Monthly Archives: April 2013

Tennessee politician arrested for habit of masturbating out car window at 90 mph

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“Three women testified last week in the trial of former Mount Carmel, Tennessee Vice-Mayor William Blakely, who is charged with exposing himself to multiple women while driving over the course of years.  According to reports, Blakely repeatedly harassed women while driving, even going so far as to hang his genitals out the car window while driving at speeds in excess of 90 miles per hour. While the run-ins with Blakely happened at different places and different times, all of the women’s stories began the same way, with Blakely pulling up alongside them on the highway, then starting to wave and try to catch their attention.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/09/tennessee-politician-arrested-for-habit-of-masturbating-out-car-window-at-90-mph/

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Officer fired after trying to give phony insurance ticket to politician

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“A state trooper who said he was ‘cutting a break’ to a speeding legislator has been fired because he decided instead to falsely cite the lawmaker for not having proof of car insurance.  Trooper Charles Swindle, a six-year veteran of the Florida Highway Patrol, is appealing his March 15 firing and says the state highway patrol has an unwritten policy of not issuing tickets to lawmakers who set the patrol’s budget, a charge the agency hotly denies but which raises new questions about whether politicians get favored treatment on Florida’s highways.”

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/27/3310004/lawmaker-complains-about-getting.html

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Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up feds’ surveillance

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“Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects’ conversations, an internal government document reveals.  An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that because of the use of encryption, ‘it is impossible to intercept iMessages between two Apple devices’ even with a court order approved by a federal judge.”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57577887-38/apples-imessage-encryption-trips-up-feds-surveillance/

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Judge declares using Google Maps for driving directions illegal in California

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“Judge Hamlin reasoned that the law’s intent was to prevent all manual operation of the cellphone to curb distracted driving.  Hamlin felt this even though Sprigg argued that when the original law specified voice calls, it was felt necessary to append the law to add texting to its purview. Using that example, if the law didn’t specify the other operations it covered, then it shouldn’t apply to those other operations. Hamlin’s decision countered that there was no legislative history that demonstrated the bill’s original supporters didn’t want texting covered by the law originally.”

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/08/why-using-google-maps-for-driving-directions-is-illegal-in-calif/

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Given The Chance, All Governments Would Abolish Freedom Of Speech

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“Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter filed a complaint with that city’s Human Rights Commission accusing a magazine of ‘racial incitement’ for publishing a story dealing with race relations. Downey, California resident Hashim Bomani was hit with a restraining order after using his blog to criticize Steven Golightly, director of the LA County Child Support Services Department.  Dominic Ray Aguilar, a 37-year-old cab driver from Roseville, California, has been charged with making ‘terroristic threats’ against Police Officer John Moody in a Facebook post condemning Officer Moody for gunning down an unarmed man named Ernesto Duenez.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/given-the-chance-all-governments?blog=7

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Environmental activist re-jailed after writing blog post about prison conditions

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“Environmental activist Daniel McGowan was taken back to prison on Thursday after he wrote a Huffington Post op-ed post while in a halfway house asserting that his fellow inmates were imprisoned for their religious or political beliefs. After publishing his op-ed, McGowan was then sent back to a high-security prison facility Thursday morning. His wife, Jenny Synan, told the Huffington Post, ‘If this is indeed a case of retaliation for writing an article about the BOP retaliating against his free speech while he was in prison, it is more than ironic, it is an outrage.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/05/environmental-activist-re-jailed-after-writing-blog-post-about-prison-conditions/

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Feds Seize Property; Tell Owner, “Prove It’s Yours!”

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“Eight years ago this week, on a sunny, clear, but windy and hence cold day, near a wide spot in the road called Garryowen an hour north of the Wyoming border, vans full of armed, SWAT-geared federal agents sped down I-80.  Garryowen is a private town owned by Christopher Kortlander that features, among other structures, a gas station, a convenience store, a fast-food outlet, an arts and crafts store (‘The Trading Post’), and the Custer Battlefield Museum.  The vans skidded to a stop before the museum and the agents leaped out as they drew weapons, surrounded and stormed into the museum, and held its employees at gun point.”

http://forfeiturereform.com/2013/04/02/feds-seize-property-tell-owner-prove-its-yours/

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Jim Bovard: Farmers fight for the right to grow raisins

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“Marvin Horne, a 67-year-old raisin farmer in Fresno, Calif., was fined almost $700,000 for refusing to surrender control of much of his harvest to the federal committee in 2002. Horne, who has been growing raisins for more than 40 years, has battled the raisin committee for more than a decade and describes its regime as ‘involuntary servitude.’  His challenge — which is supported by many California raisin growers — landed in front of the Supreme Court last month.  According to the Obama Administration and USDA, the Raisin Administrative Committee needs vast power to protect farmers from selling too many raisins.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/04/05/raisin-usda-california-column/2053127/

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NYT: Bubble or No, Virtual Bitcoins Show Real Worth

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“So why the sudden run-up in value? Some point to the recent crisis over Cypriot banks, which made a currency beyond the control of governments more tempting. And as with a run-up in anything tradable there is also the hypnotic logic that says the price went up today, so that means it will go up tomorrow.  Some observers and investors also make the case that bitcoins are in fact undervalued: The total value of the world’s economic activity is enormous. There are certain transactions that are ideal for bitcoins because the currency is relatively anonymous and does not need to be processed by a financial organization or a government.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/business/media/bubble-or-no-virtual-bitcoins-show-real-worth.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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Eight month pregnant woman tasered by cops

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Eight month pregnant woman tasered by cops

“In Springfield, Illinois, Lucinda White was tasered by a cop after her boyfriend’s dispute with another individual over a fender bender went south. The 29 year-old called the police in an effort to settle the dispute, but later the eight months pregnant woman was brought down and tasered. According to the police report White was yelling, cursing and resisting arrest. RT’s Margaret Howell brings us more on the video that has gone viral.”

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