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Political Tidbits and Other Scraps
- LOCAL: The NAACP of Austin and the Texas Civil Rights project have sued the state and Travis County over electronic voting machines. They claim that E-Slate voting machines violate the state election code because they don't provide a paper record of the vote transaction.
- STATE: A federal judge has ruled that former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay must remain on the ballot for the 22nd Congressional District race. It seems DeLay's little scheme to temporarily move to his Virginia condominium in order to be replaced on the ballot has failed. The Grand Oil Party has appealed the decision to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and has asked for a everyone to go back to sleep because your government is taking care of you.
- NAT'L: President George is desperately trying to rally world support in confronting North Korea over its missile tests. The coalition of the willing could not be reached for comment. In other Bush news: In a recent interview with CNN's Larry King, George said he would rather be right than popular. Can anyone think of any other men in positions of power who thought they were right, but were despised by the people?
- WORLD: While Israel continues its offensive in Gaza, the UN Security Council debated a resolution demanding Israel to withdraw from Gaza. The debate will continue until there are no Palestinian territories left.
- WEIRD: Prostitutes in Berlin are glad Italy beat Germany in the world cup and Michael Jackson is shocked by gay porn.
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