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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Tea Party candidate and member Billy Long Votes for Patriot Act and Against Liberty and Freedom
Post Date: 2011-02-17 14:09:04 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act were up for vote this week. 26 Tea Party Republicans voted against John Boehner and the establishment to end the Patriot Act, an act that gives the federal government great powers to spy on Americans by attacking the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Despite claiming to be "Tea Party before Tea Party was cool" Congressman Billy Long voted to extend the Patriot Act, a vote which totals his greatest crime as a voting legislator. (We can no longer call him a citizen legislator since he obviously doesn't have concerns for the rights of the citizens in our district.) The three provisions Long wanted to extend included the ...
U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’
Post Date: 2011-02-17 14:04:22 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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The US Government has yet again shuttered several domain names this week. The Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s ICE office proudly announced that they had seized domains related to counterfeit goods and child pornography. What they failed to mention, however, is that one of the targeted domains belongs to a free DNS provider, and that 84,000 websites were wrongfully accused of links to child pornography crimes. As part of “Operation Save Our Children” ICE’s Cyber Crimes Center has again seized several domain names, but not without making a huge error. Last Friday, thousands of site owners were surprised by a rather worrying banner that was placed on their ...
Texas man wrongly put away for 18 years denied compensation after legal glitch
Post Date: 2011-02-17 10:08:23 by freepatriot32
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A courtroom technicality has cost a wrongly convicted Texas man the compensation that would otherwise be due him for the 18 years he'd served in Texas prison--14 of which he spent on Death Row. Anthony Graves would have received $1.4 million in compensation if only the words "actual innocence" had been included in the judge's order that secured Graves's release from prison. The Comptroller's office decided the omission means Graves gets zero dollars, writes Harvey Rice at the Houston Chronicle, even though the prosecutor, judge, and defense all agreed at trial he is innocent. So how did this happen? Cory Session, a Texas Innocence Project policy director and one ...
Swiss Voters Turn Back Gun Control Referendum
Post Date: 2011-02-17 06:39:01 by Ada
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On February 13 voters in Switzerland turned back a proposal that would have tightened controls on firearms possession and use in a country where a large share of the homes have at least one gun and where learning to shoot and handle a rifle for defense of country (as well as sport) is a right of passage for every Swiss male. Gun enthusiasts and sport shooters were joined by officers and supporters of the country’s citizen militia in applauding the 57 percent majority vote in favor of keeping the country’s historic right of private firearms possession, a unique position in Europe, where most governments consider guns evil and those who possess them (other than law enforcement and ...
Zero Tolerance Policies: Are the Schools Becoming Police States?
Post Date: 2011-02-17 06:34:08 by Ada
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“We end up punishing honor students to send a message to bad kids. But the data indicate that the bad kids are not getting the message.” ~ Professor Russell Skiba What we are witnessing, thanks in large part to zero tolerance policies that were intended to make schools safer by discouraging the use of actual drugs and weapons by students, is the inhumane treatment of young people and the criminalization of childish behavior. Ninth grader Andrew Mikel is merely the latest in a long line of victims whose educations have been senselessly derailed by school administrators lacking in both common sense and compassion. A freshman at Spotsylvania High School in Virginia, Andrew was ...
New Information on Aafia Siddiqui's Case
Post Date: 2011-02-17 05:13:50 by Stephen Lendman
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Important New Information on Aafia Siddiqui's Case - by Stephen Lendman Numerous previous articles discussed how Washington/Pakistani collusion victimized her. A brief recap explains. In March 2003, after visiting her family in Karachi, Pakistan, government Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agents, in collaboration with Washington, abducted her and her three children en route to the airport for a flight to Rawalpindi. Handed to US authorities, she was secretly incarcerated at one or more prisons, including Afghanistan's Bagram for more than five years of brutal torture and unspeakable abuse. Bogusly charged and convicted, she was guilty only of being Muslim in America at the ...
Obama's Anti-Populist Budget
Post Date: 2011-02-16 05:15:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Anti-Populist Budget - by Stephen Lendman Despite its flaws and failures during America's Great Depression, FDR's New Deal was remarkable for what it accomplished. It helped people, put millions back to work, reinvigorated the national spirit, built or renovated 700,000 miles of roads, 7,800 bridges, 45,000 schools, 2,500 hospitals, 13,000 parks and playgrounds, 1,000 airfields, and various other infrastructure, including much of Chicago's lakefront where this writer lives. It cut unemployment from 25% in May 1933 to 11% in 1937, before declaring victory too early and letting it spike before early war production revived economic growth and headed it lower. ...
