Meanwhile, over at tech ‘zine InfoWorld, Robert X. Cringely takes notice of BRAD BLOG’s exposé from earlier this week, on the man Sequoia Voting Systems is paying to “independently” review their failed AVC Advantage touch-screen machines (the ones that failed in NJ recently, but which are still set for use in the upcoming, crucial PA primary). He was as amused/horrified at whom they’d hired, instead of the actually qualified computer science professors at Princeton University whom Sequoia had threatened with legal action, should they dare a real examination of the company’s faulty machines.
Cringely sums up our report succinctly this way…
One small thought in response to the good Cringely here. Sequoia are not the “gate-keepers,” they just think they are, and therein lie the problems. He, we, and you are the gate-keepers. And until now, we’ve failed horribly to keep the crooks and liars — like the folks at Sequoia and Diebold and ES&S and Hart InterCivic (take a look at that report please Robert, and the stunning complaint downloadable with it!) — outside of those gates.
By the way, with the crush of other news elsewhere, and even at The BRAD BLOG this week, our rather jaw-dropping report on Gibbons (even if we say so ourselves) was largely overlooked out there by the CMSM and even the blogosphere. These stories — the embarrassing Gibbons/Kwaidan report, the remarkable federal fraud case against Hart, and all the others here — don’t spread themselves around. Please do not misunderestimate the importance of your DIGGING, REDDIT-ing, and otherwise emailing and linking up to these stories far and wide. Notifying your local media about them (include the URL when you email them), can make all the difference.
We’re doing our part, and appreciate whatever hand you can lend in return. It matters.
As we often say, this democracy ain’t gonna save itself. And the gates ain’t gonna keep themselves, either.
I posted this on the other thread.
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hmm, check out this tidbit about Mireaux, it connects to Suntron
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Miriam and Mike were office mates at Suntron at one time, then they went out on their own to certify the same machines they helped build…nice
EXHBIT 21
SUNTRON CORPORATION
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
[Download Table]
Overall Parent Company: State of Organization:
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Suntron Corporation Delaware
Subsidiaries of Suntron Corporation:
Suntron Intermediate Holding Corp. Delaware
Suntron Intermediate Holding Corp.
EFTC Operating Corp. Delaware
K*TEC Operating Company, L.L.C. Delaware
Subsidiaries of EFTC Operating Corp.:
Suntron-Iowa, Inc. Delaware
Suntron-Kansas, Inc. Delaware
Circuit Test, Inc. Florida
Current Electronics, Inc. Oregon
RM Electronics Inc. New Hampshire
CT LLC Acquisition Corp. Florida
Subsidiaries of K*TEC Operating Company, L.L.C.:
K*TEC Electronics Holding Corporation Delaware
Subsidiaries of K*TEC Electronics Holding Corporation:
CathiO LLC Delaware
RodniC LLC Texas
Subsidiaries of CathiO LLC.:
K*TEC Electronics L.P. Texas
Might be a good roadmap for later on
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(for a better view)
If I double up on this stuff, let me know Molly and Socrates, my memory is pretty short lately
Wasn’t Circuit Test the one that did the “independent testing” in Fl-13?
If it is this thing is getting huge.
Hi Floridiot.
It can be tough not to “double up” once in a while. When I first started here, I was spamming about Hertzberg too much. It wasn’t done on purpose, I just didn’t yet fully understand the rules here.
And the rules make perfect sense.
This place gets a lot of views. I am sure there are tons more anonymous folks out there watching our collective backs. This connecting of dots can be contagious. We the people have the power of numbers and should utilize that strength as much as possible. Take care.
You bet it’s addictive Socrates…
It appears, after the 2001 filing above, EFTC broke off of Suntron and took their party elsewhere. They’re not on the Suntron filing from 2002 on.
I haven’t found them yet.
Go for it if you like
…and Suntron Texas is still listed under Cathio LLC Delaware on the 2005 list
Check this google page out.
CathiO llc has Mike Gibbons as president.
Just another shadow
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Since those addicted to Brad’s blog, and since Brad himself has become such a great elections expert, where is your voting system? If you’re this bright and know all about what’s wrong with all of the “evil” voting machine manufacturers, why not build that better mouse trap? It seems that the energy devoted to attacking others might just be better employed in developing a “better system.”…..
The better mousetrap?
Hand counted paper ballots with a federal holiday off for voting and counting.
Thayer-Blum Funding III owns 98.75% of Suntron
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The address of Thayer-Blum funding III?
1455 Pennsylvania Ave, Wash. DC…Where else?
I’m done, I just had to find the MIC connection :p
Oh, before I forget, EFTC was sucked up by Thayer-Blum Funding in 2002
Doug Allen #9
For starters, stop treating the people like vermin by forgetting about trapping them.
Under American tradition the vermin are the governmment, because it is power that corrupts, and the definition of government is “the exercise of power”.
