Five Hundred Lawyers on the Bottom of the Ocean

By Les Visible
What The Constitution has become is a big wedge of Swiss cheese or maybe a honeycomb, something with a lot of canals; thruways and byways and any fucking ways that you can. There are little paths and wide thoroughfares that are traveled by lawyers who move through and across them like rats move [...]

UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes

If you think national ID cards will be implemented to improve security, think again…
By Ian Grant
The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning.
The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the information embedded in the chip on the card.
Using a Nokia [...]

Is the U.S. on the Brink of Fascism?

By Sara Robinson
All through the dark years of the Bush Administration, progressives watched in horror as Constitutional protections vanished, nativist rhetoric ratcheted up, hate speech turned into intimidation and violence, and the president of the United States seized for himself powers only demanded by history’s worst dictators. With each new outrage, the small handful of [...]

Oregon Hemp Farming Bill Becomes Law

ALEM, OR — Vote Hemp, the leading grassroots advocacy organization working to give back farmers the right to grow industrial hemp (the oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis), enthusiastically supports the decision of Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to sign SB 676 into law today. The bill, which passed the House by a vote of 46 [...]

THE DEATH OF LIBERTY: THE FINAL SCENE UNFOLDS

By Greg Evensen
July 29, 2009
NewsWithViews.com
When police investigators begin amassing evidence at a crime scene, the bits [...]

Netherlands to close prisons for lack of criminals

It should be noted that the Netherlands has decriminalized drug usage.
During the 1990s the Netherlands faced a shortage of prison cells, but a decline in crime has since led to overcapacity in the prison system. The country now has capacity for 14,000 prisoners but only 12,000 detainees.
Deputy justice minister [...]

Ukranian-American Demjanjuk on plane to Germany to face trumped up charges

By M. R. Kropko
CLEVELAND – Federal agents carrying John Demjanjuk in a wheelchair put him on a small jet Monday to be deported to Germany, where the retired autoworker is accused of being a Nazi death camp guard in World War II.
Demjanjuk, 89, arrived in an ambulance at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport after spending several [...]

Mumbai Attacks Suspect Withdraws Confession

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani, is charged with 12 offences, including murder and waging war against India.
His new laywer, who was only appointed on Thursday, confirmed the 21-year-old would be pleading not guilty despite previously making a confession.
“On his instruction, a retraction application has been filed, retracting the so-called alleged confession,” Abbas Kazmi said.
“He’s going [...]

U.S. slams court decision to halt Demjanjuk’s deportation

Demjanjuk has been through the courts for decades now, yet has not been found guilty.  He was accused of being responsible for the deaths of thousands, but it turned out that he was not the man the accusers thought.  He job was merely to take care of guard dogs.  But rest assured that the powers [...]

End the War on Drugs

By Ron Paul
We have recently heard many shocking stories of brutal killings and ruthless violence related to drug cartels warring with Mexican and US officials. It is approaching the fever pitch of a full-blown crisis. Unfortunately, the administration is not likely to waste this opportunity to further expand government. Hopefully, we can take a deep [...]