Just a few recent articles regarding the crazy hijinks at the TSA: TSA proud of confiscating non-dangerous items Commentor Hans: TSA: “What is that, electronics” Traveler: “Yep, it holds batteries” TSA: “You know what else is made of electronics? The TIMING DEVICE of a BOMB!” Traveler: “Huh?” TSA Supervisor: “That’s some good work, Lou.” TSA [...]
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Corporate media starting to get a clue about the police state.
It’s old news here, old news for most independent news sources, civil liberty organizations, and bloggers who care–but corporate news (or at least some individuals within them) are finally getting around to noticing that the Department of Homeland Security has been thumbing their nose at the 4th Amendment by searching and seizing without oversight, standards, [...]
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Two days ago I stood in a line for an hour and a half, in the heat, surrounded by everyone from 50-year-old liberal arts professors to 20-year-old white kids with dreadlocks. And it was pretty cool. We were in line to see (presumptive) Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama in a “town hall” rally to discuss [...]
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