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US Government Agency Caught Smuggling Guns into Mexico!?
According to a story posted to the Los Angeles Times web site this evening, the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (commonly called the ATF or BATFE) has been “leaking” guns to known arms smugglers so that … Continue reading
Mohamed Yunus Forced Out of Grameen Bank
For the past few weeks I’ve been following talk that Nobel Laureate Mohamed Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and the guy who mostly started the micro-credit revolution, was under pressure to retire. The talk is that this was due to … Continue reading
New Hampshire Considers Criminalizing TSA Scanners, Patdowns
Today the New Hampshire state legislature is considering a bill that would make using the now-standard TSA “nudie scanners” and “enhanced pat downs” constitute sexual assault, a class III felony. The bill covers any agent of any government at any … Continue reading
Indian Government Denies Workers Medical Test Results
According to the Times of India, in 2007 an agency of the Government of India, the National Institute of Occupational Health, tested 126 mine workers for silicosis. The institute later published a research paper that stated that some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Politics
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The ACLU Gets It
Today Sam Ritchie of the ACLU posted a truly wonderful blog on the ACLU’s Blog of Rights. Apparently some nitwits fine upstanding state legislators in Iowa object vehemently to a display in the State Historical Building in honor of the … Continue reading
Libya: The Scoop (HT Mother Jones)
Yet another excellent roundup from Mother Jones Magazine: “What’s happening in Libya Explained”. If you want the background and timeline for the unrest (and, God willing, impending revolution) in Libya, this is a great place to get it.
Restaurant Owner to TSA Agents: Go *Away*!
Travel blogger and consumer advocate Christopher Elliott blogs about a restaurant owner near Seattle/Tacoma airport who, after a series of thoroughly unpleasant encounters with the TSA on business trips, in November posted signs at all doors to his restaurant informing … Continue reading
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About Mentally Impaired Illegal Immigrants…
…and mentally impaired people accused of being illegal immigrants although they are American citizens or nationals. Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) posted an article on their blog about a crying scandal in American handling of suspected illegal immigrants: … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Politics
Tagged Illegal immigration, right to representation
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Bahrain: The Scoop
Mother Jones Magazine (yes, that’s right — the old time leftist labor publication) has done it again: published a superb backgrounder on events in Bahrain along the same lines as earlier articles on the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. I’m … Continue reading