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13yo Honor Student Gets Strip-searched for Drugs

Our gov’t actually upholding the 4th amendment?
This common sense requirement allows parents to rest assured that their children will not be stripped and searched without their knowledge or participation for allegedly giving another student the equivalent of two Advils.
REDDING V SAFFORD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Crazy that the ruling wasn’t unanimous, but 6-5. I can’t believe [...]

So Much for the 4th Amendment

On Wednesday the Senate approved a bill that expands the government’s wiretapping powers and also grants retroactive immunity to the telecoms that assisted with the illegal wiretapping done on suspected terrorists in America without a warrant after 9/11.
There is nothing to fear in the bill, said Senator Christopher S. Bond, the Missouri Republican who was [...]

LAPD Shuts Down May 1st PEACEFUL Protest

MPAA Shows Off Anti-Piracy Dogs in Dubai

This has got to be the most retarded use of resources EVER.
MPAA Shows Off Anti-Piracy Dogs in Dubai at TorrentFreak

Don’t Copy That Floppy

Anti-piracy campaigns are comedy. Before Captain Copyright there was MC Double Def DP the “Disk Protector”:

More info on the ‘92 anti-software campaign here.

Be loyal, kind and don’t steal movies

Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn a merit patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music.
Be loyal, kind and don’t steal movies
The brainwashing continues.

Latest Fashion Ain’t Right

So this is beauty?

Fashion on Yahoo! News Photos

Retail Shoplifting Tech

There’s even talk of stores installing facial recognition programs and license plate readers to catch repeat offenders. You’re not likely to notice much of a difference at your favorite shopping haunts. But make no mistake — they’re noticing you.
Attention, Shoplifters
Retail collecting even more data on its customers? Nice.

MyspaceBashing

MyspaceBashing.com Forums :: Index
Lot of wasted MySpace hate misdirected at its users rather than the more disturbing aspect of MySpace and social networking sites.  Still.  Some of the threads are pretty amusing.

Shady Circuit City offers Xbox360 backward compatibility services

How bad does Circuit City want your money? So much so that the retailer is willing to “instal” backward compatibility on your Xbox 360.
Sleazy Circuit City Ripping Off Xbox 360 Customers – Kotaku
Thats pretty dirty.  Probably a lot of suckers out there that paid for that service too.