and not black boxes that can be hacked but not audited, right?
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws. [...]
April 23, 2008 – 11:16 am
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Three men accused of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to attack U.S. and allied troops met only once during the two years an undercover informant investigated them, the informant testified Wednesday.
The informant, Darren Griffin, is the key witness in the case against Mohammad Amawi, Marwan El-Hindi and Wassim Mazloum, [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union has some frightening info about who’s on the U.S. Government terror watch list, as well as a snazzy counter.
In September 2007, the Inspector General of the Justice Department reported that the Terrorist Screening Center (the FBI-administered organization that consolidates terrorist watch list information in the United States) had over 700,000 [...]
February 22, 2008 – 9:29 am
Pacemaker dies, so you do, too? Bad luck, man. Knee replacements wear out before their time? Tough shit. Because according to 8 of our 9 illustrious SCOTUS justices (with their of the cadillac health care plan and the lifetime employment), even if a company knew its medical device was faulty, if [...]
February 13, 2008 – 11:40 am
This morning, the preznit got up in a browbeating mood, and decided to bang the drum for telecom immunity right in the House’s ears.
First, a little fearmongering to break the ice:
At this moment, somewhere in the world, terrorists are planning new attacks on our country. Their goal is to bring destruction to our shores [...]
February 12, 2008 – 2:01 pm
I was up most of the night with L., who is in the midst of his first unresponsive-to-medication migraine. Three Tylenol 3s and 6 ibuprofen later, and he’s just comfortable enough to veg out on the sofa watching The Cat Returns.
So, I took this morning off, and J. took off this afternoon so he [...]
February 8, 2008 – 7:40 am
Who runs Bartertown?:
The FBI Deputizes Business
Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does—and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they [...]
February 4, 2008 – 10:19 am
With the fundies’ latest baseless court challenge down the drain, domestic partnerships are a reality in Oregon as of today:
“We won this case on the merits,” said Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director of Basic Rights Oregon. “But the real winners today are the thousands of caring, committed couples who will have access to the rights and [...]
December 17, 2007 – 11:30 am
and so should you.
Join Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) in his call for impeachment hearings on Cheney here. More than 78,000 have signed up so far.
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December 14, 2007 – 10:27 am
to all of those who voted for that Christmorgasmic resolution in Congress - on the penultimate night of Chanukkah! Maybe they’ll celebrate the wonders of that holiday on the 12th Day of Christmas.
Please take time to thank the 9 who had the guts to vote against this unconstitutional travesty (and monumental waste of time):
Rep. [...]
November 28, 2007 – 11:30 am
You’ve probably already heard about the almost-reasonable-sounding House Resolution 1955 (a/k/a Senate Bill 1959): the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. We all want to prevent Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, don’t we? Anyone who doesn’t must want the terrorists to win! You freedom-hater, you!
Or so it must have [...]
November 28, 2007 – 7:44 am
…and his apparently willful inability to get it right on FISA legislation and the Dems :
After being called to task last week for writing a dangerously misinformed column on changes to the nation’s spying laws, Klein concedes that he might have made a mistake when he said a House bill would “require the surveillance of [...]
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