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Cops fear state will dump gun database
Post Date: 2005-05-16 11:24:31 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Cops fear state will dump gun database May 16, 2005 BY FRANK MAIN Crime Reporter Police are worried the General Assembly is on the verge of passing legislation to scrap a statewide gun database they use to identify suspects such as an 84-year-old Downstate man who allegedly supplied Chicago gang members with weapons. Without the database containing 2.1 million gun transactions, investigators would not have been able to obtain a gunrunning charge last month against the man, Garnett L. Cochran of Herrin, said Chicago Police Sgt. John Kohles. The case began on the West Side with the April 2004 traffic stop of Antonio Guzman, a 28-year-old sex offender and gang member with ...
Reject Taxpayer Bank Bailouts
Post Date: 2005-05-15 19:12:17 by DeaconBenjamin
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Before the US House of Representatives, May 4, 2005 Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1185, the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act, expands the federal government's unconstitutional control over the financial services industry and raises taxes on all financial institutions. Furthermore, this legislation increases the possibility of future bank failures. Therefore, I must oppose this bill. I primarily object to the provisions in H.R. 1185 which may increase the premiums assessed on participating financial institutions. These “premiums,” which are actually taxes, are the primary source of funds for the Deposit Insurance Fund. This fund is used to bail out banks that experience difficulties ...
Drug czar's office says MPP "conning" sick people
Post Date: 2005-05-15 11:53:44 by Neil McIver
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"Tom Riley, a spokesman for the [drug czar's] office, said advocacy groups such as the Marijuana Policy Project are actually pushing drug legalization and 'cynically' exploiting sick people who use pot. 'There is a con going on here, and I am surprised that smart people continue to fall for it,' he told us." - Washington Post, May 4, 2005, http://www.mpp.org/USA/news_2276.html The people whom the drug czar's office says MPP is "conning" are TV host Montel Williams and U.S. Representatives Sam Farr (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ron Paul (R-TX), and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who participated last Wednesday in MPP's most successful news conference ...
Sibel Edmonds: Gagged, But Not Dead
Post Date: 2005-05-15 00:09:17 by Zipporah
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The Appeal Court’s decision on Sibel Edmonds’ Case is out: ‘Case Dismissed;’ no opinion cited; no reason provided. The Court’s decision, issued on Friday, May 6, has generated a string of obituaries; “another major blow, maybe the last one, to Sibel Edmonds, a woman who has faced an unprecedented level of government secrecy, gag orders, and classification.” Well, dear friends and supporters, Sibel Edmonds may be gagged, but she’s not dead. On October 18, 2002; three months after I filed my suit against the Department of Justice for unlawful termination of my employment caused by my reporting criminal activities committed by government officials and ...
Resident: Firing unnecessary (FBI shot him with a Taser and blew up his knapsack.)
Post Date: 2005-05-14 23:33:08 by Zipporah
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A Patterson man who was stopped by the FBI and police in Scarsdale, after he was spotted driving near the Kensico Reservoir wearing a military-style helmet, said yesterday that authorities overreacted when they shot him with a Taser and blew up his knapsack."I think they all acted like idiots,'' 43-year-old Michael Jansen said of the incident Wednesday, when police evacuated about 12 houses near Post and Gorham roads and diverted traffic from the area for four hours while members of the Westchester County Bomb Squad searched his car and used a water cannon to destroy a knapsack containing batteries, wires and electronic equipment.Authorities also seized what they described as ...
The true purpose of torture: Guantánamo is there to terrorise - both inmates and the wider world
Post Date: 2005-05-14 09:14:55 by Zipporah
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I recently caught a glimpse of the effects of torture in action at an event honouring Maher Arar. The Syrian-born Canadian is the world's most famous victim of "rendition", the process by which US officials outsource torture to foreign countries. Arar was switching planes in New York when US interrogators detained him and "rendered" him to Syria, where he was held for 10 months in a cell slightly larger than a grave and taken out periodically for beatings. Arar was being honoured for his courage by the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, a mainstream advocacy organisation. The audience gave him a heartfelt standing ovation, but there was fear mixed in with ...
