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Anchorage gets $1.5 million for 'showpiece' bus stop
Post Date: 2005-05-10 11:37:34 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Anchorage gets $1.5 million for 'showpiece' bus stop'Uncle Ted' Stevens sends federal money for site By MARY PEMBERTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Tom Wilson is faced with a problem many city administrators would envy. How to spend $1.5 million on a bus stop? When done, the bus stop next to the Anchorage Museum of History and Art will be like no other in the city, said Anchorage's director of public transportation. "It is going to be a showpiece stop," Wilson said. Wilson has $1.5 million to spend on the bus stop thanks to Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska -- commonly referred to by Alaskans as "Uncle Ted" for his ability to secure federal money for his home ...
Cle Elum schools' random drug-testing plan draws fire
Post Date: 2005-05-10 11:31:38 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Cle Elum schools' random drug-testing plan draws fireAlarming student survey prompts proposal for rural district By JESSICA BLANCHARD SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Concerned parents and school officials in Cle Elum think they've found one way to help curb drug and alcohol use among students: random testing. The Cle Elum-Roslyn School District proposal to test teens involved in extracurricular activities has drawn fire from the American Civil Liberties Union and other critics, who say the testing amounts to an invasion of privacy. A School Board vote on the proposal could come as early as May 23. Parents in the rural, 1,000-student district became alarmed last fall, when 70 ...
Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers Receive Blame in Report on Dallas Fake Drug Scandal
Post Date: 2005-05-10 11:18:26 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers Receive Blame in Report on Dallas Fake Drug Scandal The Associated Press Published: May 10, 2005 DALLAS (AP) - Prosecutors and police had a "them against us" attitude that contributed to dozens of innocent people being sent to jail after fake drugs consisting of crushed billiards chalk were planted on them, a report found. In an investigation of the scandal that has plagued the Dallas Police Department since 2001, deputy special prosecutor Jack Zimmerman found that prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges and crime-lab technicians committed no crimes but exhibited lapses in judgment. "The classic 'them against us' syndrome developed, wherein some ...
Bill: Seize Homes That Contain 'Illegal' Guns
Post Date: 2005-05-10 10:17:17 by Brian S
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New Jersey lawmaker wants buildings, cars taken if firearms not permitted Posted: May 10, 2005 A New Jersey state assemblyman has introduced a bill that would allow the government to seize the home or car of anyone whose property contains an illegal firearm. The legislation, sponsored by Assemblyman Louis Manzo, D-Jersey City, authorizes the forfeiture of "motor vehicle, building or premise" if a firearm is found in it that is not possessed legally per state law – "even if the firearm was not possessed by the owner of the motor vehicle, building or premise," states a summary of the bill, A3998. The legislation was introduced Thursday. Manzo pointed out his ...
Your Identity, Open to All
Post Date: 2005-05-10 08:35:11 by boonie rat
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Your Identity, Open to All By Xeni Jardin 02:00 AM May. 06, 2005 PT A search for personal data on ZabaSearch.com -- one of the most comprehensive personal-data search engines on the net -- tends to elicit one of two reactions from first-timers: terror or curiosity. Which reaction often depends on whether you are searching for someone else's data, or your own. ZabaSearch queries return a wealth of info sometimes dating back more than 10 years: residential addresses, phone numbers both listed and unlisted, birth year, even satellite photos of people's homes. ZabaSearch isn't the first or only such service online. Yahoo's free People Search, for example, returns names, telephone numbers ...
FAQ: How Real ID will affect you
Post Date: 2005-05-09 18:14:29 by Eoghan
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What's all the fuss with the Real ID Act about? President Bush is expected to sign an $82 billion military spending bill soon that will, in part, create electronically readable, federally approved ID cards for Americans. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the package--which includes the Real ID Act--on Thursday. What does that mean for me? Starting three years from now, if you live or work in the United States, you'll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly any government service. Practically speaking, your driver's license likely will have to be reissued to meet federal ...