American History’s Forbidden Truths
Post Date: 2011-02-15 11:29:37 by ghostdogtxn
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Egypt's Military Declares Martial Law
Post Date: 2011-02-15 05:10:10 by Stephen Lendman
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Egypt's Military Declares Martial Law - by Stephen Lendman World headlines are worrisome. On February 13, London's Guardian headlined Egypt's military rejects swift transfer of power and suspends constitution," saying: Ruling generals rejected protester demands, saying they intend "to rule by martial law until elections are held." The announcement followed suspension of constitutional rule, retention of Mubarak's cabinet, and military police head, Mohamed Ibrahim Moustafa Ali, ordering protesters out of Tahrir Square under threat of arrest. Many left "but a hardcore refused, saying they would remain until the army took a series of steps toward ...
Patriot Act Extensions PASS!!!! [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-02-14 21:12:10 by farmfriend
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Who voted, and how they voted. Only 27 Republicans voted NO! What happened to all those new tea party people?!?
Montana first to introduce broad-based State Nullification Act
Post Date: 2011-02-13 11:55:43 by abraxas
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Montana first to introduce broad-based State Nullification Act The Montana State Legislature is first to introduce a broad-based state nullification bill designed to reassert the states right to rein in the federal government by nullifying all unconstitutional acts committed by the three branches of the federal government. Montana HOUSE BILL NO. 382 sponsored by Rep. D. Skees is titled - “AN ACT PROHIBITING INFRINGEMENT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA’S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO NULLIFICATION OF ANY FEDERAL STATUTE, MANDATE, OR EXECUTIVE ORDER CONSIDERED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE STATE; ENACTING THE MONTANA NULLIFICATION REAFFIRMATION ACT; AND PROVIDING A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY ...
The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto
Post Date: 2011-02-12 14:00:11 by Kamala
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What Now? The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto By RONNIE CUMMINS "The policy set for GE alfalfa will most likely guide policies for other GE crops as well. True coexistence is a must." -- Whole Foods Market, Jan. 21, 2011 In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto's Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation's 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America's organic consumers and producers are facing betrayal. A self-appointed cabal of the Organic Elite, spearheaded by Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyfield Farm, has decided it's time to surrender to Monsanto. Top executives from these companies have publicly admitted that ...
Don't Steal, The Police Hate Competition - Policing for Profit
Post Date: 2011-02-12 00:49:33 by Horse
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Exclusive: 2 million mentally ill people missing from national gun check system
Post Date: 2011-02-10 12:56:04 by gengis gandhi
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Exclusive: 2 million mentally ill people missing from national gun check system By Brad Jacobson Thursday, February 10th, 2011 -- 9:13 am submit to reddit Stumble This! Tweet Share gunsammocommons Exclusive: 2 million mentally ill people missing from national gun check systemThe issue of gun control leapt back into the national discourse in the wake of January’s Tucson massacre. But one of the most shocking gaps in the effort to prevent people prohibited by law from purchasing firearms continues to fly beneath the radar. Records of at least two million dangerously mentally ill individuals whose names should already be in the nation’s criminal background check system remain ...
D.A. prosecuting Israeli critics says the ADL "represents the Orange County law enforcement"
Post Date: 2011-02-10 08:11:32 by Artisan
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Nearly one year after students voiced political dissent at a speech given by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, the Orange County District Attorney has pressed 'conspiracy' charges against 11 of them. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas issued a press release Feb. 4th outling the charges. The statement, titled 'OCDA CHARGES 11 MEN WITH CONSPIRACY TO DISRUPT A MEETING DURING SPEECH BY ISRAELI AMBASSADOR AT UCI' read in part, 'Each defendant is charged with one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to disturb a meeting and one misdemeanor count of the disturbance of a meeting. If convicted, they each face a sentence ranging from probation with community service and ...
Warning to Washington- Article 1 of Constitution
Post Date: 2011-02-09 16:45:23 by angK
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WARNING TO WASHINGTON: FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION Published 02/09/2011 - 6:31 a.m. CST By Bob Unruh It's not just Montana anymore. And folks at the Tenth Amendment Center, who monitor states' declarations of independence from the federal government's rules and regulations, suggest perhaps Washington should be paying attention. Montana has earned fame for its legislative independence in recent years, authoring the original Firearms Freedom Act that now is law in 8 states and being considered in another 8. It also was among the first states to introduce legislation cancelling Obamacare's effects inside its borders. It even considered a plan, tabled for now, that would require ...
