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Fausty's Blog | December 19th 2009 by Fausty
Land / power grab: Not So Private Property?: Clean Water Restoration Act Raises Fears of Land Grab - Fox News Surveillance: 'Talking' CCTV cameras go live across Hounslow - Hounslow Guardian Civil Liberties violations: Eyewitness Recounts Forced Or read more
State Sen. Sharer Pre-Files DOMA Bill; Use ACLU Tool to Weigh in…
RootsWire | December 18th 2009 by Steve Hanson
Original Author: Democracy for New Mexico Sen. William E. Sharer (R-Farmington), a right-wing homophobe who has been trying for years to change New M read more
Do Dems really benefit by passing health care?
Orange Punch | December 18th 2009 by Stan
Former Pres. Clinton is weighing in, urging congressional Dems not to miss this chance to pass health-care reform, government-takeover-style, and of course Obama, much more ideologically driven than even many of his supporters had thought, has made i read more
More Puritan Nonsense
Longrider | December 18th 2009
Once more, medics think that telling us what to do is more important than healing sick people. This time, that totalitarian, puritan, media whore, Liam Donaldson is lecturing parents. Parents who allow their children alcohol at home may be increasing read more
Painting in a suspicious manner
Heresy Corner | December 18th 2009 by The Heresiarch
The London-based watercolourist Liam O'Farrell writes a letter to The GuardianI was stopped and searched twice near London City airport – for watercolouring! I was not even facing the airport. I was painting the Tate and Lyle sugar factory opposite read more
A Civil Liberties Roundup
Cato @ Liberty | December 17th 2009
By Tim LynchHere are some interesting new items on the web: Cato Senior Fellow Nat Hentoff is interviewed by John W. Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute. Nat says “Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himsel read more
LORD CHRISTOPHER WALTER MONCKTON, 3RD VISCOUNT MONCKTON OF BRENCH…
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | December 17th 2009 by Tom
Christopher Walter Monckton, is an anti-Anthropogenic Global Warming activist. He doesn't believe that humans have increased the global temperature by burning carbon or perhaps otherwise increasing greenhouse gases or that if they have, it isn't nece read more
No. It. Is. Not.
Longrider | December 16th 2009
The ultimate goal of government should be promoting wellbeing. Catherine Bennett is unconvinced that “it is the state’s business to meet those psychological needs” that the Young Foundation’s recent research has highlighted. read more
Carter Fuck Again
Longrider | December 16th 2009
CF has the full story – it seems Carter Ruck really don’t learn. Tags: carter+ruck, authoritarian+arseholes read more
Today is Bill of Rights Day
Orange Punch | December 15th 2009 by Stan
I confess I had forgotten — and you notice there hasn’t been much mention anywhere, given that the Bill of Rights is pretty tattered and torn and riddled with exceptions so nobody wants to be reminded of what it is supposed to be. Here read more
Scaled-back health bill now seems likely to pass
Orange Punch | December 15th 2009 by Stan
It looks as if the president got to the more liberal senators and endorsed a deal with Joe Lieberman on the proposed health insurance bill. The current situation (subject to change) seems to be that the Senate bill will not include either a “pu read more
Photographer beaten, detained in London for being "cocky&quo…
Teacher Dude's Grill and BBQ | December 15th 2009 by Craig
"While we are constantly controlled by the cctv, we do not have right to take photos or videos. I was stopped because I was filming and after a bit I had about 10 cops to deal with me. Even if I was not violent at all, they pushed me face down upon t read more
Traversing Cope’s ideological wilderness
Accidental Academic | December 15th 2009 by Azad Essa
Approximately a year ago the Congress of the People (Cope) burst onto the South African political scene with much fanfare promising a “New Agenda for Hope and Change for All!“. This agenda was to be informed by a commitment to being a mod read more
Join the Libel Reform Campaign!
