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HTML archive for linkblog.xmlSunday, April 15, 2012Problems With TSA Claiming It Can Require Identification, Let Alone Detainment So the question isn't what authority the TSA has to issue regulations for screening, but what authority they have to compel answers to questions, to compel production of documentary evidence, or to prevent or delay people from traveling, in the absence of regulations or statutory authority for such actions.Phil Mocek Wins in Court Upholds Right to Not Show ID at TSA Checkpoint "[TSA] wants people to show ID and submit to a search and groping, but there's no legal basis for most of this," says Hasbrouck, who publishes the travel book series The Practical Nomad. "The TSA relies fundamentally on intimidation. The ultimate threat is 'We'll call the local police.' And when they're called in, they don't say 'We don't see a crime here.' They get that person out of there." After his arrest, Phil Mocek filed a public records request for the police reports, as well as for the audio from police radio conversations during the incident and the video from airport security cameras. Hasbrouck says the audio and video directly contradict the police's assertion that Mocek was acting belligerently. Monday, March 19, 2012Government is a disease masquerading as the cure. Emergency government workers dally as a man who had seizure drowns in a pool of water waist deep.Sunday, March 18, 2012Marines disarmed in Afghan war zone for Panetta visit Unprecedented disarming of combat Marines in a war zone due to Dept of Defense Sec Leon Panetta (former CIA director) visit to the Helman province. "Some people got itchy."Tuesday, December 20, 2011British Prepare Evacuation Plans Ahead of Spain and Portugal Collapse by Mac Slavo. #HeadintheSand #Euro #EU lewrockwell.comFriday, December 09, 2011Media Manipulation and Ron Paul. Adam Curry: Ron Paul is "not part of the script and doesn't know he's just supposed to be an extra." #NoAgendaMonday, November 28, 2011Judges rule on fear, not law. On Monday, the state's top court, the Court of Appeals, ruled New York cannot give money directly to private businesses or organizations, because the state constitution forbids it. But, the court continued, the state can give money to public benefit corporations like Empire State Development Corp., which pass it on to private businesses.Sunday, November 27, 2011The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy. But wait: why on earth would Congress advise violent militarized reactions against its own peaceful constituents? The answer is straightforward: in recent years, members of Congress have started entering the system as members of the middle class -- but they are leaving DC privy to vast personal wealthSaturday, November 26, 2011Bob Schieffer, Ron Paul and journalistic objectivity Watch how thoroughly and even proudly he dispenses with both of those traits when interviewing Ron Paul last Sunday on Face the Nation regarding Paul's foreign policy views.Senate Moves To Allow Military To Intern Americans Without Trial :. The Senate is set to vote on a bill next week that would define the whole of the United States as a "battlefield" and allow the U.S. Military to arrest American citizens in their own back yard without charge or trial. Suffolk Co. NY to hear proposal to ban chemtrails. On Dec. 6, New York's Suffolk County government will hold a public hearing on a proposal to ban aerial spraying of aluminum oxide, barium, sulfur, and other salts into the air over the county Thursday, November 24, 2011Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings and abuse in post-Gaddafi Libya - Africa - World - The Independent. Thousands of people, including women and children, are being illegally detained by rebel militias in Libya, according to a report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Many of the prisoners are suffering torture and systematic mistreatment while being held in private jails outside the control of the country's new government.Raw Milk Freedom Riders A group of Maryland moms served raw milk and cookies in front of the Food and Drug Administration headquarters on Tuesday, urging the agency to drop its longstanding ban on selling unpasteurized milk across state lines. Karine Bouis-Towe, David Gumpert and Max Kane Interviewed on Common Sense Revisited Radio - Nov 5, 2011 Archives & Showlinks Sheriffs Standing for 10th Amendment Common Sense Revisited Radio Show Archive & Link - November 19, 2011. Guest Sheriff Richard Mack, who has written, "The greatest threat we face today is not terrorists; it is our own federal government. If America is conquered or ruined it will be from within, not a foreign enemy."- No Safer Than Pre 911 Due to TSA A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform JOINT MAJORITY STAFF REPORT 112th Congress November 16, 2011. |