A Predictable Coda to the Jeremy Hill Case
William GriggSep 08
Wendy Olson, the "Justice" Department's commissarina for legal affairs in Idaho, has dropped criminal charges against Jeremy Hill, the heroic father who shot and killed a grizzly bear that threatened his family. This wasn't done in recognition of Jeremy Hill's innocence, or as a gesture of supposed clemency (which is... (more)
Somalia: The List of "Pacified" Nations Continues to Grow
Activist PostSep 08
By now, the fact that retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clarke went public about a plan he encountered at the Pentagon to attack seven countries in five years, is no longer major news. After all, Clarke revealed this information in 2006, years after the illegal and lie-based war on Iraq was launched and years after it was too late to stop it.

Clarke’s revelation is particularly interesting c... (more)
Be vague about how many times you shoot, officers in SIU probes told
Toronto StarSep 08
Officers under investigation for shooting civilians should be vague about how many times they fired their guns, a police lawyer recommends.

Most people who shoot at armed suspects are unsure how many times they fired and officers must allow themselves some margin of error so their accounts stand up with investigators, Gary Clewley advised in a Hamilton Police Association newsletter in 2009.

In that same newsletter, the Ontario Court of Appeal was told Wednesday, Cle... (more)
ACLU settles case of man arrested for recording friend's arrest
The Raw StorySep 08
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has won a $48,500 settlement from a lawsuit brought on behalf of man arrested for videotaping a University of Pittsburgh police officer.

"This settlement underscores the fact that one of the cornerstones of our constitutional democracy is the right to document the actions of our public officials," said Glen Downey, from the law firm Healey & Hornack, P.C., who is handling the case as an ACLU of Pennsylvania cooperating attorney.... (more)
Mall of America visitors unknowingly end up in counterterrorism reports
America's War WithinSep 08
Bloomington, Minn. – On May 1, 2008, at 4:59 p.m., Brad Kleinerman entered the spooky world of homeland security.

As he shopped for a children’s watch inside the sprawling Mall of America, two security guards approached and began questioning him. Although he was not accused of wrongdoing, the guards filed a confidential report about Kleinerman that was forwarded to local police.

The reason: Guards thought he might pose a threat because they believed he ... (more)
YouTube’s Content-ID Piracy Filter Wreaks Havoc
TorrentFreakSep 08

Give Thanks to "Price Gougers"
Fergus HodgsonSep 08

During commercial break of Wednesday's GOP debate, Perry physically grabbed Ron Paul and got in his face
InformationLiberationSep 08

Rick Perry shows he is nothing more than a thug. There is video of this and it needs to be released.

"During a commercial break at Wednesday’s Republican debate, Rick Perry and Ron Paul continued their spirited exchange on stage. Suddenly, Perry grabbed Ron Paul’s forearm while aggressively pointing his index finger towards the Congres... (more)
UPDATE: Ron Paul Responds to Finger Pointing Rick Perry Photos: "I Don't Even Recall the Moment"
Ron Paul Vs Rick Perry
YouTubeSep 08

Ron Paul holds Perry to account for his record, Perry responds by threatening him during the break.
MSNBC distorts post-debate poll results to falsely depict Ron Paul as just barely winning
Natural NewsSep 08
A post-debate poll shown on MSNBC.com reveals Ron Paul to be the landslide winner of the internet survey, capturing 43.5% of the votes on the question, “Who do you think won the Republican debate at the Reagan library?”

The next closest candidate, Mitt Romney, received just 21.5% of the votes, or almost exactly half the number of votes received by Ron Paul. You might expect Mitt Romney’s graph bar, therefore, to behalf the sizeof Ron Paul&rs... (more)
Here's how the poll should look:

Via DailyPaul
Woman charged $1,122 for forcible body cavity search ordered by police
InformationLiberationSep 07
From Las Cruces Sun News:
LAS CRUCES - A Las Cruces woman has been charged $1,122 by a local hospital for a forcible body cavity search ordered by the Metro Narcotics Agency that did not turn up any illegal substances. [...]

Metro Sgt. Mike Alba said agents had "credible information from a reliable source" that the woman was concealing up to an ounce of heroin, leading to the search warrant from Magistrate C... (more)
TSA Agent Threatens Woman With Defamation, Demands $500k For Calling Intrusive Search 'Rape'
TechdirtSep 07
Amy Alkon is an advice columnist and blogger who is just one of many people who has had a horrifying and traumatizing experience going through airport security lately. After being pulled aside for an "enhanced" search, she found the process to be so invasive and so in violation of her own rights that she was left sobbing. She wrote about the experience on her blog, noting that she didn't think the search was just "invasive" in the emotional sense, but flat out physically invasive: ... (more)
10 Years After 9/11, Is America A Better Place?
EndoftheAmericanDreamSep 07
What is the true legacy of 9/11?  Unfortunately, it may be how the American people have responded to that event.  10 years after 9/11, is America a better place?  Sadly, the answer clearly is no.  In the ten years that have passed, a fundamental shift in our culture has occurred.  The American people have eagerly given up large amounts of liberty and freedom in exchange for vague promises of increased security.  We were once the land of the free and the home of the ... (more)
MPAA, RIAA & All Major U.S. ISPs To Create Massive Database of U.S. Internet "Pirates"
TorrentFreakSep 07
Starting in a few months, millions of online ‘pirates’ will be monitored as part of an agreement between the MPAA, RIAA and all major U.S. Internet providers. Alleged infringers will be notified about their misbehavior, and repeat offenders will eventually be punished. Thus far the details on the operation have been very slim, but TorrentFreak has learned that unlike in France, the U.S. database of Internet pirates will be decentralized.

