Monday, December 14th, 2009
BALLOTS HIDDEN FROM VIEW TO AVOID SUNSHINE
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Instant runoff elections Aspen style sparks a voter revolt on BetterBadNews. The panel hears testimony about a clever politician in Aspen Colorado, who gamed an instant runoff election by locating a special early voting ballot box next to his office in city hall. Election procedures violated so many local ordinances the entire election commission had to be purged to protect voter piracy.
Can ballots photographed for verification of voter intent be hidden from public view because somebody in city hall forgot to shuffle the ballots?
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An early voting station set up near the mayors office pulled in more than 30% of votes cast. How will abused Aspen voters occupy city hall?
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
NYC CITY CLERK COLLAPSES INTO FOOTPRINT
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BetterBadNews examines Sudden Building Collapse Syndrome (SBCS) and the NYC Can 911 initiative to place a referendum on the NYC November ballot to establish an independent investigation into the events of september 11, 2001.
Other topics touched on in this episode include the Big Lie Technique, Sibel Edmonds, Gore Vidal and the boiling point for frogs. File under critical thinking for dummies
NYC CAN Ballot Initiative
Friday, November 7th, 2008
KEEP THE WAR GOING: VOTE DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN
Third party candidates in 2008 saw many voter produced ads like this BetterBadNews satire zapping voters in denial about their addiction to two party politics unable to accept help from a rescue party. DON”T BLAME ME. I’M A THIRD PARTY VOTER.
Friday, July 18th, 2008
"THEY HAD SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK ROLL BUT THEY DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING FOR US"
WARNING: The unruly child depicted in this episode is not an unruly child but he plays one on BetterBadNews whenever he feels like it.
Nancy Pelosi and George Lakoff are equally mocked as strict and nurturing parents who have failed their children. “Nancy pelosi is standing down without permission”.
Berkeley kid comic mocks the baby boomers for letting the constitution die when they were finished with it. His solution? “March on washington and make the government suck on all my toys from China and make them eat dog food”.
