no wonder terrorists are so excitable

they're all jacked up on METH!!!

http://tinyurl.com/plxn3

You could be among the first affected by the USA Patriot Act poised for final congressional passage this week.

Besides terrorism, the bill takes aim at the production of methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug that cannot be manufactured without a key ingredient of everyday cold and allergy medicines. The bill would impose new limits next month for how much relief a person can buy over the counter.

And beginning Sept. 30, it'll take a flash of ID to buy that medication.

The legislation sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. and Jim Talent, R-Mo., would blanket the nation with one policy that would put medicines containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter and out of the reach of meth cooks.

The idiocy of ignoring with WHY people are meth/crank/crack/heroin addicts aside, what the FUCK is this doing in the "Patriot Act"?

jenni

once you go Gitmo, you never go back

http://tinyurl.com/gfr77

....

If he were sent back to China, he might be executed, the man, identified only as Mahmut, told the panel at the start of his hearing, according to a transcripts released by the Pentagon.

"I do not want repatriation and am seeking political asylum," he said.

His fear, according to a review of dozens of other transcripts from hearings at the prison in eastern Cuba, was not uncommon among the detainees.

Prisoners from Uzbekistan, Yemen, Algeria, and other nations told tribunals that they or their families could be tortured or killed if they are sent home.

Some detainees worry about reprisals from militants who will suspect them of cooperating with U.S. authorities in its war on terror. Others say their own governments may target them for reasons that have nothing to do with why they were taken to Guantanamo Bay in the first place.

A man from Syria who was detained along with his father pleaded with the tribunal for help getting them political asylum -- in any country that will take them.

"You've been saying 'terrorists, terrorists.' If we return, whether we did something or not, there's no such things as human rights. We will be killed immediately," he said. "You know this very well."

luggage tape

great zombie jesus! I MUST have this. The TSA has to literally slice
the 4th amendment in half to leave one of those asinine little cards
in my luggage.

I know what my friends are getting for their birthdays.

peace,
jenni

keeping soldiers in the dark

http://tinyurl.com/ewbc3

...this is from an actual Marine in actual Iraq... i reckon right wing propoganda is acceptable when you got some towel-heads to jack.

Unfortunately anonomizers don't work out here (never have). Anyway, I had a few minutes today and thought I'd look and see what else was banned on the Marine web here. I think the results speak for themselves:

    * Wonkette – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.wonkette.com/) is categorized as: Forum/Bulletin Boards, Politics/Opinion.”

    * Bill O’Reilly (www.billoreilly.com) – OK

    * Air America (www.airamericaradio.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.airamericaradio.com/) is categorized as: Internet Radio/TV, Politics/Opinion.”

    * Rush Limbaugh (www.rushlimbaugh.com) – OK

    * ABC News “The Note” – OK

    * Website of the Al Franken Show (www.alfrankenshow.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.airamericaradio.com/) is categorized as: Internet Radio/TV, Politics/Opinion.”

    * G. Gordon Liddy Show (www.liddyshow.us) – OK

    * Don & Mike Show (www.donandmikewebsite.com) – “Forbidden, this page (http://www.donandmikewebsite.com/) is categorized as: Profanity, Entertainment/Recreation/Hobbies.”

Can Americans travel freely?

http://tinyurl.com/nen66

Still, some Americans think that 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear'.  Were the Founding Fathers criminals trying to protect themselves when they inserted the 4th and 5th amendments into the Bill of Rights?  After all, nobody who hasn't done anything wrong needs to worry about being searched or being forced to testify against himself.

...

The custom of showing ID at airports came about in July of 1996, in the wake of the TWA flight 800 disaster.  Faulty fuel tank insulation caused TWA 800 to explode over Long Island Sound.  Before we knew that, there was concern that terrorists had blown up the plane.  According to former terrorism czar Richard Clarke's book, the ID requirement was instituted as a temporary measure so that then-President Clinton had something to announce to the families of the victims when he met with them....

Every government that has imposed totalitarian rules told its populace that it was doing so to "uphold freedom" or "improve the security of the homeland" or "root out terrorists and subversives."  These ends do not justify unconstitutional means.  We uphold freedom by exercising it – not by restricting it.

http://tinyurl.com/pjjmj

so i invite you all to do your part. According to what the government told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Gilmore case, you can – you need only submit to secondary screening in order to fly anonymously.

Please try doing some or all of your travel by declining to show ID and report back about what happens to you. Our ultimate intent is to submit declarations from people such as yourself to the court and introduce hard evidence about what TSA's real policies and practices are.  This would probably involve arriving an hour or so earlier in the airport than otherwise, to avoid missing planes while still determining what the rules are for ID-less travel.

