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The Anti-Fascism Wolf In Sheep'[s Clothing
Post Date: 2007-10-12 06:15:55 by Zoroaster
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The Anti-Fascism Wolf In Sheep's Clothing By Curt Maynard 10-11-7 I'll be darned if Sean Penn didn't say something the other night on CNN's Larry King Live that made a great deal of sense. As a rule Mr. Penn and I don't see eye to eye on many things, but I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised to see Penn, the son of a Jewish father and Irish Catholic mother catch Larry King momentarily off guard when he quoted the old Kingfish Huey Long. Penn said, "Well, in 1932 Huey Long said something very interesting. It was, 'Fascism will come to America, but likely under another name, perhaps anti-fascism.'" The look on King's face was priceless, ...
EXCLUSIVE: E-mail Reveals That McConnell Staffer Propagated Smear Campaign Against Graeme Frost
Post Date: 2007-10-11 23:53:04 by robin
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EXCLUSIVE: E-mail Reveals That McConnell Staffer Propagated Smear Campaign Against Graeme Frost
Yesterday, ThinkProgress reported that there was mounting evidence that a staffer for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may have been involved in the right-wing campaign to smear Graeme Frost and his family.
ABC News reported earlier in the week that an e-mail sent to reporters by “a Senate Republican leadership aide” in McConnell’s office suggested that “GOP aides were complicit in spreading disparaging information about the Frosts.” A McConnell spokesman refused to deny the office’s involvement in the affair.
ThinkProgress has obtained an email that ...
ARE COPS CONSTITUTIONAL?
Post Date: 2007-10-11 17:29:02 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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It's a long article, and appears to be a good article. I have not read it and probably won't. I only skimmed the beginning. I am not going to post the entire thing...just wanted to make you aware of it. Seton Hall Constitutional L.J. 2001, 685 ARE COPS CONSTITUTIONAL? Roger Roots* ABSTRACT Police work is often lionized by jurists and scholars who claim to employ "textualist" and "originalist" methods of constitutional interpretation. Yet professional police were unknown to the United States in 1789, and first appeared in America almost a half-century after the Constitution's ratification. The Framers contemplated law enforcement as the duty of mostly ...
Why an Income Tax is Not Necessary to Fund the U.S. Government
Post Date: 2007-10-11 13:34:17 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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Why an Income Tax is Not Necessary to Fund the U.S. Government Devvy Kidd Originally published and copyrighted in June 2001 Changes in text (c) 2005 Can this statement possibly be true? In order to answer this question, Americans must first understand what is the source of the money that funds the government and where it goes. Contrary to the sound bites issued by the two mainstream political parties, the reality of how the system actually works will not only open your eyes, but hopefully stimulate the American people to demand that the thievery underway come to an end. Where do your "income" tax dollars go? The best place to look for an answer to this question would be a ...
Mother of Idaho Inmate Will Testify About GEO Group, alleges squalid conditions for out of state prisoners
Post Date: 2007-10-11 12:55:41 by ghostdogtxn
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Meet the IRS, the Enemy Within
Post Date: 2007-10-11 12:50:43 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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"Document # 100.0.3 # 06 of 37...............- Meet The IRS, America's Enemy From Within... >>>>Disclaimer: This document may be used as you will except: If you change anything in the text, remove my name and other Ident. You may use it without my identification also if you wish...I only ask that people read it and think...think...think. Sources/Ref's if not in the text will be found on the last page of Doc 000.0.0.1 and 000.0.6. CLMsr.<<<< In all of this discussion about income tax, we should be ever mindful of the fact that CONGRESS is the key. CONGRESS votes to spend the money. Congress gives the IRS its power. Congress is elected by the people. ...
Congressman Hanson's Diesel Therapy and Prison Torture (Excerpt)
Post Date: 2007-10-11 00:34:19 by christine
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The harassment and torture that befell Congressman Hansen came from prison officials, in the form of neglect for serious medical problems and health hazards in the prison work place. The torture also came from the Federal Marshals who cruelly transported him from one prison to another. Political prisoners (ED: Political prisoners? In America?? You betcha!!!) and those who are considered trouble makers arc given what prisoners call, "diesel therapy". "Diesel therapy" consists of being put on diesel busses or airplanes and being transported from prison to prison for weeks and months at a time (ED: ALL at the expense of the taxpayers!). On the surface it sounds benign. ...
Free Speech Could Lead To Online Disconnect
Post Date: 2007-10-11 00:07:48 by robin
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If you're displeased with the way a company treats you, you're free to air your feelings in public, right? Not necessarily if you receive high-speed Internet access from AT&T Inc. or Verizon Communications Inc. Buried deep within both companies' voluminous service contracts is language that says your Net access can be terminated for any behavior that AT&T or Verizon believes might harm its "name or reputation," or even the reputation of its business partners. The language came to light the other day after AT&T sent notices to thousands of customers revising their service contracts as part of the company's merger last year with BellSouth. It follows ...
Did We Forget to Pay the Bill of Rights?