The Third Estate | December 13th 2009 by Salman Shaheen
Image: Shht!/flickr Hey, remember that time a couple of months ago when Trafigura tried to stop the Guardian from reporting what was said in Parliament? Want to stop the rich and powerful from using the threat of expensive court cases to bully writer read more
Soundtrack for a Revolution: Songs of Freedom
Cinema Takes | December 13th 2009 by Kevin Rennie
Writer/directors Bill Guttentag Dan Sturman have made a masterful documentary. Soundtrack for a Revolution weaves historical footage, recent interviews and music from the time with modern performances of the freedom songs of the United States civil r read more
The U.S. ranks 24th in press freedom
Ranking America | December 12th 2009 by Mark Rice
According to Freedom House, the United States has a press freedom score of 18, making the United States tied for twenty-fourth with the Czech Republic and Lithuania in that category. Iceland ranks first, with a score of 9. As reported here, the Unite read more
NETHERLANDS POLITICAL PEDOPHILIA PARTY GROUP ON FACEBOOK
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | December 11th 2009 by Tom
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14 466177253 Do you think relaxing doesn't open the floodgates of Hell? That link is to a pedophilia group right on Facebook. No sooner than they gain so-called rights for little children then they start saying t read more
Morning Music - Sly and the Family Stone
Truth & Beauty | December 10th 2009 by Erik
My favorite part of this performance on the Ed Sullivan show was unfortunately left out of this video. It is when Sly announced at the beginning:"Don't hate the black, don't hate the white. If you get bit, just hate the bite." Hope read more
Home Defense 101
The Original Musings | December 10th 2009 by Kathleen Helms
I wouldn’t want to be this woman … However, I’d rather be her than be helpless and sitting there waiting for the police to show up. After hearing this, I can’t imagine anyone still having a problem with the right of law abid read more
Shoplifting and Compensation
Longrider | December 10th 2009
Via JuliaM this story about what appears to be an innovative approach to dealing with criminals. CITIZENS Advice has criticised a Nottingham company in a report about businesses which pursue shoplifters for compensation – often without crimes read more
Private Sector Apartment Building Bans Cigarettes (without the Ne…
Eleutherian Blog | December 9th 2009 by Christopher Dodds
I apologize for the long hiatus since my last post. I've had this story on my desk for weeks, but the sheer brilliance of it finally brought me back to this blog.New York City's first completely non-smoking apartment building will soon open at 1510 read more
Fredo's song and dance...
at-Largely | December 9th 2009 by Larisa Alexandrovna
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -who helped discredit the DOJ, reducing it to nothing more but a political tool of the state against its enemies - has some thoughts to share: "It was... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.c read more
Battle In Seattle (2009) Dvdrip
Rapidshare Free Download | December 9th 2009 by Saske
Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. Its November 1999, and five days are about to rock the world as tens of read more
Monserrate will be primary challenged, Pride approved
referred resulting variability | December 8th 2009 by kayceebran
Last week, the New York State Senate, in all it’s glory, voted to validate discrimination against gays. In what could be considered a bit of a blow-out, the senate voted down marriage equality. This week, the Pride Agenda, led by Alan Van Capel read more
Prize Chumps
Longrider | December 8th 2009
According to David Aaranovitch, believe it or not, Big Brother is your friend. There is a constant fume about the Big Brother State, enveloping everything from safety cameras on station concourses, through parking wardens, road pricing and licence-p read more
National Service Again
Longrider | December 6th 2009
Via Timmy I see that Demos has jumped on the enforced servitude idea so beloved of control freaks everywhere. Demos today launches a report arguing that the principle of national service, abolished in Britain in 1960, still has something to off read more
Video of Neda shooting in Iran
Orange Punch | December 6th 2009 by Stan
In my column this week I referenced the shooting of Neda. Here is the video of the shooting. I warn you again in advance that it is very gruesome and hard to stomach. Click here to view the embedded video. Post from: Orange Punch read more
Hmmmm….
Longrider | December 5th 2009
Simon Davies rails against automated marketing calls. Like millions of people across Britain, I now refuse to answer my home landline number, and with good justification. I am plagued night and day by relentless and unwelcome marketing calls. It see read more
A form of legalised witch hunting
The Third Estate | December 4th 2009 by Salman Shaheen
Gabriel Tabar will not be allowed to lead a normal life any time soon. Under the terms of an ASBO he is banned from goin within 50 metres of some 38 schools dotted around his locality. To put it another way he is banned from setting foot within a w read more
Threat to internet privacy: secret agreements
Fausty's Blog | December 4th 2009 by Fausty
Governments around the world have been meeting in secrecy for years, it emerges, to prevent the public from finding out about their plans to bring in draconian internet controls under ACTA. Dr Michael Geist* explains: This video takes a few minutes read more
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