About time someone had some fucking common sense;
Judge Smacks Down Warrantless DHS Laptop Searches
While the ruling is far from perfect, its a start.
Why hasn’t it occurred to anyone that the only reason its taking BP so long to stop polluting the Gulf and Atlantic is because they aren’t trying to simply stop the flow of oil-they are trying to still get the oil from that well. Which if you think about it…why are we letting an obviously [...]
Be careful when banging on telemarketers you don’t want to end up like this guy:
Who must really hate telemarketers
I guess he really didn’t want that warranty, its also kind of sad that this is what those post 9/11 laws are getting used for.
He should probably consider signing up on the federal do not call [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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I was going to misbehave and suggest that Bush get treated like a 19-year-old Saudi girl, but I decided that would be inappropriate given how tragic. So even though Cheney is in fact satan were not going to wish that upon him either.
I think that despite the Saudi ass-backwards treatment of women and people in [...]
Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq and Iraqi civilians killed in attacks since the U.S.-led invasion in March, 2003:
U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:
United States 3,858
Britain 171
Other nations 134
IRAQIS: Military Between 4,900 and 6,375#
Civilians [...]
So here we are in the land of religious freedom and we have folks up in arms because someone wants to take an oath on the Koran.
So the NY Times had an article about the criticism that some congressman was giving another because he wanted to take an oath on the Koran:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/us/21koran.html (NY Times so [...]
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