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Oct13

pureROKER: Election ‘A to Z’ (D is for Diebold)

I’m going to do a post every day between now and the election and tie it to a letter of the alphabet.

D is for Diebold
The name Diebold hasn’t come up as much during this campaign, but it refers to the troublesome brand of electronic voting machines that caused a ton of controversy in recent years. A 2006 Princeton University test uncovered just how easily the Diebold software could be hacked with a few simple steps. Diebold has always denied the flaws, and even went so far as to change their name to Premier Election Solutions to shake their soiled brand (Search for Diebold, and it’s …

Sep20

DJ AM and Travis Barker severley injured in fatal plane crash

[CNN]

Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and disc jockey Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein were in critical condition with extensive burns Saturday after a jet crash that killed four people, authorities said. Lexington County Coroner Harry O. Harman said all the dead in Friday’s crash were Californians.

He identified them as pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills; co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad; Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City; and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles.

The Associated Press reported that Baker was an assistant to Barker and Still was a security guard for the musician.

The National Transportation Safety Board has sent team to Columbia, South Carolina, to investigate the crash.

The Learjet 60 crashed on takeoff at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport at 11:53 p.m. …

Sep18

GZA Irving Plaza Show Review

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If you’ve never seen GZA live, it’s something you have to do at least once. His performance operates a lot like a Circus, with the same basic structure in every city, but with different players at each location. The set opens with the quotes from Shogun Assassin, much like ever other GZA show that has been dedicated to the full performance of the album Liquid Swords. Irving Plaza was packed, both on the ballroom floor and for those perched from the balcony, and erupted with a unified “When I was little… my father was famous.”

GZA then knocked out “Labels,” “Investigative Reports,”

Jun23

Boy George Denied Visa for US Tour

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It was supposed to be a beautiful summer for Boy George. With his first U.S. shows in over a decade, including a special show for New York’s Department of Sanitation’s Family Day in Aug, the man was flying high…on emotion and anticipation. But alas, the elusive “man” has put an end to all that for now, denying George Alan O’Dowd permission to see the amber waves of grain and purple mountain majesties this summer. The singer released the following statement:

“At the moment, Boy George cannot come to the United States of America because he has been refused permission to enter by the USA Administration. This is not in respect of anything he has done in the past but because he is facing a trial in Nov in London for …

Feb22

Evergreen State College Riot

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After catching wind of a fight that had gone on during a Dead Prez concert at Evergreen State College, an officer arrested a student for investigation of misdemeanor assault. With the car surrounded and damn near blocked off, anywhere from 200-500 (depending on the source) students demanded that he be let go. Once the man was released, a deputy’s car was flipped over and vandalized by the rowdy group. According to www.komotv.com, the female officer who had arrested/let go of the suspect was immediately sprayed in the face with pepper spray after the student’s release. For more details, you can also go here. Or..any other place on the web for that matter. It’s supposedly already up on Wikipedia too. Here’s the video of what happens when a bunch of white …

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