Category: Law
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How Liberty Dies
People who wanted a little bit of security in lieu of liberty.
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Propaganda Alert from The Associated Press
Shear propaganda as written by the White House in an attempt to create some news: President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. …. The law does not apply to Americans. When Americans are targeted for surveillance,…
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UK Doctors’ Called For Kitchen Knife Ban
Yes, seriously. A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase – and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings. They argued many assaults are committed impulsively, prompted by alcohol and drugs, and a kitchen knife often makes an all too available weapon. The research…
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Obama Admin Quietly Released 8,500 Criminals, Some Killers
Qian Wu thought the man who brutally attacked her was gone forever. She was sure that Huang Chen, a Chinese citizen who slipped into America on a ship and stayed in the country illegally, would be deported as soon as he got out of jail for choking, punching, and pointing a knife at her in…
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Pearl High School Shooting: Oct. 1, 1997
I am not insane, I am angry. I am a cross dresser. I killed because people like me are mistreated every day. I did this to show society, push us and we will push back. … All throughout my life, I was ridiculed, always beaten, always hated. Can you, society, truly blame me for what…
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Newton CT – Day 3
I wrote something short on the Facebook page of an old friend who called for more “gun control.” He wrote back. I wrote this response. I actually live on the “West Side” near [omitted.] My first comment on the Newton matter was to wonder why the events in Newton & Aurora get big news…
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Senate Rejects United Nations Treaty, Will Do So Again
A United Nations treaty to ban discrimination against people with disabilities went down to defeat in the Senate on Tuesday in a 61-38 vote. The treaty backed by President Obama and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kansas) fell 5 votes short of the two-thirds needed for confirmation as dozens of Senate Republicans objected that…
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Cops Want Your TXTs
Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans’ text messages State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years — in case they’re needed for future criminal investigations. via CNET News. I find this rather troubling. Cops addicted to power. Congress too…
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Pensioners Take Note, Municipal Bond Storm Coming
[B]ut California too is now starting to hand it to bondholders. Cities in California are now testing the limits of bankruptcy law, and not paying the debt nor the payments for retirees to the state system. Thus this article describes how the state retirement system (CALPERS) is suing to demand payment, and saying that retiree…
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Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants | Politics and Law – CNET News
A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans’ e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law. CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his…