Palast warns of more than a decade of Republican elections theft - and explains how they do it.

After his razor-thin victory in Iowa, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on Wednesday predicted "fast and furious" attacks from rivals seeking to oust him from his front-runner perch in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Forty-eight hours of frantic writing, travelling and filming turned into silverscreen gold for a group of Southland film-makers. The production crew Rabies Babies claimed top spot in the regional section of the V 48 Hours film competition. Their work, titled Chatter, centres on the fictitious story of a policeman who invents the fabled chatter ring, a circular hoop with spinning and loud nuts...

.. after his split from Maria Shriver, revelations that he fathered a child with a member of his housekeeping staff, and rumours there are at least two more children he fathered out of wedlock, where does Schwarzenegger go from here?

Toshiaki Sasaki, the world’s No. 1 chatter ring exponent and Team Jitter Ring Master Pro Slinger, will arrive in New Zealand on May 5, 2011 for a 12 day tour to support the re-release of chatter rings and promote the Jitter Ring, the worlds finest chatter ring....

A new generation of what were known as chatter rings a couple of decades ago and which still have firm fans, will be launched in Hawke's Bay' at a chatter rings "reunion" in Hastings this afternoon. The event is being staged at Apple Activities Educational Toys between noon and 2pm. "All old rings and new rings, Jtter Rings and chatter rings, flat beads and hex beads are all welcome" ...

Home page of Jitter Ring Junior Pro 'Slinger Kyle', foundation member of leading chatter ring exponents Team Jitter Ring NZ. Kyle is 10 years old, and from Wairoa. Kyle will be displaying his chatter ring skills at the Hawkes Bay Chatter Ring Reunion in Hastings on April 23, and May 7~9, together with 'Slinger Toshi' (Japan), Kyle will demonstrate the Jitter Ring at the Toy Show in Hamilton.

When we first launched our all-metal chatter rings in New Zealand, in 1996, the World Wide Web was barely 7 years old. So in every sense, we have grown up together. Today, we grew a little taller, and dressed up for the occasion…

Talk about a late entry! Late last week we received an urgent request for Jitter Rings to be sent to Singapore, in time for the Asia-Pacific Yoyo Championships 2011, beginning 25 March. Not only is AP11 going to be witnessed by more people than ever before, it is going to be the contest with the most publicity yet, so of course we jumped at the opportunity to have our Jitter Rings present at such

Old rings and new rings, Jitter Rings and chatter rings, flat beads, hex beads and candy coloured plastic beads... if you can sling it, bring it! Freestyle expression session with 5 x Genuine High Performance Jitter Rings to be given away - best performance, oldest verifiable ring, youngest player, oldest player, and a good old-fashioned lucky-dip! A splendid time is guaranteed!

All Jitter Rings are chatter rings, but not all chatter rings are Jitter Rings. The Jitter Ring is a chatter ring designed in New Zealand in 1996, although it started life as the “Lonely Dog” Wonder Ring. Around 50,000 Wonder Rings were purchased in New Zealand in 1996, with the vast majority being sold by The Warehouse Ltd.

Japanese chatter ring Master, Slinger Toshi, does his wild thing with Drum ‘n’ Ring, blazing a trail across deep space in sonic style. Performed, filmed and edited by Toshiaki Sasaki, Tokyo Japan. Video released March 15, 2011.

Using centrifugal force, we bring the chatter ring beads around the ring and up over the top, and cast them down again, “over the falls”. This is quite an easy move to master, but it forms the basis of many advanced moves, including Super Sonic. The name ‘Over the Falls‘ is derived from surfing...

Quite possibly the earliest chatter ring video in existence! These clips were taken in May/June 1996 at a Warehouse outlet in Auckland. The event was an impromptu competition put together by the Warehouse store manager and ourselves. There were a variety of chatter ring designs on display in the video, but by the time this footage was taken we had already designed and adopted the Final Edition...

Combo moves for the chatter ring are generally comprised of a blend of two or more individual tricks or moves performed in succession. The secret to performing effective Combo’s is to engineer a smooth transition between the individual components – no obvious turns on the main ring, or pauses, and no slap-starts...