According to a ZDnet article, Justice Department prosecutors have asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL to turn over millions of records from their databases. This is all part of the government's attempt to defend the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The ACLU is challenging COPA in part on the grounds that compliance is impossible. To support COPA, the federal … [Read more...] about Fight the Power!
Creeping Totalitarianism
He Was For It Before He Was Against It
Radley Balko has the goods on a flip-flopping former Presidential candidate. … [Read more...] about He Was For It Before He Was Against It
Miami Police, Supporting Terrorists?
Radley Balko points to an AP wire story about scary police-state tactics in Miami: Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant. Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone … [Read more...] about Miami Police, Supporting Terrorists?
Standing Up to Big Canine
First they went after the drug users, then those who drink and drive, then the gun owners, then tobacco users, then fast food... Now, behold as the Chicago Tribune's John Kass totally loses his shit: You want a dog that weighs more than, say, 15 pounds? Then you pay $1,000 a year in fees and licenses for the right to own one. The fee could be knocked down to, say, $200 a … [Read more...] about Standing Up to Big Canine
I Must Drive 55
Stephen Gordon at Hammer of Truth (which sounds like something from the Colbert Report) worries that someday he may just have to Drive 55. … [Read more...] about I Must Drive 55