Law

Checking up on You

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This has the potential to put to make Hoover’s files and the FBI’s ’60s files look like childs play.

(12) The TTIC identities database, and the FBI’s database containing Purely Domestic Terrorism Information, will incorporate, to the extent permitted by law, available biometric dta, including data on persons who even if otherwise unidentified are known or appropriately suspected to be or have been involved in activities constituting, inpreparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism.

It was just a week ago that we were talking about rummie describing the opposition as “encouraging Washington’s enemies.” That certainly reads similar to ‘in aid of’ in the above paragraph.
The administration seems intent on getting its database on everyone up and running no matter the oppostion. And if you think it will not impact you because you haven’t done anything wrong, well, you are wrong.
1) To help them identify potential bad people they need an inclusive database. They need to have your data before you turn bad if they are going to quickly spot you before you do a bad thing.
2) Using the rummie rule I’m probably a candidate on the basis of this post alone let alone others. Think about how you fit into the bushies scheme of things.
Wake up and just say no! Now!
Via Talkleft.

Read Your Contract

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I’ll bet this is in really small print in the contract they sign:

Murwin, like thousands of other military personnel hospitalized every year, is expected to reimburse the government $8.10 per day for food. That’s standard procedure because of a law Congress passed in 1981. But it has angered many military families over the years.

This should really help recruiting once it reaches the status of full disclosure.
On the other hand, it’s a bargain compared to what a civilian would pay in a public hospital.
Via Steve Verdon.

Really, It is Stealing

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Modulator has briefly commented on this in June but the Bitch has Words takes apart all the arguments supporting illegal file sharing that I’ve come across.
First, though, she admits to being a thief:

I committed the first four transgressions many moons ago, when I was a wee pup. I committed the final one, music downloading, last December, as I compiled a set of songs for a friend.

Now, her telling us this doesn’t give her arguments any greater moral weight and it doesn’t need to as they are good enough on their own. A sample:

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Patriot Act II or?

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Whatever it is going to be called bush is stumping for it. At Quanitco today, he made a pitch for increased use of administrative supoenas, elimination of bail for terrorist suspects and additional death penalty provisions. Part of his rationale being something like if we can have these things for certain other crimes why not terrorism. For instance, with regard to administrative supoenas:

They’re used in a wide range of criminal and civil matters, including health care fraud and child abuse cases.

Perhaps they shouldn’t be used in any situation. It strikes me that probably cause approved by a judge ought to be the minimum standard.
I don’t think anyone outside bush’s cabal has seen what they plan to send to congress. Expect things to go less well for whatever it is then the roll over and play dead act that congress did for Patriot Act 1.
Talkleft (and I’m sure others) has been working this heavily. See here (the most recent as of this writing) and previous posts.