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Interesting reporting! You have confirmed a point ...

2010-07-25T13:45:25.921-04:00

Interesting reporting! You have confirmed a point in my article:

The Civil Rights Movement in Reverse: Who's Next?

http://templestream.blogspot.com/2010/07/civil-rights-movement-in-reverse-whos.html

There was an attempt to add this the (Massachusett...

2010-07-19T18:44:58.808-04:00

There was an attempt to add this the (Massachusetts) budget, but it wasn't successful.

We aren't a democracy. We are a constitutional re...

2010-07-09T13:18:56.081-04:00

We aren't a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. Check out SaveOurStates.com for why Massachusetts SHOULD NOT embrace NPV>

Too bad that organization that claims to defend fr...

2010-07-06T20:57:29.643-04:00

Too bad that organization that claims to defend free speech censors comments.

It also guarantees the voice of the smaller states...

2010-07-01T10:18:24.712-04:00

It also guarantees the voice of the smaller states are overshadowed by the big states

"No wonder our first four presidents were Virginia...

2010-06-15T20:51:55.083-04:00

"No wonder our first four presidents were Virginians!"

Two Words: John Adams

One more related thought: should Massachusetts hav...

2010-06-15T00:29:04.882-04:00

One more related thought: should Massachusetts have voted against JFK if the national popular vote was shifted by 0.2%?

How would the compact force the states that did no...

2010-06-15T00:27:06.035-04:00

How would the compact force the states that did not join the compact to recount their votes if the margin of the national popular vote is less than 0.5%? there have been 4 presidential elections within this margin, which would spur an automatic recount in many states including mine for other elections (and currently for the presidential election as well). This is 9% of elections, or once every eleven elections. Seeing that it has happened four times, there needs to be an "out" for states if the election is this close. My suggestion is that if the national vote is within the margin that would spur an automatic recount within the state, that the state winner prevail.

This is great news. I volunteered at last years he...

2010-06-14T15:43:50.306-04:00

This is great news. I volunteered at last years hempfest(post decrim.)and the BPD had no problem walking the crowd with their camcorders out intimidating a peaceful, legal gathering.Go get em.

The more the world gets computarized, the easier i...

2010-03-18T17:23:31.709-04:00

The more the world gets computarized, the easier it becomes for an identity theft. Those days when people only had one piece of ID and could hide it under the matress are long gone.

A look at sotomayor's record, http://www.youtube....

2010-03-01T12:03:38.556-05:00

A look at sotomayor's record,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCBmpfr0t4

reveal where the bill of rights is headed under this regime.

These are good reasons to let protesters, even det...

2010-03-01T01:52:25.098-05:00

These are good reasons to let protesters, even detainees, hunger strike. But we must treat convicted criminals differently from ordinary people. Ordinary people can refuse treatment or commit suicide because that’s their right. If they prefer suffering and perhaps dying through protest, we must let them because their life is theirs. But convicts lack that right. They can’t choose protest and death over their punishment. If we recognize their right to choose outcomes they prefer that interfere with their sentence, then forget letting them kill themselves – we should also let them leave prison.

The First Amendment protects prisoners somewhat, but we deny them speech that spares them their sentence. We don’t let a prisoners peaceably assemble in front of City Hall or express their religion by visiting Jerusalem. Nor should we let them protest by dying.

MSF and the AMA condemn force-feeding because they want what’s best for their patients. They’re right, and those who call force-feeding humanitarian are wrong. But prisons aren’t humanitarian and shouldn’t give prisoners what’s best for them. They should give prisoners exactly what they deserve. Nothing better – in this case death, which they prefer. And nothing worse either, like torture. Force-feeding may look like torture, but unless we mean it as such, it’s no more so than restraining an inmate who cuts himself or tasing one jumping the fence.

Whoah, hadn't heard of that one and I don't love t...

2010-02-28T13:15:57.588-05:00

Whoah, hadn't heard of that one and I don't love the idea. There's not enough privacy online as it is even when doing something as simple as browsing. It's scary to think of what is to come when we've already got issues like these.

Are you freakin' kidding me? I work in Child/Fam...

2010-02-19T07:59:52.495-05:00

Are you freakin' kidding me? I work in Child/Family Services and this is unthinkable to me.

There is a COMPLETE list of all state and regional...

2010-02-05T15:34:55.677-05:00

There is a COMPLETE list of all state and regional "Intelligence Fusion Centers" in USA published
http://publicintelligence.net/intelligence-fusion-centers.

Might make a good HANDOUT for the "Sunlight on Surveillance" Workshops. mary.crockett54@gmail.com

There is a COMPLETE list of 72 USA "SURVEILLIANCE ...

2010-02-05T15:31:02.290-05:00

There is a COMPLETE list of 72 USA "SURVEILLIANCE HEADQUARTERS", state by state;
might make a useful handout for
the "Sunlight on Surveillance"
workshops.

See http://publicintelligence.net/intelligence-fusion-centers/

Excellent post and writing style. Bookmarked.

2010-02-03T18:19:30.204-05:00

Excellent post and writing style. Bookmarked.

Pretty interesting site you've got here. Thanx for...

2010-01-19T11:32:04.526-05:00

Pretty interesting site you've got here. Thanx for it. I like such topics and anything connected to this matter. BTW, try to add some photos :).

Pretty nice blog you've got here. Thanx for it. I ...

2010-01-15T11:22:45.162-05:00

Pretty nice blog you've got here. Thanx for it. I like such themes and anything that is connected to them. BTW, why don't you change design :).

These sorts of charges are way more common than yo...

2010-01-12T21:05:32.345-05:00

These sorts of charges are way more common than you would think. I called my state rep just a few months ago because I saw very similar charges in another court (it was the defendant doing the taping this time), and my research revealed that the vast majority of such cases (including the precedent construing the statute) are simply cases of police retaliating with criminal charges against anyone who questions their tactics.

This HAS to be changed!

Thank God for the ACLU. -fmm

2010-01-12T19:56:58.134-05:00

Thank God for the ACLU. -fmm

On the other hand, airline agents in Costa Rica su...

2010-01-06T15:59:14.616-05:00

On the other hand, airline agents in Costa Rica successfully kept a very dangerous Joan Rivers from boarding a plane to Newark, NJ. I guess the system works after all.

In Europe and the UK there will be interesting cha...

2009-12-29T10:54:30.625-05:00

In Europe and the UK there will be interesting changes for both private security and national security – we all await more information, interesting times!

Wow - well said! I completely agree. I hope you f...

2009-12-16T15:07:28.219-05:00

Wow - well said! I completely agree. I hope you follow this up with the decision once it has been rendered.

Yeah, this just seems wrong!

2009-12-07T13:55:40.315-05:00

Yeah, this just seems wrong!