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  Dirty tricks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So-called dirty tricks are as old as political campaigning and reflect a traditional undercurrent in American free-market competition and no-holds-barred politics.
Blatant dirty tricks are the stock in trade of American Politics, there is little a candidate can do in defending him/herself against false accusations during the hurly-burly of a political campaign.
Dirty Tricks, cruel and potentially illegal acts against an opponent, may be distinguished from more benign forms of political pranks exemplified by famous prankster, Dick Tuck.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dirty_tricks   (847 words)

  
 MassOutrage
One of the scariest DSS dirty tricks is a vast Soviet Style snitch network which they have set up all over the state, with the force of law, to report you to the authorities.
If all your pushing gets you nowhere, you could be the victim of one of their particularly dirty tricks: They may have secretly promised, or at least encouraged, the foster parents that they could adopt your children after a year.
One of their dirtiest and most hidden tricks, if the DSS has taken your children, is that you will not have a chance to challenge the DSS in court until the very end of the whole process, a year or more later.
www.massoutrage.com /dssdirtytricks.htm   (8151 words)

  
 Theater News - Reviews: Dirty Tricks -
Marthas and dirty tricks are in the news and in the ether these days.
Dirty Tricks is more of a character sketch than a finished portrait, and it contains an inordinate amount of awkward exposition.
The thespian's tricks she pulls out of her bag aren't at all dirty; they're the kind that make momentary magic with a serviceable script.
www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm/story/5249   (875 words)

  
 Republican Dirty Tricks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Dirty tricks had been all but unknown in American politics through most of early history.
But dirty tricks were now as never before a recognized political phenomena, a fact, something that almost was to be expected, and when reporters covered a national election now they looked as hard for evidence of trickery as they did for the scandals involving fundraising or vote stealing that were far more common.
The book’s value in dissecting the dirty tricks – along with detailing the raging hypocrisies of many right-wing operatives – has prompted a new campaign by conservatives to discredit Brock personally and thus his book.
dks.thing.net /Republican_Dirty_Tricks.html   (17235 words)

  
 Dirty Tricks in Effects
Makers of all sorts of things are concerned that the special clevernesses they put in their stuff will be copied by dirty rotten scoundrels as soon as the first unit leaves their door.
For Class 1, the dirty trick relies on people to assume that the value marked on the part is the real value or type number.
Putting dirty tricks parts on a board costs real money, as the price of a "creative" part is many times higher than the cost of a real one.
www.geofex.com /Article_Folders/dirtytrk.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Dirty tricks - smh.com.au
The authorities say that he was in Afghanistan in November and December of last year and that he had proposed a dirty bomb attack to Abu Zubaydah, al-Qaeda's specialist in foreign recruitment, who so far is the most senior of Osama bin Laden's associates to be captured by the US.
None of this is to underplay the risk of a dirty bomb strike against the US or to present al Muhajir as an innocent.
And while some experts said in the debate this week that death and post-attack cancer rates in the event of a dirty bomb attack would be very low, other reports focused on the alarming advice given to a Senate committee by Henry Kelly, a physicist who heads the Federation of American Scientists.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/06/14/1023864349286.html   (1506 words)

  
 INWO Dirty Tricks
Dirty INWO Tricks is based on a one-, two-, or sometimes three-card strategy; anything more falls under the category of deck design, which has its own awards site.
Dirty trick can be submitted to me directly, the INWO mailing list, or the INWO yahoo group.
The first Dirty INWO Trick was devised by Aaron Curtis, and posted as part of a message on a completely different subject.
home.worldonline.dk /nyskes/13th/dirtytricks.htm   (4977 words)

  
 Dirty PC Tricks :: d20 Magazine Rack :: Are You Game Enough?
Dirty PC Tricks: I against my Brother, my Brother and I against our Cousin.
Demonstrate a few impressive looking parlor tricks with the demeanor that you are capable of FAR MORE than you actually are and you will find intimidating others not to be terribly difficult.
Seriously though, this is a good insight into why characters do not meed to be two dimensional in the way they are played.
www.d20zines.com /html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1650   (1474 words)

