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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:28 PM
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This is Who Sequoia Voting Systems Has Chosen to Test Their Machines Instead of Princeton


This is Who Sequoia Voting Systems Has Chosen to Test Their Machines Instead of Princeton
Meet Mike Gibbons of 'Kwaidan Consulting': Seeking 'Well Endowed Blonde Nymphomaniacs'...Or 'Jesus Christ, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein,' Depending on Whose Paying...


Last week, in the wake of their AVC Advantage touch-screen voting systems having been found to have failed in at least six counties following New Jersey's Super Tuesday Primary, and on the heels of much-deserved ridicule for having threatened Princeton computer scientists with legal action should they go forward with an independent technical review of their voting systems, as requested by NJ election officials, Sequoia Voting systems issued a laughable press release headlined "Sequoia Voting Systems supports third party reviews and testing of its election equipment," which John Gideon appropriately eviscerated for all of the (putting it nicely) "misleading half-truths" therein from the dishonest, desperate folks at Sequoia.

The company, which claims their oft-hacked votings systems (accidental hack here, on purpose hack here) are secure and "tamperproof", subsequently saw their own website ignominiously hacked thereafter late last week.

But, as if the constant predilections of Sequoia VPs Michelle Shafer and Edwin Smith to slap "kick me" signs on their own backs wasn't enough, they then went on to release another statement last Thursday announcing they were commissioning their own "external review" of their own voting systems "that includes review by an independent company," which nobody has ever heard of.

So who is this "Kwaidan Consulting of Houston, Texas," whom the geniuses at Sequoia have selected to carry out their independent, third-party review? You're not gonna be believe this one...

MEET MIKE GIBBONS OF "KWAIDAN CONSULTING":

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5839
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:30 PM
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1. thank you for your diligence (eom)
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:32 PM
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2. ...
:wow:
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:37 PM
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3. ROFL!!! well done Brad!! K&N n/t
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:56 PM
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4. Rec
Yep, hamburger gets inspected better than the VCM -aka- Vote Counting Machines.

Well, with everybody's support and effort we've got the VCM companies on the run.

Hopefully, by November they will be run out of town. Keep pushing!
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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 08:54 PM
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8. I will if you will! (n/t)
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-28-08 12:45 PM
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19. Shoot Brad
You've been a main force already. But I am glad I got you interested in this. :smile: :wink:

Together, we are a force that will change history. Count on it. By hand and eye.

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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 01:57 PM
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5. K&R. (nt)
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caseycoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:24 PM
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6. OMG! K&R Thanks Brad! n/t
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OregonBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 02:51 PM
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7. I love it. It's a perfect fit for their operation!!
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-26-08 11:16 PM
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9. "My name is Buck, and I'm here to...."
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 01:36 AM
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10. Kick. (nt)
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riverdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 02:18 AM
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11. This would be funny if was relegated to the Onion,
but unfortunately, this is real life. Still kind of hilarious though.

Go to his cached MySpace page noted on the link, it's worth it. On it you'll notice that he's married with kids. How is this compatible with blonde nymphomania? If you're a Family Values™ charter member, it just somehow works out.

Heroes- "George Herbert Walker Bush"

and this strange rant-

"I was in Engineering dumb @$$. I was with the Vietnamese and Iranians at the library studying like hell while liberal arts majors like you were partying at some frat house."

Remember on election day in 2006 when the news media talked about how voting was a problem? They should be doing another follow-up on, about election day.
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riverdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 12:14 PM
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12. Kicking for import.
And hilarity.
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 01:40 PM
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13. Kicking b/c it's over the 24-hour rec time.
But this is news we can use. Even if it's news that pisses us off. Thanks, BB.
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 02:17 PM
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14. what have they done to the Constitution and the right to have our vote counted
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 02:29 PM
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15. The fact that Sequoia CHOSE, and will PAY for the testing tells me
Edited on Thu Mar-27-08 02:30 PM by dkofos
this is not an INDEPENDENT TEST.

Princeton should do the test on their own and release their report.

And maybe by 2013 the dems will look into the voting machine problem.
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 02:34 PM
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16. OMG...READ MIKE GIBBONS CACHED MYSPACE PAGE...
Who I'd like to meet:
A well endowed blonde nymphomaniac (half my age or take the difference of her bustline and waistline added to her current age) that likes to be under the influence of Jim Beam whiskey in a dimly lit room at least 3 times a week :-) She should also appreciate expensive gifts, International travel, exotic high performance sports cars, lavish houses, designer clothing and huge amounts of spending cash. Additional Note: Being able to discuss the fundamental differences between Kierkegaard and Right Guard is considered a plus (though not a mandatory criteria).


http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:h9ufowN7z5IJ:profile.myspace.com/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser.viewprofile%26friendid%3D48068486+mike+gibbons+kwaidan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 02:37 PM
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17. UN-friggen-BELIEVABLE!!
Get yerselves over to digg and rate this sucker up! If anyone still needs proof that Sequoia and their vote-stealing scam is corrupt from top to bottom, , whup there it is!
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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-27-08 07:55 PM
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18. Thank you...

I think it's a HUGE story, that's really gotten buried over the last 24. Please go to the original and DIGG IT and REDDIT IT if ya can!
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