Ron Paul to announce ’08 presidential bid
Limited government advocate, strict constitutionalist, and the tax-payers’ best friend; what’s not to like? Representative Paul (R) of Texas faces …
Child labor: a not-so-secret agent behind the “low, low prices”
From The New York Times CHIMALTENANGO, March 11 — Work starts early for the people of the Guatemalan countryside, sometimes …
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Tell me this isn’t amazing…
CGI artists routinely remake reality these days, but it takes an insanely skilled craftsperson to get human faces exactly right. …
No Passport For Britons Refusing Mass Surveillance
People who refuse to give up their bank records, tax records & details of any benefits they’ve claimed, and the …
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PATRIOT Act redefines “Domestic Terrorism”
Section 802 of the USA PATRIOT expanded the definition of terrorism to cover “domestic,” as opposed to international, terrorism. According …
House Democrats introduce bill to restore habeas corpus
Powerful House Democrats have introduced legislation intended to restore the right to habeas corpus. Rep. Jane Harman (D), who chairs …
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Boo hoo: Credit Card Executives Tough Out Senate Hearing
Disclosure Statements Written at “27th-Grade Level” By Joseph S. Enoch ConsumerAffairs.Com Congressional Correspondent March 7, 2007 In what played out …
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Warrantless wire-tapping: NSA+AT&T update
From Wired News: Spy Docs Stay Sealed For Now – UPDATED A federal judge rebuffed an effort by media organizations, …
Israel unveils portable hunter-killer robot
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — An Israeli defense firm on Thursday unveiled a portable robot billed as being capable of entering most …
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Sony’s alternate universe for PS3
This sort of techniverse has already played a minor part in the first book; Alternia is represented there as a …
Disdain for veterans speaks louder than “support our troops” rhetoric
This deplorable situation took decades to develop, and politicizing it won’t resolve the disgrace. That being said, the current administration …
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TIA is coming back, if it was ever gone at all
The Washington Times reports today what somehow, somewhere we already knew. Homeland Security officials are testing a supersnoop computer system …
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