Edgar Steele's Wife on RBN NOW !
Post Date: 2011-02-09 13:08:36 by noone222
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AJ deserves a break today ... tune in RBN ... you know why ... because, you can handle the truth !
Grassroots Support for Aristide's Return
Post Date: 2011-02-09 05:52:42 by Stephen Lendman
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Grassroots Support for Aristide's Return - by Stephen Lendman Two recent articles discussed his eagerness to return, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/01/let-aristide-return.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/02/haiti-update-electoral-runoff-and.html He explained he's "ready....today, tomorrow, at any time. The purpose is very clear: To contribute to serving my Haitian sisters and brothers as a simple citizen in the field of education." After six eye surgeries in the past six years, it's also vital for health reasons. He experiences extreme winter pain and risks complications causing blindness. In addition, Haitians want ...
People Power v. Duplicity in Egypt and Washington
Post Date: 2011-02-09 05:28:47 by Stephen Lendman
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People Power v. Duplicity in Egypt and Washington - by Stephen Lendman Inspired by Tunisia's uprising, Egyptians chose January 25 (the National Police Day holiday) to begin street demonstrations, rallies and marches, demanding regime change, no ifs, ands or buts if they stay resolute. Initially, small numbers in front of Egypt's Supreme Court became crowds chanting "Mubarak must go!" So far, they remain in massive numbers, defying curfew orders, sleeping in streets, persisting against formidable odds in full view of world audiences, thanks mainly to Al Jazeera's heroic coverage. Anyone anywhere, including in America where it's mostly blocked, can view its live ...
"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me A Wiretap!" Dennis Kucinich
Post Date: 2011-02-08 19:26:10 by Horse
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PATRIOT ACT BEING PASSED NOW AS WE SPEAK. LIVE CSPAN 12 MINS LEFT
Post Date: 2011-02-08 18:35:11 by Artisan
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check out cspan . watch the criminals on cspan now
George Bush: Preliminary Indictment for Torture
Post Date: 2011-02-08 05:45:27 by Stephen Lendman
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George Bush: Preliminary Indictment for Torture - by Stephen Lendman A previous article addressed torture as official US policy under Bush, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2008/07/torture-as-official-us-policy.html It remains so under Obama, authorized at the highest levels of government as part of America's bogus war on terror to instill fear and target suspected political opponents globally, including at home. No matter that it violates US and international law that prohibits torture at all times under all circumstances with no allowed exceptions. Nonetheless, on September 17, 2001, Bush issued a 12 page "memorandum of notification" ...
Mubarak's Thirty-Year Dictatorship
Post Date: 2011-02-08 05:14:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Mubarak's Thirty-Year Dictatorship - by Stephen Lendman Throughout decades of brutal rule, Mubarak remained a steadfast US ally. As a result, Washington rewarded him generously. US administrations also ignored his crimes, corruption, and lawlessness, as late January released WikiLeaks cables reveal, showing Obama knew he kept power through ruthless state terror. On January 15, 2009, ambassador Margaret Scobey called security force brutality "routine and pervasive," saying: "(P)olice using force to extract confessions from criminals (is) a daily event. (US informants) estimate there are literally hundreds of torture incidents every day in Cairo police stations ...
Vandal cops won't be prosecuted and return to patrol (Florida)
Post Date: 2011-02-07 15:12:56 by Artisan
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the website somehow doesn't allow pasting of the article but it's an interesting story, here www.page2live.com/2011/02...ted-and-return-to-patrol/
The Constitution is on Life-Support
Post Date: 2011-02-07 06:21:36 by Ada
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"This is a republic, not a democracy. Let's keep it that way!" When I was a teenager, that was a popular saying in conservative circles. Conservative circles in 1958 were very few and very far between. The movement lacked slogans. Every fringe movement needs a few slogans. Slogans are like secret handshakes in a club. They identify one's true colors to those in the know. That slogan was misleading then, and it is misleading today. America is an oligarchy of lawyers and the businessmen who hire them. In no other nation do five lawyers determine what is lawful and what is not. This supreme authority of five people is both a symbol and the legal foundation of the ...
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