DOJ Files for Civil Injunction Against Save-A-Patriot Fellowship
Post Date: 2005-05-14 03:12:54 by Neil McIver
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DOJ Files for Civil Injunction Against Save-A-Patriot Fellowship May, 14, 2005 The below article has been posted at the Department of Justice website reporting that the DOJ has filed a civil injunction against Save-A-Patriot Fellowship. The DOJ last attempted to do so 12 years ago with a raid and a failed attempt to bring criminal charges against SAPF's founder and fiduciary, John Kotmair. My further notes follow: From: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2005/May/05_tax_262.htm -------- JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO STOP MARYLAND MAN FROM SELLING ALLEGED TAX-FRAUD SCHEMES Westminster Man Accused Of Offering Customers Financial Incentives To Violate Federal Tax Laws WASHINGTON, D.C. - The ...
Judge Allows Suit to Proceed Against FBI Agent Who Shot Maryland Man
Post Date: 2005-05-13 13:57:15 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Judge Allows Suit to Proceed Against FBI Agent Who Shot [innocent] Maryland Man By Brian Witte Associated Press Writer Published: May 13, 2005 BALTIMORE (AP) - An unarmed man who was shot in the face after agents mistook him for a bank robber will be allowed to proceed with a $10 million lawsuit against the FBI agent who fired the gun. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz ruled Thursday that the case against Special Agent Christopher Braga should go to trial. "We live in a country where we're responsible for our actions whether we're government agents or not," Motz said. Braga shot 23-year-old Joseph Schultz three years ago after agents searching for a bank robber ...
Reid cites FBI file on judicial pick
Post Date: 2005-05-13 10:41:05 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Reid cites FBI file on judicial pick By Charles Hurt THE WASHINGTON TIMES Minority Leader Harry Reid strayed from his prepared remarks on the Senate floor yesterday and promised to continue opposing one of President Bush's judicial nominees based on "a problem" he said is in the nominee's "confidential report from the FBI." Those highly confidential reports are filed on all judicial nominees, and severe sanctions apply to anyone who discloses their contents. Less clear is whether a senator could face sanctions for characterizing the content of such files. "Henry Saad would have been filibustered anyway," Mr. Reid said on the floor yesterday, about the ...
Clackamas jail's cash crunch could put inmates on street
Post Date: 2005-05-13 10:35:58 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Clackamas jail's cash crunch could put inmates on street With the cost of services outpacing funding, the sheriff tells budget officials 76 beds may be removed within a month Friday, May 13, 2005 EMILY TSAO OREGON CITY -- Seventy-six beds at the Clackamas County Jail could be closed within a month, and 96 more could be closed in January, sheriff's officials told the county budget committee Thursday. The combined closures would reduce the jail's capacity by more than half and send hundreds, if not thousands, of inmates free. "We've delayed the train wreck, and we've increased the size," Commissioner Bill Kennemer said during Sheriff Craig Roberts' budget presentation, alluding ...
Wis. Stun-Gun Study Removes Taser Official
Post Date: 2005-05-12 20:09:03 by Eoghan
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A Wisconsin researcher has removed Taser International's medical director as an adviser to a study of the safety of stun guns after critics said his involvement with the manufacturer tainted the research. University of Wisconsin-Madison professor John Webster had described his two-year, $500,000 study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice as the first to look at the safety of stun guns independent of Taser, the Arizona-based company that makes the weapons. But documents uncovered this week show Robert Stratbucker, an Omaha physician who is Taser's top medical officer, is one of four consultants to the study, which will look at how pigs' hearts react to electric shocks from the devices. ...
STAY ANGRY [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-05-12 17:11:31 by boonie rat
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STAY ANGRY. If I could tell people one thing about the Real ID Act, that would be it: Stay angry. Stay very, very angry. I'm amazed at the calm in the aftermath of Senate passage of this Stalinist monstrosity. And I don't just mean I'm amazed at the mainstream media's lack of clue. I mean that civil libertarians and other commentators on "our side" are largely treating the Real ID Act as just one more bad development in an era in which bad developments have become routine. This is so often how it is: The federal government does something horrible, unconscionable, freedom-raping. We all get angry about it for a few days or a week. We blog. We expend our best italics, exclamation ...
