But according to a post in today's Machinist, early voting in West Virginia, Texas, and Tennessee has revealed a myriad of problems in the system, from the mildly annoying way a slipped finger can result in a wrong vote to the straight up terrifying reports that some machines have simply switched Democratic votes to Republican or even Green party votes. (There have also been reports of Republican vote flipping to Obama).
In other robot news, an article in today's times about how the US has generously stopped sending troops unannounced into northern Pakistan and politely just bombing targets from the air casually mentions that the aircraft used are RQ-1 Predator "drones". Which means that the three person crew doesn't (and can't) even enter the aircraft, managing all the killing from a remote location. I'm no expert, but somehow I don't see this guy winning any hearts or minds:
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