  
 Testosterone Nation - Dirty tricks for higher jumps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Some of my methods are mainstream and other times I have to dig into my bag of "dirty tricks" to get the desired result.
The flexor hallucis longus is the least known of all the "jumping muscles." Don’t get me wrong, this muscle isn’t going to improve your vertical jump as much as well-developed hamstrings, glutes, and spinal erectors; but this is an interesting muscle that can make a noticeable improvement in your jumping ability.
Hopefully, this combination of training methods and "tricks" will have you jumping so high that you can grab a dollar bill off the top of the backboard and make change before descending.
www.t-nation.com /findArticle.do?article=306dirt2   (1692 words)

  
 Dirty Tricks, Anyone?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Dirty tricks are nothing new in Indian politics.
They were harming only themselves, their elders and betters seem bent only on ruining the reputation of others.
The boy and the girl who are dubbed dirty, if dirty, are not going to be the first or the last.
us.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/08flip.htm   (969 words)

  
 The Washington Note Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
these tricks may go unscrutinized in the backwoods of alabama and texas, but in the wider world where there are people who are *gasp* smarter than him, his sophistication may be lacking...
However, if they can draw national attention to it, without getting their hands dirty, they may be able to tip the scales to their side by the smokescreen of Democratic dirty tricks (they've tried this already in California and Washington, but it hadn't found legs because of its transparent falsehood).
The Tennessee flyer clearly fits the pattern of previous Rove dirty tricks: Secretly distribute something that appears negative toward your own candidate, but make sure it is over the top and indefensible.
www.thewashingtonnote.com /archives/000119.html   (4875 words)

  
 Bungie.net : Top Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You are as dirty as a former Poo Salesman who now works as an Entertainment Lawyer in Hollywood representing Amorosa, Pee Wee Herman and Claus Von Bulow.
Believe it or not, we already have some dirty Halo 2 tricks, but since the game is in development, they're often bugs, exploits or purest bullcrap.
So those are just a few nasty tricks we collected from the office and local drunk tanks, but we're sure you have your own.
www.bungie.net /News/TopStory.aspx?story=DirtyHaloTrickss042204   (1618 words)

  
 Word Spy - dirty tricks Thursday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Some politicos dub the Thursday before a big election "Dirty Tricks Thursday." That's the best day for an opponent to unload his bag of filth against another candidate, getting maximum headlines, while giving his stunned opponent no time to credibly investigate or respond to the charges.
I think the worst thing you can do is attack him on what's called dirty tricks Thursday, the Thursday before a major election, which is the day that all of the opposition camp's attacks are made.
It's called dirty Thursday because it's too late for a Schwarzenegger or whoever a newspaper attacks to come up with answers.
www.wordspy.com /words/dirtytricksThursday.asp   (264 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Middle East | Khatami warns of 'dirty tricks'
Iran's outgoing president has warned of an organised dirty tricks campaign to disrupt the presidential election.
Mr Rafsanjani has denounced an alleged dirty tricks campaign against him.
From 0900 (0430 GMT) on Thursday all electioneering is banned and candidates' teams must remove posters and campaign material from near polling stations.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4098658.stm   (516 words)

  
 Dirty Tricks Revisited- by Justin Raimondo
Taken together, this propaganda operation constituted an open conspiracy to embroil us in a war with Iraq by any means necessary — including a campaign of "dirty tricks" to discredit and even legally endanger the antiwar movement.
That the same neocon creeps are carrying out the same kind of dirty work in the same vicious cause is far from shocking.
In an era when legions of ostensibly "conservative" commentators are being paid by the U.S. government to spout the official Washington party line — and even this is possible — the idea of a government-subsidized journalistic "dirty tricks" operation is all too plausible.
www.antiwar.com /justin/?articleid=5276   (1794 words)

