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R F Kennedy Jr.: Will the Next Election Be Hacked?
Friday, 22 September 2006, 12:45 am | Scoop Link
The debacle of the 2000 presidential election made it all too apparent to most Americans that our electoral system is broken. And private-sector entrepreneurs were quick to offer a fix: Touch-screen voting machines, promised the industry and its lobbyists, ... More >>
Scoop Link: NYT Editorial - Keep Away the Vote
Friday, 22 September 2006, 12:23 am | Scoop Link
One of the cornerstones of the Republican Party's strategy for winning elections these days is voter suppression, intentionally putting up barriers between eligible voters and the ballot box. The House of Representatives took a shameful step in this ... More >>
Scoop Link: CIA Refused to Operate Secret Jails
Friday, 22 September 2006, 12:23 am | Scoop Link
The Bush administration had to empty its secret prisons and transfer terror suspects to the military-run detention centre at Guantánamo this month in part because CIA interrogators had refused to carry out further interrogations and run the secret ... More >>
Audio: Wammo Annoys Ruth Dyson: Insults & Paybacks
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 3:19 pm | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks personal insults with Labour Minister, Ruth Dyson - Ruth feels personally insulted by Brash, Insults all round!, why won't Labour just do as the other party's do and pay the money back? The risk of having someone better ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo Talks To John Key About Coups
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 3:12 pm | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to National Party spokesperson John Key about a Leadership coup, Don Brash vs Helen Clark, Then the overseas inquisition - Thailand, Japan, Hugo Chavez and George Bushes speech technique. More >>
Audio: Manning & Pound - Tonga's 'Unique' Monarchy
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 2:01 pm | Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio (click here to listen): Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Simon Pound discuss: what lies ahead for Tonga and the strange spectacle of an Island monarchy struggling to come to terms with 21st century society. More >>
Scoop Video: Tonga - An Island On The Brink
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 12:35 pm | Scoop Video
Video: NZ's PM Helen Clark said this week: "There's been enormous division in Tonga and I think there's an opportunity to move ahead… There's a new prime minister. There's a will for change, I believe, and we will support that however we can." More >>
Audio: Wammo Talks To No Right Turn On Brethren
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 10:37 am | Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to the No Right Turn blogster about his Brethren influencing the Swedish election investigation.. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 10:36 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Scoop Video: Tonga, An Island On The Brink Of Change - Politics: Greens Slam Inconsistent Auditor-General - Audio: Dr Brash Dispenses Pre-Election Relationship Advice - Scoop Satire: Investigate Magazine To Seize On Hot New Rumour - Entertainment: 2006 Golden ... More >>
Scoop Top 25 Daily Ratings 20 September 2006
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 10:12 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Audio: Kevin List On Radio Active - Greens on AG
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 8:56 am | Scoop Audio
Audio: Kevin List on Radio Active discusses: how the Greens have come out with its position on the Auditor General's ruling – also, Don Brash's love advice gets a playing. More >>
Link: Time - What Would War With Iran Look Like?
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 12:47 am | Scoop Link
A flurry of military maneuvers in the Middle East increases speculation that conflict with Iran is no longer quite so unthinkable. Here's how the US would fight such a war - and the huge price it would have to pay to win it. More >>
Scoop Link: Canada Plans Official Torture Protest
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 12:47 am | Scoop Link
Ottawa - A formal Canadian protest to Washington appeared to be planned on Tuesday as the result of an official inquiry into the U.S. deportation in 2002 of a Canadian citizen to Syria, where he was subsequently tortured. More >>
Manning On Radio Adelaide: Tonga Rumours & Fashion
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:42 am | Scoop Audio
Audio: Helen Clark encourages Tonga to continue with constitutional and democratic reform; Australia has heard the rumours about Helen Clark's husband, we put the record straight; Nats leadership coup in waiting; and NZ Fashion Week has arrived. More >>
Scoop Top 11 Daily Ratings 19 September 2006
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:27 am | Scoop Daily Ratings
Yesterday's top 11 rating items on Scoop were... More >>
Dr Brash Offers Love Advice (2005)
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:18 am | Scoop Audio
Scoop has obtained a mashed up audio of currently embattled National leader Dr Don Brash offering love advice to the population of Christchurch. Currently Dr Brash has faced caucus dissension regarding allegations of an affair with the vice chair ... More >>
Ian Wisearse: Smoking Gun - Australian edition
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 10:02 am | Scoop Blogwatch
I have published this photo of Australian Prime Minister John Howard taken in Auckland some years ago as part of my wider investigation into Mr Howard. Because of stonewalling by John Howard’s office and a refusal to answer specific questions, I have been ... More >>
Link: Thai Military Launches Coup, Backs King
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 9:01 am | Scoop Link
The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king. More >>
Keith Olbermann: Bush Owes Us an Apology
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 12:38 am | Scoop Blogwatch
The President of the United States owes this country an apology. It will not be offered, of course. He does not realize its necessity. There are now none around him who would tell him or could. The last of them, it appears, was the very man whose letter provoked ... More >>
Kiwi FM: List, Wammo - Brash Love Advice and More
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 12:00 am | Scoop Audio
Kiwi FM Audio: Kevin List and Kiwi FM's Whammo discuss the big issues of the week: Don Brash's 2005 radio agony aunt slot, the re-emergence of adivisor Brian Sinclair, real and parody blogs from journalist Ian Wishart and the misunderstood Trevor Mallard. More >>
