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Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove leaves his home in Washington on Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Rove could make a fourth grand jury appearance as early as Friday, and prosecutors are warning him there is no guarantee he will not be indicted.

The ASSociated Press has Karl Rove Testifies in CIA Leak Probe.

Karl Rove testified for the fourth and final time Friday before the grand jury investigating whether his conversations with two reporters led to the leaking of a
CIA operative’s identity.

The White House aide spent about four and a half hours inside the federal courthouse, and left without commenting to reporters.

His lawyer, Robert Luskin, said Rove was told by prosecutors they likely would not need further testimony or cooperation from him and that they had no yet decided whether Rove should be charged criminally.

“The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges,” Luskin said.

Flap handicaps that Rove skates and that taxpayers will have paid the tab for another worthless special investigation and special prosecutor.

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The Proposition 77, the Redistricting Initiative, folks have a new television ad disrespecting the California Legislature.

The Website is here.

The ad is here.

Flap has to agree with Dan Weintraub on his one.

Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Recovery Team, California Special Election, Bear Flag League, Proposition 77

Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page

Check out this new device from Down Under, Invention aids safer use of scalpels.

An Australian company has produced a device to make scalpels safer, reducing the risk of injury to doctors and nurses.

The device, called a sterile blade remover, was developed by Brisbane based company Qlicksmart and is expected to reduce accidents involving scalpels by half.

The Qlicksmart website is here.

It enables staff to remove blades and put them in clear containers without the risk of injury.

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane launched the device at St Vincent’s and Mercy Private Hospital in Melbourne.

“Now not only does that protect the nurses or the doctor or whoever is handling the scalpel from cutting themselves when they remove the used scalpel blade, but it allows it to be kept in such a way that the blades can be counted at the end of the operation and that’s a very important part of any medical procedure,” he said.

Flap likes the part about the doctor or assistant not cutting themselves.

Definitely a winner of a product.

H/T Medgadget

Technorati Tags: dentistry, dental, dentist, scalpel

A man, who only gave his name as Flipper, holds a sign as Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks along with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at fire station number 3 in Los Angeles. Kerry was on hand to speak at a news conference to show his support for voting no on California’s Proposition 75.

The Los Angeles Times has Kerry Joins Fight Against Prop. 75 as Democrats Try to Boost Turnout.

Are the Lefties “getting it”?

Kerry addressed a broader concern among Schwarzenegger’s opponents: that efforts to discredit the entire election, which they have condemned as a waste of money, could backfire by discouraging some Democrats from participating.

Previously on Flap California Special Election Watch: It is the TURNOUT Stupid

But, the Unions have already spent tens of millions of dollars on early television ads turning off their base from the election and induced the pharmaceutical companies to spend tens of millions more on television dissing their grand socialist plan to provide low cost medicines for everyone (which would induce their base to turn out and vote).

“Some people are saying to themselves, ‘I don’t think I should vote; I don’t like it,’ ” said Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat. “That is exactly the wrong thing to do.”

That sentiment was echoed in an email sent to Democrats Thursday. The e-mail warns that “Arnold Schwarzenegger and his dangerous ballot propositions are gaining momentum … Democratic voter turn-out is criticial for beating Arnold’s propositions.”

Shaun Bowler, a political science professor at UC Riverside who studies the initiative process, said few national politicians can intervene successfully in a state ballot fight.

“It’s not clear that the Democrats need any big national figure,” he said. “They don’t need to persuade anybody; they just need to turn out and vote.”

Just think $100 million spent on the campaign, the resulting mortgage of the California Teachers’ Association headquarters building and they pursuade THEIR voters to stay home.

SICK.

Stay tuned.

Technorati Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Recovery Team, California Special Election, Bear Flag League, Proposition 75

Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page