"Real ID Act" al-Qaeda's EZ Workaround
Post Date: 2005-05-12 17:07:39 by boonie rat
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Rice: Gun Rights Important As Free Speech
Post Date: 2005-05-12 14:37:10 by TommyTheMadArtist
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Rice: Gun Rights Important As Free Speech By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic WriterWed May 11, 9:13 PM ET Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, recalling how her father took up arms to defend fellow blacks from racist whites in the segregated South, said Wednesday the constitutional right of Americans to own guns is as important as their rights to free speech and religion. In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rice said she came to that view from personal experience. She said her father, a black minister, and his friends armed themselves to defended the black community in Birmingham, Ala., against the White Knight Riders in 1962 and 1963. She said if local authorities had had ...
An Attack on Liberty
Post Date: 2005-05-12 14:21:02 by timetobuildaboat
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An Attack on Liberty, 100-0 Harold E. Smith III | May 12 2005 Tuesday marked an important day in the long history of the United States of America. The Senate unanimously approved the Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill as expected, passing along with it a very important rider: The REAL ID Act. What is the REAL ID Act? Simply put it is an erosion of freedom, balance of powers, and states rights under the guise of safety. The erosion of freedom is simple, your government will be able to track you with uninhibited ease compared to the past. Language within the bill gives the Department of Homeland Security unequivocal control over the implementation of the new national ID. One of the ...
MSM Picks Up on the Smoking Gun Memo and Gives GWB A Pass
Post Date: 2005-05-12 11:46:26 by Loopy
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The thread regards CNN's report of the Dearlove MI6 Memo. CNN's headline? "Bush asked to explain UK war memo". Not, "Memo Shows Bush Had Mind Made Up and Invented Evidence to Attack Iraq" no, its "Please Mr. President, tell us why the British Memo Doesn't Prove you are A Liar." Followed up by an article in which President Bush is quoted as saying that he is not going to respond to the old news brought up by his political opponents. The thread shows that the Bots got their talking points and are responding just as yours truly predicted. Like I said, the story was over before it began.
Cheney Wins Court Ruling On Energy Panel Records
Post Date: 2005-05-12 11:22:13 by robin
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Vice President Dick Cheney addresses supporters at a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) in Denver. A federal appeals court in Washington dismissed a lawsuit yesterday that sought to force Vice President Cheney to turn over records of private meetings his office held in 2001 to shape the administration's energy policy. The unanimous ruling was a major legal and political victory for the White House, further solidifying the president's power to deliberate and seek advice behind closed doors without disclosing details. The court's eight judges supported the Bush administration's contention that forcing the executive branch to produce information about its internal policy ...
FEMA, the 800 Pound Gorilla, Ready to Pounce on America
Post Date: 2005-05-12 09:02:51 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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FEMA, the 800 Pound Gorilla, Ready to Pounce on America Funded with hidden tax money and by illegal drug profiteering, FEMA has spent billions on "black operations." With one stroke of a Presidential pen and without Consitutional protections, martial law can be mandated with FEMA having the tools to carry out the Executive Order. December 20, 2004 By Greg Szymanski The term "martial law" has very little practical meaning to most Americans. It has very little significance since the term isn't used much in a democratic society. Perhaps it could be a "show name" for an upcoming HBO sitcom, but it's definitely not a "real term," one used for anything ...
US 'SENT DETAINEES TO EGYPT'
Post Date: 2005-05-11 20:55:38 by Zipporah
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A new report by a leading human rights group says the United States and other countries have secretly sent dozens of Islamist detainees to Egypt, where they have most likely been tortured, in the past decade. The 53-page report by Human Rights Watch said Egypt is the world's main recipient of detainees. The report, titled Black Hole: The Fate of Islamists Rendered to Egypt, identifies 61 people who have been transferred into Egyptian custody since 1994. However some experts quoted by the report say the actual number of people sent to Egypt is much higher, as such transfers usually occur in secret and without legal safeguards. The report cites analysts, lawyers and Islamic activists who ...