Amateur science tinkering -- another casualty of the war on terror

Time for some more of those flippant, lock-kneed, goose-steppin' retorts explaining how everybody who's always been "on the right side of the law" or something like that will be able to buy a friggin' $1000 PYRO license so they can mess around with a chemical toy kit.

Come to think of it, i bet some of you got your start with exactly one of the kind of kits they're going to make it impossible for potential little rocket scientists such as yourself to ever get interested in the art of making things go BOOM!

peace,

jenni

http://tinyurl.com/kz2rd

The United States CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) has initiated criminal legal action against us and other chemical suppliers. In short, the CPSC would like to ban the public from all access to chemicals. This would mean an end to hobbies such as model rocketry, pyrotechnics and of course chemistry. One by one, our freedoms are slowly being taken away from us - this action must be stopped now.

   Specifically, the CPSC is focusing on certain chemicals and metals at this time. The current CPSC injunction would require:

"Not sell, give away or otherwise distribute any of the following Metals for which the particle size is finer than 100 mesh (or particles less than 150 microns in size) to any recipient who does not possess a valid

manufacturing license for explosives issued by the ATF:"

Aluminum and Aluminum alloys

Magnalium metal

Magnesium metal

Magnesium/Aluminum alloys

Titanium and Titanium alloys

Zinc metal

Zirconium metal

"Not sell, give away or otherwise distribute any of the following chemicals to any recipient who does not possess a valid manufacturing license for explosives issued by the ATF:"

Antimony and antimony compounds

Benzoate compounds

Nitrate compounds

Permanganate compounds

Chlorate compounds

Perchlorate compounds

Salicylate compounds

Sulfur

or any other chemical or metal listed at 16 C.F.R. § 1507.2 to any recipient who does not possess a valid manufacturing license for explosives issued by the ATF" 

"Not sell, give away or otherwise distribute any fuse in an amount greater than 25 feet per year per recipient who does not possess a valid manufacturing license for explosives issued by the ATF." 

In addition, the injunction requires extensive record keeping (photocopies of drivers licenses and, if applicable, ATF licenses for all recipients, as well as detailed invoices maintained for at least seven years) and will require suppliers to provide those records to CPSC at any time on demand.  

more A-hole legislation introduced in Congress

First, this is the most appropriate quote on technology chilling i've ever heard. 

"... embarrass and shackle the progress of improvements of tomorrow by recording and registering as law the prejudices and errors of today” - Isambard Kingdom Brunel - 1847

New "Analog-hole" legislation news: from http://tinyurl.com/ldfal

"House introduces mandatory radio-crippling law

Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-N.J.) has introduced a bill to cripple all digital radios. The Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of 2006 (H.R. 4861) requires all digital radio makers to build their devices so that they only permit "customary uses" of broadcasts. That means that no one ever gets to invent any new radio tech ever again unless the RIAA approves of it. Finally, it requires radio device makers to cripple their products to prohibit "unauthorized copying" -- which is a lot more broad than "illegal copying." As we've heard, the RIAA's position is that no copying is implicitly authorized -- they don't even think you should be allowed to rip your CDs."

keep watching, i'll send a "letter to your congress-people" link as soon as i find it. 

peace,

jenni

this is getting out of HAND!

Ok, can somebody justify this? I can't believe that even the goosiest of our goose-stepping geese on this list can agree that Homeland Security should have ANY god-damned business looking at our credit card, or any other payments.

I'm really, really, really worried, and it's not because of terrorists.

peace,

jenni

http://tinyurl.com/pju6w

What got him so upset might seem trivial to some people who have learned to accept small infringements on their freedom as just part of the way things are in this age of terror-fed paranoia. It's that "everything changed after 9/11" thing....

They paid down some debt. The balance on their JCPenney Platinum MasterCard had gotten to an unhealthy level. So they sent in a large payment, a check for $6,522.

And an alarm went off. A red flag went up. The Soehnges' behavior was found questionable.

....

After sending in the check, they checked online to see if their account had been duly credited. They learned that the check had arrived, but the amount available for credit on their account hadn't changed.

...

They were told, as they moved up the managerial ladder at the call center, that the amount they had sent in was much larger than their normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified. And the money doesn't move until the threat alert is lifted.

hey, you're not here!

http://tinyurl.com/flehd

I arrived early at the airport because I was hoping to catch an earlier flight than the one I was booked on. But, I just missed it. ... So, we checked in at the kiosk, but it refused to give me my boarding pass. ... So, I waved over a desk agent who clicked some buttons and told me that I had already used my ticket....

She informed me that I had used my ticket and boarded the flight that had just left. This was surprising since I was standing in front of her with my feet planted firmly on the ground. 

Papers please!

Justice William O. Douglas: "As nightfall does not come all at once,
neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when
everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight
that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight
- lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness."

http://tinyurl.com/k2xus