Man dies in Miami-Dade jail after police stun him with Taser
Post Date: 2005-05-09 16:16:41 by Zipporah
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MIAMI -- A man died Friday after struggling with police and being hit with a Taser stun gun, authorities said. Stanley Wilson, 44, of Miami, was found unresponsive in a Miami-Dade County Jail cell and was later pronounced dead at a hospital, police Detective Nelda Fonticiella said. An autopsy was to determine the cause of death. Wilson was found around 12:30 a.m. in a street, dodging traffic and acting irrationally, Fonticiella said. Police used stun guns to subdue Wilson when he resisted arrest and attempted to strike the two officers, Fonticiella said. ``He started swinging his arms around with one handcuff on,'' she said. Wilson was then transported to the Miami-Dade County Jail to ...
Federal land agencies plan to restrict off-road vehicles in West
Post Date: 2005-05-09 15:24:30 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Federal land agencies plan to restrict off-road vehicles in West Martin Griffith Associated Press May. 9, 2005 08:15 AM RENO, Nev. - For decades, off-road vehicle enthusiasts have been mostly free to roam federal forests and rangelands at will. But their freewheeling days could be numbered. In a move expected to generate controversy, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are developing plans to restrict the vehicles to designated routes and areas. Federal officials say the proposal is essential to curb environmental damage and ease conflict among users of public lands. Nationally, they cite a sevenfold increase from 1972 to 2000 in the number of off-roaders to 36 ...
New invention to detect money
Post Date: 2005-05-09 15:21:26 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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New invention to detect money Chuck Oxley Associated Press May. 9, 2005 08:15 AM IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Federal scientists are perfecting some new inventions designed to detect cash and even trace specific bills as they pass through society. The effort is supposed to root out drug and terrorism money, but some say it's yet another example of using technology to abuse personal freedoms. One of the devices sniffs the air for the smell of money - it can pick up a pile of cash from about 10 feet away. Another machine beams electrons through packages or luggage to detect trace metals in the green ink. And a third project under review would actually scan serial numbers of individual bills into ...
Secrecy, Propaganda Seen Sweeping U.S.
Post Date: 2005-05-09 13:01:56 by Zipporah
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NEW YORK, May 2 (IPS) - Freedom of the press is in decline in the United States amid increased government secrecy and propaganda, say media veterans, analysts, and advocates. Contrary to the conventional wisdom here that U.S. media are the freest in the world, the United States has suffered ''notable setbacks'' in press freedom and has slipped among countries tracked by the New York-based rights group Freedom House. The organisation, in an annual survey released in advance of Tuesday's commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, said media in Finland, Iceland, and Sweden faced the fewest fetters in 2004 while the most restrictions were slapped on journalists in North Korea, Burma (also known ...
I Need border Security!
Post Date: 2005-05-09 10:36:01 by Don
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MONDAY, MAY 9, 2005 "I Need border Security!" For some reason, a group of pro-illegal immigration activists and their pals jumped me when I showed up for their rally. I think I look rather fetching, actually. DO THESE LOOK LIKE "MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SECURITY GUARDS" TO YOU? That's how the gentleman on the right identified himself to me at the illegals rally. (Obviously the guy on the far left is a MoCo cop. The other two refused to ID themselves in any way.) The large, black gentleman on the left and the short, tattooed gentleman on the right were two of the five or so people who jumped me. This photo was taken afterwards. Notice that they're smiling. ...
From Reagan's "Government Is The Problem" To Bush's "When Somebody Hurts, Government Has Got To Move."
Post Date: 2005-05-09 02:49:35 by Uncle Bill
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GOP: PARTY OF BLOAT New York Post By Ryan Sager May 9, 2005 THE Republican promise of smaller, less-intrusive gov ernment is getting harder and harder to believe. Especially when a more plausible plot line is unfolding every day: that the GOP has put aside the ideals of Reagan and Goldwater in order to pursue a political strategy based on big spending. For the latest, check out a report just released by the libertarian Cato Institute that tells a striking story about just how out-of-control spending has gotten under President Bush. Cato finds that: * Bush has presided over the largest increase in federal spending since Lyndon Johnson. * Even excluding defense and homeland security ...