Too many of your type have become Amurkans. I urge you to go thru a rebirth, a revolution, and get back to America.
It is not far from you.
The information above provided by Floridiot about the name of Kwaidan being an inside joke related to Hulk comic books/movies supports my long-held suspicion that the electronic election technology industry is seriously spook-infested. We have read of our CIA and other government agencies (OGA) rigging or attempting to manipulate the elections of foreign governments.
We need to consider the likelihood that their sights have been turned on our own government as they have so much better access to its election machinery, thanks to the enablers in our Congress, so many of who have been shown to be extremely corrupt. It is my impression that Congress is spook-infested, too. A number of its members, especially those sitting on committees overseeing the CIA and other intelligence-related agencies, have been allegedly spooks themselves (David Boren and Porter Goss come to mind).
We citizens need to speak up and let our Congressional enablers to this election corruption know that it will not be tolerated any longer. If Congress takes away the citizens’ primary means of peacefully expressing their will to their representatives (by the ballot) they leave little room for citizens to bring about necessary change except by taking more extreme actions like what happened during the French Revolution of about 1789.
The thing that got me was the address of the joint, they could practically wave at each other over at 1600 Penn. Ave.
Shaking hands with GHW Bush my ass.
Someone better do a write up about this, I mean it.
And another thing, these fuckers that are trying to get the poor off of welfare and cut beneficial programs are nothing more than glorified welfare recipients themselves, suckling at the Government teat.
Successful Businessmen, yeah right, that company was showing losses practically every year.
The ones that monitor this blog from the Government I feel the same way about.
One more link that should really piss you off.
Don’t forget to wave your pointer over Greenburg Traurig and see James Bass name !!!, these assholes
need to be lined up and ____
Just so you know the score, Suntron was named Suntek before and Express EMS before that.
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We citizens need to develop our own database of the criminal elite who run this country and are to be regarded as the culpable individuals to target our wrath at if all hell breaks loose in this country, economic or otherwise. To start off the list we need the addresses and personal information for figures such as David Rockefeller and Richard Mellon Scaife so we know where to look to find them.
Yes, good job Floridiot.
#11
It’s disturbing that anyone affiliated with the military is involved with election integrity issues.
There’s a reason why the astroturfers attack the peace movement the most. The natural trend towards peace, love, and understanding poses the greatest threat to the status quo.
{warning- graphic image and lyrics}
Rage Against the Machine:
Know Your Enemy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4smim2MNvF8
This is admittedly speculative. However, the spooks of the black bag variety I have written about above are sometimes hidden in other government agencies than the CIA – from what I have heard and read, in the past they have been clandestinely embedded in NASA and a wide a variety of other government agencies – even in City and state police departments and other local government posts, not to mention in privately contracted “corporate” fronts.
So a person with an apparent military background could conceivably be involved in activities very far afield from what you and I consider legitimately defense-related in a military sense.
#15 …WMR said France’s elections were fixed. Mexicos as well. The Mexicans knew it and took to the streets and stayed there for some time.The guy who lost wanted decent wages and pensions for the people. That would have cut down on our problem with so many Mexicans coming here to work.You know they would rather stay home. Ireland wouldn’t go for it and stored their machines. I think the CIA is behind all of it too. Largest terroist organization in the world.
NASA is showing up on the radar screen. Check this old email address out for Mike Rivero:
http://mynetimages.com/35fc0b08.jpg
http://groups.google.com/group/...4c47a17?lnk=st
This ain’t nothing, a good investigative reporter (or the feebs) should really look into this.
Just for the hell of it I watched Dan Rathers report again and Googled in some sub contractors for Sequoia and ES&S. Some of the names that I’ve ran across around Suntron keep popping up on Google to different electronics companies that must do work for the other two.
Some may have innocently moved on, but do I think so now after this quick look around?…pfft
And I’m almost sure that it was Circuit Test that was either going to do the testing in Fla-13 before the “experts” were installed to do it, or they aided the “experts” during the test.
I only heard the name one time on the TV news down here. I remember thinking what a fuked up name for a company, real original. Sounded phony to me at the time. I didn’t find the name on the net either, I thought that was strange too.
Just follow the money 😉
“The worst whores never have sex.” Dredd
My nomination for the theme song for all things election.
Update, musta got “their” goat.
Fuckin McDill has been trying to get through my firewall.
At least that’s where the traces end up anyway with no whois and no name.
The dot on the map sits right on top of them though.
Who knows?
If “they” think that who wins the elections is a matter of national security “they” can kiss my ass.
It’s up to the people, not them.
I’m pissed!!!
MIKE GIBBONS, 50, died on June 22, 2008. He is survived by his wife Marge and his children Krista and Drew. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Tommy Hopper at St Laurence Catholic Church, Chapel of Divine Mercy, on Thursday, June 26, at 7:00 PM, 3100 Sweetwater Blvd, Sugar Land, TX, 77479.
Published in the Houston Chronicle on 6/25/2008.