Emergency Across The United States! For 32 Years Now!

Truman 11/8/2011
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A national emergency is even larger than an emergency. It’s an emergency that’s taking place all over the country. Can someone tell me what the imminent threat from Iran is, and how it is creating an urgent need across the United States?

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NYPD: New York’s Phony Data

Jim Cook 11/5/2011
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Brown, Esbensen and Geis’ Criminology 7th Edition expresses problems with the Uniform Crime Reports dryly: “The UCR also can be a tool for political manipulation. Police administrators sometimes rely upon these data to justify requests for additional money for personnel, …

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Have You Ever Found Anything Dangerous in a Halloween Trick or Treat Bag?

Jim Cook 10/31/2011
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Russ Van Arsdale of Northeast Contact is published this morning in the Bangor Daily News and the Dallas News, sharing a tip on how to make Halloween safer: Of course, there’s always a chance that something else has made its …

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Governments Request More User Data from Google in 2011. Which Countries are the Biggest Culprits?

Jim Cook 10/28/2011
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Earlier this month, I shared with you a map showing results from Google’s report on the number of requests for user data from the governments of the world, current through December 2010: Google has just updated its report to include …

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Slavish Conservative Bootlicking: Let Government Do Anything to Keep 1 Person Safe

Jim Cook 10/24/2011
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James Delingpole sarcastically takes the New York Times to task for telling the world about Bush’s secret, illegal and unconstitutional warrantless wiretapping program that spied on innocent people.  His 296th Way to Drive a Liberal Crazy is: 296. Praise the …

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Kelly Ayotte Tried To Protect Alleged Terrorists From Justice

F. G. Fitzer 10/21/2011
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We’ve waited for 10 years to see these people subjected to a trial in our nation’s system of justice. Why is Kelly Ayotte trying to stop the trials of suspected terrorists? Does she believe in the American system of justice or doesn’t she?

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Are Restricted Travel Zones Within The USA A Good Idea?

Rowan 10/19/2011
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We don’t have border checkpoints between U.S. states, certainly not between counties within a state in New Mexico. Such checkpoints would be necessary, however, to enforce the restrictions on movement contained in the Southern New Mexico Economic Development Act.

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With 1,001 Days in Office, Barack Obama has Failed to Appoint Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Jim Cook 10/18/2011
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President Barack Obama took his Oath of Office to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” 1,001 days ago. Along with that oath of office came a very real legal responsibility. Under a law passed well before …

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Barack Obama installs a Death Panel after all

Jim Cook 10/7/2011
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It turns out that despite his protestations last year that he’d never implement “Death Panels” of elitists who decide whether or not American citizens should die, President Barack Obama has gone ahead and done just that. There is a actually …

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World Governments Request User Data from Google. Which Ones and How Much?

Jim Cook 10/4/2011
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The Magico-Religious Ritual Of Our Time

Rowan 9/19/2011
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Where would we find magico-religious ritual portals, of the sort described by Arnold Van Gennep in The Rites of Passage, in our own time? Here’s a hint: They only allow three ounce containers for your liquids.

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Homeland Security: Lawful Protests against Wall Street are an Attack

Jim Cook 9/19/2011
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The United States Constitution: Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to …

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NYC Free Speech? NYPD demand all protest signs be taken down in 15 minutes

Jim Cook 9/18/2011
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At 9:15 pm, the NYPD demanded that Occupy Wall Street take down all its signs within 15 minutes, or the police themselves would take the signs away. What happened to the constitutional First Amendment right to peaceably assemble, petition for …

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You Didn’t Die In A Terrorist Attack Yesterday

Jim Cook 9/12/2011
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Well, you didn’t.  Nobody else in the USA did either, despite generous dollops of dire prediction.  Loads of Americans died yesterday from other causes.  Many of those deaths were preventable.  No one read their names.

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They Had To Pee! Homeland Security Responds With F-16 Fighters

F. G. Fitzer 9/11/2011
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Unconfirmed reports suggest that the people may have “locked themselves in the bathroom”, but anonymous sources within the transportation industry implied that everybody locks the door to the bathroom when on an airplane, as that’s the only way to keep the door from swinging open.

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Who Will Read The Names Of The Thousands Killed By Smog?

The Green Man 9/11/2011
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We can expect between four thousand and twelve thousand Americans to die every year because Barack Obama refused to institute anti-smog protections required by the Clean Air Act. Do the deaths of these Americans m

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Private Homeland Detention: the Counter-Terrorism Unit at the Mall of America

Jim Cook 9/7/2011
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“I think our name first of all, Mall of America, is attractive to people that want to hurt America.” — Maureen Bausch, Vice President of the Mall of America For once, corporate America has chosen a branding that appropriately describes …

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Smog Killer Dwarfs September 11 Terrorism

The Green Man 9/5/2011
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We don’t have the allow the month of the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2011 to be the month that we set the stage for another massacre. We could make this the occasion to take a stand against environmental terrorism by the fossil fuels corporations. More people are being killed by smog every year than were killed in the terrorist attack of September 11. Unfortunately, Barack Obama is standing with Big Oil, and not doing what it takes to defend the American people.

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