In June the MPAA and RIAA annou... (more)
Jesus Christ, Pirate
Kevin CarsonSep 07
After reportedly feeding a crowd of five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, Jesus Christ of Nazareth was recently served with formal legal notice from industry trade associations, demanding that he cease and desist from what they charge is an illegal food-sharing operation under the terms of the Miracle Millennium Anti-Replication Act (MMAA).

Miracle-working rabbis like Mr. Christ, and their alleged property rights infringements, have been the center of controversy in recen... (more)
Obama's Antitrust Luddites
Thomas J. DiLorenzoSep 07
The "Luddites" were early 19th-century British textile workers who protested the introduction of mechanized looms by destroying them and issuing proclamations denouncing the new technology in the name of the mythical "King Ludd" of Sherwood Forest. What the Luddites failed to understand — and what many neo-Luddites today fail to understand — is that "labor-saving" technology that reduces production costs causes prices to fall, which in turn increases consumer purchases and generates ... (more)
Endless War and the culture of unrestrained power
Glenn GreenwaldSep 07
The Washington Post woke up a few days ago and realized that despite everything that has happened since 9/11 -- no successful Terrorist attacks on the Homeland in 10 years, a country mired in debt and imposing "austerity" on ordinary Americans, and the election of a wonderfully sophisticated, urbane, progressive multinational... (more)
Used 1,618 times for drugs, 122 times for fraud, and only 15 times for terrorism. The Patriot Act.
New York MagazineSep 07
...And used once against a toy store for supposedly violating Rubik's Cubes' "intellectual property."
Fullerton Police Accused Of Confiscating Yet Another Camera After Homeless Beating
Carlos MillerSep 07

Teen Says Predatory Cops Get a Pass
Courthouse News ServiceSep 07

23 D.C. cops charged with crimes in 2011
Washington ExaminerSep 07

Why Do Republicans Want to Raise Taxes?
Laurence M. VanceSep 07
True or false: Barack Obama wants to raise taxes and Republicans in Congress want to cut them. The surprising answer is, False. Although it can usually be said that the president never met a tax hike or spending increase he didn’t like, such is not the case right now.

One does not have to be a fan of Obama or his motives to recognize a good deal for the American people and applaud him for proposing it. It seems that the president wants to extend the payroll-tax cut that is s... (more)
Freedoms I Wish the Military Were Defending
Laurence M. VanceSep 06
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended." ~ George W. Bush, September 11, 2001

We have heard it repeated loudly and continuously since 9/11 – the troops are defending our freedoms. This claim is made so often and by so many different segments of society that it has become another meaningless national dictum – li... (more)
America's Unique Fascism
Anthony GregorySep 06
Five years ago, antiwar liberals calling the Bush administration fascist were labeled as kooks, marginalized by their own party leadership, accused by conservatives of treasonous thoughts worthy of federal punishment, even deportation. A few years pass, the policies hardly change, and the political dynamic turns upside down: Tea Party conservatives accusing the Obama regime of fascist impulses are compared to terrorists, accused of being racists, told that their hyperbole is a real threa... (more)
Cops kill man for honking at them
InformationLiberationSep 06
It appears the man in this case was cut off by police, at which point he honked at them. The police retaliated by pulling him over and killing him.

From Reuters:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The parents of a Southern California man who accuse police of killing their son with a Taser after he honked at a patrol car have sued the sheriff's department and county.
... (more)
News Flash: U.S.P.S. is broke
Douglas FrenchSep 06
Today’s New York Times reports that unless the postal service gets some help from Uncle Sam, mail delivery will cease entirely this winter.

What about those TV commercials sponsored by the postal workers union claiming that no taxpayer money is needed to deliver the mail?

Nonsense as it turns out. "Our situation ... (more)
The Failure of Raw Milk Prohibition
Karen De CosterSep 06
The August 3, 2011 shakedown of the Rawesome food cooperative in Venice, California, in spite of the tragic outcome, has produced one positive result. The ruthless raid on the part of miscellaneous government agencies has sparked a wave of unprecedented discord over the question – How can government dictate what we choose to eat when we each have unique standards for good nut... (more)
Police State Roundup: 15 Reasons Why I Refuse to Live in the USSA
Number SixSep 06
I left the United Soviet States of Amerika (USSA) five years ago and never looked back. Upon discovering that government forces executed what I learned was a “false flag operation” (thank you Loose Change), that the economy was one giant Ponzi scheme (thank you G. Edward Griffin) and that there truly did exist a movement for totalitarian world government mirroring Biblical depictions (thank you Alex Jones), I figur... (more)
Explosives Lost During Terror Drill At Phoenix Airport
BlackListedNewsSep 06

DHS: We Lost Our Own Explosives During a Live Drill In Phoenix
We're From the Government. We're Here to Help.
Ron PaulSep 06
In the wake of hurricane Irene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to come hat in hands asking for more money from Congress. Like the rest of the government, it is broke. It has been suggested that any additional funds allocated to FEMA should come from cuts elsewhere. This seems harsh and lacking in compassion to big government advocates who do not understand economics, but I would go a step further. FEMA should never have been established. It is based on misguided ideas o... (more)

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