Story Archive (Page 139 of 150)

Thursday, January 12, 2012

... prosecute, arrest, interrogate, detain and hold anyone ...

Mr.Yoda, 21:32h [734]

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"My reading of history convinces me
that most bad government
results from too much government."

[Thomas Jefferson]

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President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Into Law:
Sadly the American Constitution and Civil Rights in America died on December 31., 2011, when President Obama signed into law the "Defense Authorization Bill [NDAA]" - allowing the military to prosecute, arrest, interrogate, detain and hold anyone on charges of suspected terrorism without legal rights granted by the Consttution. It has no temporal or geographic limitations, and can be used by this and future presidents to militarily detain people captured far from any battlefield.

citation:
"Congress and the president also have a role to play in cleaning up the mess they have created because no American citizen or anyone else should live in fear of this or any future president misusing the NDAA’s detention authority." [ACLU]

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There's that change we were promised...going from bad to worse! [comment]

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Scary (2)

Mr.Yoda, 03:36h [768]

Text from an email I recently received from a friend:

" .. I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I went back and locked my car again three times. Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around, and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation .. I quickly .. jumped in my car and sped away. I went straight to the police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars. Two weeks later, my friend's son had a similar happening .. the police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery tactic:
There is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain locking device ..
They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom, and that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car -- that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim, it will not be you.

When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain, it sends the code .. (so that) it can be instantly stolen.
.. Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure we remembered to lock them .. "

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Scary ...!

Mr.Yoda, 13:48h [1207]

In today's mail I received some pictures and text on a demonstration recently held in London - need I say that I was utterly shocked?

[The following is a citation from the mail mentioned]
" .. Pictures from London -- this is beyond scary .... Makes you wonder doesn't it .... View the pictures below and decide how you really feel about the future of the Western World. Why would anyone think that we should be at war with nice, peaceful Muslims? These pictures tell it all!
Muslims have stated that England will be the first country they take over! These pictures are not shown on TV or in Newspapers. Would it be against 'their' human rights?
These pictures are of Muslims marching through the STREETS OF LONDON during their recent 'Religion of Peace Demonstration.'

Can you imagine having a Christian demonstration against Islam in an Islamic country? .. "

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