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Latest Articles: Dead Constitution
Letter that Dick Simkanin wrote to Al Thompson before Dick Died
Post Date: 2011-01-23 10:45:56 by christine
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As most of you know, Dick Simkanin passed away in federal prison on December 28th, 2010. Before his death I had exchanged letters with him and I want to share with you what he wrote to me. I'm going to write it exactly the way he wrote it: "........But, now I got myself put back in prison because I did not report to the Probation Officer within 72 hrs of my being let go by the BOP. I let a guy talk me into a process that would free me of the 3 yrs of Supervised Release. He had some pretty strong reasons for being right. And, in law, he is absolutely right, but, as you so elequently put it in your letter, "RIGHT" dosen't mean anything to the present gang in charge of ...
Who Needs Search Warrants? Just Follow Your Nose!
Post Date: 2011-01-22 08:43:32 by Ada
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Keep knockin’ and you can’t come in, Keep knockin’ and you can’t come in, I guess you better let me be. ~ Perry Bradford Riding the commuter trains of my area is a study in how people react to being mildly uncomfortable for any length of time. Being designed to seat people of a body type far slimmer than what my line usually encounters makes riding to work with a seatmate’s bulging oversized body squeezing you into the wall, arm rest or the bulging girth seated on your other side almost a given. Lucky for me, I learned how to properly fold and read The New York Times even when hemmed into a packed subway car so handling the task while immobilized between two people ...
Bizarre Developments in Haiti
Post Date: 2011-01-22 05:03:06 by Stephen Lendman
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Bizarre Developments in Haiti - by Stephen Lendman Three previous articles relate to this one, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/01/baby-doc-in-haiti.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/01/duvalier-in-dock.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/01/let-aristide-return.html On January 20, Al Jazeera headlined, "Baby Doc wants Haiti presidency," saying: Despite his 15-year reign of terror and current corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, and perhaps assassination charges, he "retains ambitions of returning to the presidency," according to one of his lawyers, Reynold George saying: "He is a political man. Every ...
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision: Constitution is Void
Post Date: 2011-01-21 23:15:28 by CadetD
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ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that serves to allow judges to void the Constitution in their courtrooms. The decision was issued on January 18, 2011, and the Court did not even explain the decision (Docket No. 10-632, 10-633, and 10-690). One word decisions: DENIED. Presented with this information and massive proof that was not contested in any manner by the accused judges, at least six of the justices voted to deny the petitions: "There is no legal or factual basis whatsoever for the decisions of the lower courts in this matter. These rulings were issued for corrupt reasons. Many of the judges in the Northern ...
(Ehud) Barak Unmasked
Post Date: 2011-01-21 11:30:18 by ghostdogtxn
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Let Aristide Return!
Post Date: 2011-01-21 05:49:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Let Aristide Return! - by Stephen Lendman On February 29, 2004, US marines abducted him at gunpoint, airlifting him forcibly to the Central Africa Republic. It was one of Haiti's darkest moments, losing its beloved leader, reelected President in 2000 with 92% of the vote. For over six years, he's been exiled in South Africa, wants to return, and on January 19, wrote an open letter, thanking his host country and their people for welcoming him hospitably, saying: Since forcibly abducted, "the people of Haiti have never stopped calling for my return....Despite the enormous (post-quake) challenges that they face....their determination to make the return happen has ...
Obama Challenges China on Human Rights
Post Date: 2011-01-21 05:09:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama Challenges China on Human Rights - by Stephen Lendman During Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit, a US - China Joint Statement said: "The United States stressed that the promotion of human rights and democracy is an important part of its foreign policy. China stressed that there should be no interference in any country's internal affairs." Washington often chides other nations about their abuses and injustices at home and abroad. In fact, no other nation matches America's disdain for human and civil rights, yet as Washington Post writers John Pomfret and Scott Wilson said in their January 20 article headlined, "Obama hosts Hu Jintao on state visit, ...
D.C. expanding public surveillance camera net
Post Date: 2011-01-20 14:34:33 by Jethro Tull
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Big Brother may already be watching you in the District, and he will soon have a lot more eyes trained in your direction. The city's homeland security agency is planning to add thousands of security cameras from private businesses around the nation's capital and the Metro system to the thousands of electronic eyes that authorities are already monitoring 24/7. D.C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency has already centralized the feeds from more than 4,500 cameras operated by the District's department of transportation and school system. Those feeds are watched around the clock by officials from those departments who sit together in homeland security's ...
'Vitriolic Rhetoric' vs. Government’s Aggression
Post Date: 2011-01-20 06:34:46 by Ada
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Following the shootings in Arizona by a lunatic, there were calls to "tone down the rhetoric" politically, with references to the past year’s "vitriolic" anger and activism expressed by many among the Tea Party movement and by those who generally oppose the federal government’s agenda. There have been criticisms of "violent metaphors," such as those used by Sarah Palin who was "targeting" various candidates in the November 2010 elections, with bull’s-eyes drawn on maps of targeted districts, and so on. Some have criticized the current bill to repeal ObamaCare, because of the repeal bill’s title, "Repealing the Job-Killing ...
Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim Update
Post Date: 2011-01-20 06:02:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim Update - by Stephen Lendman A previous article discussed his case, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2009/11/political-prisoner-jalil-muntaqim_27.html For centuries in America, mass incarceration has been used for social control. In the 1600s, laws distinguished Blacks from Whites. Slavery existed until 1865. After the 13th Amendment abolished it, Blacks, like other people of color, were still denied due process. They still are, victimized by prosecutorial harshness, judicial unfairness, repressive drug laws, get tough on crime policies, guilt by accusation, three strikes and you're out, and poverty preventing a ...
Duvalier in the Dock
Post Date: 2011-01-20 05:03:31 by Stephen Lendman
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Duvalier in the Dock - by Stephen Lendman Don't bet on it, or at most expect prosecutorial pretense, theater, with Baby Doc Duvalier free to return to his luxury French villa, though perhaps later than planned. A previous article discussed his arrival and 15 dictatorial years of rule (plus his father's), accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/01/baby-doc-in-haiti.html On January 18, New York Times writer Ginger Thompson headlined, "Former Haitian Dictator to Face Charges," saying: "Haitian prosecutors presented formal charges of corruption and embezzlement against the former dictator Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier on Tuesday, ...
Lawmaker's new proposal would hit feds with charges--Tells IRS, DEA, BATFE agents to get authorization for arrests from sheriffs
Post Date: 2011-01-18 12:05:38 by gengis gandhi
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Lawmaker's new proposal would hit feds with charges Tells IRS, DEA, BATFE agents to get authorization for arrests from sheriffs Posted: January 12, 2011 8:18 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2011 WorldNetDaily The state of Montana, which came up with the idea that the guns made, sold and kept inside its borders simply are exempt from federal regulations and made that its law, now is considering a new weapon that could be used to cancel much of the authority of federal agents over its residents. A new legislative proposal would declare that the state's local county sheriffs are the pre-eminent law enforcement authority in their jurisdictions, and federal agents such as those ...
Texas school police ticketing students as young as 6
Post Date: 2011-01-17 15:21:46 by Artisan
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via rbn republicbroadcasting.org/?p=12987 news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_th...y-police-in-texas-schools Texas school police ticketing students as young as 6 By Liz Goodwin School police officers in Texas are doling out more tickets to children as young as 6, who under past disciplinary practices would have been sent to the principal's office instead, according to a report by a Texas nonprofit. "Disrupting class, using profanity, misbehaving on a school bus, student fights, and truancy once meant a trip to the principal's office. Today, such misbehavior results in a Class C misdemeanor ticket and a trip to court for thousands of Texas students and their families each year," ...
Updates on Two Political Prisoners
Post Date: 2011-01-17 05:55:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Updates on Two Political Prisoners - by Stephen Lendman Earlier articles addressed them, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/10/canadas-war-on-islam-case-of-mahboob.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/11/oscar-lopez-rivera-imprisoned-for.html Pakistani Canadians Mahboob Khawaja, his son Momin, and family were wrongfully targeted for alleged involvement in terrorism. Mahboob is an "academic specializing in Strategic Studies with special interests in Western-Islamic Civilizations, Change and Conflict Resolution." While working in Saudi Arabia, dozens of Royal Canadian Mounted police arrested his family at gunpoint in Ottawa. They blew ...
Calif. Rep seeking open carry gun ban just returned from Israeli political trip
Post Date: 2011-01-16 21:17:28 by Artisan
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www.examiner.com/la-count...om-israeli-political-trip Anthony J. Portantino, Democratic Assembly Representative from California's 44th District, has introduced AB144, which would ban open carry of firearms in California. The Assemblyman introduced the bill on January 13th, in the immediate aftermath of the Tuscon shootings which killed six people and injured many others. Portantino, who turns 50 on January 29th, was first elected to the state legislature in November 2006. Born in New Jersey, he was reportedly the youngest of four children and lost his father at a young age. His mother was his biggest influence, and her 'warm Italian heart' inspired him. He worked in the ...
Government Spies on Americans
Post Date: 2011-01-15 19:34:17 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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Most Americans seem detached from the U.S. government’s military actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and elsewhere. U.S. forces not only engage in wanton killing and harsh treatment of prisoners, but also surveillance and other intelligence activities that might appall the American people if they were used at home. Well, guess what: “Technologies and techniques honed for use on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan have migrated into the hands of law enforcement agencies in America7” writes the Washington Post in its continuing series, “Top Secret America.” Printer Friendly PDF Format Subscribe to FFF Email Update Subscribe to Freedom ...
