Archive for the ‘Law’ Category
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
The New York Times reports that the Stuxnet worm, destroyer of Iranian centrifuges, may well have come, as many (including this writer) thought, from a nation-state. NYT describes the worm's breeding as an joint American-Israeli venture, one specifically aimed at crippling the type of centrifuges Iran uses to enrich uranium. ...
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Back in 1981, the air traffic controllers' union, PACTO, made the mistake of testing the mettle of newly-elected President Ronald Reagan by going out on an unlawful strike. (Note: 'unlawful,' because an 'illegal' is a sick bird.) President Reagan refused to have air travel in this country held hostage to ...
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Whether it is the "Reverend" (of what?) Sharpton demanding the FCC shut down Rush Limbaugh or numerous "complaints" to the FCC about Bristol Palin on the Dancing show, the left again shows no concept of liberty.
If they don't like a result, or a message or someone simply annoys their fantastical ...
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Sunday, October 24th, 2010
It seems that some of the big banks, who may have received billions in bailouts (though who can say, since the details are too secret to share with those who must pay for all of it), now that they're back on their feet, are buying up tax liens and then ...
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010
September 11th is a time for mourning, reflection and re-dedication to defending liberty, as it should be. We should not, however, let sober reflection on the events of nine years ago obscure other threats to our freedom, many of which, even if, admittedly, much smaller in magnitude than al-Queda murderers, ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Matt Drudge reports (August 4, 2010) that TSA does store your imagies - like this one below. (So, do you still think 'Homeland Secirity is keeping you safe? Who keeps you safe from them? And where does your daughter's inage end up next? care to guess?)
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Dr. Stephen Baskerville, a leading voice in the father's rights movement, is out with his latest article, posted on lewrockwell.com, regarding human rights abuse in Sweden. There, as here, men in custody or divorce battles hold few, if any, cards, and are subject to spurious claims of domestic violence as a ...
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
The Sheriff of Nottingham would appear to have nothing on the municipal government of Dearborn Heights, Michigan. There, the police have doubled the number of tickers written over the previous year's total. Unless one assumes that asphalt lawlessness is on the rise, or that traffic flow doubled in an area ...
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Despite Michigan's having enacted legislation to prohibit state and local government from seizing land in order to give it to a private owner for 'economic development' under the auspicies of the 'eminent domain' clause in the United States Constitution, abuse of the power to take continues. Grand Valley State University ...
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Many of learned about the 'robber barons' of medieval times, who would waylay travelers passing by their castles for taxes, tribute or plunder [the differences are in the eyes of the beholder] before letting them go on their way. The term resurfaced again in our 19th century, as a reference ...
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