KABUL - Afghanistan's election commission Tuesday ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 percent of the total. Karzai accepted the finding and agreed to a second round vote.
The announcement came two months to the day after the first round vote and follows weeks of political uncertainty at a time when Taliban strength is growing.
The chairman of the Independent Election Commission, Azizullah Lodin, said the commission, which organized the Aug. 20 vote, did not want to "leave the people of Afghanistan in uncertainty" any longer.KABUL - Afghanistan's election commission Tuesday ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the... more
Katie Couric speaks with former U.N. envoy Peter Galbraith, who was fired by a top official who now admits there is widespread election fraud in Afghanistan.Katie Couric speaks with former U.N. envoy Peter Galbraith, who was fired by a top... more
The end of ACORN is here Finally! Those who deserve the credit do not include ABC NBC CBS CNN MSMBC The credit does go to thousands of Americans who bloged this Fraud group to a degree never seen before. Main streem Media you dont matter any more we have turned the Channel on you and turned the Page on you as well! This is as much a Story about Obama as well. ACORN is Obama and Obama is Acorn WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.
The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
The action came as the group is suffering from bad publicity after a duo of conservative activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp released hidden-camera videos in which ACORN employees in Baltimore gave advice on house-buying and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. Two other videos, aired frequently on media outlets such as the Fox News Channel, depict similar situations in ACORN offices in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C.
The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants for programs such as counseling low-income people on how to get mortgages and for fair housing education and outreach.
Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said that ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and that the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.
Just last week, the Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group's help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.
In recent months, Republicans have become increasingly critical of the census' ties with ACORN. The group, which advocates for poor people, conducted a massive voter registration effort last year and became a target of conservatives when some employees were accused of submitting false registration forms with names such as "Mickey Mouse."
Just last week, prosecutors in Miami-Dade County, Fla., arrested 11 people for falsifying hundreds of voter applications during a registration drive last year. ACORN tipped the authorities off to the problem.
On the hidden camera controversy, ACORN says it has fired the employees involved but has lashed out at Fox for pumping up the scandal.
In a statement, Bertha Lewis, ACORN's chief organizer, said the tapes had been doctored and violated Maryland's wiretapping laws. She promised to sue Fox.
Another ACORN spokesman, Scott Levenson, said the group believes the voices of the couple in the video shot in the Brooklyn office were dubbed over to alter the conversation and make the interaction appear more objectionable than it may have been.
ACORN sent a letter to Fox News President Roger Ailes, stating that the videotape was deceptive and had been dubbed over, and asking the network to stop showing the videos, Levensen said.
Fox News spokeswoman Dana Klinghoffer said the tapes were vetted editorially before they were aired.
The video was created by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles and posted on BigGovernment.com, where O'Keefe identifies himself as an activist filmmaker.
Breitbart.com, which owns BigGovernment.com, did not immediately respond to a call and e-mails seeking comment.The end of ACORN is here Finally! Those who deserve the credit do not include ABC... more
The Administration's idea is to build "democratic" institutions and give the Afghans a stake in defending their government and society from the Taliban onslaught that is supposedly threatening them at every turn. Yet what if their democracy turns out to be not worth defending? What if their president, a preening fashion plate with ties to organized crime figures (including his brother), decided to steal an election, proclaim himself chief of state in spite of massive evidence of election fraud, and refused to even speak to his American sponsors, let alone go along with a U.S.-brokered compromise with his chief election rival?
Well, we don’t have to what-if, because all of the above – and worse – is exactly what’s happening.
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What a blunder. Al Qaeda HAS BEEN DEFEATED. The Taliban ARE NOT the same thing. WE SHOULD LEAVE.The Administration's idea is to build "democratic" institutions and give the Afghans a... more
This is the third Video of the series of three Videos. Looks like Americans Tax Money is being used for more than just signing up new Voters! So far ACORN has not only helped this Pimp and Hooker get Housing but also help set up the busness end of a Prostitution Ring Pimping out 14 to 16 year old's from S. America in three diffrent City's. Balt. DC, and NYC. Do we as Americans really want our Tax Dollars being used to help defraud the Government of Tax Recipets? From the Video you can tell ACORN is very good at helping people running under World Bisnesses get Housing Loans, Tax Help, "Cheeting" Banking, the funny part is they don't Bat an Eye when they say the Money comes from 14 year old young girls having to Screw Suck and Service Dirty old Men! "Rape" Guess this is How ACORN helps the Poor and Helpless Children get work......Where is the outrage. Well it is a good thing ACORN has a good Lawyer....Oh wait Obama is ACORNs Lawyer!!!This is the third Video of the series of three Videos. Looks like Americans Tax Money... more
In the southern Afghan district of Shorabak, the tribesmen gathered shortly before last month’s presidential election to discuss which candidate they would back. After a debate they chose to endorse Abdullah Abdullah, President Hamid Karzai’s leading opponent.