The end of Tom DeLay And why he'll probably never spend a day in prison
Post Date: 2011-01-15 16:38:15 by tom007
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The end of Tom DeLay And why he'll probably never spend a day in prison By Justin Elliott * The end of Tom DeLay AP Tom Delay On Monday, Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in prison on two felony charges, conspiracy and money laundering, in a campaign finance corruption case that had dragged on for years. The sentencing of DeLay, once one of the most powerful Republicans in Washington and the majority leader of the House of Representatives, was largely ignored because of the aftermath of the mass shooting in Arizona. But it's an extraordinary story -- and one that's not quite over. When he was indicted in Texas in 2005, DeLay's political career sustained a fatal ...
Government Thugs continue to harrass air travelers - Austinite detained by TSA
Post Date: 2011-01-15 16:14:11 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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An Austin man detained at Austin Bergstrom International Airport for “circumvention of the screening process” last June was found guilty as charged Friday in an Austin municipal court. Michael Haendal was on his way to Washington D.C. for a job interview when he ended up in TSA custody. "They stopped me because I had a bottle of water in my luggage." In an effort to protect travelers, the federal agency is now enforcing a new pat-down regulation that went into effect last fall. According to Haendal, while being wanded by a security officer, he mentioned that he didn't like the idea of being frisked. "I was in the position, my arms were spread out, my legs ...
An American Stasi?
Post Date: 2011-01-15 09:18:33 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported on July 25 that “there are 72 fusion centers around the nation, analyzing and disseminating data and information of all kinds. That is one for every state and others for large urban cities. What is a fusion center? The answer depends on your perspective. If you work for the Department of Homeland Security, it is a federal, state, local, or regional data-coordination unit, designed to improve the sharing of anti-terrorism and anti-crime data in order to make America safer. If you are a privacy or civil-rights advocate, it is part of a powerful new domestic surveillance infrastructure that combines data from both the public and private sectors to ...
Indications of possible terrorist troube: Controversial issues being debated
Post Date: 2011-01-15 03:23:44 by Artisan
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www.ok.gov/reddirtready/REPORT_ACTIVITY/Identify/ Identifying suspicious activity is not a difficult science. Rely on your judgment. Your suspicion of a threat could be confirmed with only one incident or it could take a series of incidents. Your suspicions will need to be based on: Experience, Judgment and Common Sense. To assist in recognizing and reporting suspicious activity, consider the following guidelines to help make an informed decision. 1. Stay alert in your daily travels and routines and get to know: •Who your neighbors are •What cars are normally in your neighborhood •Who regularly makes deliveries at work and in your neighborhood 2. Staying alert is NOT ...
Michigan Attorney General ignores officer's assault on citizen; refuses answers
Post Date: 2011-01-14 21:25:23 by Artisan
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The State of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has ignored repeated queries regarding what is clearly a violent criminal assault by a Michigan State officer against a citizen who was doing nothing but videotaping in a public park. The video was featured in the Examiner article Incredible video shows rogue cops go crazy over Constitutionalist videographer in late December. Less than a month later, the video has received over 10,170 views and was also featured on Rense.com, FreedomsPhoenix, FederalJack, CrotchShotRadio, and many others. The video, titled You are invading my space, I will arrest you! has been posted on youtube several times and has been removed, allegedly for purported ...
Spring Valley family says police raided the wrong house
Post Date: 2011-01-14 20:33:39 by farmfriend
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Spring Valley family says police raided the wrong house By Jane Lerner • jlerner@lohud.com • January 14, 2011 SPRING VALLEY — David McKay and his wife, 13-year-old daughter, brother-in-law and two dogs were sleeping early Thursday morning when they heard banging on their front door. Thinking a neighbor needed help, McKay and his wife, Jamie, ran down the stairs of their townhouse at 36 Sharon Drive and opened the door. No one in the family was prepared for what they said happened next. McKay said his family was terrorized by police who were slow to realize they were targeting the wrong house. Authorities admit that they were at the McKays' home as part of a series ...
DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers By Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2011-01-14 20:23:31 by tom007
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DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers By Glenn Greenwald * DOJ subpoenas Twitter records of several WikiLeaks volunteers AP U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (updated below - Update II - Update III) Last night, Birgitta Jónsdóttir -- a former WikiLeaks volunteer and current member of the Icelandic Parliament -- announced (on Twitter) that she had been notified by Twitter that the DOJ had served a Subpoena demanding information "about all my tweets and more since November 1st 2009." Several news outlets, including The Guardian, wrote about Jónsdóttir's announcement. What hasn't been reported is that the Subpoena ...
The reflexive call for fewer liberties
Post Date: 2011-01-14 10:45:46 by ghostdogtxn
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AZ shooter a leftist, not tea party supporter
Post Date: 2011-01-13 12:14:05 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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AZ shooter a leftist, not tea party supporter A Second Amendment rights advocate says the liberal media and Democratic politicians are trying to blame conservatives and talk radio for the recent shooting in Tucson, even though the shooter is likely "a man of the left." While Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords (D-Arizona) fights for her life in a hospital intensive care unit, the left is trying to piece together a right-wing-inspired motive behind the madness by irresponsibly placing blame on talk radio and the tea party movement. But Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America (GOA), believes there is substantial evidence to show that suspect, Jared Lee ...
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