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August 5, 2005 -- Third grand jury convenes in Ohio GOP's Coingate scandal.

Third grand jury convenes in Ohio GOP's Coingate scandal.

August 5, 2005 -- The Campaign for America's Future launched a search party to find six Democrats missing in action.

The Campaign for America's Future launched a search party to find six Democrats missing in action.

July 29, 2005 -- As reported on July 9 in "Political Chatter," there are links between Ohio's Coin Gate scandal and Ohio's state lottery.

As reported on WMR July 9, there are links between Ohio's Coin Gate scandal and Ohio's state lottery.

July 27, 2005 -- Capitol Hill insiders report that relations between New York's senior and junior senators are not all that copasetic these days.

Capitol Hill insiders report that relations between New York's senior and junior senators are not all that copasetic these days.

July 19, 2005 -- House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the king of political campaign donations and lobbying sleaze, continues to rake in large corporate donations.

House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the king of political campaign donations and lobbying sleaze, continues to rake in large corporate donations.

July 12, 2005 -- The GOP scandals that are plaguing Ohio are now spilling over the Ohio River into Kentucky

The GOP scandals that are plaguing Ohio are now spilling over the Ohio River into Kentucky.

July 10, 2005 -- Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham Scandal

Ethics tainted House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee member Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham is now tied to Coastal Capital, Inc., which is run by a nephew and daughter of convicted Long Island businessman Thomas Kontogiannis.

July 9, 2005 -- In the June 23 story on GOP turnpike and lottery scams in Ohio and Florida, I posed the following question: "who's ensuring that the state turnpike and lottery systems, two major sources of cash for state governments, are not being used to

July 8, 2005- Buzz around DC about Patrick Fitzgerald

July 3, 2005 -- OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUARTERS COMPUTERS STOLEN IN SURGICAL BURGLARY

The Toledo Blade, which has become the paper-of-record for coverage of GOP dirty tricks and campaign fraud in Ohio, is reporting today that the state's Democratic Party headquarters in Columbus was burglarized.

July 1, 2005 -- NO BUSH BOUNCE FROM SPEECH

President Bush's June 28 televised speech to the nation in front of troops at Fort Bragg did not have the desired effect either with the troops and airmen or the nation.

Italian police and prosecutors investigating secret neo-Fascist Italian "parallel network" linked to Pentagon covert kidnaping team and Israel.

July 2, 2005 - Karl Rove named as source of Plame leak.

Speaking on the The McLaughlin Group, taped July 1 and to be aired nationwide July 2, MSNBC political commentator Lawrence O'Donnell said that the documents Time magazine turned over to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald names White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove as the person who leaked the name of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame to Time's Matt Cooper.

GET READY FOR THE FIREWORKS! SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR LEAVING SUPREME COURT.

July 1 (Washington, DC) -- Bush may go in two directions to replace O'Connor, a sometimes "swing vote," a social conservative/fundamentalist to please the religious Right or a pro-business more secular type to please his billionaire friends.

July 1, 2005, UPDATE July 2, 2005 -- Be wary of spin from the Neo Cons on new Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

June 2005 WHY NSA IS THE FORT KNOX OF THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTABLISHMENT

Fort Meade Holds the Secrets that Countries from China to Israel Would Love to Get Their Hands On; Neo-Con Access to NSA Threatens to Destroy or Alter the Real Transcripts of History

OPPONENT OF U.S. INVASION OF IRAQ DIES IN CAR "ACCIDENT"

June 7, 2005 -- MEXICO CITY, MEXICO -- Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, the Mexican ambassador to the United Nations who took on the Bush administration during its pressuring of the UN Security Council prior to the invasion of Iraq, was killed in an automobile crash in the state of Morelos on June 5.

ANOTHER OHIO-FLORIDA COIN GATE LINK

The Toledo Blade is reporting on another Ohio link to Florida in the Coin Gate scandal.

COIN GATE NEWS

Things should start to get interesting in Ohio with William A. Brandt, Jr., President and CEO of Development Specialists Inc. being named as Replacement Manager for the two rare coin funds by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation that are the center of attention by state and federal prosecutors.

NAZI REFERENCES AND BUSH POLICIES: SENATOR DICK DURBIN HAD NO REASON TO APOLOGIZE. NEVER SAY YOUâ€™RE SORRY WHEN YOUâ€™RE RIGHT!

June 22, 2005 -- Never mind what the Main Stream Media is saying about Sen. Durbin's cogent remarks. The GOP has used Nazi references ad nauseum.

Ohio Coin Gate

The GOP Coin Gate scandal in Ohio is developing into yet another example of how the Bush-Cheney-Taft political cartel illegally used taxpayer's money to fund political campaigns.