The tribal leaders prepared to deliver a landslide for Abdullah – but it never happened. They claim Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president’s brother and leader of the Kandahar provincial council, detained the local governor and closed all the district’s 46 polling sites on election day.
The ballot boxes were taken back to the district headquarters where, tribal leaders allege, they were stuffed with ballots by local policemen. A total of 23,900 ballots were finally sent off to Kabul, the capital – every one of them a vote for Karzai.
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Hamid Karzai has learnt well from his Neocon buddies and partners.In the southern Afghan district of Shorabak, the tribesmen gathered shortly before... more
Since the announcement of the controversial President of Iran's surprise re-election, supporters of rival candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi have taken to the street amidst suspicions of voter fraud.
In response the hardline elements within the government have conscripted security forces to stamp out the protests.
The main misgivings stem from how Ahmadinejad seemed, on the basis of the results at least, to have won in areas that were mostly pro-oppostion. Places like Tehran where he somehow managed to win by over 50%. He is deeply disliked in the big cities and has never won big there. So add this with him beating his opposition in their own provinces?
Goes without saying that to even the casual observer, things look a bit dodge.
Juan Cole gives a breakdown on his blog on the key points of contention. But although these points don't necessarily mean that Ahmadinejad stole the election, you decide for yourself.
What is wrong with Obam's Birth Certificate? There's no signature, judical district, it does not mention the doctor/s that brought Obama out of the womb or even any kind of doctor for verification, there was no name of the hospital Obama had visited?
Obama is another vicious fraud and he may commit mass murders with the farm bill, hate crimes bill, forcing swine flu vaccines, fema camps inside military bases, and cap and trade. Obama is a fraud and all birth certificates can be easily forced if they looked like Obamas, there WAS NOT SIGNATURE, WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could that certficate be legal, many act like I'm a racist, Obama is our president and that is that, and say oh thats his birth certificate so it's official, WHAT THE HELL THATS NOT OFFICIAL SHEEPLE, HOW CAN IT BE OFFICIAL :| THERES NO SIGNATURE!
Obama is a fraud, I Am NOT RACIST AT ALL! (tell me otherwise mike (the guy who said I would amount to anything) the liar), I don't care about his color, I repeat so nobody m.i.s.u.n.d.e.r.s.ta.n.d.s that I.don't.care.about.his.color, All I know and learned is that he is a fraud, and his certificate looks suspicious and more evidence is piling up. I am even friends with 2 military men and they think Obamas a fraud and more army people are standing up.
Obama is a fraud, and that is that! Unless anybody can intelligently tell me otherwise :)
and this is the truth that Obama may plan to kill people with mass murder, famine or starvation. Under these evidence and reasons.
The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File (SK) was an underground cultural phenomenon of the early 1970s. The document, by a then-unnamed author, purported to explain the relationship between the US government, the Mafia, Howard Hughes, and Aristotle Onassis, while providing believable scenarios of who killed John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File (SK) was an underground cultural phenomenon of... more
The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File (SK) was an underground cultural phenomenon of the early 1970s. The document, by a then-unnamed author, purported to explain the relationship between the US government, the Mafia, Howard Hughes, and Aristotle Onassis, while providing believable scenarios of who killed John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File (SK) was an underground cultural phenomenon of... more
The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File (SK) was an underground cultural phenomenon of the early 1970s. The document, by a then-unnamed author, purported to explain the relationship between the US government, the Mafia, Howard Hughes, and Aristotle Onassis, while providing believable scenarios of who killed John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File (SK) was an underground cultural phenomenon of... more
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last night dismissed protests over last week's election as the work of "tension seekers" following a fourth day of protests in Tehran, and appeared to rule out any change to the outcome of the poll by referring to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected president".