  
 Here Come the Dirty Tricks
Hence Democrats are worried about Republican attempts to suppress the vote by way of "dirty tricks" and voter disenfranchisement.
In some California counties, pollworkers are reportedly being trained not to offer voters the option of a paper ballot (and with it, a paper trail) even though the state makes that option available.
Beyond these tricks, there are concerns about the rules governing provisional ballots in Ohio and Florida, the possible intimidation of minority voters on Election Day, and the possibility of a new tactic from the brain of Karl Rove.
www.motherjones.com /news/dailymojo/2004/11/10_502.html   (798 words)

  
 Welcome to Vote2004.eRiposte.Com!
Dirty Tricks in Wisconsin: Fraudulent callers claiming to be from NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin (which has endorsed Kerry) urge voters to vote for Bush.
Dirty trick previously reported in Pennsylvania also seen in email in Virginia.
Dirty Tricks in Pennsylvania: fake leaflets mimicking County stationery asks Republicans to vote on 11/2 and Democrats to vote on 11/3.
vote2004.eriposte.com   (8390 words)

  
 VN Boards - Nightshade Book of Dirty Tricks
3) (extra dirty) Most of us use the runlock key to continue moving through an enmpty area when we are communicating with our realmmates (typing is impossible while moving except with the runlock key).
I knew about this trick with my shade, but still fell for it last night with my druid in the battleground, lol.
This is some good stuff, as a new to the battleground, and a wee 'keen shade, i was lookin fer some tips to kill me some albs and middies, thanks fer the tips.
vnboards.ign.com /message.asp?topic=26131880&replies=108   (1836 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Photoshop 7 Down & Dirty Tricks: Books: Scott Kelby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Photoshop 7 Down and Dirty Tricks is the top book of his in my opinion.
He explains step by step how he creates the trick and on each page at it's sides, there are tips for Photoshop 7 users and how to utilize the best image for print or web work.
Kelby's "Down and Dirty Tricks" has never disappointed me and has only been a big positive to adding his techniques to my print and web work but also to learn to do certain techniques quicker.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735712379?v=glance   (1828 words)

  
 VOXNYC: "Disinformation and Bush's rise to power"
As early as 1973, the Republican National Committee initiated an inquiry into Rove, then 22 and chairman of Texas College Republicans, for conniving at political dirty tricks, like "dumpster-diving" through the garbage of political opponents to retrieve embarrassing personal evidence against them.
This was quite easy, according to Robert Neumann, a senior foreign-policy adviser at the time, because of President Carter's notorious penchant for trying to "micro-manage" federal agencies, and thus provoking resentment from the career bureaucrats in charge of them.
But suborning delivery of classified information from disgruntled bureaucrats was just the beginning of the "dirty tricks" to come.
www.voxfux.com /articles(closed)/00000015.htm   (2082 words)

  
 History News Network
Lichtman says he thinks the dirty campaigning is a result of polarized, dug-in parties more than a polarized country.
Shenkman and Lichtman say they think this campaign is uglier than recent campaigns because negative electioneering tactics and dirty political trickery spread across the country with much more velocity now through new types of media.
"I felt it as my obligation due to the dirty tricks that the far right were doing to stack the seats at that convention," said Moses Ross, communications secretary for the Multnomah County Democratic Party.
hnn.us /roundup/21.html   (4053 words)

