The L.A. Times has a wrenching article here
and of course there are the tribulations of others, mostly very minor offenders in Oklahoma at this link.
These outcomes don’t surprise me very much. Far too much of our policy is driven by hysteria and ignorance as verses good science, compassion and reason
Worse the pander-monkeys who […]
yest another reason my government scares me more than almost anything.
The Easy Slide to Tyranny. St Paul Mass Arrests
Alternet and Fire Dog Lake both have the article. I am just passing it on.
if I was one of those political theater leftist types I’d suggest a new chant “Hey Hey. Ho. Ho Authoritarians have got […]
I don’t usually curse in titles but this idea scares the hell out of me.
With all the economic troubles on the horizon I don’t expect to see this go anywhere right away. still its really dangerous with potential for abuse beyond my imagination to describe.
Its uses for evil exceed the most fiendish imagination of the […]
More from Lew Rockwell today.
Good article and I couldn’t have put it better than the opening phrase
The recently concluded Republican National Convention in St. Paul served as the grand coming-out party for the Homeland Security State.
Folks for the record, it isn’t just happening during hotly contested conventions in St Paul. As Time magazine points […]
The Republicans sure are a brittle bunch with a low tolerance for criticism aren’t they?
After the the recent actions in St. Paul and the actions, basically attempts at censorship by billy club against video journalists and activists I am never voting Republican again, I recomend that you avoid it too.
The only way I’ll ever […]
On Populist America.
Stuff like this makes we wish I were a billionaire.
I’d love to give these guys enough funds to get heard out there in the real world instead of just on the internet by those of us who are computer savvy.
We shouldn’t need something like this in the U.S. of A. but since the Republicans decided to move from the party of Moderate Conservatism to the party of Stupid Fascism its seems to have become necessary.
There is a nice petition you can sign here or you can write your own letter, call or E-Mail. […]
I don’t think I need say more than this. What have we come too?
There is no doubt in mind, from the limited exposure I did get of the whole RNC scene, that we are in fact under Martial Law. There is no walking through downtown St Paul without coming to the absolute realization that […]
Part 2 of the Minneapolis Saga from Glen Greenwald .
Glen asks
Yet how is our own Government’s behavior in Minnesota any different than what the Chinese did to its protesters during the Olympics (other than the fact that we actually have a Constitution that prohibits such behavior)? And where are all the self-righteous Freedom Crusaders […]
From Glen Greenwald’s Blog.
Unless there are some seriously mitigating facts that we don’t have the short version is
S.W.A.T. raids were used to intimidate peaceful protesters from non violent groups like Food Not Bombs.
Folks I know Food Not Bombs, Moon has dragged me kicking and screaming to a bunch of their get togethers way […]