Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Have I told anyone that I love watching stuff launch into space? A few weeks ago I was driving down to St. Mary's to pick up my girlfriend, and right after I got off the Washington D.C. beltway I saw a contrail in the sky ahead of me.
I obviously ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Here is an interesting article, various civil liberties violations of 2006. I wish it had included more than U.S. government things though. Maybe I'll do some hunting of my own. Below are a few excerpts.
5. Government Snooping
Take your pick. There's the NSA warrantless eavesdropping program wherein the president ...
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Normally, I'd put something is long under a cut; but not tonight. Not this.
From The Shape of Days;
I dare say that a murderer doesn’t deserve the right of habeas corpus either. But we respect it anyway. Because habeas corpus, as a legal and judicial tradition, serves to protect us from ...
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety"
~A letter to the Governor of Pennsylvania from the Assembly (of Pennsylvania) dated Nov. 11, 1755
I was going to write tonight about privacy and how it's been effected by the post-9/11 decisions, hence ...
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Thursday, September 7th, 2006
It's obvious. Though I wonder what would happen if they did have more goats.
Montgomery County needs more goats.
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