New Study Of US Media Pro-Israel/Zionist Bias is Out
Post Date: 2005-05-08 22:41:25 by tom007
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New Study Of US Media Pro-Israel/Zionist Bias is Out author: announcement study of the Times has generated considerable controversy, with New York Times Public Editor Dan Okrent's column in the paper last Sunday referring readers to the organization's website -- http://www.ifamericansknew.org -- to look into the matter for themselves. The new study to be released on Monday analyzes two-years of coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs. In addition, the report will contain previously unreleased information regarding Associated Press coverage of this conflict. If Americans Knew Executive Director Alison Weir, who will be presenting the findings, says that these reports should ...
TRANSCRIPT: "9-11 and the American Empire: How Should Religious People Respond?" by David Ray Griffin
Post Date: 2005-05-07 13:06:35 by Arator
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9-11 and the American Empire: How Should Religious People Respond? by David Ray Griffin [Note: This lecture was delivered at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on April 18, 2005, and first broadcast by C-Span2 (BookTV) on April 30. Although this text does not correspond exactly to the lecture as orally delivered, all the differences are trivial except that, of course, the oral presentation had to get along without footnotes. DRG] I will begin by unpacking the key terms in the title of my talk: “9/11,” “American empire,” and “religious people,” beginning with the last one. 1. Religious People Although I am a Christian theologian, I am in this talk ...
Second Amendment Solidified
Post Date: 2005-05-07 08:48:58 by CWRWinger
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Second Amendment Solidified by Kurt Williamsen May 16, 2005 The Department of Justice issued an extensive report that very clearly and definitely shows that the Second Amendment was intended to protect an individual right. The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel of the United States was charged by the attorney general with addressing "the question whether the right secured by the Second Amendment belongs only to the states, only to persons serving in state-organized militia units like the National Guard, or to individuals generally." The answer was definitive: "The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of states or a ...
Scalia: Don't re-interpret the Constitution [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-05-07 01:05:17 by christine
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COLLEGE STATION -- The citizenry, and not judges, should make decisions about issues such as abortion and gay rights that are not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told an audience at Texas A&M University on Thursday. "Do you want a right to abortion? Create it in the way most rights are created in a democratic society: Persuade your fellow citizens and enact a law," he said. Scalia's conservative views -- which are evident in his words during oral arguments, his written opinions and his frequent public appearances -- make him one of President Bush's favorite justices and a frontrunner to eventually replace ailing Chief ...
ARE YOU DOING YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY FOR "HOMELAND SECURITY"?
Post Date: 2005-05-07 00:41:17 by DeaconBenjamin
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What is the fundamental constitutional institution for "homeland security"? On the answer to this question may depend the continued independence and freedom of the United States. Obviously, such an institution must exist, because, as the Preamble states, one important goal of the Constitution is to "provide for the common defence". Just as obviously, however, this institution is not the recently birthed Department of Homeland Security or even the more pedigreed Department of Defense. For the Constitution mentions neither of them. The fundamental constitutional institution for "homeland security" is not even the Army or Navy. America's Founding Fathers ...
Library use an open book as Pat Act renewals loom
Post Date: 2005-05-06 18:54:13 by Eoghan
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Provisions in the so-called "Patriot" Act allowing federal agents to obtain library and bookshop records without a search warrant should be allowed to sunset at the end of this year as scheduled, American Library Association (ALA) President Carol Brey-Casiano said during a Washington press conference earlier this week. It has always been possible to obtain search warrants for this type of information, so long as a judge can be persuaded that a crime has likely been committed or a conspiracy is likely to be in the works, she explained. "The government does not need the additional powers allowed it under Section 215 of the Act," she said. Section 215 granted federal ...
