In many respects, this has long been the issue for me with regard to gay marriage/ civil unions. It is the interference of the state, again, in the decisions that we (any of us) make about our private lives. The UK government interferes with every single aspect of our private...
This is a message to the perps in their pickup trucks who like to bright my house, to the neighbors who joined gov't snitch programs, to the members of community steering groups we believe finger us for a slow death sentance, and the architects of this whole...
opinion by batvette | 17 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago 844 views | 1 recommendation | 51 comments
"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."Francis BaconObviously the good people at Amazon.com follow the golden...
"The Identity Cards Act was introduced during the period of global insecurity following 9/11 – and during what some would say was the paranoia of the era of President Bush and his vice-president Dick Cheney. The rule of law in the US was under constant threat, the Patriot...
"All internet and phone traffic should be recorded to help the fight against terrorism, according to one of the UK's former spy chiefs. Civil rights campaigners have criticised ministers' plans to log details of such contact as "Orwellian". "This debate continues. I believe...
I have met the enemy and they are the "Thought Police" Internet Communications to be Monitored by the Government.Tea Party Promoters put on notice. Bad Thoughts[As defined by the Power Elite] will be...
"Communications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics. The home secretary scrapped plans for a database but wants details...
It was 25-years ago (April 2, 1984) today that the Georgetown Hoyas defeated the Houston Cougars 84-75 to win the NCAA Championship. The win by the Hoyas was cultural history that has a 25-year link to...
The late rap-star Christopher Wallace (a.k.a.) The Notorious B.I.G. recorded a song from his 1994 debut album named 'Things Done Changed'. It's one of the most popular songs from the rap legend. That...
12-years ago in February 1997 the term "Dunkadelic" was created. Michael Jordan was in the prime of his career. Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson were both rookies in the NBA. Shaquille O'Neal was playing in his first...
LeBron James had a record night at Madison Square Garden becoming the 1st NBA player since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976 to score 50 points to go along with a triple-double.
James added 11 assists, and 10...
"Trainee officers at Strathclyde Police are being used to search social networking sites for pictures of people posing with weapons, mainly knives. More than 400 people, most of them teenagers, have been questioned and several convictions have been secured. Wpc Holly McGee,...
The football associations for Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have agreed to participate in a new Four Nations Tournament starting in 2011. The opening tournament will feature six matches. Whichever team is at top of the standing will be declared the winner....
created by Jon Azpiri | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 183 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Here is yet more evidence of Big Brother Britain. "In the Queen's speech this autumn Gordon Brown's government will announce a scheme to institute a database of every telephone call, email, and act of online usage by every resident of the UK. It will propose that this...
"The Department of Homeland Security is moving towards implementing a provision of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 otherwise known as the thought crimes bill. This is despite the fact that the legislation has not been signed into...
opinion by Erik Larson | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 235 views | 12 recommendations | 5 comments