Khamenei's appeal for calm followed an apparent concession when the regime promised to recount some votes cast in Friday's disputed election, officially won by Ahmadinejad. But the authorities rejected demands by the defeated Mir Hossein Mousavi to annul the election.
Khamenei's intervention came as Mousavi's supporters, many wearing signature green wristbands and ribbons, rallied in their thousands last night outside the Tehran headquarters of Iranian state TV, after a separate demonstration in favour of Ahmadinejad. The protest lasted from about 5pm to 8pm and about 100 people were still protesting in front of state TV around 9.45pm. Some fires had been lit and a motorcycle set on fire, but security forces did not intervene.
Posts on Twitter seemed to suggest that there were still pockets of unrest. One user who has been posting messages about the situation in Tehran said there had been reports of street fighting in Azadi square and the surrounding streets with pepper gas being used by security forces. Earlier the poster said hundreds had been arrested during the day, and that as the night wore on Basij militamen were causing trouble.
As the night went on the user posted: "Our lives are in real danger now - we are the eyes - they need to stop us."
But numbers on the streets yesterday were far fewer than the 500,000 to 1 million who took part in a mass opposition protest in the capital on Monday, when Basij militiamen shot dead at least one demonstrator and wounded several others. In all seven people were reported killed.
According to the official result, Ahmadinejad won 63% of the vote to 34% for Mousavi, a moderate former prime minister and architect.
Ominously, the government ordered foreign journalists not permanently based in Iran to leave the country at once, and banned resident correspondents from reporting from the streets, a move seen as possibly heralding an intensification of the crackdown.Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last night dismissed protests over last... more
I ask myself, would my fellow Americans be willing to unite and risk their lives for the very thing that makes our nation resemble a democracy? - our vote. The answer of course comes quickly and is very disheartening. All it took was one "news" station and 7 crooked judges to quell our indignation. At this point in our nation's history, we have to be attacked to experience a short-lived unity. And even then, it comes at the cost of some of our freedoms... which most of us are okay with as long as we feel safe. The Iranians are not safe when they protest, but they fight for their rights anyway. The Iranian people are worthy of our respect because they give a damn. I hope this video awakens something in the dormant Americans who watch it.I ask myself, would my fellow Americans be willing to unite and risk their lives for... more
Iran's reformist presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has called off a major rally to protest last Friday's election results, amid claims police had been cleared to open fire on protesters.
Supporters had been due to turn out en masse in Tehran on Monday afternoon, despite government warnings to stay off the streets.
But this morning, a statement on Mr Mousavi's campaign website announced that the demonstration had been postponed – although it said Mr Mousavi would go to the site to ensure any supporters who showed up remained calm.
Mr Mousavi's wife and co-campaigner, Zahra Ranavard, was reported as warning that riot squads would be equipped with live ammunition, raising the prospect of serious bloodshed.
Iran's Interior Ministry said Mr Mousavi would be responsible for any consequences if he went ahead with the protest.
Mr Mousavi's cancellation of the protest came as sporadic disturbances continued around the Iranian capital, and reports circulated of leaked interior ministry statistics showing him as the clear victor in last Friday's polls.
The statistics, circulated on Iranian blogs and websites, claimed Mr Mousavi had won 19.1 million votes while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won only 5.7 million.
The two other candidates, reformist Mehdi Karoubi and hardliner Mohsen Rezai, won 13.4 million and 3.7 million respectively. The authenticity of the leaked figures could not be confirmed.
Mr Mousavi has accused Iran's government of "fraud" after Mr Ahmadinejad was declared on Saturday to have 62.6 per cent of the vote, making him the landslide winner. The capital has been rocked by disturbances for the last three days.Iran's reformist presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has called off a major... more
TEHRAN — Violence and acrimony over Iran’s disputed election intensified on Sunday, with word spreading that more than 100 prominent opposition members had been detained, riots erupting in Tehran and other cities, and the triumphant incumbent hinting that his top challenger risks punishment for questioning the result.
