GEORGE PLIMPTON, R.I.P.. Laurence Simon has the news. Michele is right–there have been a freakish number of major celebrity deaths this month…. [OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY]

Doctor Who?. Doctor Who is back [MetaFilter]

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one of the best shows EVER! I'm happy its back.

80's singer Robert Palmer has passed away. 80's singer Robert Palmer has passed away. CNN reports that the British rocker who is famous for his 80's hit “Addicted to Love” died of a heart attack in Paris at the age of 54. [MetaFilter

Diebold controversy.

Declan McCullagh's Politech pointed to an article on the Daily Kos concerning Diebold. Seemingly Diebold forced a website, BlackBoxVoting.org, offline. The domain now appears to be back on, though resolving to a different URI (http://www.talion.com/blackboxvoting.org.htm) – I am unsure whether this is a new development. According to the site:

After 15,000 internal memos were leaked, Diebold tried to force www.blackboxvoting.org to shut down, claiming copyright because of a LINK on the site, but also sent a cease & desist letter to Global Free Press demanding removal of a search engine which quickly and easily finds information in the memos.

Diebold, for those who may be unaware, is a major operator of electronic voting systems. Their CEO hit headlines (in alternative outlets and here on funferal) earlier in the year when he committed himself, at a fundraising event, to delivering Ohio's votes for Bush next year….

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