January 5, 2012

POLITICS: Errors In Vote Counting in Iowa Caucus  There are reasons to suspect some vote fraud in the Iowa Caucuses.  It appears that the spread between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum is 9 votes, not 8.  This is because one county had a 20 vote mistake and another with a 21 vote mistake.  While the impact seems minimal, it calls into question the accuracy of the ballots in the Iowa Caucus.  The Republican party in Iowa seems careless to clarify these findings.

DOMESTIC: Casey Anthony Video Surfaces  Somehow, one video from Casey Anthony's video diary surfaced on the Internet.  Casey Anthony is known because of a trial in 2011 in which she was found not guilty in the death of her 2 year old daughter, Caylee.  The video describes a few things, in particular a dog that she adopted and a laptop that she bought, apparently with her own money.  She also talks about the web camera used to recored the video, which was a gift.  The video was made in October of last year and references Casey moving somewhere else around February of this year.  The video does not mention Caylee.

WORLD: Religious Civil War Possible in Nigeria  On Thursday, gunmen entered into a church in northern Nigeria and killed 5 people.  This came after a warning by the Islamic terrorist group 'Boko Haram' told Christians to leave the North and flee South.  Nigeria is about evenly divided between Christians and Muslims.  The terrorist group wants to see the North, which is currently primarily occupied by Muslims, to be fully Muslim and the South to be fully Christian.  Last Christmas, the group bombed a church in the capital city which killed at least 50 people.  The group is estimated to have killed 500 people in total last year.  The President has declared a State of Emergency in 4 states to give police greater powers.

WORLD: Prosecution Calls for Death Penalty in Mubarak Trial  The 5 person prosecution team against Egypts former president Hosni Mubarak has called for the death penalty for him and 7 people around him.  Mubarak is on trial for ordering the killings of protesters.  It is unlikely that Mubarak will get the death penalty in this case.

HIGHLIGHT: A super PAC which supports Ron Paul released the following mock speeches of the other candidates.  All in good fun of course.  Watch: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich