Flying the Fascist SkiesBoy, I miss the days when the future depicted in Terminator appeared ridiculously dystopian. The Washington Times reports:
The legislation would order the FAA, before the end of the year, ... (more)
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TSA Forces Woman To Use Naked Body Scanner Three Times Because of "Cute" FigureFemale passengers say they are being targeted by TSA screeners for sexual harassment, with one Texas woman being forced to pass through a naked body scanner three times so chuckling male TSA workers in a back room could get a good look at her “cute” figure.
The incident occurred at DFW International Airport earlier this month. Wife and mother Ellen Terrell was asked by a female TSA screener “Do you play tennis?” When Terrell asked why, the screener respond... (more)
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Canadian minister accuses surveillance bill's opponents of siding with child pornographersOTTAWA—The government says anyone who opposes federal plans to make electronic surveillance easier for police and spies is siding with child pornographers.
It’s the first salvo in a battle that will resume Tuesday when the government reintroduces legislation that would expand online monitoring powers.
The issue pits the desire of intelligence and law-enforcement officials to have easier access to information about Internet users against the individual&rs... (more)
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State Agent Replaces Preschooler’s "Unhealthy" Homemade Lunch With Cafeteria "Nuggets"RAEFORD — A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.
The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.
The Division of Child ... (more)
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U.S. media takes the lead on IranMany have compared the coordinated propaganda campaign now being disseminated about The Iranian Threat to that which preceded the Iraq War, but there is one notable difference. Whereas the American media in 2002 followed the lead of the U.S. government in beating the war drums against Saddam, they now seem even more eager for war against Iran than the U.S. government itself, which actually appears somewhat reluctant. Consider this highly illustrative, one-minute report yesterday from th... (more)
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Feds shut down Amish farm for selling fresh milkThe terrorists have won, and they're running our government. |
Global Media Promotes Syrian "Activist" Begging For Military InvasionThe global mainstream media is feverishly creating a poster child for the planned invasion of Syria, by affording a British citizen who claims to be a Syrian “activist” endless air time during which he constantly begs for a U.S., Israeli or NATO-backed bombing campaign to depose President Bashar Assad.
Given the title ‘Syria Danny’ – full name Danny Abdul Dayem – this British citizen of Syrian descent has been featured repeatedly by the likes of... (more)
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Italy: Anyone Driving High End Car Pulled Over & Investigated For Tax EvasionItalians are not being good little tax slaves and forking over their hard earned income to their criminal government, so the Italian police are now pulling over everyone who is driving a nice car, assuming they're tax evaders, and turning their information over to the government.
Bloomberg reports:
Police fanned out across Milan in late January halting mor ... (more)
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Chinese Government Demands 250 Million Internet Users Provide Real IdentitiesThe Communist Chinese government has demanded some 250 million users of the Twitter-style micro-blogging platform Weibo provide their real names, addresses and identity numbers, marking a new era of Internet censorship and one that the likes of Joe Lieberman want to see enforced in the United States.
From March 16, Weibo account holders will be forced to provide their real names, addresses, and passport or ID card numbers if they are to continue to use the service.
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ACTA Dominoes Are Falling: Germany Says It Won't Sign For NowThe news just broke: Germany says it will not be signing ACTA for the time being.
The news (Spiegel, Netzpolitik) seems to cast the future of ACTA into serious doubt. The accord requires signatures and ratification from all 27 of the European member states as well as from the European Parliament itself.
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Major Label-Owned Vevo Caught Publicly Streaming NFL Game Off Of 'Rogue Site'Where's ICE when you need them? For a while now, ICE has been making the case that sites that merely link to streaming content -- especially sports content -- are the most evil kinds of criminals around. It's why they're trying to extradite Richard O'Dwyer from the UK to have him face criminal charges. It's why they recently arrested Yo... (more)
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DHS To Launch Insurgent-Tracking Drones Inside AmericaThe Department of Homeland Security plans to spend up to $50 million dollars on a spy system that has been used to hunt insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan for the purposes of “emergency and non-emergency incidents” within the United States.
The DHS is seeking four contractors to provide "aerial remote sensing" services, using LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) technology fitted to drones or manned aircraft that will provide surveillance capability for “homeland ... (more)
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According To Lamar Smith, Data Or Criticism From Anyone Who Doesn't Like SOPA Isn't ValidWe recently wrote about PolitiFact trashing Lamar Smith for the numbers he used in support of SOPA -- numbers that PolitiFact says grade out to "false." What I somehow missed was at the very end of that article, they ask Smith to respond to the charges that his argument was false. Amazingly, rather than respond to the actua... (more)
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Evidence Shows That Megaupload Shutdown Had No Real Impact On InfringementThe first big analysis of what happened to file sharing via cyberlockers following the shutdown of Megaupload shows that there was no slowdown in file sharing -- it's just that the traffic moved elsewhere. The analysis, by Deepfield Networks, concludes that there was no significant drop off in file sharing in the US..... (more)
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UK Report Blames The Internet For Terrorism, Says ISPs Should Take Down ContentIt appears that technologically clueless, reactionary politicians blaming the internet for terrorism and demanding ways to censor content are not just limited to US Senators named Lieberman. Nope, it appears that some elected officials over in the UK have similarly allergic reactions to the internet. The Home Affairs Committee in the UK Parliament has rele... (more)
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Feds Label Bulk Buying of Food a Potential Terrorist ActivityAs part of its effort to encourage business owners to spy on their customers, the FBI has labeled the bulk purchase of food as a potential indication of terrorist activity, despite the fact that FEMA itself last year purchased $1 billion dollars worth of storable food.
A flyer aimed at Military Surplus stores produced under the auspices of the FBI’s Communities Against Terrorism proj... (more)
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Girls, 13, given contraceptive implants at school without parental consentThe procedure was carried out in Southampton, Hants, as part of a government initiative to drive down teenage pregnancies.
As many as nine secondary schools in the city are thought to have been involved.
But it has caused a backlash from parents who weren't aware that their daughters had been fitted with the 4cm device, which sits under the skin.
It is currently unknown exactly how many youngsters have taken part in the scheme.
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FBI Attempts to Make 'Libertarians' the Poster Children for Domestic ExtremismAs the definition of a domestic extremist continues to expand to include activists for peace, animal rights, currency, natural health, liberty and other noble causes, the FBI is ready to make an example out of one group in particular: Libertarians.
The FBI held a press conference Monday to "increase the visibility of the threat" that people who oppose taxes and regulations, government intrusions into their private property, and the desire for sound money allegedly pose to local au... (more)
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Senate Passes Bill Allowing Airports To Evict TSA ScreenersThe Senate has passed legislation that includes a provision allowing airports to replace TSA screeners with private security, opening the door for the widely loathed federal agency to be marginalized from aviation security altogether.
The bill was primarily concerned with how the Federal Aviation Authority would be funded for the next four years, but also included measures that would force the TSA to reconsider applications from airports to replace TSA workers with their own priva... (more)
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