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Florida to Scrap Touch Screen Voting? 221

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday February 02, 2007 @01:42AM from the dangling-chads dept.

AlHunt writes "Florida Governor Charlie Crist is calling on the Florida Legislature to spend $30M to replace the troublesome touch screen voting machines with an optical scan system that allows a voter to mark an oval next to a candidate's name before slipping a ballot into an electronic reader."

Submission + - Largest profiting company ever bribes scientists.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 01, 2007 @09:45PM

An anonymous reader writes: Playfuls.com (http://www.playfuls.com/news_09_2799-ROUNDUP-Exxo nMobil-Posts-Record-2006-Profits.html) is reporting that the world's largest oil company, ExxonMobil, posted the largest profit EVER for a US company (39.5 Billion Dollars). In other news today, an oil company-funded lobbying organization tries to pay scientists $10,000 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2004 399,00.html) each to write papers discrediting today's climate report. Guess which oil company is the funder here? Next time you tank your car, choose wisely.

Submission + - Auto show tries to shut down parody site

Submitted by

Brave Howard

on Thursday February 01, 2007 @09:44PM

Brave Howard writes: "News just came in that the a good for nothing car expo is trying to muzzle a group of cyclist-activists who parodied their site, falsely claiming that the activists violated their trademark.

This is the second attempt by a big company to censor, even shut down, their critics using these baseless copyright claims, the first being ABC's attempt to unplug autoshowshutdown.org. Luckily in both cases, EFF has come to the rescue."

Submission + - Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study

Submitted by

w1z4rd

on Thursday February 01, 2007 @08:47PM

w1z4rd writes: "Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.

The lobby group is funded by ExxonMobil and has very closes ties to President Bush"

Submission + - Rush Limbaugh Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Submitted by jomama717 on Thursday February 01, 2007 @08:31PM

jomama717 writes: From the article:

Landmark Legal Foundation today nominated nationally syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Limbaugh, whose daily radio show is heard by more than 20 million people on more than 600 radio stations in the United States and around the world, was nominated for the prestigious award for his "nearly two decades of tireless efforts to promote liberty, equality and opportunity for all humankind, regardless of race, creed, economic stratum or national origin. These are the only real cornerstones of just and lasting peace throughout the world," said Landmark President Mark R. Levin. "Rush Limbaugh is the foremost advocate for freedom and democracy in the world today," explained Levin.
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