December 3, 2004

"....Consider this: Bush won 51 percent of a voting population that was just 60 percent of the eligible voters. That means Bush won the approval of 31 percent of the eligible voters. Kerry won 28 percent of the eligible voters.

The 40 percent who did not cast a ballot seemed to be saying there was no candidate they could approve of. I suspect that a large percentage of those who voted had the same feeling, but voted anyway. Is this a decisive victory? Has the will of the people been followed? (If we were truly democratic, then maybe the 40 percent nonvoters who were the plurality might have their wish: No President at all.)...."

December 2, 2004

Tired in Baghdad...
"The situation in Falloojeh is worse than anyone can possibly describe. It has turned into one of those cities you see in your darkest nightmares- broken streets strewn with corpses, crumbling houses and fallen mosques..."

"The wounded in Falloojeh aren't getting treatment and today we heard about a family with six children being bombed in the city. It's difficult to believe that in this day and age, when people are blogging, emailing and communicating at the speed of light, a whole city is being destroyed and genocide is being committed- and the whole world is aware and silent..."

"The situation in Baghdad isn't a lot better. Electricity has been particularly bad. Our telephone has been cut off for the last week which has made communication (and blogging) particularly difficult. The phone difficulties are quite common all over Baghdad. It usually happens in an area after a fresh bombing. We joke amongst ourselves that it's all an agreement with the new mobile phone companies, but the truth is that the mobile phones aren't very much more reliable..."

December 1, 2004

Something's Fishy in Ohio by Jesse Jackson Ê
"In the Ukraine, citizens are in the streets protesting what they charge is a fixed election. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell expresses this nation's concern about apparent voting irregularities. The media give the dispute around-the-clock coverage. But in the United States, massive and systemic voter irregularities go unreported and unnoticed."

November 30, 2004

Red Cross Finds Detainee Abuse in Guant‡namo
The International Committee of the Red Cross has charged in confidential reports to the United States government that the American military has intentionally used psychological and sometimes physical coercion "tantamount to torture" on prisoners at Guant‡namo Bay, Cuba.

November 29, 2004

Attempts to label intolerance and Christian patriarchal values (as opposed to Christian charity-focused values) as ãmoralityä must be stopped by Asian Pacific Americans and all Americans....

November 28, 2004

New Ohio voter transcripts feed floodtide of doubt about Republican election manipulation. "A floodtide of evidence of questionable practices in the 2004 election is mounting fast against Ohio Republican Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell..."

Election officials gave wrong information about provisional ballots - revealed in affidavit.

November 27, 2004

Free Radio Berkeleyâs engineering staff has managed to design and develop low power VHF and UHF transmitters by the creative use of off-the-shelf technology.Ê So far, design engineering efforts have yielded TV transmitters capable of reaching a distance of 4-5 miles.Ê Estimated cost for a VHF transmitter and antenna system with an effective radiated power of 75 watts is about $500, $700 to $800 for a system with an effective radiated power of 400 watts.Ê For a UHF system, add about $300 to the above amounts.

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