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• Im Channeling Eazy-E

  
  who's your nanny? — Authority: 119
  Im not completely on board with the argument that you cant be taken seriously as a writer if you use blatant profanity, but theres nevertheless some merit to it. So with that, Ill try to hold my tongue for now -- click here if you dont know what I mean by the title. As for whats got me so riled up, check out this ...
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• Problems with 911

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  Michael Crowley, senior editor at The New Republic , recounts some nightmare episodes with the 911 Emergency Response System in the current issue of Reader’s Digest .  Here’s an excerpt: If there’s one thing we think we can count on, it’s that a frantic call to 911 will bring a swift and effective ...
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• Classical Liberalism Is All in Our Heads? Responding to Paul Harvey on Race

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 629
  In the current issue of Books & Culture, Professor Paul Harvey (not to be confused with the late radio icon) takes aim at my “imagined” (read: invented) tradition of classical liberalism on race. You can read his full review here . Harvey concedes that Race and Liberty in America rediscovers ...
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• NYC Libertarian Chapter Officer Arrested in Free Speech Violation

  
  Serf City — Authority:
  Manhattan Libertarian Party Membership Director, Antonio Musumeci, was arrested Monday, and his camera’s memory card confiscated.  Antonio was recording  Julian Heicklen, a fully informed jury activist , as he distributed FIJA  information at the federal courthouse in New York City.   This incident takes ...
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• New DNA policy as flawed as the old

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  The government should implement a proportionate retention policy now rather than attempt to build a national DNA database by stealth Last December, 17 judges of the European Court of Human Rights delivered a unanimous judgment condemning the UKs policy of indefinitely retaining the DNA of those arrested, but not ...
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• CDT Urges White House to Move on PCLOB

  
  PolicyBeta — Authority: 489
  Today, CDT and 28 other organizations sent a letter to the White House asking that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) be reconstituted. The 9/11 Commission recommended the creation of PCLOB in order to oversee the protections to civil liberties and privacy within the federal government, but ...
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• Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal Next Year?

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — Authority: 144
  Next years defense bill will probably include a provision repealing the militarys "Dont Ask, Dont Tell," policy, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told the Advocate on Wednesday. Kerry Eleveld has the fascinating details : Frank said he has been in direct communication with the White House, House Speaker Nancy ...
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• Update: Buffalo Grove trustee to get name of anonymous poster

  
  Privacy Lives — Authority: 522
  The Chicago Tribune has an update to a story concerning anonymous online postings I wrote about in October.Buffalo Grove Village Trustee Lisa Stone should be told the name of the man she accuses of making defamatory online comments about her 15-year-old son, a judge ruled Monday in a case being watched for its ...
  17 hours ago

• Reforming English Libel Law

  
  Liberal Conspiracy — Authority: 681
  There is a growing consensus that English libel laws are not fit for purpose. The list of libel cases that seem to defy common sense grows longer every day. Bloggers are threatened by vindictive vested interests, and football fans on chat-rooms are bullied by their own clubs. Regional newspapers are intimidated ...
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• Big Brother is in your home

  
  The Adam Smith Institute Blog — Authority: 636
  All telecoms companies and internet service providers will shortly be required by law to keep a record of every customers personal communications. This all inclusive ‘Big Brother’ system will record phone calls, emails, text messages, and even the links clicked on the internet, all stored for at least a year ...
  19 hours ago

• “One Big Monster Government”

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 536
  Judge Andrew Napolitano was the guest host on the Glenn Beck show again today, and he really knocked it out of the park with his introductory monologue. Directly following his monologue he talks with authors, Tom Woods and Kevin Gutzman regarding the Constitution, enumerated powers, and nullification. This show is a ...
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• 10 November 09 (noonish)

  
  blueollie — Authority: 138
  Personal note: I am feeling weird; just “off”. My digestion is out of whack, I have some thigh aches (due to the stepper?) and am just “off” and tired. I am recording this so I can see if this leads to sickness or not. I am not feeling horrible; my workout this morning was slightly sub par but within ...
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• Fragging statement: MSH and Anwar al Awlaki

  
  MSH — Authority: 128
  Fragging statement: MSH and Anwar al Awlaki (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) All the facts about the Fort Hood shootings are not in yet. The facts may never be fully known. After all, the bourgeois media, the accused’s handlers, and others, will try to craft their own narratives around the events. However, it ...
  23 hours ago

• American Sues F.B.I., Saying He Was Detained in Africa

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Amir Meshal said he was detained and mistreated in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in 2007 with the approval of the United States.
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• John Yoo asks that torture lawsuit be dismissed

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 569
  University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall Law School Professor John Yoo – widely recognized as an architect of Bush Administration policies on torture and detainee rights – has filed a brief asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to toss a lawsuit filed by a former prisoner.American citizen Jose Padilla ...
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• Vancouver Police buy sonic crowd control device just in time for Olympics

  
  Senses: A blog about the Thirdi Software perception — Authority: 128
  News today that the Vancouver Police have recently purchased a Sonic Crowd Control Device has many civil liberties advocates and liberal college students very concerned. According to the CBC , the medium-range acoustic device (MRAD) “ can use sound as a weapon, emitting piercing sounds at frequency levels ...
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• The Berlin Wall

  
  Samuel J. Scott — Authority: 126
  I just watched a History Channel documentary on the night — 11 November 1989 — that the Berlin Wall fell. I was nine at the time. Here is a real-politik reflection on the event by Stratfor Global Analysis.I was too young to understand the significance at the time, but I will always remember the event [...]
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• Ellen could be fired in 29 states

  
  TORQOPIA - Abundance All Around Us — Authority: 138
  In 29 states, its legal to fire or refuse to hire someone simply because theyre gay or lesbian. In 38 states, employment discrimination based on gender identity is also legal. The ACLU has a campaign right now promoting the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). You can contact your representatives in Congress ...
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• Students testify about safety agent abuses before Council hearing

  
  GothamSchools Newsroom — Authority: 625
  Jeffrey Paulino, 17, said he had been assaulted by a school safety agent at his Bronx high school. Rallying before a City Council hearing today on a more than year-old school safety proposal , advocates renewed their call for a law that would force the city to issue quarterly reports on school violence. ...
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• Call to reform repressive libel laws

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Intimidating and out-of-date laws are silencing free speech and scientific inquiry, a new report claims, amid increasing controversy over Englands status as "the libel capital of the world". The report, released today after a year-long inquiry, claims that libel law needs fundamental reform to move away from its ...
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