Post Date: 2007-10-10 23:07:58 by kiki
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What's this I hear about Los Angeles cops having contests to see who can make the most arrests or impound the most vehicles in twenty-four hours? Has all that sushi made the LA police go soft? What happened to framing and beating people? Here in Chicago, at least, the cops still know how to abuse their power. Even though many of them can be seen in short pants tootling along the lakefront on Segways, and the days may or may not have passed of electrifying suspects' genitalia to elicit confessions, the cops here in Chicago, where they invented the police riot way back in the Haymarket days and have enshrined it with a statue, are keeping the sacred principle of authoritarian license ...
Carter: U.S. has tortured detainees and Bush approved it
Post Date: 2007-10-10 20:23:11 by Zipporah
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Carter: U.S. has tortured detainees and Bush approved it In an interview with CNN, former President Jimmy Carter said he believes that the United States has tortured detainee and that President Bush has authorized the abuse, which he said violates international laws. Despite that, Carter said formal charges or a trial "would be inappropriate." Addressing Iraq, he said that all 168,000 U.S. troops could be withdrawn in 18 months and that he disagreed with the 2013 timetable proposed by fellow Democrats Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama. Here are excerpts from the interview with Wolf Blitzer: Regarding the Bush administration and allegations of torture: BLITZER: ...
Live Free Or Die (ANDREW SULLIVAN)
Post Date: 2007-10-10 19:10:36 by aristeides
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Live Free Or Die 10 Oct 2007 03:33 pm I should address Bret Stephens' other point in his attempt to excuse his paper's support for the torture of prisoners in American custody, including the Nazi techniques of Verschaerfte Vernehmung, and his own support for the Khmer Rouge technique of water boarding. It pains me deeply to see Marty Peretz endorsing "absolutely harsh techniques" as well. Bret's point is as follows: the long-standing decision by democratic societies, and especially by the Anglo-American powers, to eschew the torture or abuse of prisoners to extract intelligence has now been rendered moot. It has been rendered moot not by the Nazis or the Communists - ...
A Look at the Trotskyite Critique
Post Date: 2007-10-10 16:13:50 by aristeides
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A Look at the Trotskyite Critique by BooMan Mon Oct 8th, 2007 at 05:29:28 PM EST I rarely agree with their analysis, which tends towards the conspirtorial, but the World Socialist Web Site is always an interesting read. Today, they take a look at the stunning momentum of the Democrats and infer that the ruling elite is positioning themselves to screw the little guy once again. How? They are throwing all their weight towards the Democrats, who are using their newfound power to tack to the center-right. Two factors are particularly significant, however, since they demonstrate that powerful sections of the financial aristocracy have decided to make a shift to the Democrats, the other ...
'Video Professor' sues anonymous griping posters, demands their identities
Post Date: 2007-10-10 16:04:20 by Peppa
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Video Professor, a company that uses infomercials to sell computer-training lessons, sued 100 anonymous "John Doe" posters who expressed their opinions about the company on various online forums, including http://www.infomercialratings.com. The company's lawsuit claims that the griping posters violated federal trademark laws by saying negative things about the company, and committed defamation and several violations of state law. After filing suit, the company sent subpoenas to the operator of the websites, demanding the release of the posters' identifying information and the IP addresses from which they made the posts. Here's the complaint and the company's motion ...
Judge rules Gore climate film requires guidance notes
Post Date: 2007-10-10 12:43:11 by angle
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A judge on Wednesday ruled that Al Gore's award winning climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" should only be shown in schools with guidance notes to prevent political indoctrination. High Court judge Michael Burton's decision follows legal action brought by a father of two last month claiming the former US vice-president's film contained "serious scientific inaccuracies, political propaganda and sentimental mush". Stewart Dimmock wanted to block the government's pledge to send more than 3,500 secondary schools in England and Wales a DVD of the documentary to demonstrate the need to fight global warming. Judge Burton said the Oscar-winning ...
Investigations of Members on Rise Election Crimes Face Scrutiny
Post Date: 2007-10-10 12:35:12 by gengis gandhi
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Investigations of Members on Rise Election Crimes Face Scrutiny By Matthew Murray Roll Call Staff October 10, 2007 Federal investigators are hinting that a fresh wave of campaign-related theft and corruption investigations of Members of Congress are moving through the pipeline, signaling that indictments may be on the horizon.
Poster Comment:how bout presidential candidates. still want to know how he-man wanna be hillary klintoon netted 100k from 10k on cattle futures.
It is time to speak truth to US power: The Supreme Court needs to rein in Bush's terror tactics
Post Date: 2007-10-09 15:28:24 by aristeides
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It is time to speak truth to US power The Supreme Court needs to rein in Bush's terror tactics Published: October 8 2007 20:24 | Last updated: October 8 2007 20:24 Since the attacks of September 11 2001, the administration of President George W. Bush has sought to cast a cloak of legality over the wrongs that it has committed in the name of fighting terrorism. Mr Bush seems to think that legal sleight of hand can be used to justify almost any tactic to battle terrorists – including, it emerged last week, simulated drowning and other cruel interrogation techniques that Alberto Gonzales, his former attorney-general, appears to have authorised by secret legal memorandum. Time and ...
