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Giovanni Gallucci posted a tweet

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:35:18 America/Los_Angeles

@MeanRachel I would argue that every time I am searched w/o cause or a warrant at the airport, it's MY civil liberties that are violated.
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Tom Paine posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:50:30 America/Los_Angeles

Time to draw a line
Ambush Predator: Overstepping Their Bounds?. JuliaM (you won't see her coming) correctly identifies the issue. No-one should...
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Jah2 shared an item

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:02:21 America/Los_Angeles

Yo dawg, I heard you like TSA security restrictions, so I put some security restrictions on top of your security restrictions
(Image: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, at far left, in a photo from his Facebook profile, via NYT.) Here's an open thread for discussing the awesome new TSA in-flight security restrictions that will surely protect us all from future pantsbombers. Just like...
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((( jagz ))) posted a blog entry

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:20:49 America/Los_Angeles

gawker posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:30:00 America/Los_Angeles

ACLU Now an Exponentially Less Hardcore Lobby Than Previously Considered [Civil Liberties]
You'll be disappointed to find out that the ACLU's executive director doesn't spend Sundays burning anarchy signs into...
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gawker posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:30:00 America/Los_Angeles

jbruin shared an item

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:09:21 America/Los_Angeles

UKStevieB shared an item

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:14:44 America/Los_Angeles

Yo dawg, I heard you like TSA security restrictions, so I put some security restrictions on top of your security restrictions
Here's an open thread for discussing the awesome new TSA in-flight security restrictions that will surely protect us all from future pantsbombers. Just like the war on toothpaste protected us from this one. How'd that loser get Pentaerythritol...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:00:53 America/Los_Angeles

Quiet_Man posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:35:00 America/Los_Angeles

Minding your own business
The governments of todays UK are obsessed with meddling in peoples lives, be it in drugs, alcohol, health and safety, even...
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DotConnector UK posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:19:00 America/Los_Angeles

Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory - Big Brother

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streetknowledgetv posted a blog entry

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:10:54 America/Los_Angeles

Bernie Madoff Beat Up in Jail?
Well it seems that Bernie got his head handed to him in jail. The inmates obviously don’t like people who steal. via...
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stone1343 shared an item

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:18:23 America/Los_Angeles

Reclaiming Public Values in the Age of Casino Capitalism
This is a difficult time in American history. The American people have every right to demand to live in peace, enjoy the comforts of economic security, have access to decent health care, be able to send their children to quality schools and live with a...
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Carol Keefer posted a blog entry

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:14:00 America/Los_Angeles

Protestors Attacked in Iran
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34570961/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
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SMiles bookmarked a link

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:39:49 America/Los_Angeles

America's Secret ICE Castles
"If you don't have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he's illegal, we can make him disappear." Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph, then executive director of Immigration and Customs...
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SMiles bookmarked a link

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:31:43 America/Los_Angeles

Report: ICE using unlisted detention centers for immigrant prisoners - Raw Story
Many of the sites are unmarked and unlisted, going unnoticed in office parks and commercial zones, according to reporter Jacqueline Stevens. The so-called ICE "subfield offices" are mainly used to house prisoners in transfer and are not subject...
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SMiles bookmarked a link

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:19:06 America/Los_Angeles

FlyersRights.ORG - Largest Non-Profit Airline Consumer Organization
FlyersRights.org was formed to support in 2006, when a Napa, California Realtor, Kate Hanni, was stranded with her husband and two children for 9 hours on the tarmac in Austin, Texas. The victim of a sexual assault just months before, Kate vowed never to...
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dick_and_sharon posted a blog entry

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:00:51 America/Los_Angeles

In War, Winners Can Be Losers
Thus far, most of the supporters and opponents of escalating the U.S. war in Afghanistan have focused on whether or not it is...
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Gauravonomics shared an item

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:46:39 America/Los_Angeles

Designing for the gut
I want you to watch this video from a recent Sarah Palin rally (hat tip: Marshall Kirkpatrick). It gives us “who” I’m talking about. While you could chalk up the effect of the video to clever editing, I’ve seen similar videos that suggest that...
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Andre C posted a blog entry

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:58:00 America/Los_Angeles

Sayonara Democrats (2003-2009)
I figured the day would come, but not this soon. I’ve now come to the definitive conclusion that the Democratic Party and...
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snachodog shared an item

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:34:50 America/Los_Angeles

EFF lawsuit reveals US improperly collected data on citizens
This week, the US Homeland Security department, Department of State, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Agency released 162 pages of intelligence oversight reporting, in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by the...
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Vidz King posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:37:06 America/Los_Angeles

Letting the Beast Out of the (Corporatist) Bottle: Obama Channels Bush on Bioweapons
Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling…, December 20, 2009 The Obama administration’s recent declaration on...
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Logical Extremes shared an item

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:26:38 America/Los_Angeles

((( jagz ))) posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:40:42 America/Los_Angeles

mark90 posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:40:42 America/Los_Angeles