  
 Bush team dirty tricks more vicious than Tricky Dick - from someone who should know   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I thought I had seen political dirty tricks as foul as they could get, but I was wrong.
In blowing the cover of CIA agent Valerie Plame to take political revenge on her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, for telling the truth, Bush's people have out-Nixoned Nixon's people.
In Watergate, the DNC had a hook: They named not only the burglars arrested in their offices but also the Nixon reelection committee, charging a conspiracy to deny the civil rights of Larry O'Brien and other Democrats.
www.fairandbalanced.us /docs/StoryID903.htm   (1977 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Adobe Photoshop CS Down & Dirty Tricks: Books: Scott Kelby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
But Down and Dirty tricks is more than just a just an effects book--it's a tips book too, because on every page Scott includes a cool tip, a quick trick, or a timesaving shortcut, making this an invaluable productivity tool too!
Rather than rehashing (or revising) these older tricks, Scott has rewritten his book from scratch, filling it with completely new ones.
As another reader mentioned, the tricks described in the book can all be completed with Photoshop 7.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735713537?v=glance   (1951 words)

  
 Dirty Tricks
In my blog post yesterday Who’s In Bed With Adware?, I was tempted to start writing about the actual advertisers who pay to use this crap, the people involved and...
With the recent hubbub regarding adware, something occurred to me. One thing I never understood is *why* some affiliate networks seemed to allow parasites to operate within their programs.
Well here’s one way to eliminate the competition I guess: The Case Of The Hired Hacker Our “Entrepreneur” was still living at home with his parents when he launched two online sports...
superaff.com /archives/category/dirty-tricks   (518 words)

  
 Anti-Castro Actions during the Kennedy Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These plans ranged from sophomoric pranks, like faking a picture of a fat and debauched Castro to destroy the Cuban leader's image, to murderous plots, including sinking a boatload of Cuban refugees as a phony pretext for a U.S. military invasion.
The March 1962 memorandum outlines Operation Bingo, a plan to fake an attack on the United States base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, providing cover for a devastating U.S. military assault on Havana.
It includes Operation Dirty Trick, a plot to blame Castro if the 1962 Mercury manned space flight carrying John Glenn crashed.
www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/kencast.htm   (498 words)

  
 AlterNet: Election 2004: Republican Dirty Tricks
AlterNet has learned that Sproul, the former Arizona Republican Party and Christian Coalition director, has cozy ties to a group of consultants working on the Bush/Cheney campaign.
Sproul's dirty tricks may have finally caught up with him, though far from his stomping grounds in Arizona.
In Oregon, Sproul's firm is being investigated by the state attorney general and could face a class-C felony, punishable by five years in jail, for allegedly altering and destroying voter registration forms.
www.alternet.org /election04/20194   (1090 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Adobe Photoshop CS (Down & Dirty Tricks): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The "tricks" could might as well be done in an earlier version of PS.
Half of the tricks are old and not to be found in a "state of the art - all brand new" book on PS.
I have been using Photoshop for a long time and would think that a book titled Down Dirty Tricks would give new tricks or is it that I am a better user.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0735713537   (1291 words)

  
 MacMerc.com: Review >> Photoshop 7 Down & Dirty Tricks
If you have an innate need for MORE tricks, cooler effects and just an amazing amount of Photoshop knowledge this is a must have book.
It's like one huge Photoshop User, "Down and Dirty Tricks" section – but you could have guessed that :P. It may seem like a waste to purchase the newest revision of a book that you already have.
Sure, you have 85% of the effects but when your client wants something in the 15% and is willing to pay top dollar you are going to curse your decision about not buying it.
www.macmerc.com /reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=17   (756 words)

  
 Dirty Tricks, a CurtainUp review
To help bring the tempest in the political teapot to a boil there was the opinionated Mitchell, the crazy lady who turned out not to be so crazy and prompted psychologist Brendan Maher to coin the term "Martha Mitchell Effect" for a belief mistakenly diagnosed as a delusion.
Dirty Tricks, features just one performer (Am I the only one who'd like to see the flood of solo plays stemmed?).
Without Ivey to add her own dash of drag appeal to the not to be silenced Martha, future productions of Dirty Tricks might well work best with a guy playing this explosive blonde bombshell.
www.curtainup.com /dirtytricks.html   (1355 words)

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