Prosecutor in New York City Leads the Nation in Secret Wiretaps
Post Date: 2005-05-06 15:16:07 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Prosecutor in New York City Leads the Nation in Secret Wiretaps By Devlin Barrett Associated Press Writer Published: May 6, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - New York prosecutor Richard Brown likes to bug criminal suspects. In fact, he uses about as many wiretaps as other prosecutors in the rest of New York state put together. Only one other state - California - bugs as much as he does in a single county. The district attorney of Queens recently filed notice of 216 court-authorized wiretaps, a number that one legal expert calls "kind of staggering" and civil liberties advocates say should sound privacy alarms. Brown says the wiretaps are an important weapon against organized crime, ...
How Free Is the US Press?
Post Date: 2005-05-06 15:14:37 by Eoghan
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Recent polling data shows that most Americans think their press is the freest in the world — indeed, some believe it is too free. But according to a new report by Freedom House, a highly respected civil liberties advocacy group, the US is among countries that have experienced “notable setbacks” in press freedom. “Freedom of the Press 2005: A Global Survey of Media Independence,” revealed that the US was tied with Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Estonia, and Latvia at 24th place out of 194 countries covered in the survey. The report said the US score declined due to “a number of legal cases in which prosecutors sought to compel journalists to reveal sources or ...
Court Won't Reinstate Suit Against FBI
Post Date: 2005-05-06 14:21:01 by Eoghan
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A federal appeals court on Friday turned down a fired FBI contractor who was seeking to revive her lawsuit against the government. Sibel Edmonds said she was fired from her job as a wiretap translator because she told superiors she suspected a co-worker was leaking information to targets of an ongoing FBI probe. The FBI said it fired her because she committed security violations and disrupted the office. In its judgment, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower court ruling from last summer that Edmonds' claims might expose government secrets that could damage national security. The appellate judges held a hearing in the case ...
"Real ID" Tacked Onto Military Funding Measure, Bill Would Enact Broad Changes Without Congressional Review
Post Date: 2005-05-06 12:01:22 by Zipporah
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WASHINGTON - Congressional conferees have reportedly agreed on an appropriations bill to fund military operations, and attached the controversial Real ID Act to the bill. The Real ID Act will therefore likely be enacted without being scrutinized by any hearings or debate. The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed its disappointment that the final measure includes this sweeping legislation that rolls back asylum laws, attacks immigrants and sets the stage for a national ID. The House is expected to vote on the underlying measure this week; the Senate is expected to vote next week. The following can be attributed to Timothy Sparapani, an ACLU Legislative Counsel: "The Real ID ...
Watch David Ray Griffin's Blockbuster Madison, Wisconsin C-SPAN-2 Speech on 9-11
Post Date: 2005-05-06 00:43:12 by Arator
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To watch the video of the speech, just click here! Also, the speech will re-air on C-SPAN 2 this Saturday at 2:30 EST! Spread the word to all your internet-phobic friends!
Air Travelers Asked to Disclose Personal Information
Post Date: 2005-05-04 22:56:12 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AHN) - Passengers will soon undergo questioning before boarding a plane, being asked to provide their full name and birthdate. The Transportation Security Administration is currently implementing plans to require airlines to solicit personal information. Passengers will not be required to disclose, however, if they don’t there’s a better chance they’ll have to undergo more stringent screening at the airport. Justin Oberman, the TSA official in charge of the program, made the announcement Wednesday. According to Oberman, having passengers’ full names and birth dates will make it less likely that they’ll be confused with people who are known or ...
First, Anarcho-Tyranny Comes For The Extreme Right
Post Date: 2005-05-04 20:08:14 by 1776
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With terrorist bombings in Morocco and Saudi Arabia and the closing of the American embassy in Riyadh, it should now be obvious that the much ballyhooed "war against terrorism" is a colossal, monumental, titanic flop. Since the 9/11 attacks, we have fought two wars, conquered two countries and enacted laws that jeopardize constitutional rights, and still terrorists seem able to strike whenever and wherever they wish. Well, the central rule of anarcho-tyranny, the system of government under which we now live, is that if you can't or won't punish the guilty, criminalize the innocent and punish them. Under anarcho-tyranny, criminals aren't punished (which is why it's ...
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