Two of the three opposition candidates and a clerical group issued fresh statements requesting an annulment of the election on Friday, which gave a lopsided victory to the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a conservative who has become a polarizing figure at home and abroad. They did so despite a decree from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that the outcome was fair.
It was unclear how far Mr. Ahmadinejad’s adversaries were willing or able to go in challenging the result. But supporters of the opposition candidates skirmished with baton-wielding riot police officers on the edges of a government-organized victory rally in Tehran. There were also reports of riots in other Iranian cities, and the protests were echoed by Iranians demonstrating against the election results in Washington and in several European capitals.
Mr. Ahmadinejad dismissed the opposition’s allegations of fraud, saying that the victory had given him a bigger mandate than ever. He criticized Mir Hussein Moussavi, the main opposition candidate — who remained at home on Sunday with security forces closely monitoring his movements — in a veiled statement that many here saw as a threat.
“He ran a red light, and he got a traffic ticket,” Mr. Ahmadinejad said of his rival during a news conference at the presidential palace.
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Source: The New York Times OnlineTEHRAN — Violence and acrimony over Iran’s disputed election intensified on... more
Even the audit log system on current versions of Premier Election Solutions' (formerly Diebold's) electronic voting and tabulating systems --- used in some 34 states across the nation --- fail to record the wholesale deletion of ballots. Even when ballots are deleted on the same day as an election. That's the shocking admission heard today from Justin Bales, Premier's Western Region manager, at a State of California public hearing on the possible decertification of Diebold/Premier's tabulator system, GEMS v. 1.18.19.
MORE INFO/REFERENCES IN LINKEven the audit log system on current versions of Premier Election Solutions' (formerly... more
A tipster close to the McCain campaign disclosed to VR [velvetrevolution.us] in July that Mr. Connell’s life was in jeopardy and that Karl Rove had threatened him and his wife, Heather. VR’s attorney, Cliff Arnebeck, notified the United States Attorney General , Ohio law enforcement and the federal court about these threats and insisted that Mr. Connell be placed in protective custody. VR also told a close associate of Mr. Connell’s not to fly his plane because of another tip that the plane could be sabatoged. Mr. Connell, a very experienced pilot, has had to abandon at least two flights in the past two months because of suspicious problems with his plane. On December 18, 2008, Mr. Connell flew to a small airport outside of Washington DC to meet some people. It was on his return flight the next day that he crashed.
On October 31, Mr. Connell appeared before a federal judge in Ohio after being subpoenaed in a federal lawsuit investigating the rigging of the 2004 election under the direction of Karl Rove. The judge ordered Mr. Connell to testify under oath at a deposition on November 3rd, the day before the presidential election. Velvet Revolution received confidential information that the White House was extremely concerned about Mr. Connell talking about his illegal work for the White House and two Bush/Cheney 04 attorneys were dispatched to represent him.
An associate of Mr. Connell’s told VR that Mr. Connell was involved with the destruction of the White House emails and the setting up of the off-grid White House email system.A tipster close to the McCain campaign disclosed to VR [velvetrevolution.us] in July... more
Read the article at the source if you can... it gets freaking crazy.
Election officials in a small county in California discovered by chance last week that the tabulation software they used to tally votes in this year's general election dropped 197 paper ballots from the totals at one precinct. The system's audit log also appears to have deleted any sign that the ballots had ever been recorded.
An investigation shows that the paper mail-in ballots were scanned properly by officials into the central-count optical-scan system made by Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold Election Systems) -- a receipt printed out by the machine at the time they were scanned on November 1, three days before the election, indicates that the machine recorded the ballots. The ballots even showed up in preliminary tallies counted on election night on November 4 and in a report printed out on November 23. But some time after this point, the tabulation software inexplicably deleted the ballots without election officials ever knowing.
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It didn’t take long for election workers to realize that something was wrong at the polling location at the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church.
The polls opened 6 a.m. and shortly there after the workers had difficulty finding the names of people on the list of registered voters. Even people who have voted at that location for years were not on the books provided to poll workers.
(continued at URL) note: jinkies! another odd coincidence, seems to happen only in swing states, hmmm.
P.S. to my friends here, sorry I haven't been responsive the last week or so, family matters occupied my time a lot, plus planning a European holiday. I will be around more now.It didn’t take long for election workers to realize that something was wrong at the... more
