Showing posts with label civil liberties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil liberties. Show all posts
Friday, May 18, 2012

A dress rehearsal for clamping down

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As Chicago prepares for the NATO summit this weekend I'm left with one little nagging question - why does NATO still exist? The meetin...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Talk back to METRO about the TSA

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Once again it's time to voice your displeasure toward METRO's decision to ask TSA to send agents down to harass bus and rail passeng...
Friday, May 11, 2012

A convenient leak

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Bad economic news. Race for Republican nomination down to one. Growing discontent over the security state. Must be time for anot...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

We'd never sacrifice freedom for security, would we?

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Was Mohammed Merah part of a global al-Qaeda conspiracy to subvert the west or was he a nut job with a firearm? Since he was shot dead by Fr...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Working in a data mine

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So you think there's such a thing as a reasonable expectation of privacy anymore? If you do, James Bamford has some news for you. In t...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Just another excuse to profile

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The New York City Police have taken racial profiling to a higher level , courtesy of our tax dollars. And now that the truth has come to l...
Friday, December 2, 2011

First they came for the (alleged) terrorists...

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On Tuesday the U.S. Senate had the opportunity to put the rule of law ahead of fear-mongering and politics -- and failed spectacularly. By...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

I'll take a little cheese with my whine, please

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Now, if I might be permitted the indulgence of a little whine... I coach youth soccer. This is the fifth year I've coached a team of k...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Smile! You're on Big Brother TV!

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The City of Houston is installing 250 to 300 video cameras throughout downtown to (pause) fight terrorism. Apparently those mean-spirited t...
Friday, October 8, 2010

Focusing on symbols

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A Lee County (MS) judge jailed Oxford (MS) attorney Danny Lampley when Mr. Lampley declined to recite the Pledge of Allegiance . Nevermind ...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Be careful what you write, the feds may be watching

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We all know that whatever we post out there in the aether of cyberspace will be around forever. But now we have an even bigger reason to be ...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Interview with a vampire

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Early warning radar indicates that vampires may be descending on New Orleans this Memorial Day Weekend. These vampires are thought to be dr...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Welcome to the jungle

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This is your war on drugs. This is your war on civil liberties. This is your war on the Constitution. This is your war on your fellow citi...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Let's go and round up a posse

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There's a new tool out there to help you protect your children against nefarious types in your neighborhood and its called FelonSpy . Ac...
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