August 26, 2012

With Tropical Storm Isaac inbound, the GOP has announced a delay in the Republican National Convention.  The first day has been scrapped, and Romney's campaign is trying to get all the planned activities condensed into a three day convention schedule.  Although Floridians are accustomed to storms of the magnitude of Isaac, out-of-towners…

August 24, 2012

(CNSNews.com) – Ten U.S. immigration agents are suing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton over a directive that “commands ICE officers to violate federal law.”

“We’re not enforcing law any more,” said Chris Crane, an ICE deportation officer and president of the…

Thursday, Aug 23, 2012

Mark recently wrote about a fantastic front yard veggie gardenin Drummondville, Quebec, which local officials wanted destroyed. Alejandro De La Cruz writes to say that they've backed down: not only will the garden stay, but the town publicly announced that…

My post is about Belarus locking down the Internet and so preventing people from getting at their Bitcoins.

August 24, 2012

CHURCHILL, Man. – The country’s most elite and secretive fighters dropped down from a helicopter and into the public spotlight Friday for the first time in the history of Canada’s special forces.

About 30 Joint Task Force 2 operators were the key actors in what was billed as the most complex scenario ever run by the military during…

August 21, 2012

Instead of just worrying about rising food prices and uncertain supplies, the Swedish city of Linkoping has already started building a possible…

Marine Veteran Brandon Raub’s Attorney says he is getting calls from veterans and people all over the country reporting psychiatric detention for political speech.

Last Thursday, "decorated former" US Marine Brandon Raub, who served two tour of duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, was…

August 25, 2012

A new South Carolina voter identification law could cause tens of thousands of people, especially minorities, to be turned away at the voting booths during the 2012 presidential election.

State officials are taking the proposed law to the federal court on Monday, in an attempt to convince a panel of three judges that the…

August 25, 2012

A 37-year-old mother and her 4-year-old son were saved by two anonymous men when they fell off a subway platform in a daring 10-second rescue during rush hour in Boston.

Meera Thakrar was hurrying through the MIT/Kendall station during rush hour when she thought she saw her train at the platform.

“I thought the train was…

Aug 25, 2012

The University of Colorado is allowing its students to carry concealed guns with them on campus. As long as students are 21 or older and have a license to carry a weapon, they can bring guns with them to class, the bookstore, and the quad.

The state Supreme Court in March ruled against a 1994 campus ban on firearms. Guns are still banned from…

8/13/2012

Amal Graafstra snaps on a pair of black rubber gloves. “Do you want to talk about pain management techniques?” he asks. The bearded systems administrator across the table, who requested I call him “Andrew,” has paid Grafstra $30 to have a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip injected into the space between his thumb and pointer finger, and…

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July 26, 2011

Brazilian design studio Rosenbaum collaborates with TV show Caldeirao do Huck in a segment called Lar doce lar (Home Sweet Home), which helps families in need re-designing their…

August 17, 2012

Friends and patriots, I feel it only fair to give fair warning that I/we are going to be posting more and more 'real' images and issues on this Facebook. Some will frankly be, disturbing. But the bottom line is - we live in a world full of evil, and it takes many, many forms. Protecting ourselves from it, avoiding it, not seeing…

August 22, 2012

TAMPA, Fla. — National Republican party officials on Wednesday put their party officially on record opposing United Nations‘ attempts, some backed by Democrats in…

August 24, 2012

The following text is from a copy of a Facebook post that Brandon Raub made in 2011. The text was given to CBS 6 by Raub’s mother.

The Truth

by Brandon J Raub on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 10:00 am

America has lost itself. We have lost who we truly are. This is the land of the free and the home of the…

Aug 24, 2012

I've recently been using the final, Released to Manufacturing version of Windows 8 on one of my computers, to much delight. I've been very impressed by how fast, well-designed, functional and capable this latest iteration of Windows is. However, my tinkering around from a security/privacy perspective has…

20 August 2012

August 24, 2012

West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority

A US veteran is facing charges of terrorism after being arrested for trying to get some exercise. That’s William Alemar’s story, at least, who was detained this week after jogging in full military fatigues in public while carrying a training rifle.

Authorities have charged…