamt that, in a
world of witches, warlocks and spells, a dark spell had been cast on two mighty nations. The people of America and
England adored diversion, ...
Ambassador Joe Wilson forwarded to BuzzFlash his response to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's "conclusions"
about his efforts to expose the truth about the phony Niger claims, and how he came to investigate them. He asked that
we share his evidence ...
Regular readers may recall the recent revelation that the very aggressive opponents of the Western Springs Speedway had
a rather strange financial backer – the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, no less.
John Conyers, D, MI is a legendary figure in the Democratic Party. He served on the Judiciary Committee since 1964 (and
was on that committee during the Nixon impeachment hearings); he is a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus;
has sponsored ...
Labour's plan to turn Work and Income case managers into social workers will turn beneficiaries into victims, ACT
Deputy Leader and Welfare Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman said today.
Diabetes, Obesity and "lifestyle" diseases have been in the news a lot recently - the question being what action should
government take to address these problems. I gave the following speech to the Human Nutrition Department, Otago
University, ...
In case you think I’m showing off, my electorate chairman and electorate organiser, she-who-must-be-obeyed, told me to
write this Liberty Belle. She says it’s because she has lots of people asking her when they can hear me on the wireless.
I think ...
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