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Tuesday 31st May 2011

TSA Infiltrates Egyptian Military???

9:31 pm | Transportation Security Admin. | Comments: 4

“Egyptians decry ‘virginity tests’ on detained protesters, urge military rulers to investigate”
Associated Press, Published: May 30
CAIRO — Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt’s military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims that soldiers subjected female detainees to so-called “virginity tests.”
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But one general used a news conference to make negative [...]

Supreme Court Again Absolves Nation’s Most Dangerous Criminal Class

The Supreme Court ruled today that John Ashcroft cannot be personally sued regardless of the crimes committed against American citizens thanks to his policies as Attorney General.
What a crock.
On the same theme, Tom Engelhardt has an excellent essay today on “Post-Legal America.”

Sunday 29th May 2011

Memorial Day Remembrance Video

4:20 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0

Following is a powerful video from http://www.enlightened-rogue.blogspot.com/ - from an essay that Roger Young wrote for LewRockwell.com in 2004.
** You can see the YouTube video by clicking here.

Saturday 28th May 2011

Dilbert Solves the Patriot Act Mystery?

We learned in the last few weeks that a secret ruling exists which permits the federal agencies to violate far more Americans’ rights under a twisted interpretation of the Patriot Act.
Are the feds using smart phones to track millions of Americans?

Wednesday 25th May 2011

Three Cheers for Rand Paul on the Patriot Act

Sen. Rand Paul is doing heroic work on the Patriot Act. The fact that tomorrow’s New York Times has an article fretting that the FBI might have a perilous temporary loss of surveillance powers shows how desperate the establishment has become.
Paul has done a superb job thus far of slowing the bipartisan [...]

Thursday 19th May 2011

My 2 Cents on Obama’s Reelection Campaign Speech on the Middle East

10:24 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 1

I was interviewed by Press TV early (pre-coffee, pre-tea) this morning on Obama’s upcoming speech on the Middle East. My two cents are here. My usual cynicism…

IMF Also Screws Taxpayers

8:22 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 9

(IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned today….)
INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY JUNE 11, 2009
U.S. Bailout Of Tinhorn Dictators Sacrifices Taxpayers On IMF Altar
By JAMES BOVARD
The Obama administration wants to pledge $100 billion in U.S. taxpayers’ money to the International Monetary Fund. This provision is included in an appropriations bill containing supplemental funding [...]

Wednesday 18th May 2011

Alan Bock, a Great Freedom Fighter & Writer

9:11 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2

Alan Bock, a great freedom writer, went into a hospice yesterday after a long fight with cancer.
Alan has a jovial good nature that is rare in this biz. He can be a hardliner without being abrasive or bitter. In the waning days of the last century (12/27/2000), shortly after the Bush legal [...]

Tuesday 17th May 2011

MP3 / Podcast of My Interview with Brian Wilson on Assassination Nation

8:09 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0

WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rollicking chat today on that Assassination Nation article.
Click on the link below to listen to or download the MP3:
brian-wilson-5-17-11-assassination-nation-0555532d81

Obama’s Unlimited Right to Kill?

from today’s Christian Science Monitor -
The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
Assasination nation: Are there any limits on President Obama’s license to kill?
As part of its war against violent extremism, the Obama administration now claims a right to kill Americans without a trial, without notice, and without any chance for targets to legally object.
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By James [...]

Saturday 14th May 2011

Simon Winder’s Excellent “Germania” Now In Paperback

9:06 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0

I blogged a year ago the new book from Simon Winder, who edited Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty back in ‘93-94. Germania received rave reviews from the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Post, and other American papers (and even more rave reviews in Simon’s UK). Justifiably - because Germania is [...]

Thursday 12th May 2011

Latest Pro-War Power Grab

I was interviewed this morning (pre-coffee, unfortunately) by Press TV on a provision in a House bill that could make it even easier for presidents to start new war. Here’s their summary of the interview:
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The House Armed Services Committee has expanded the Bush-era “war on terror” bill, with amendments that would allow any president [...]

Wednesday 11th May 2011

King of Weasels Enters Prez Race

8:58 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Democracy | wool | Comments: 8

No matter what I could write about Newt Gingrich, it would not be snarky enough.
The Washington Post notes today: “Gingrich is an idea-spewing machine, unlike anyone else in the Republican Party. But does America want a one-man think tank , particularly one with his history, as its president?”
The Post was right about the spewing, [...]

Tuesday 10th May 2011

Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud

From the February issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily -
Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud
by James Bovard
President Obama has succeeded in seizing new power over health care and other swaths of American lives in part because previous presidents muddied Americans’ understanding of freedom.
Most of the past century’s debates over the meaning of [...]

Tuesday 3rd May 2011

Osama Takedown: Biggest Crock of S**t Yet?

8:33 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 25

Biggest Crock of S**t Yet: “It’s Important to Remember that This was a Covert Operation,” sez Pentagon spokesdude, on the reason for withholding details on Osama’s “resistance” during Sunday’s takedown. Except for the BS the U.S. government shovels to make itself look heroic.
The quote is from this Wash. Post story.

Feds: Watch Out for Radicalized Individuals!

The Department of Homeland Security has warned landlords in the DC area “to be looking out for the radicalized individual,” according to Peggy Jeffers, of the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington Inc. DHS sent out the warning to apartment and building managers on Sunday evening, the same time that Obama announced [...]

Sunday 1st May 2011

Tom Blanton on the Mind Control Benefits of Television

10:31 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 3

KIDS NEED TO WATCH MORE TELEVISION

Tom Blanton, the mastermind of the Project for a New American Revolution, has a bunch of great art work at the PoliCulture page of his Flickr photos.

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