Supreme Court Wont Hear Torture Appeal (STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE)
Post Date: 2007-10-09 15:10:48 by aristeides
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Torture Appeal By DAVID STOUT Published: October 9, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 — A German citizen who said he was kidnapped by the Central Intelligence Agency and tortured in a prison in Afghanistan lost his last chance to seek redress in court today when the Supreme Court declined to consider his case. The justices’ refusal to take the case of Khaled el-Masri let stand a March 2 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va. That court upheld a 2006 decision by a federal district judge, who dismissed Mr. Masri’s lawsuit on the grounds that trying the case could expose state secrets. The Supreme ...
Science teacher's brush with police ends in heart attack
Post Date: 2007-10-08 14:06:44 by angle
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Lester Jacob says he was nearly scared to death by NYPD cops who mistook him for a perp. A mild-mannered Brooklyn high school teacher says he was nearly scared to death by NYPD cops who mistook him for a perp. When the violent encounter was over, Lester Jacob, 50, suffered a heart attack and was left on his own in the street by cops, who accused him of "acting." In July he underwent open-heart surgery. Jacob had the misfortune to be driving home through Brownsville, Brooklyn, on June 22 around the same time cops were on the lookout for a hit-and-run driver. Jacob, an earth science teacher at James Madison High School in Midwood, heard a siren, looked in his rear-view mirror ...
TOPOFF 4 and Vigilant Shield 08: a view from the "feverish fringe"
Post Date: 2007-10-08 12:00:26 by Eoghan
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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." --George W. Bush, Aug. 5, 2004, in a rare moment of unscripted candor. Mass media is fond of creating labels and lumping people of certain philosophical or political persuasions into groups of designated societal misfits, all carrying some pejorative nickname intended to clearly define the borders between "them" and "us." This helps the citizenry distinguish between the members of certain marginalized -- and therefore untrustworthy -- groups who take a somewhat jaundiced view of the actions and motivations ...
Book Report: L.A. Secret Police - Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network
Post Date: 2007-10-08 10:53:37 by richard9151
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Outstanding book. Really brings out that the police brutality of today is really nothing new. It is an institutional mind-set that has been given freer rein because of the increased demand from the 'government' that more control be exercised. Inside the front cover of the book; * LAPD cops frequently played maliciou pranks in minority neighorhoods, swooping down city blocks in faux assalult modes, simply to enjoy the chaos of scattering residents. Other games included patrol cars boxing in and toying with baffled minority drivers. * Reporters critical of the LAPD were targeted, put under surveillance, and harassed. * False arrests were routine. A child-care counselor was falsely ...
Torture via FOX: The Jack Bauer principle for very serious people
Post Date: 2007-10-07 18:25:30 by robin
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The insane fascination with the show “24,” and how it suddenly defines the issue of torture for these warmongering and very serious Kristol hawks is ludicrous. And the secret documents are….still secret and even Jay Rockefeller says that he hasn’t seen them. Play (640) Download (531) | Play (304) William the Bloody thinks that certain torture is “reasonable.” “Serious people at the Justice department are trying to figure out what is torture, what is acceptable to certain circumstances….I think the Bush administration has been much more serious and conscientious about this than the NY Times reporting gives it credit for.” Memo to the ...
FBI Puts Antiwar Protesters on Criminal Database; Canada Uses It To Ban Protesters From Entry
Post Date: 2007-10-07 13:47:08 by angle
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Two well-respected US peace activists, CODEPINK and Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin and retired Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright, were denied entry into Canada On October third. The two women were headed to Toronto to discuss peace and security issues at the invitation of the Toronto Stop the War Coalition. At the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Bridge they were detained, questioned and denied entry. "In my case, the border guard pulled up a file showing that I had been arrested at the US Mission to the UN where, on International Women's Day, a group of us had tried to deliver a peace petition signed by 152,000 women around the world," says Benjamin. "For this, the ...
We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For
Post Date: 2007-10-07 13:35:06 by Zipporah
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Poster Comment:Another video by Billy Vegas
Are Ed and Elaine Brown Dead? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-10-07 12:39:01 by JiminyC
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Are Ed and Elaine Brown dead? We don't know - the government won't tell where they are, so we cannot verify their condition. If Ed and Elaine had been hurt during their arrest, it would be in the government's interest to withhold this information, since they obviously fear a violent reaction to the arrest from Brown supporters. Until the government chooses to divulge information on the Brown's whereabouts, we will be unable to verify their condition and will have to assume the worst.
Technology Would Help Detect Terrorists Before They Strike
Post Date: 2007-10-07 12:04:35 by Zipporah
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Airport screeners, customs agents, police officers and members of the military who silently pose that question to people every day, may soon have much more than intuition to depend on to determine the answer. Computer and behavioral scientists at the University at Buffalo are developing automated systems that track faces, voices, bodies and other biometrics against scientifically tested behavioral indicators to provide a numerical score of the likelihood that an individual may be about to commit a terrorist act. "The goal is to identify the perpetrator in a security setting before he or she has the chance to carry out the attack," said Venu Govindaraju, Ph.D., professor of ...
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