Supreme Court finishes gutting civil liberties

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 5:51 AM PST

2009/12/21 · 05:51

So, this is it. It came down with an absolute wimper rather than a bang. Hell, not a single "news" channel has remarked upon this. To what do I refer? Why just the latest ruling by the Supreme Court that, quite literally, officially eliminates EVERYONE'S civil and constitutional rights, top to bottom.

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Thursday March 13, 2008 · 8:03 AM PDT

2008/03/13 · 08:03

With recent disclosures of how extensive and wanton is the federal government's illegal spying on virtually everything we do that uses an electronic device, I thought now would be a good time to offer a primer on how you can reclaim at least a portion of your 4th and 5th Amendment rights and your absolute privacy. This diary provides information on how to obtain truly anonymous email accounts and, furthermore, how you can keep that anonymity and protect your privacy from the illegal prying eyes of Big Brother (be he the federal government or corporate Little Big Brothers).

Though primarily focused on email, the information/tools I discuss below can also be used to gain anonymity in IRC chats and even suggests a means of obtaining privacy, though not anonymity, with VOIP softphones on your computer.

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Tuesday January 15, 2008 · 10:08 AM PST

2008/01/15 · 10:08

Digby has an entry up about an attempt by Bush to tie the hands of the next President, keeping our troops in Iraq indefinitely.

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Thursday December 20, 2007 · 7:36 AM PST

2007/12/20 · 07:36

This is interesting and almost timed to match with the December 29 anniversary of Wounded Knee. Fox news (I know, nasty nasty place, but it is linked to from Rawstory) is reporting that the Lakota have declared treaties signed by the US government to be worthless pieces of paper and that they've had enough. They're outa here...and anyone who wishes to join them is free to do so.

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Tuesday July 17, 2007 · 5:45 PM PDT

2007/07/17 · 17:45

This is a fast one. Rawstory is reporting that Mier's lawyer, George Manning, has informed Conyers that she will NOT be appearing before the House and that she is absolutely immune. End of story...or is it?

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Monday March 19, 2007 · 3:43 PM PDT

2007/03/19 · 15:43

I slid on over to the Wayne Madsen Report(I know, I know...considered generally "unreliable") and his headliner story is that "Democratic party sources" state that the Italian government of Romano Prodi (who squeeked a win from Mussolini, err, I mean Burlusconi in their last election) is investigating the possible role of Karl Rove and his group of GOP henchmen in advising Burlusconi's peeps on vote tampering. He also states that the Mexican opposition PRD party is also investigating this same collection for the same reasons.

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Tuesday November 07, 2006 · 6:37 AM PST

2006/11/07 · 06:37

This will be brief. I have received a reply from my base Comm Officer concerning the blockage. As I thought, it was not a local block, per se, for blatant partisan purposes but rather a central block originating from the USAFR NOC (Network Operations Center).

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 5:38 AM PST

2006/11/06 · 05:38

This is a short and sweet posting to simply inform the masses that DailyKos is now officially blocked by the US military web filters. I just finished a Reservist weekend. While I am there I usually spend a little time to take a look-see at the goings on at DKos and other sites. Up until this last weekend (4 and 5 Nov 06) I was able to access all my blog/news sites. No more. DKos and Firedoglake are now blocked. The blurb that comes up on the DKos block indicates that "profanity" is the reason. The message on Firedoglake indicates the "problem" is streaming media of a personal nature (can't recall the exact verbage).

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Saturday September 30, 2006 · 6:53 AM PDT

2006/09/30 · 06:53

We all, rightfully, directed a lot of our attention at the monstrous Torture and Gulag bill that passed on Thursday. It didn't end with that bill. There were other bills that we hadn't been following that were rocketed through passage that, when added to the previous bills (original Patriot Act, Torture bill) make a horrific situation much much more dangerous. Read More

Senator Mark Pryor...the antiDemocrat

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Monday August 28, 2006 · 6:18 PM PDT

2006/08/28 · 18:18

It generally takes so long for a reply to come back from Senators I write to that by the time I get their reply, I have forgotten that I ever wrote to them in the first place. Well I certainly remember the letters I sent concerning certain ostensibly Democratic senators supporting Lieberman in spite of the fact that the Democrats in CT made their choice loud and clear. One of the main targets of my ire was that reprobate Pryor. Today I got a letter back from Senator Mark Pryor. His reply is below the fold. Read More

The military and Fox news

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Saturday July 15, 2006 · 11:51 AM PDT

2006/07/15 · 11:51

This is a short one and just an offering of my straight-up observation. I am on duty at the moment as a Reservist (in the States). Now first thing, the military network is very tightly regulated (blogs aren't blocked...yet) so that it is very hard to enjoy many videos that are offered online, let alone from news websites. If they are not in wmf format or in flash format, no dice. Anyway, I found that there is a system setup to allow streaming to our official computer desktops through the firewall. It is administered by the military and guess what news site is virtually the only one available on this stream (at least thus far)? Go on, guess.

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Friday July 14, 2006 · 9:02 AM PDT

2006/07/14 · 09:02

Bill in Portland Maine's front page Cheers and Jeers posting touches on Arlen's expected and typical cave-in to BushCo on illegal domestic spying...but it is done in humerous fashion and as merely the first of a string of Cheers and Jeers. Arlen's depraved indifference to the Constitution deserves much more consideration...and strong action.

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