Details on father arrested for opposing pro-homosexual agenda in Kindergarten
Post Date: 2005-05-11 11:22:31 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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These are the emails that went back and forth between the Parkers and the Principal, regarding their 5-year old son (who turned 6 in March) being taught about homosexual families without their permission or notification. January 17 - Book comes home with son: Anti-bias diversity book bag (containing Who's in a Family by Robert Skutch which attempts to normalize gay/lesbian families) was put in the hands of the Parkers' kindergarten son and brought home. January 17 - Parkers to Principal: Date: Monday, January 17, 2005 Subject: Estabrook Diversity Book Bag Ms Jay, Today our son, [child's name], in Ms Johnson's kindergarten class at Estabrook, brought home a Diversity Book bag. It was ...
Danger! Unlicensed manicurist on the loose!
Post Date: 2005-05-11 11:02:23 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Danger! Unlicensed manicurist on the loose! FEAR NOT, gentle people of New Hampshire. Mike Fisher has been apprehended. For the time being we can rest easy knowing that this man is unable to file another fingernail without the proper credentials. On Monday two Concord police officers arrested Fisher for manicuring without a license. In New Hampshire, it is illegal to give someone a manicure unless you have first graduated from high school or obtained your GED, "(h)ave completed a course of at least 300 hours of professional training in manicuring, in a school approved by the (state Board of Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics) and passed an examination conducted by the board" ...
Appeals Court closes door on Cheney, Bush administration disclosure
Post Date: 2005-05-10 17:58:45 by Eoghan
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Vice President Dick Cheney won a major victory Tuesday in a case that has dragged on for years, with a federal appeals court striking down an attempt to make public the secret records of the National Energy Policy Development Group. Cheney was chairman of the group, and the Justice Department conducted the legal fight for the administration in what some will see as a landmark victory for the separation of powers and the narrow avoidance of a constitutional crisis. But the other real winner in the dispute is the private sector, especially industries with a stake in government policy. Tuesday's ruling effectively allows lobbyists and company officials to attend closed-door discussions of ...
The Sentencing of Matt Hale
Post Date: 2005-05-10 17:10:53 by 1776
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Another Gross Injustice in a Tyrannical State Well, it's no surprise that Matt Hale received the maximum sentence of 40 years. The sentencing hearing was a farce in the first degree. Judge Moody knew going in that with the added label of domestic terrorist he could give Matt 40 years instead of 12. Judge Moody in his little speech as the proceedings began, even used the figure 40 years as being the max but then later on when Matt suggested that he had already made up his mind as to sentencing, Moody, unconvincingly uttered, "Oh, no, no, I haven't." Yeah, that's why during the little over two hours that Matt spoke, the judge watched the clock and appeared to be falling asleep. ...
True Patriots Should Worry More about Freedom at Home
Post Date: 2005-05-10 17:03:29 by Zipporah
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President George W. Bush claims that he is spreading freedom throughout the world. However, for him “freedom” appears to be more a slogan, devoid of content and used to harness U.S. nationalism for his own purposes. Freedom meant much more to the Founders of the American republic. They would be appalled at the president’s crusade to impose democracy abroad and its resulting, but unnecessary, erosion of liberties at home. Bush’s attempts to renew expiring USA PATRIOT Act provisions, which were supposed to be a temporary enhancement of government police powers in the wake of 9/11, show his shallow commitment to freedom where it is needed most—here at home.President ...
The Phony "Free Trade" Lobby
Post Date: 2005-05-10 12:29:13 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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The Phony "Free Trade" Lobby by Thomas R. Eddlem May 16, 2005 Why the so-called "Free Trade" lobby is pushing a trade agenda that actually reduces free trade and American independence. Mention "free trade" in any public discourse today, and one is likely to come up with such topics as NAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and Fast Track Trade authority for the president. "Free trade" means simply an absence of any government intervention in business. Government intervention can take the form of tariffs and other taxes, trade sanctions, import ...
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