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How the law entangles us
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
A judge has sentenced a businessman at the centre of a fraud case to 3½ years in jail despite admitting the existence of fresh evidence that casts doubt on the safety of his conviction. Oh aye, so what happened? Bowles was convicted by a jury in June of cheating the Revenue of £1.2 million in VAT but sentencing ...1 day ago -
Didn’t someone try this before?
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
Demos today launches a report arguing that the principle of national service, abolished in Britain in 1960, still has something to offer. A national civilian service — a sort of “civic corps” — would look very different from its military forebear: it would be flexible and tailored to people’s lives, not a ...4 days ago -
Civil Liberty – Christmas Appeal: Please give generously
The British National Party —
Authority: 606
Civil Liberty correspondent–Imagine a country where employees could be sacked solely on account of their political affiliations or denied work in certain public jobs. Picture a country where careers could be ruined and people left financially destitute on account of expressing views to which the ruling elite ...1 week ago -
That glorious European Arrest Warrant
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
Aren’t we just so lucky to be protected by our own legal system ? The men were sentenced in their absence by the supreme court of Cyprus in 2008 to three years’ jail each. They were initially acquitted by a Cypriot court in February 2007, but that verdict was overturned by the higher court in January last year ...1 week ago -
Some have askled where Scott is
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
And some have the answer . Simply enjoying the life of free people in a free land. The important point being that of course Scott Burgess was always a free man, given the accident of his place of birth. But the land in which he is now free has not been, had not been, as a result of the actions of those who would ...3 weeks ago -
FBI’s Chabinsky: Don’t Worry About Privacy, We’re Watching You
Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print —
Authority: 443
In this morning’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, FBI Cyber Division Steven Chabinsky just declared that Americans need not worry about privacy concerns when the FBI engages in cybersurveillance, because the FBI is sure to follow the directions of its operations ...3 weeks ago -
Senate Hearing Features 6 Security Hawks, Just 1 Privacy Expert
That's My Congress —
Authority: 476
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security will be holding a hearing this Tuesday at 10 AM entitled “Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace.” What happens in this hearing will set the stage for legislation to regulate the internet ...3 weeks ago -
Quite
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
In a free society, people should be at liberty to hold intolerant views if they wish. Our public order laws are meant to mark the boundary between free speech and a deliberate attempt to whip up violence; Something that many seem to have missed the point of. Inside our heads we’re allowed to think absolutely ...3 weeks ago -
The technocratic calculation problem
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
Gosh, wouldn’t the world be such a better place if those clever and selfless people who man the bureaucracy simply told us all what we may and may not do? Oh, some would worry and bleat about those outmoded concepts of individual freedom and liberty but they can be ignored: consigned to the dustbin of history along ...3 weeks ago -
Those with nothing to hide have nothing to fear
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
Oh yeah ? Mrs Elliott, 42, had her details logged on the police national computer after she was wrongly accused by her estranged husband of signing his name on the form. She was arrested but cleared within 24 hours, and checks at the school found no evidence of wrongdoing. However, officers kept details of ...3 weeks ago -
Lithuania incurs EU wrath for law against the propagation of homosexuality to children
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 157
From Cranmer If ever proof were needed that EU national governments may no longer legislate in accordance with their own cultural traditions, or enact laws which uphold the Christian understanding of the family, it is now evident . Astonishingly (or perhaps not), the European Parliament has considered ...3 weeks ago -
Catholic Parish Cancels Series About Homosexuality in Face of Homosexualist Pressure
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 157
By Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews MONTREAL, Quebec. A Montreal Catholic parish hosting a series for parents on instilling a normal and integrated sexual identity in their children has been intimidated into cancelling the remainder of the sessions following threats of protest from homosexualists. Moreover, the ...4 weeks ago -
Imposing Secularism in State Schools Isn’t Religious Neutrality, but Religious Persecution
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 157
David Conway, Civitas ‘Now there’s spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down. Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain’t no neutral ground.’ So sang Bob Dylan . I was put in mind of those lyrics by a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ...4 weeks ago -
From Iron Curtain to knuckle-duster
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 157
By Melanie Phillips Twenty years ago today, supporters of freedom and human rights cheered and wept for joy as the Berlin Wall was torn down by jubilant young Germans. To so many, that heady day seemed to herald the emergence of a better world. The spectre of communism had finally been laid to rest. Liberty had ...4 weeks ago -
Senior chaplain in Helmand province: ‘We kill to defeat evil’
Anglican Mainstream —
Authority: 157
From Cranmer The senior padre of Task Force Helmand, 11 Light Brigade, has said British soldiers in Afghanistan should be prepared to die in a ‘fight against the evil of fundamentalism’. Padre Mark Christian said killing ‘to defeat evil’ was ‘morally permissible’. He leads today’s Remembrance ...4 weeks ago -
I don’t know what your Hungarian is like
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
But here’s footage of the Pan European picnic: the first of the East Germans being able to leave Hungary for Austria.4 weeks ago -
For the week ahead
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
I date the exact moment to when one of the crowd turns to the senior border guard and says: “Don’t be stupid”. From the moment that those who can arrest, imprison, shoot, are held in contempt, not fear, then liberty has won. And from the Reichstag. And don’t forget the Hungarians. If anyone can find it, I ...4 weeks ago -
Homage to those who stand against the forces of dictatorship
Mabinogogiblog —
Authority: 137
I get choked when I watch these videos of the current pro-democracy demonstrations in Iran. The sheer courage and persistence of the Green Movement, the students of Iran, in the face of the cowardly swaggering police and Basij militia is an example to all who aspire to something better than the moronic, thoughtless ...4 weeks ago -
Most amusing
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
OK, so Melissa McEwan’s a little over the top here but she does make a good point. There are certain things called “rights” which are not, or should not be, subject to the tyranny of the majority. In her example whether or not two same sex people can get married to each other is just such a right, not ...5 weeks ago -
Oh please, do fuck off
Tim Worstall —
Authority: 533
The event – dubbed ‘non fire night’ – will see dozens of families hold sparklers and gather around a massive screen showing film footage of a bonfire. Recorded images of a roaring real fire will be projected onto a 16ft by 12ft screen mounted on a scaffolding stand – at a cost of £300. This is ...5 weeks ago
