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D. Brown/B. Grey: The NY Times Endorses U.S. Police State

More bootlicking from the mainstream media.    The New York Times published an editorial Monday that not only endorses last week’s police-military lockdown of Boston, but suggests that it was entirely consistent with democratic procedures. In “How to Handle a Terrorism Case,” the Times makes the absurd argument that the operation   ... MORE

Washington State Castrates Frosty The Snowman

by Mark J. Perry.    OK, I might have exaggerated a little bit with that headline and the Frosty photo above. But not by much, and only because Frosty probably doesn’t appear in any state statutes. But a new manpersondate in the state of Washington that legally bans any gender (aka male) bias in state statutes will replace “penmanship”     ... MORE

A Triumph Of Privacy Over Unwarranted Police Prying

by Ronald Bailey.    My Gmail inbox has over 151,000 messages in it. I am an electronic pack rat afraid that I might delete just the email I may some day want to read or re-read. But there’s a drawback to my correspondence collection: Many government agencies believe that they can demand to peek, without my knowledge, at any of my     ... MORE

Missouri Gun Control Nullification Bill Passes

Will not allow feds to run roughshod over Constitution. As gun control legislation stalls in Washington DC, Missouri is taking matters into its own hands. Known as the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” House Bill 436 passed the Missouri House of Representatives 117-43. If the bill becomes state law, it will nullify new federal gun laws. It would prohibit       ... MORE

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John C. Goodman: Guns, Bombs And Government

More hollow rhetoric from the ruling class.   If you ever doubted the inability of the federal government to protect you from harm, events of the past few weeks should have been a clincher. While Congress was dithering about a background-check-for-gun-buyers bill, President Obama was out on the hustings — in full campaign mode — trying to gin up ... MORE

Washington Cops Defy Judicial Order To Return Marijuana

Cops not content to enforce the law; want to decide it.   Police in Tacoma could soon be in real trouble over pot. The department could be found in contempt if they continue to refuse to return a small amount of marijuana seized from a man after a traffic stop. Municipal Court Judge Jack Emery repeated an order to police Thursday to return the   ... MORE

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Cops Sued For Illegally Ticketing Alerting Drivers

There is no law against warning others of speed traps.   The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Ellisville Police Department Wednesday morning. The lawsuit claims the Ellisville police have been illegally ticketing drivers that flash their high beams to other drivers to warn them about speed traps. ACLU legal Director Tony   ... MORE

Government's Food Stamp Outreach For Illegal Aliens

Sneak passed go and collect $200.   The Department of Agriculture, via the Mexican government, assures potentially ineligible immigrants that they can still apply for food stamps on behalf of their eligible children without giving information about their immigration status, according to documents released Thursday by Judicial Watch. The Daily Caller   ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Boston And Freedom

Defining moments.  The government's fidelity to the Constitution is never more tested than in a time of crisis. The urge to do something — or to appear to be doing something — is nearly irresistible to those whom we have employed to protect our freedom and to keep us safe. Regrettably, with each passing violent crisis — Waco, Oklahoma City,    ... MORE