irregular times arrow pathsIt is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.


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Senator Russ Feingold Stands for Liberty Against Patriot Act Abuses

Filed under Homeland Insecurity, Legislation, Liberty by jclifford at 12:59 am

It’s a fine thing to see Senator Russ Feingold in action. With the Republicans in Congress are playing around with frivolous maneuvers to try to keep anti-liberty provisions of the Patriot Act in effect, Senator Feingold did a bold thing today: He went to the floor of the United States Senate today and told the truth.

The Republicans’ supposed “reforms” of the Patriot Act are fraudulent and inadequate. As Senator Feingold pointed out today, the Republicans latest attempt to preserve the abusive provisions of the Patriot Act in force:

  • Does not prevent the government from obtaining the library, medical and other sensitive business records of people with no link to suspected terrorists.
  • Does not provide meaningful judicial review of the gag orders associated with Section 215 business records orders and National Security Letters.
  • Does not ensure that when government agents secretly break into the homes of Americans to do a so-called “sneak and peek” search, they tell the owners of those homes in most circumstances within seven days, as courts have said they should, and as the Senate bill did.

    We’re providing the full text of Senator Feingold’s speech and also recommend that you look at the American Library Association’s resources on the problems with the Patriot Act.


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